This is going to drive the paranoid Paul supporters over the edge

[Renew Deal]

And pretty much all of them are paranoid. They were on here last week claiming that the election will be stolen by the vote counters. Here is what the CNN enterance poll said:

9:06 p.m. ET - The latest CNN entrance poll results show Paul in the lead with 24%, followed by Romney with 23%, Santorum with 23%, Gingrich with 13%, Perry with 10%, Bachmann with 6% and Huntsman with 1%. Find the full results here.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/03/live-blog-from-the-iowa-caucuses

The current results have Paul in 3rd and falling behind. This should get their paranoia going.

[ellisonz]

1. Paul supporters. Your democracy is being stolen from you by the Republican Party vote counters...

...leave the Republican Party so you can fight the Federal Reserve! This country needs a 3rd party!

[Fire Walk With Me]

4. I've never trusted Iowa 'cause of those creepy eyebrows and dirty sneakers.

(Great 'toon!)

[Sabriel]

2. How will we be able to tell? n/t

[agentS]

3. I can't believe Paul is not winning this right now.

Why is Santorum of all people winning this? Why not Gingrich or Perry?

I smell the distinct stench of a hack job. Or in football terms, a Snow Job.

[kurt_cagle]

5. And this is surprising why?

While it's probably not completely accurate, Santorum, Romney and Paul represent the Fundamentalist Right, the moneyed Right, and the Libertarian Right respectively. Their followers each make up about a third of the Republican spectrum. Romney is the corporate candidate - big business, very establishment, socially moderate (comparatively speaking), religious, but not Evangelical. Big Business loves him. The Religious Right hates him. The Libertarians are very wary about him. Santorum is the religious candidate, du jour. Socially conservative, fiscally clueless. The perfect Tea Party candidate. Big business doesn't terribly like him, the Libertarians generally can't stand him, but the fundies love him something fierce. Paul is Mr. Libertarian. Shrink government. Audit the Fed. Socially conservative, but he scares the fundies as much as he does Big Business.

I think this is important. Every so often a candidate will come along that can appeal to two of the three. Reagan pulled in 2 of 3, plus a lot of disaffected Dems. Bush I rode Reagan's coattails. Bush II managed to score 2/3 as well (Big Business, Religious Right). These three groups make up about 50% of the population (though tend to be more fervent about voting than Dems do). However, it's rare to see such complete and total disdain between the groups as I'm seeing this year, or the fractures so wide. Santorum doesn't have the broad appeal that a presidential candidate will need. Romney does, but he won't get the support of the religious right, and the fact that Paul might even finish third has got to have a lot of big businesses nervous right now - they would rather choose Obama, who they at least the know they can work around, to Paul, who might very well cause the system to come crashing down. Overall, a very interesting race to watch.