Howard Fineman: "Ron Paul is about to become a MAJOR headache for the GOP"

[muh_roads]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/13/iowa-straw-poll-news-live_n_926122.html#106_howard-fineman-impressions-on-ames-results



(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/13/iowa-straw-poll-news-live_n_926122.html#106_howard-fineman-impressions-on-ames-results)
Today 6:33 PM Howard Fineman: Impressions On Ames Results http://www.huffingtonpost.com/images/social/twitter-bird-mini.png (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/13/iowa-straw-poll-news-live_n_926122.html#106_howard-fineman-impressions-on-ames-results) With the announcement of the Ames Straw Poll results, I drew the following conclusions:


Bye-bye T-Paw



Perry as a last-minute write-in bests a weak Mitt



Combination of Bachmann and Paul strength will generate more questions about the wisdom of doing a straw poll at all



Newt, with 385 votes, needs to drop out



Santorum is in danger with a fourth place finish in a state where evangelicals matter so much



Romney supporters argue that this will help Mitt by pitting Perry against Bachmann for the evangelical/Tea Party vote



Ron Paul is about to become a MAJOR headache for the GOP

-- Howard Fineman



:D

[trey4sports]

nice!

[nobody's_hero]

A headache for the old guard, maybe.

If the republican party wants to grow (I mean the party, not the government :p), Ron Paul is the best chance the GOP has to bring the young people into the GOP and away from the O-Machine.

[cindy25]

of course the big gov Republicans are afraid; a Paul president would mean a new speaker (Amash?) and McConnell would not be the majority leader.