CNN projects Mike Huckabee will win the Republican Iowa caucuses.

[sabra]

Source: CNN

CNN projects Mike Huckabee will win the Republican Iowa caucuses.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/

[Teaser]

1. Hilarious

an utter rube

[Faygo Kid]

2. You go, Huckleberry!

Yep, Huckabee-Keyes. The right ticket.

[wisteria]

3. LOL the Repubs nightmare. n/t

[RamboLiberal]

4. Be careful what you wish for

Ronald Reagan.

That said, IMHO Huckabee is going to implode. Better if he did after locking up Repuke nomination.

Still the Fundies may turn out for him in droves and he could win the WH that way.

[JeanGrey]

8. Be very, very careful. Huckabee is a lot more

dangerous than you guys think. A LOT more.

[lovuian]

5. kudlow was screaming don't let it be Hucklebee

the corporate Repubs are freakin out
:rofl:

[Up2Late]

6. I wish they would stop calling them the "Republican Iowa caucuses!" They're not.

What the Republicans do in Iowa is more like a "Straw Poll," they do nothing even close to Caucuses.

What the Democrats do is Caucus, a completely different system from the ReThug process which is basically a straight vote by a tiny fraction of the people.

[AZ Criminal JD]

7. The Iowa caucuses are a vote by a "tiny fraction of the people"

On both sides. Look at the numbers.

[Frank Cannon]

9. Huckabee wins GOP caucus in Iowa

Source: MSNBC

DES MOINES, Iowa - Mike Huckabee, a Baptist preacher turned politician, rode a wave of support from evangelical Christians to victory Thursday night in the Iowa caucuses, turning back Mitt Romney in the first test in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

On the Democrats side, there was a virtual three-way tie, with Barack Obama holding a slim lead over rivals John Edwards and Hillary Clinton with about half the precincts counted.

Iowans voted in evening caucuses at 1,781 precincts from Adel to Zingle, in schools, firehouses and community centers. Turnout was heavy at many caucus sites. At the Democratic caucus at Westridge Elementary School in West Des Moines, a crowd of 267 registered. In 2004, only 86 Iowans participated there.

In interviews as they entered the caucuses, more than half of all the Republicans said they were either born-again or evangelical Christians, and they liked Huckabee more than any of his rivals. Romney led handily among the balance of the Iowa Republican voters, according to the survey.



Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22484066/?GT1=10755

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I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

[Selatius]

10. Huckabee is the next GWB if he wins in the primaries. n/t

[bhikkhu]

14. Is he smart enough to be the next GWB? n/t

[Acadia Blue]

17. Rom and Rudy are corporatist pigs..and I fear them more because

their economic interests are the same as Bush corporation. I don't like Huck or any of the repubs, but I fear Rudy and Rom more.

[AndyTiedye]

29. It May be Worth Crossing Over to Stop Him

We will be totally fuckabeed if he wins.

He would turn the country over to the Dominionists — what's left of it after he tries to start the "Rapture" :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

[Olney Blue]

11. The Christians versus the Corporatists in the GOP. Let the games begin.

[Acadia Blue]

18. Very good.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

20. I'm envisioning a Colosseum type event

Complete with gladiators and martyrs.

[ingac70]

25. Thats what I say....

If Huck looks as if he might get the nom... the corporate whores are going to show their ugly side to the Religious Right.

:popcorn:

[Olney Blue]

27. Pass the popcorn.

[C_U_L8R]

12. excellent.

mwahahaha.

[tridim]

13. I'm LMAO.. What the Huck?

My lifetime Republican parents will not vote for Huckabee. If he wins the nomination, we win the Presidency.

[Frank Cannon]

15. One of my best friends is a Reagan-worshipping GOPer...

and I can say with 100% certainty that he would sooner die a painful death than vote for the Huckster.

[Acadia Blue]

19. One of them actually told me they were using the Christians

to keep in power and did not give a hoot about preventing Gay marriage or abortions. This guy had the honesty to tell me that. And he was a corporatist....These Christians are so dumb that they let these pigs play them.

[Frank Cannon]

21. Well, then, the joke's on your friend

Chalk this one up to the Law of Unintended Consequences.

I have no doubt that Huckabee means every crazy thing he says.

[Occulus]

31. pssst.... that's what makes him fucking dangerous n/t

[Frank Cannon]

32. Oh, believe me, I think he's dangerous

But among all the Republicans with whom I associate, I can't imagine ONE of them actually voting for the guy.

I can't deny that he's captured the hearts of the roughly 20% of this nation who are completely nuts (and with whom I don't associate).

[ingac70]

26. Doh! The chickens are coming home to roost! n/t.

[Arugula Latte]

16. The Rethuglican Establishment has a live one on their hands!

:rofl:

[Charlie Brown]

22. Romney spent like a year trying to buy this state

hardy-har. :7

[pleah]

23. Alright! The GOP is going down!

[pipoman]

24. He looks like one of those toys that if you shake it the eyes keep going in circles..N/T

[JPZenger]

28. A Perfect Result

The Dems have an interesting 3 way race between 3 good candidates. That will keep the free media attention and the public interest focused on the Dems.

Meanwhile, the Republican establishment is crapping their pants over a real live evangelical possibly leading their party.

Their leading mainstream candidate blew all his millions and appears wounded. The more people knew about him, the less they liked him.

Their supposed Reagan-reborn candidate is on life support. Their next leading candidate is ancient. Guiliani is hated by the social conservatives in the party who threatened to run a 3rd party candidate if he is nominated.

And Newt Gingrich is waiting by the phone. He said last month that is ready to be drafted, if they just beg him. Don't hesistate to call. He would be the Dems' dream opponent.

[Frank Cannon]

30. If Newt is unavailable...

I hear former GOP Congressman Fred Grandy (an actual Iowan!) has an open sched.

[Arugula Latte]

37. Nice summary!

:applause:

I can't stop smiling! :D

[tabasco]

33. The few republicans I associate with think the religious wackos have ruined the republican party.

I think a lot of repubs will bolt if this freakshow gets the nomination.

[scarface2004]

36. they asked for the pod people take over!

now they got to live with those zombies!

[defendandprotect]

34. How many religious fanatics in Iowa --- ????

[AnnieBW]

35. OMG! Da Huckabeez won!

Remember that Pat Robertson won there, too.

[Justitia]

38. 4Realz! Now we get to watch him get his ass kicked in New Hampshire, fun, fun, fun!

I must say Hucklebible is turning out to be quite the entertaining spectacle.

I'm laughing my ass off at how all the pandering to the snake-handling fundie freaks has laid the Huckster at their GOP feet - HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

After New Hampshire, they'll be in a tailspin and won't know WHAT the fuck to do - it'll be great.

I also find it DELICIOUS that Romney-bot sunk a boatload of cash in Iowa to get his ass handed to him by the Bumbling Preacher Man.

[jsmooth995]

39. Simply scary

Huckabee seems to be a nice enough, amiable guy on a personal level, by all accounts. But on every other level, his candidacy haunts me like a nightmare.

[Frank Cannon]

40. He's an obvious doofus who doesn't have a snowball's chance

But then, that's what I said about the current dumbass in the White House as soon as he announced his candidacy.

Welcome to DU, by the way!