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Subscribe to RSSIn the past two weeks, support has fallen sharply in Iowa for Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich. NBC's Chuck Todd reports.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Texas Rep. Ron Paul are running neck-and-neck in Iowa, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum is surging and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich collapsing just four days before the state's Jan. 3 caucuses, according to a new NBC News-Marist poll.
Romney drew the support of 23 percent of likely caucus-goers in Iowa – identified based on interest, chance of voting and past participation – ahead of Paul, at 21 percent.
They are followed by Santorum at 15 percent, Texas Gov. Rick Perry at 14 percent, Gingrich at 13 percent and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann at 6 percent.
The Republican presidential hopefuls are in high gear with just days left until the Iowa caucuses. NBC's Peter Alexander reports.
The poll numbers, which are similar to those published in a recent CNN/Time survey, represent a reversal of fortune for Gingrich, as well as an improvement for Santorum and (to a lesser extent) Perry. The NBC-Marist poll conducted in late November had Gingrich in the lead among likely caucus-goers at 28 percent, Romney and Paul tied at 19 percent, Perry at 10 percent, Bachmann at 7 percent and Santorum at 6 percent.
“More than half of [Gingrich’s] support has evaporated,” said Lee Miringoff, the director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, which conducted the survey.
Negative advertising hits Gingrich 'on the chin'
Miringoff adds that the millions of dollars in negative TV ads targeting Gingrich – from a pro-Romney Super PAC and the Paul campaign – have played a major role in this erosion, with 35 percent of likely caucus-goers now saying he’d be unacceptable as the GOP’s nominee. That’s a 19-point increase from last month.
"The fight I'm in with Romney is exactly the fight that Reagan was in with the establishment in '80," GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich tells NBC's Chuck Todd in a one-on-one interview.
What’s more, only 6 percent in the survey identify Gingrich as the “true conservative” in the Republican contest.
“He took it on the chin,” Miringoff says of the negative advertising campaign, which has questioned Gingrich’s conservative credentials and tied him to Washington.
Splintered Tea Party support
Although just 7 percent of likely Iowa caucus-goers believe that Romney is the true conservative in the GOP field, he has two variables working in his favor, according to the poll. One, only 21 percent of likely caucus-goers say he’s unacceptable as the Republican nominee (compared with 35 percent for Gingrich and 41 percent for Paul).
And two, the conservative vote appears to be splintering between the various candidates, and is no longer coalescing around a single Romney challenger.
The wild card in this race has been and continues to be Ron Paul, the Libertarian who has a growing following inside the Republican Party. NBC's Chuck Todd has more.
Last month, Gingrich had a large lead over Romney (and the other GOP rivals) among Tea Party supporters.
But in this new poll, Tea Party supporters – who make up about half of all likely caucus-goers – are divided.
Santorum gets 20 percent from them, Romney and Paul 17 percent, Gingrich 16 percent, Perry 15 percent and Bachmann 10 percent.
“This is the Romney dream scenario,” Miringoff says. “When you look at the Tea Party and conservatives, they are all splintered.”
Obama’s approval rating ticks up in Iowa
The poll also shows an improvement in President Barack Obama’s approval rating in Iowa.
Forty-five percent of registered voters in the state approve of him, while 43 percent disapprove.
Last month, those numbers were upside down, with 43 approving and 46 disapproving.
Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum vaults past Newt Gingrich and into third place in the GOP presidential race in Iowa, according to a new poll. Santorum talks to TODAY's Savannah Guthrie about the surge, his conservative values and why he can beat Barack Obama in the general election.
The Iowa NBC-Marist survey was conducted Dec. 27-28 of 2,905 registered voters (margin of error of plus-minus 1.8 percentage points) and of 433 likely GOP caucus-goers (plus-minus 4.7 percentage points).
Also, unlike the recent CNN-Time poll, the likely voter model in the NBC-Marist survey included independents and a few Democrats, and it measured some respondents by cell phone.
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gingrich messed up bad by comparing himself with Reagen who was forced to put bush on the ticket after an attempt on his life, which put us where we are after his idiot son stole the election twice, bush the crook, and so everything is messed and rich lives great and the middle class and poor suffer so they can live the good life. Really there is no one on the gop ticket that will do better then Obama, what we need to to get the tea baggers out and get the dam congree to work together with there president and do something rather then acting like little girl pouting and have there own ways. paul is a racist no matter what he says romney is a cultist, and rest of the pack are just in for the ride. gop joke!!
What you need is an education. If you are an American you are the perfect example of what is wrong with our education system regardless of your political views.
WHEW!!!! bet u r tired after spewing that line of crap. U sound like Keith Olberwoman.
70% of the Standing Military and Veterans support Ron Paul. We will no longer be used as Cannon-Fodder and support the Lies and False Wars of the New World Order! Obama signed the NDAA 1867 Bill on Dec. 23rd 2011. This Bill allows Indefinite Detention of American Citizens, rolls out Martial-Law in the United States, and kills Posse Comitatus. Ron Paul will restore the "True Light of Liberty" along with millions of our Brothers!! "Not On Our Watch" "OATHKEEPERS" Ron Paul 2012.... Ciao Leapfrog.....
save your fingers, it's all fixed.romney vs oblunder, oblunder wins,we lose,money becomes worthless,soros is happy.the end.
lol
if Obama does win... you are correct... the Socialist republic we are becoming will likely materialize and we will continue to fall as a Country.
I can't believe we put so much stock in Iowa that can't produce a pork chop.
I'm leaning toward Hillary. As the Secretary of State, she has more insight into this fekked up world than anybody. Mitt's a cartoon, and so is everyone else in the Republican cast.
Obama is Bugs Bunny in black face
Hillary won't challenge the red tool in the WH.
i believe she would win if she did though.
Obama has been a failure beyond compare.
the good news is... the food stamp president will be leaving next year.
most working Americans can't wait.
most living of America's boobs are as happy as the pigs they are.
Iowa has gone insane if they think Ron Paul can be elected President. If he is nominated it will be another four years of Obamamania - spend, spend, spend, create debt, create debt, create debt! This country already is in the commode and just waiting for Obama to flip the flush handle.
yep.
4 more years and a few more trillion turn us into Greece.
Sorry to break it to you,but whoever runs against Obama will lose.Their isn't one Republican running that is capable of running the country.
It's IOWA, people. It's a silly, confused tiny little state of homosexual rednecks. It matters not! Can we please just wait till South Carolina (where more people than livestock actually live) before we start slathering our drool all over the coffee table?
Ron Paul MD can save this country from bankruptcy. Robmee and Blingrich can save the one percent from financial distress.
which is good because someone has to continue paying taxes
how is anyone going to beat the democrapic voter fraud and their lying media machine?
this president has failed on so many levels it's hard for the socialist media to ignore.
Ron Paul is not a racist
Black people in America are racist
This is great. I have been wondering about why Whites are racists, and no other race is.....
Proud to be White
Michael Richards makes his point.............
Michael Richards better known as Kramer from TVs Seinfeld does make a good point.
This was his defense speech in court after making racial comments in his comedy act. He makes some very interesting points...
Someone finally said it.. How many are actually paying attention to this? There are African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Arab Americans, etc..
And then there are just Americans. You pass me on the street and sneer in my direction. You call me 'White boy,' 'Cracker,' 'Honkey,' 'Whitey,' 'Caveman'... and that's OK.
But when I call you, @!$%#, Kike, Towel head, Sand-@!$%#, Camel Jockey, Beaner, Gook, or Chink .. You call me a racist.
You say that whites commit a lot of violence against you... so why are the ghettos the most dangerous places to live?
You have the United Negro College Fund. You have Martin Luther King Day.
You have Black History Month. You have Cesar Chavez Day.
You have Yom Hashoah. You have Ma'uled Al-Nabi.
You have the NAACP. You have BET.. If we had WET (White Entertainment Television), we'd be racists. If we had a White Pride Day, you would call us racists.
If we had White History Month, we'd be racists.
If we had any organization for only whites to 'advance' OUR lives, we'd be racists.
We have a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, a Black Chamber of Commerce, and then we just have the plain Chamber of Commerce. Wonder who pays for that??
A white woman could not be in the Miss Black American pageant, but any color can be in the Miss America pageant.
If we had a college fund that only gave white students scholarships... You know we'd be racists.
There are over 60 openly proclaimed Black Colleges in the US Yet if there were 'White colleges', that would be a racist college.
In the Million Man March, you believed that you were marching for your race and rights... If we marched for our race and rights, you would call us racists.
You are proud to be black, brown, yellow and orange, and you're not afraid to announce it. But when we announce our white pride, you call us racists..
You rob us, carjack us, and shoot at us. But, when a white police officer shoots a black gang member or beats up a black drug dealer running from the law and posing a threat to society, you call him a racist.
I am proud... But you call me a racist.
Why is it that only whites can be racists??
There is nothing improper about this e-mail.. Let's see which of you are proud enough to send it on. I sadly don't think many will. That's why we have LOST most of OUR RIGHTS in this country. We won't stand up for ourselves!
BE PROUD TO BE WHITE!
It's not a crime YET.. but getting very close!
totally agree.
the race card will be used heavily next year.
Obama can't run on his abysmal record
What an exciting race.. *yawwnnn*. A Tea Party full of "patriots" who never served in the military, like Cantor, Boehner, and Paul Ryan. In a pig's eye would I vote for them, or support them in any way, shape or form. They'll work the poor to death, and throw grandma underneath the bus.. such breathtaking bravery. I am so fired up- NOT.
and the socialist in chief... the biggest puzzy of them all.
but Obama did get Osama. lolllll
Obama killed Bin Laden with his BBGun.LOL....
Come on Carroll...they also wanted to give more money to millionaires! And gut 50% of the federal regulations....letting consumers fend for themselves. Who wouldn't vote for those people, eh? lol
Guess what Carroll......if u have a grandma or grandpa or elderly parents still living u don't have to wait for the 'baggers to throw them under a bus. Ur glorious pimp prez obummer has already started the toss. Wake up idiot....why do you think that clown is so obsessed with the 2% Payroll Tax Reduction...that alone strips more than 15% contribution from FICA , or to those of us intelligent enuf to know, SOCIAL SECURITY, oer the course of 2 full years . Hint: FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE RETIRED THERE IS NO TAX REDUCTION, only Loss .Get a life u idiot.
RE:Willie White!
(He got Bin Laden because of the policies of the Bush Chenney Administration.)
Give your fu$$$ng head a shake you idiot, Is Bin Laden really dead? did he even exist?
You are a typical dumb stupid brainwashed American, you believe everything your government and your media tells you, man on the moon, weapons of mass. etc,etc,etc...LOL....
Only in America........LOL.............
Wee Willie...you funny!
Cheney? LOL! You are perfect example of why American's are disrespected around the world!
HAHAHA!
OBAMA/BIDEN 2012!
Bobo! I was making the EXACT SAME point at EXACT SAME TIME!
FUNNY!
All this polling and prognosticating ! The media are the determiners of our elections - if they come across a candidate who is honest, tries not to bad-mouth his opponents, and has credentials that would beat a Democrat, the media will pull out all stops, fix polls, run negative editorials and encourage negatives ads about him, all to get their liberal agenda advanced, their anti-American bias reinforced, their captive candidate elected.
correct.
yeah, Rick! what a great name for a Pres. hip-hip hooray!
The Grinch is fading because he declared he was the frontrunner & everyone turned on him.
yeah, Rick! what a great name for a Pres. hip-hip hooray!
The Grinch is fading because he declared he was the frontrunner & everyone turned on him.
You would think that, with the mess that we're in and the fact that it has passed through Republican and Democratic hands as long as it has, that people would be smart enough to realize that NEITHER of these two political businesses has any right running America. And, sadder still, the only one who MIGHT threaten that two-party stranglehold is Donald TRUMP! Can we BE more apathetic? If we are content to sit on our hands and wait for Iowa to decide our fate we get EXACTLY what we deserve. People around the world are rebelling to GAIN democracy and we, as the symbol of democracy, seem content to be led around like lemmings. If we don't stand up NOW and DEMAND real leadership there may not be much left to lead.
It certainly would seem possible that a TP candidate with the support that is now split amongst about 5 candidates could overtake Romney or at least make his nomination a real catfight. Imagine this going all the way to the convention? Santorum seems the least damaged candidate at this point. Of course he says all sorts of crazy things but this is the GOP after all! And it would surely seem that the McCain experience of '08 would scare many away from Romney. He just isn't a bomb thrower. And when he acts like one he comes across as a blatant phony.
Of course many Dems would say, "Bring on Santorum! We will crush him!". Not necessarily. The lines are pretty well drawn. And 53% of Americans polled have recently said Obama does not deserve re-election. Anything is possible.
Are you prepared to live in a Far Right America (and how does one prepare for such a calamity)?
and we are currently living in the far left right now?
how that changely thing working for us?
lol
Voxrationis.....Surely u jest.....Prepared to live in a Far Right America??? At least we would be relieved of an Idiot with an absolutely Socialist administration dragging us towards 3rd World status. Face it ur fairskinned pimp from Chicago won the last election by default , due primarily to uninformed dolts like urself maybe????
BK... i would respond but lack the ability to decipher what you are saying.
Have you seen Santorum's record?
Pleeeeeeze...he will be shredded wheat (as all the others before him) once the "normal middle of the road" people hear it!
OMG! OBAMA/BIDEN 2012!
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And you and your ilk fought change with every lie and snippet of disinformation you could dream up. Death panels? Review boards exist today under private insurers. You do realize that? You might be turned down for care. Happens all of the time.
Remember when the Tea Party tried to link Obama to South American strongmen like Chavez? How has that worked out? What kind of relationship do Chavez and Obama have today? It is horrible! Maybe you should visit Caracas if you want to see the Far Left? Be sure to wear a big sign that says, F--- Chavez!
And where are Obama's brownshirts Beck talked about? How many conservatives have been beaten down and locked away. It is clear your 1st Amendment rights have been preserved in full.
Obama is not the Far Left! The Far Left would not have severely damaged Al Qaeda or waged continuing war in Afghanistan. Nor would they have joined the action in Libya. They would never have continued the Bush tax cuts either. What you do not understand is that Far Left is relatively small. You are just so used to all the extremists in your own party. The Far Left is organizations like the Socialist Party (they do not support Obama) the Communist Party (Nope!), Code Pink and fervent believers like Sean Penn and Danny Glover. Most of us do not support their positions. I know I certainly do not.
But after watching Rush Limbaugh on Greta (yes, on Fox) last night I can almost understand how his flock believe Obama is some sinister monster. Rush is completely bonkers and you are just mimicking his positions. It's really kind of pathetic. And this is what many on the Right call entertainment? It's vicious hatespeech and nothing more. And Rush even throws in supposed quotes that either have never been said or are totally twisted out of context. And many of you take him seriously! That's the crazy part.
Limbaugh was seriously trying to say Obama doesn't want Americans to work. But who laid off all of these people? Who moved their jobs overseas in the name of profit? Who is not hiring them back? It isn't the government! It isn't Barack Obama. Well the GOP says let's give them a whopping tax break to bring those profits home! You do realize we did that in 2005! Where are those jobs?
So we sympathize. We know you will say you are not influenced by the man (probably say you never listen to him) but you are his Mynah bird! How'd that happen? LOL!
Oh good Ron Paul still has to answer the same question from 20 years ago. Dr. Paul was working as a doctor at the time, and while I agree he should take some responsibility for what was written in a newsletter bearing his name, I think its unfair to cast him as a racist. What I think should be important is that 20+ years have passed since and despite having a long stint in Washington this is the only dirt on the man. Thats a pretty stellar record since we have seen that others have been corrupt from day one. To be honest I feel bad for Obama, as its been tough on him and it is starting to show. He looked so young coming in, but the mess that was left for him has really taken its toll. Obama took the fall for the prior dope that had no business near anything more powerful than a squirt gun- and we gave him the keys to the most powerful nation in the world....for 2 terms.
Anyway what I wanted to do is take on a few of the people who are using the establishments labels to pigeonhole Dr. Paul's supporters. There is a good reason the corporate led media has used the terms "radical" "crazy" etc..etc..to describe Ron Paul and the people that support him. It needs to be pointed out I suppose that "radical" and "crazy" to them means freedom and personal liberty to us. Are his ideas radical? Sure, to what we have in this country right now his ideas are "radical". I think if you really look around at the state of our Union you would probably agree that things have gotten to a point of borderline collapse and if we dont "radically" change the path we are on things could and in all likely hood will fall apart. We can not continue to police the world and ignore the problems that are going on here...its not sustainable no matter how much you want to help other nations.
Stop buying into the media's BS about IRAN and the looming danger of them launching a nuclear weapon. Everyone understands the cataclysmic results of nuclear war...no one wants that and I dont think any nation is daft enough to think we wouldnt strike back. Youre simply being sold the idea that our freedom is scary and that others despise us for it. This is not true and its been pointed out time and time again that terrorist actions are taken because of our foreign policies. We are fed these lies because in order to fuel our anger so we can all get behind the war machine....dissenters for now are just labeled hippies, but legislation will soon label them domestic terrorists to be locked away in Guantanamo Bay without facing trial. Its starting, and I really fear any choice outside of Ron Paul will only serve to march us down to a war that we will never see the end of.
If civil liberties and peace are crazy....I dont want to be sane. Give me the man that media ignores, that corporations dont back...because recent history is all you need to show that the man they dont want IS THE MAN WE ALL NEED.
How many sponsors of polls have an agenda? CNN's Iowa poll could not pass muster with the New York Times because CNN excluded independents and cross-over Democrats. The apparent motive was to suppress Ron Paul's number.
about 100%
Good. Newt doesn't have what it takes to be a leader. All he would do is make deals that benefit him and his cronies.
Ron Paul does have what it takes. He deserves a chance to be heard in this race. What he is saying is not your average Republican gibberish.
which is far beyond any logical gibberish the left is spewing
This just gets better every day. The GOP/TP is so beholden to the far right Christo-Fascists that they have become unelectable. Come November, the American public will hold its collective nose and vote for Obama but return a GOP congress. Another four years of this idiocy.
Our poor country, sacrificed on the alter of ideology and the rights of the 1%.
The Republican Party is a coalition of ultra-right wing evangelical crazies, lower middle class white bigots, the wealthy and greedy, the I want my gun more than anything country bumpkins, and the fiscal home economists who don't under macroeconomics Tea Partiers. Altogether, it is a sorry bunch and it isn't surprising they can't find a candidate they can all get behind. Romney is part of the greedy elite crowd, Ron Paul is a Tea Partier, Santorum and Bachmann are the evangelical crazies, Gingrich is another member of the greedy elite with evangelical credentials and a proven track record for hypocrisy. Perry is another gun toting country bumpkin and evangelical. And Huntsman is just nothing whatsoever. Together they're a circus more than a political party.
beats the welfare ridden, food stamping collecting, gang banging, obese, indolent and i'm entitled demofailures
GCV......You, sir, have obviously not noticed what constitutes the basic make-up of the Dim0Crap party....at last count every scrap of the 47% of the "non-tax paying", welfare stealing, free medical card carrying, food stampers the Dims can muster up and bribe fro votes in the USA> Kinda sounds like the TP'ers are paying for ur lot. And BTW, the CIRCUS is in our Whitehouse.......just watch and listen....never seen or heard so much crap. All due to ur Great Leader(?)........flush twice, its' a long way to Obummer
You can laugh all you want while your party runs our country into bankrupcy. Currently we have 1/2 of the country paying taxes to support the other half which pays nothing. We have 15 trillion $ in debt..care to explain how we will pay that off? The tea Party is nothing more than people who recognize this financial crisis and also recognize that our country will not survive another 50 years if this spending continues. The farce that the 'rich' are not paying enough is just that a farce. If the government confiscated ALL of their wealth we could not pay off the debt. Without spending control we are done for...democrats will not cut spending because their constituents are those who benefit from handouts and pay minimal to no taxes. The battle in the GOP right now is between those in the party who "say" we need to cut spending, but wont (ie Bush Romney McCain) and the Tea Party who will cut spending. It has nothing to to with evangelicals (well maybe Perry but he has no chance and Santorum who also has little chance) So stop with the anti-religious hatred and recognize what is going on here....
GCV! Exactly! Well spoken!
Ahhhhh...Didn't Huckabee win Iowa last time around????
Now that the media's darling Romney is in 1srt place, notice how they are calling the GOP race all but over????, hmmm just like when they had McCain..how'd that work out for us Republicans? We didnt want McCain, we dont want Romney...looks like another 4 years of the big O.
A little off topic I know but why isn't Omsnbc reporting on obama's most recent failures like Iraq and Iran??
too many to list i'm guessing
Ogama got troops OUT of Iraq . Most reasonable people think that ending Bush's war was a good thing. Needs to end Bush's war in Afghanistan too.
HAHAH! Gary, only WAR MONGERS think getting out of Iraq is bad!
AND crazy Obama haters!
If Bush had "ended the war" he would have been YOUR HERO!
Do you really believe we are going to stay out?
obama will take us right back there, it's the only way your empty suit, has a shot at staying in office, by becoming a war time president
Obama didn't end the war....Bush already had the date set when the troops would come out of Iraq! Too many people wanting to blame Bush when something is bad but wanting to give Obama the credit when it is good.....pretty idiotic to me!!
Really? Which is is it? Obama brought the troops home (true Bush set a date) so this good?
Or Obama is a failure, because HE brought the troops home? As Gary, above, contends!
You guys just can't give Obama an "atta boy" NO MATTER WHAT!
LOL! Pretty idiotic to me too!
OBAMA/BIDEN 2012
I will never give any anti-American progressive an atta boy.
Vote soros, van jones and obama Out in 2012!!!!!
Give me some "facts not FAUX facts" on why our president is anti-American!
This next election is not about the differences between Republican and Democrat's basic philosophies.
It is the differences between communist and Democratic ideology's!
All of his life obama has been mentored and supported by these people:
George Soros: Jew that hates Israel and the U.S.A.
Anthony Van Jones: socialist/communist Hates the U.S.A.
Valarie Jarrett: Communist
Vernon Jarrett: Communist, Valarie Jarrett's father-in-law
Frank Marshall Davis: Communist obama mentor
Cass Sunstein: Socialist/Communist obamma tsar
Rev Wright "God Damn America"
Bill Ayres: Socialist/Communist, Weather Underground
Bernadine Van Dohrn Socialist/Communist, Weather Underground
Tony Rezco: Chicago crook
Andy Stern: SEIU
Dick Trumpka: UAW
Lil Jimmy Hoffa: That son of a bitch!
Acorn: Criminal enterprise big obama supporters
Black Panthers: Guardians of the Poll
Then there is:
Solyndra
Tonopha
Light Squared
Fast and Furious: BTW, obama Officer Terry's parents deserve answers.
obama your book has an ugly cover.
U.S.A./Capitalism, obamazuela, or Cuba --- You choose in 2012!!!!
Jo-An-4354969
Obama screwed it up. He failed to negotiate a proper withdraw negating all the war efforts and it was handed to him on a silver platter. Worst president ever.
JoAnn - I didn't say that bringing the troops home wasn't a good thing....it was a great thing!!! However, it wasn't because of Obama so quit trying to make this something he did....he has done nothing but destroy this country!
You are ALL FAUX talking points!
LOL!
The most uneducated, uninformed, gullible group of citizens!
You can't possibly believe all that PROPAGANDA! Debate on policy not faux lies!
LOL!!!
Gary: un-twist ur panties!
Lives good for obama troll's, eh jo-an???
Can you dis-associate obama form any of these people?
That would be a NO!!!!!
Gary K - Please explain to me how Obama failed in Iraq and Iran? I am on the edge of my seat to see your response.
As for all of you slamming Obama over Iraq, get over yourself. He is the commander and chief of the Military. He could have ordered our troops home earlier than the bush timeline. He was the one who made the critical military choices after BUSH left office. He is the president that fulfilled BUSH's 'legacy' of bringing our troops home. As far as I can see, he did acted like a president and finished the job. Course, if I was obama, I would not want to take any credit for this war anyway. There is nothing to be proud of here. 1 trillion dollars to fight it, thousands of innocent lives lost, and all based on a LIE.
As for Iran, I hope Obama keeps us out of it. We have paid enough with Iraq. We are not RESPONSIBLE for the shipment of China and Russia's much needed oil. Course, you whiners will complain if Obama does or does not do anything. You can't please a whiner.
Mitt is like a Timex Watch. Takes a licking but keeps on ticking.
Just went and read Ron Paul's views on most everything. I like what he has to say other than his statement that he is "an unshakable foe of abortion". If I can look past that I will vote for him.
Congressman Paul believes and has said time and time again that abortion is a States rights issue.
Dr. Paul is pro-life this is true but he also knows he can't tell other people what to do with their bodies, hence his biggest stance which is personal liberty.