Two days before a likely top-3 finish in the Iowa caucus, Ron Paul is still Ron Paul, dismissing sexual harassment in the workplace as a dubious and private matter.
Last January, as we and others reported at the time, Rick Santorum expressed particular dismay over an African American being pro-choice: “The question is — and this is what Barack Obama didn’t want to answer — is that human life a person under the Constitution? And Barack Obama says no. Well if that person — human life is not a person, then — I find it almost remarkable for a black man to say, ‘we’re going to decide who are people and who are not people.'”
Mitt Romney hasn’t had to pay any attention to Rick Santorum — until now.
We’ve got yet another late poll out of Iowa tonight. This one from PPP.
The numbers aren’t dramatically out of line with the trend we’ve seen develop over the last week. But they heighten the drama.
And the results are: Paul 20%, Romney 19%, Santorum 18%, Gingrich 14%, Perry 10%, Bachmann 8%, Huntsman 4%, Roemer 2%.
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Rupert Murdoch just got set up with a Twitter account over the weekend. And one of his first tweets seems to express at least some warm feelings if not quite an endorsement of Rick Santorum …
Good to see santorum surging in Iowa. Regardless of policies, all debates showed principles, consistency and humility like no other.
Thanks to TPM Reader BG for the tip.
A string of four firebombings — suspected to be bias crimes targeting Muslims — tonight in Queens.
Apparently no one was injured in the attacks, though two of the attacks seem to have triggered major fires.
He’s tapping into the darker fears about Obama more than you may realize.
What does the typical Iowa GOP caucus participant, with their outsized influence on the nominating process, look like?