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brooklynite

(94,548 posts) Tue Jan 3, 2012, 09:29 PM Jan 2012

NBC News: Results "To Close To Call"

...presumably from "entry polls" conducted before the Caucuses started.

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NBC News: Results "To Close To Call" (Original Post) brooklynite Jan 2012 OP

The last winner of IOWA didn't go on to be the GOP nominee. MADem Jan 2012 #1

Wasn't that Buchannon? Burgman Jan 2012 #2

Huckabee n/t pamela Jan 2012 #3

Mike Huckabee, IIRC...! nt MADem Jan 2012 #5

They usually pick the loser. TheCowsCameHome Jan 2012 #4

MADem

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1. The last winner of IOWA didn't go on to be the GOP nominee.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 09:31 PM

Jan 2012

All Iowa does, IMO, is take out the garbage--it gets rid of some of the idiots on the lower rungs....oh, and it brings a few million in revenue to the state. Beyond that, it's a beauty contest. You can't really make any bets based on it.