Comments on: Iowa Caucus Results by County, Romney squeaks out of Iowa

By: Lynn David

Lynn David — Wed, 30 May 2018 19:20:04 +0000

You must be talking about farm subsidies, Stephen. Iowa was #2 behind #1 Texas and received $22,313,547,132 from 1995-2010. That is 8.5% of the overall subsides for those 16 years. 19 percent of farmers in Iowa did not collect subsidy payments – according to USDA. Ten percent collected 58 percent of all subsidies.

By: Richard Willmer

Richard Willmer — Wed, 30 May 2018 19:20:04 +0000

@ Jeremy

Perhaps you could enlighten us as to specifically how Satorum was “defending the Truth [sic] on the issues that matter most” in his Iowa campaign. I assume you are referring to, among other things, his opposition to same-sex unions, but was that really an issue for Iowans? And here in Britain, the leaders of the Roman Catholic Church have not actively opposed the introduction of civil partnerships (in fact, Archbishop Vincent Nichols has said that he believes that [and I quote] “that in English law there might be a place for [civil partnerships]”).

By: ken

ken — Wed, 30 May 2018 19:20:01 +0000

StraightGrandmother# ~ Jan 4, 2012 at 8:27 am

“Clearly his anti gay message has an audience in Iowa, no denying it.”

Well the Iowa Supreme Court did recently rule in favor of gay marriage. I suspect Santorum tapped into the people upset about that. But I don’t see any way he could win in a general election.

By: Lynn David

Lynn David — Wed, 30 May 2018 19:20:01 +0000

CBS has a update pointing out Santorum in the lead and the Iowa GOP website refreshes with Romney taking a 1% lead over Santorum.

By: Richard Willmer

Richard Willmer — Wed, 30 May 2018 19:20:01 +0000

I think that’s correct … Romney got the ‘urban’ vote, and Santorum the ‘rural’ one. I don’t know IA at all well, but my guess is that it has a rather higher proportion of rural and small-town dwellers than most states, particularly the more densely populated ones … hence Santorum’s strong showing. Romeny seemed to win the ‘urban’ area by considerable margins; the same seems true of Santorum in the rural areas, with A.N.Other (i.e. NOT Romney) coming second.

By: StraightGrandmother

StraightGrandmother — Wed, 30 May 2018 19:20:01 +0000

I thought looking at the map was quite enlightening. Santorum clearly won the most acres of votes. Clearly his anti gay message has an audience in Iowa, no denying it. It is an interesting race.

By: Lynn David

Lynn David — Wed, 30 May 2018 19:20:01 +0000

Now back to Santorum. I think it depends on the two counties, Harrison and Madison that are near population centers. Romney must win those to win.

By: Jeremy Schwab

Jeremy Schwab — Wed, 30 May 2018 19:20:01 +0000

I’m not anti-Romney, but I have a tremendous amount of respect for Santorum personally so I was really thrilled to see him do so well in Iowa.

When I visited my friend in DC a few years ago, I went to daily mass with my friend and say Rick Santorum there. My friend who worked in the capitol attended mass every morning and said he always saw Rick Santorum there.

That’s not a litmus-test or anything, but it’s a good positive sign of his character.

I really appreciate his taking a stand and defending the Truth on the issues that matter most.

By: Richard Willmer

Richard Willmer — Wed, 30 May 2018 19:20:01 +0000

To have (provisionally?) won in IA is surely something of an achievement on Romney’s part. Presumably Romney will have a rather easier ride in the large coastal states.

By: stephen

stephen — Wed, 30 May 2018 19:20:01 +0000

Iowa. Whose voters received more in federal grants than they paid in taxes. I want my money back.

Sad if Marcus is no longer a contender for first lady.