Ron Paul to visit Iowa and South Carolina

[Mr. Morden]

Gary Johnson may have some competition:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/10/ron-paul-gearing-up-for-2012.html

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[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

Ron Paul and Gary Johnson are the only two major party candidates I would consider voting for in 2012. If one of them runs, I doubt the other will.

Anyway, like Johnson, Paul would be better off starting in New Hampshire. SC isn't a bad state to target either, but the evangelical/Huckabee wing seems to really have a stranglehold over the Iowa caucus.

[RIP Robert H Bork]

Ron Paul and Gary Johnson are the only two major party candidates I would consider voting for in 2012. If one of them runs, I doubt the other will.

Anyway, like Johnson, Paul would be better off starting in New Hampshire. SC isn't a bad state to target either, but the evangelical/Huckabee wing seems to really have a stranglehold over the Iowa caucus.

Seems that way. I can't see Johnson winning Iowa (or South Carolina for that matter), and he definitely won't finish ahead of Huckabee; same for Paul.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Ron Paul and Gary Johnson are the only two major party candidates I would consider voting for in 2012. If one of them runs, I doubt the other will.

Anyway, like Johnson, Paul would be better off starting in New Hampshire. SC isn't a bad state to target either, but the evangelical/Huckabee wing seems to really have a stranglehold over the Iowa caucus.

I doubt Johnson could compete in SC either unless he can run up large margins in the Charleston/Columbia areas like McCain did in 2008. Otherwise, Huckabee will be tough to beat here.

[Mr. Morden]

Anyway, like Johnson, Paul would be better off starting in New Hampshire. SC isn't a bad state to target either, but the evangelical/Huckabee wing seems to really have a stranglehold over the Iowa caucus.

In 2008, Paul actually did better in Iowa than NH.  He tended to do better in caucuses than primaries.

[bgwah]

Anyway, like Johnson, Paul would be better off starting in New Hampshire. SC isn't a bad state to target either, but the evangelical/Huckabee wing seems to really have a stranglehold over the Iowa caucus.

In 2008, Paul actually did better in Iowa than NH.  He tended to do better in caucuses than primaries.

Durr, Newhampshir is a libarytarian meccaa, hasnt u heard of teh Free State Projecct??

[Scam of God]

Whichever runs needs to dump all of their time and resources into New Hampshire. The South will never, ever go libertarian, but New Hampshire just might, particularly if we're still heavily invested in Iraq in 2012.