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KamaAina

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49. The henhouse?

Reply to Hortensis (Reply #38)

Sat Oct 24, 2015, 12:57 PM

Oct 2015

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How Do You Explain Ben Carson's Success in Iowa? [View all] n2doc Oct 2015 OP

Republican voters are bone-stupid gratuitous Oct 2015 #1

And if he wins nomination, he has 50 percent chance of winning whole thing yeoman6987 Oct 2015 #32

New shiny evangelical dude who hasn't been examined seriously yet. TwilightGardener Oct 2015 #2

Easiest question of the day! Answerl: STUPIDITY BillZBubb Oct 2015 #3

They voted for Santorum last time mainstreetonce Oct 2015 #4

Too much Monsanto in the corn? KamaAina Oct 2015 #5

love it! restorefreedom Oct 2015 #24

Maybe didn't. Notice he lacks a sense of humor? Hortensis Oct 2015 #39

then he is lucky to have restorefreedom Oct 2015 #42

wow. you have to admit - trump is ascerbic Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2015 #27

LOL. Possibly, but I'm thinking too much Fox in the house. Hortensis Oct 2015 #38

The henhouse? KamaAina Oct 2015 #49

Something funky in the gmo corn NightWatcher Oct 2015 #6

He hasn't won anything yet Aerows Oct 2015 #7

even if he does...who cares. Iowa means nothing anymore. Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2015 #29

msnbc just covered this procon Oct 2015 #8

Per letting the cows vote, we would not have to worry about braindead assholes like Trump randys1 Oct 2015 #9

A lot of Christians want Sharia Law. That's all there is to it. frizzled Oct 2015 #10

Evangelicals... Princess Turandot Oct 2015 #11

Without doubt! n/t etherealtruth Oct 2015 #44

Well they are the same people that voted for Santorum Rex Oct 2015 #12

I think they don't like the establishment GOP candidates Still Sensible Oct 2015 #13

He must be a supporter of gasohol. JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2015 #14

Michelle Bachmann wasn't nutty enough. TheCowsCameHome Oct 2015 #15

The same way you explain that Pat Robertson once won the Iowa Caucus Zen Democrat Oct 2015 #16

Just look back over the Iowa winners on the Repug side.... JCMach1 Oct 2015 #17

Huckabee won Iowa in 2008 and Santorum won it in 2012. MohRokTah Oct 2015 #18

They're confusing him with Johnny Carson. SwankyXomb Oct 2015 #19

I think you are on to something. missingthebigdog Oct 2015 #35

high % of evangelicals in the Iowa Republican caucus 0rganism Oct 2015 #20

Evangelicals, most likely. BlueCheese Oct 2015 #21

Backlash agains Trump. nt kelliekat44 Oct 2015 #22

Racism. AngryAmish Oct 2015 #23

Bingo. Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2015 #28

It's Iowa Republicans, the same fools who picked Rick Santorum in 2012 and Mike Huckabee in 2008. herding cats Oct 2015 #25

I'll let Gene Wilder answer your question Yavin4 Oct 2015 #26

More than half of Iowa Republican caucus-goers were evangelical Christians in 2012 oberliner Oct 2015 #30

I've found Iowa to be a better predictor of who needs to drop out Warpy Oct 2015 #31

Yes, on the Republican side I agree davidpdx Oct 2015 #41

Something in the corn? elleng Oct 2015 #33

Did they legalize growing hemp? jberryhill Oct 2015 #34

I saw a report that it was a segment of women in Iowa that drove the Carson surge Joanie Baloney Oct 2015 #36

it's Iowa Kalidurga Oct 2015 #37

he is doing well with women and evangelicals. i think it's the same reason Rick Santorum did Well JI7 Oct 2015 #40

I have a theory... kentuck Oct 2015 #43

He is saying the right things and he is not a politician. DCBob Oct 2015 #45

Saying the right things? n2doc Oct 2015 #46

Right meaning from a RW point of view. DCBob Oct 2015 #47

the iowa caucuses are the least relevant indicators in all of politics. spanone Oct 2015 #48