Mitt Romney wins the New Hampshire primary miles ahead of his fellow candidates with 39.3% of the vote. Though this came as no surprise. Many have know that Romney was likely to win hands down. Libertarian Ron Paul took second place with 22.9%, and spoke up about being ignored in the media. This is probably down to everyone pretending he doesn't exist because his anti-war stance has been highly controversial. He also said that he got a kick out of being called dangerous when they did acknowledge him.
I wonder if he likes being called crazy too, because if that's the case he's got an awesome few months coming up. He is the only Libertarian running, promising to shut down a number of government offices. Imagine as little government intervention into your life as possible... Unless of course you like having sex. Then they'll be lots of intervention and cries that society has been poisoned by your unnatural actions! Racist, sexist and homophobic... and all his fellow candidates seem to slam him for is being anti-war. If ever there was an insight in this sick horse race...
Huntsman came third with 16.9%, Gingrich and Santorum next with 9.4% and Perry dead last with a disappointing (for him) 0.7%. You may think Santorum's drop to fifth place would leave him feeling deflated but there was no pressure for greater votes in New Hampshire. Has his moment passed? Perhaps not, but for the moment Ron Paul looks.... Dangerous? More in a creepy man following you down an alley than a political underdog kinda way. Anti-war he maybe but after hearing his views on abortion, birth control and the recent discovery of his racist newsletters he doesn't even have my respect for being a pacifist.
In other news, today I discovered, a little late, that Romney is a Mormon. If there was a chance in the deepest, darkest, dingiest corner of hell that he could become president he would be the first Mormon to take office. Something vast numbers of the Mormon community think that won't happen as he will be discriminated against for his religion. No doubt his fellow candidates will pick up on this. In fact Perry already has in a way, with one of his close supporters claiming the Church Of the Latter Day Saints is a cult back in October. Apparently being 'a moral person having a good family' doesn't make you a Christian.
I thought being Mormon was about as conservative as it gets. And yeah it might make a few interesting lines in a history book someday but what really matters is the man himself, who last night was described to me by a friend as 'Boring'. But that Ron Paul, he's DAAAAAAAAAAN-GER-OUS!
So on to South Carolina on 21st January. With all six candidates coming back for more, its anybody's game far as I'm aware. Romney's chances of winning the state are far less guaranteed than they were in New Hampshire.
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