Ron Paul has a decent shot to finish 3rd in NH

[Renew Deal]

This doesn't matter much, but it will be fun to watch.  Last
week CNN didn't bother to show Paul's numbers on the pie
chart, even though they showed everyone else.
Today's Zogby poll for the pukes looks like this:

McCain	  36%
Romney	  27%
Huckabee  10%
Giuliani   9%
Paul	   9%
Thompson   2%
Hunter	   1%
Undecided  5%

Paul's support is passionate and difficult to tap into.  He
did better than expected in Iowa.  He's going to do better
than expected in NH, where he has a natural base.  There's a
good chance he'll finish ahead of Huckabee and more notably,
Guiliani.

That'll drive the wingers crazy.  :D

[Yael]

1. This is good and bad. Good in that it sends a strong anti-war message

Bad in that it will just empower the Neo-Nazis and if there is any group we want to keep quietly hiding under their sheets, its them.

[Renew Deal]

2. I get what you're saying

I don't think Paul or his followers are getting anywhere. But the more chaos in the republican race, the better.

[Renew Deal]

3. More proof it will drive them nuts: Fox News edits Paul out of AP story

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/08/fox-news-edits-ron-paul-out-of-ap-story/

[Eurobabe]

4. Word from the ground in NH

is that Ron Paul WILL take 3rd place. Dad says a majority of the people are fucking with the minds of the pollsters. :rofl:

[Renew Deal]

5. What do you mean by fucking with the minds?

Are the Paul people being dishonest in the polling?

[Eurobabe]

12. Dad says that in the end those polled are so sick of the constant

hounding, they tend to purposely skew their poll answers just to mess with the pollsters. Especially the Independents. I noticed some of this coyness when calling for Clark on before primary day in 2004. I felt most of the people I talked to were messing with me.

[More Than A Feeling]

6. Every independent for Ron Paul is one less independent for John McCain.

I hope Paul finishes at least third.

[abburdlen]

7. if he comes in third

I will be grinning from ear to ear, especially if Giuliani comes in 5th.

[Occam Bandage]

8. "Better than expected in Iowa?" His supporters were hyping a 2nd-place finish, or 3rd at least.

He got 5th.

[Renew Deal]

10. I don't know what they were hyping

But 10% was a terrific result for them. They pretty much trippled Gu911an911

[Jennifer C]

11. I think they were expecting 4th in Iowa.

NH is the big one for them.

[smoogatz]

9. Yep. Paul wins the right-libertarian vote going away

and there's a ton of them in NH. Those numbers are fascinating: thanks for posting.