Originally posted by BigRed
I'm not over-celebrating.It's great that he clobbered two guys that get way more media attention than he does.
See what I mean... he didn't "clobber" them, he got 4% and 2% higher than either respectively; considering they didn't campaign at all in Michigan, only adds to the lack-luster "accomplishments" on Ron Paul so far.
Let him at least get 3rd place in a state, before you open the champagne and celebrate.
Damn. Look at the votes he got though. With Romney/McCain getting so many votes, they got a higher percentage. But when you look at votes, Ron Paul beat Thompson/Guiliani combined I believe.
% wise, not impressive. But when you add up all the votes from the three primaries; Ron Paul vote-wise is ahead of Thompson/Guiliani.
Originally posted by BigRed
Damn. Look at the votes he got though. With Romney/McCain getting so many votes, they got a higher percentage. But when you look at votes, Ron Paul beat Thompson/Giuliani combined I believe.% wise, not impressive. But when you add up all the votes from the three primaries; Ron Paul vote-wise is ahead of Thompson/Giuliani.
Tompson & Giuliani combined = 56k+, Paul got 54k+ in MI. Yes, he beat them in Michigan; they also didn't campaign at all in Michigan.
Not exactly certain about that, I'd have to check the numbers, but considering that Giuliani (more so than) and Thompson are still in the "front runners" section, I doubt it. Also, Thompson and especially Giuliani have a very good chance of coming in the top 3 of several remaining states, while it is unlikely that Ron Paul will ever break 4th in any state.
Like I said, let him at least get 3rd place in a state before you celebrate.
Originally posted by Robtard
Tompson & Giuliani combined = 56k+, Paul got 54k+ in MI. Yes, he beat them in Michigan; they also didn't campaign at all in Michigan.Not exactly certain about that, I'd have to check the numbers, but considering that Giuliani (more so than) and Thompson are still in the "front runners" section, I doubt it. Also, Thompson and especially Giuliani have a very good chance of coming in the top 3 of several remaining states, while it is unlikely that Ron Paul will ever break 4th in any state.
Like I said, let him at least get 3rd place in a state before you celebrate.
Originally posted by BigRed
Okay, almost doubled. The point still stands. All three hardly campaigned in the state (RP was mostly grassroots) and RP beat these two guys that the Media talks about constantly and are Media darlings.
No, Thompson and Giuliani didn't campaign at all, they knew that state was a lose for them; they're spending their time, money and energy on states they think they have a fighting chance in. Regardless, 6% and 4th place isn't a celebrating reason.
Number and percentage of votes per candidate from Iowa, New Hampshire and Michigan
Mitt Romney 443 139 36.35%
John McCain 361 346 29.64%
Mike Huckabee 207 326 17.01%
Ron Paul 84 581 6.94%
Fred Thompson 76 925 6.31%
Rudy Giuliani 49 198 4.04%
Uncommited 17 971 1.47%
Duncan Hunter 4 567 0.37%
Number and percentage of delegates per candidate from Iowa, New Hampshire and Michigan
Mitt Romney 34 42.04%
Mike Huckabee 32 40.51%
John McCain 13 16.46%
Ron Paul 0 0%
Fred Thompson 0 0%
Rudy Giuliani 0 0%
Uncommited - -
Duncan Hunter 0 0%
I don't get it. Does voting in the US have to not make sense at all and be as undemocratic as possible?
Originally posted by Robtard
No, Thompson and Giuliani didn't campaign at all, they knew that state was a lose for them; they're spending their time, money and energy on states they think they have a fighting chance in. Regardless, 6% and 4th place isn't a celebrating reason.
Originally posted by BigRed
I could have sworn all I said was that I was glad Ron destroyed Thompson and Giuliani and nothing at all about "celebrating" or being estatic for a fourth place finish.
Okay, fair enough.
If 2-3% higher is the equivalent of "destroying", what did Romney, McCain and Huckabee do to RP (and the others) with their 10-30%+ overage?
Originally posted by Devil King
Lied to a bunch of ignorant people that bought it?
It does suck though that people can cast votes for Ron Paul, Huckabee, Thompson and so forth and it doesn't really matter in the long run because it doesn't help them get delegates.
Originally posted by Robtard
Like I said, let him at least get 3rd place in a state before you celebrate.
Alllright. Party time.
Nevada:
Romney 22,649 51% 17
Paul 6,087 14% 4
McCain 5,651 13% 4
Huckabee 3,616 8% 2
Thompson 3,521 8% 2
Giuliani 1,910 4% 1
Hunter 890 2% 1
South Carolina
McCain 140,354 33% 19
Huckabee 125,783 30% 5
Thompson 66,580 16% 0
Romney 63,681 15% 0
Paul 15,534 4% 0
Giuliani 8,935 2% 0
Hunter 1,016 0% 0
Originally posted by Bardock42That's my job ermm
Alllright. Party time.Nevada:
Romney 22,649 51% 17
Paul 6,087 14% 4
McCain 5,651 13% 4
Huckabee 3,616 8% 2
Thompson 3,521 8% 2
Giuliani 1,910 4% 1
Hunter 890 2% 1South Carolina
McCain 140,354 33% 19
Huckabee 125,783 30% 5
Thompson 66,580 16% 0
Romney 63,681 15% 0
Paul 15,534 4% 0
Giuliani 8,935 2% 0
Hunter 1,016 0% 0