If you had a vote in today's Republican New Hampshire primary, for whom would you cast it?

Ron Paul is a dangerous guy. If the winds of chance ever turned and he got elected POTUS, we can say farewell to the EPA and other agencies that enact necessary regulations and control of corporations. It's bad enough that these agencies were all but killed off by the Reagan Administration and that the Glass-Steagall Act, which prevented the big banks from engaging in run-away behavior (if one gets the drift), but a Ron Paul Presidency would make already-awful situations a whole hell of a lot worse. He's totally against a woman's right to choose, as well, so a woman's right to choose, too, would totally go down the tubes. (not that it hasn't been compromised, as it is)

doesn't have a monopoly on Patriotism.

But I do agree that the GOP needs someone fresh. If anything to get the civil war over with so they can turn around the parties radical reflexiveness and become a true conservative party once again.

I like Ron Paul, and plan to vote for him in the MA primary, but you do him no favor when you misspell "losers" (not to mention missing the capitalization of Goldman Sachs, and the possessive on "banker's".) It also looks like crap to post the same screed twice.

I mean this in a kind way. If you're going to support someone, it's best to do so in a fashion that can attract no criticism beyond the issues :-)

Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com

If you would eat a delicious-looking chocolate cake that's had a little bit of dog poop mixed into the batter, vote Ron Paul!

Most of the Democrats haven't realized/acknowledged that Obama switched parties during his first term either.

As far as who I would vote for in the Republican primaries, I wouldn't. Voting for a Republican right now is antithetical to the policies and decisions that need to be made to benefit 99% (or more) of Americans right now. The fact that party identity politics so heavily skew people's ability to vote in their own self-interests on the most fundamental and compelling topics of today's era is something I'm not sure I'll ever truly be able to wrap my head around.

Since there's no option for Democrats and people just love voting anyways, most people I've talked feel that Paul v Obama debates would provide the greatest level of entertainment on many levels whereas none of the other options provide quite as much interest.

But his domestic policy (especially in economics) is hovering around nutcase.

He's for privacy, unless it's something that doesn't appeal to him.

So we can safely say huntsman was the UHub winner?

Dammit Daily Paul... it's true. Sometimes Ron Paul worst enemies are his own supporters. I should register over there and berate them for voting in a place they don't frequent and many not even from this area.

I voted for Ron Paul and was one of the early ones. I'll be honest I'm not sure I'll really vote for him in an actual election (I might just vote for local issues and elections if there's some), but I actually like him because from the best I can tell. He seems to be only one who don't have an interest of personal gain at the cost of the US. Look at Romney's donors, his biggest donor is Goldman Sachs followed by every other bank you can list.

Either way I been watching him and made observations of the active supporters.

It's is unfortunate too. I can make an argument there can be a good number of UHub Ron Paul supporters. Because his largest base is the college students and other young voters and you all know the numbers of schools here (and have rebuttals on Urban issues too, mind you).

Having a bunch of people who never come into this website create the opposite effect.

Never mind my lovely logical reasons. Conceded, big time :-)

(Although I suspect a few votes came to others via similar less ferocious postings, but not worth arguing about it.)

Just out of curiosity, Adam, what is the mechanism for tracking down something like that? What I mean is, did you look at IP addresses where visitors were coming from, or was it more involved, say Googling a certain string (Paul Vote Universal Hub, for example) and then clicking until you found the source?

(Another question occurs to me: Can you separate the votes from regular visitors, and/or registered users, from those coming from other sources?)

Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com

Again, I said earlier that I'm leaning towards Ron Paul and several friends also leans towards him. I hold hesitation still, but will not read quietly and let write that bring a feel of shame of my own opinion and the similar opinion many friends I know holds.

I will start with if you look at the exit polls, 49% of votes 18-29 voted for him. If you are to make such a statement on those voters, I ask you to back up your claim that all those voters are a "lobotomy shy of a Larouche meet up" irrational idiots.

This shows that Ron Paul is quite popular with people our age. The reason? From my observation of the people I know - because he's the only one without a history of being a hypocritical sell out. You know those Occupy Wall Street people, they are mostly not supporters of Ron Paul, but you know the common element between so many people our age? They are tired of corporate corruption. Seeing the bailouts and reading how much politicans accept thousands to millions of dollars from said companies. And yet, their base of supporters remains unchanged.

That is one of the many attractive reasons (others from the top of my head are war and NDAA) why the youngest set of citizens take interest in the old candidate on the block. If you google lobbyist money, you find he had accepted virtually zero. If you look at his voting past, he actually seem to follow a pattern of an ideology rather than self-interest of fame or money.

I am will to concede the core base of your thrust, the fanaticism of the active supporters are very passionate. Also some can use some mixing up on their rhetoric to how to voice their thoughts and arguments. I have observed and said earlier that sometimes his worst enemies are his biggest supporters. But there's more breadth than the few guys who makes all those youtube videos, many are us are just a bunch of college students and recent grads (there's older too, but I'm talking from my experiences). Nor it means you should dismiss and insult with a wide brush of the intelligence and idea of so many.

Interestingly, while many our age support him privately, most continue the apolitical motions people our age are generally seen (myself included) as we see him unable to win. Our lack of faith and hope is ironically self-fulfilling.

Yet this still means, talking about Ron Paul is more than just a bunch of people short of a lobotomy. I like to to think I am one, though currently reluctant of my support, I am willing to speak from my point of view if you are willing to.