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Yet, even in the confusion and frustration, these voters do agree on three things.

1) They feel strongly that President Barack Obama has to go.
2) The flurry of TV ads by the candidates and super PACs has had little impact on their decision-making process -- in fact, many say the ads have turned them off. The debates, however, have mattered greatly, they say, providing genuine insight into the candidates.
3) They are truly flummoxed about who to vote for Saturday.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/19/politics/undecided-voter/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

Still, her analysis of the remaining GOP field is not pretty:
Mitt Romney: "He's a Ken doll."
Ron Paul: "Lunatic. Wacko. Crazy."
Newt Gingrich: "He's smart, but man, is he mean."
Rick Santorum: "I like him, but I really don't know a lot about him."

His take on the lineup of candidates -- "They've all got baggage."
Gingrich: "He's just another old fat white guy."
Santorum: "I think he wants to punch Newt in the face."
Paul: "He's way out there. He frightens me."

His take on the GOP field isn't all that generous, either.
Gingrich: "He's smart. Sure. But I just don't trust him. He's an egotistical so-and-so."
Santorum: "He simply doesn't have the experience. He's just not ready."
Paul: "He's a little too extreme for me. Kind of wacko."

"I like him, but I really don't know a lot about him." Probably the most honest unbiased or influenced opinion in the lot. And I wonder why, these folks don't know much about him?
I mean he has been consistently 2nd, though cajoled by the press as almost dead last.
The sound bites of his policies are taken out of context. People hear the crazy parts of this speech where he's ranting about the corruption and cronyism in Washington, where he's using colorful language

OH and as I'm typing this, MAGICALLY, the Iowa caucus results were just been updated.

Rick Santorum 29,839 24.6%
Mitt Romney 29,805 24.5%
Ron Paul 26,036 21.4%

It's absolutely magic, thank you 2000 Liberals for fucking up our electoral process and opening it up, to where now votes are talleyed in the back rooms and mystery boxes of ballots can be counted as late two weeks later to skew the results. Give your self a good pat on the back for destroying the Free world, chin up and be proud.

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