Dec 27, 2011 6:00am

Huckabee: Ron Paul Benefits From Severe Weather in Iowa

Mike Huckabee is predicting a win for Ron Paul in Iowa if the weather turns severe enough to keep Mitt Romney voters stuck at home and away from the caucuses.

“If the weather is good, Mitt Romney is in better shape. If the weather is bad and it’s real tough to get out, Ron Paul would win,” said former Gov. Huckabee on “Fox News Sunday.”

Huckabee, a former presidential candidate and 2008 Iowa caucus victor, points to the tenacity among Paul supporters that would likely push them to vote in the most severe of conditions.

“Well, Ron Paul has an exceptional organization there. And it very well could be that he could end up winning because of the extraordinary devotion of his followers,” said Huckabee.  ”He’s got people that would walk over broken glass for him and they’d break the glass just to be able to say they did it.”

In the interview, Huckabee characterized Paul’s believers as “fanatical,” and though many observers believe he can’t win nationally, there’s a strong consensus that Paul could push through to win the Iowa caucuses.

A 10 day weather forecast from weather.com has Des Moines Iowa set for sunny weather by next Tuesday.

User Comments

Fanatical:
1) Filled with excessive and single-minded zeal. – (To restore the Rule of Law and Repalce the Rule of the Elite )
2) Obsessively concerned with something – (Saving the nation from the insanity of the Elite Machine that continues its endless wars and the bailing out of banks and conglomerate corporations – both foreign and domestic)

Posted by: PaulSMich | December 27, 2011, 7:34 am 7:34 am

Got news for you Huckabee.. Ron Paul is going to win Iowa regardless of the weather. Infact I will be extremely surprised if Romney is within 5 points of Paul in Iowa. New Hampshire will be much tighter however.

Ron is about to shock the establishment. 2012 is HIS year, mark my words.

Posted by: LJ | December 27, 2011, 9:13 am 9:13 am

This Paul supporter is just an average joe working a construction trade eager to stop the mega-waste and plunder of war-is-peace foreign policy, and scale back the federal gov’t to where an income tax is no longer needed to get all the good things a federal gov’t could and should supply.

Making it to the polls to vote for Paul no matter the weather is such a small thing.

Huckabee’s pronouncement of ‘fanatical’ seems to be yet more ground work to dismiss any primary wins on the part of Paul.

Posted by: dom youngross | December 27, 2011, 9:23 am 9:23 am

The establishment has been crying about this ‘cold weather’ theory for weeks now. They are soooo scared. God forbid a candidate actually have passionate support. The rest are all menie-miny-mowers…. that non really cares enough about to make a decision on.

Posted by: 27Reasons | December 27, 2011, 10:30 am 10:30 am

Dream on Hucksterbeee, NWO sycphant who picked CFR President Richard Haas to be your adivisor for the 2008 election.

Posted by: DocDave | December 27, 2011, 11:06 am 11:06 am

Yeah, it must be the weather. Deep thinking there, Huckabee. Geeze!

I’m not going to let a castrated religious bigot like MIKE HUCKABEE tell me about politics OR the weather. I’m sick of these robots that race to the top of the hierarchy of NWO slavery; they hardly qualify as “People.” You are not a person if you don’t have a soul. These people, like Mike Huckabee and Bill O’Reilly, have sold their souls. They don’t run their own shows: they don’t write, they don’t research; they barely originate any creativity at all. At first they were passionate about God, and about their work. Now they are slaves to their $$$ and live in fear. Not fear of getting shot or starving, but fear of actually being human. I hope they break free.

Posted by: smokelotsofweed | December 27, 2011, 11:08 am 11:08 am

Ok, so back in 08 the fanatical devotion to Barak Obama was amazing.

but NOW, it just crazy.

this is why I don’t watch the news anymore

Posted by: Matt | December 27, 2011, 11:18 am 11:18 am

I also heard that if its a “Full Moon” on Jan 3rd… Ron Paul will win due to the “crazies” coming out at night..!?!?..(Roll eyes)

Really… what else can you say about Dr. Paul??

RON PAUL IS GOING TO WIN REGARDLESS OF ANY SMEAR TACTICS AND THE GOP IS RUNNING SCARED -TO DEATH!!!

Ron Paul 2012 or move to Antartica!!

Posted by: cisocokid | December 27, 2011, 11:29 am 11:29 am

HUCKABEE is your typical toe the line GOP-er who was a lousy governor and worse presidential candidate. There is a reason people believe in Ron Paul and do so with passion, it’s because people have had it up to here with the pandering, full-of-it, wax figure like politicians and presidential candidates over the years. Politicians with no solutions, who think inside the box and want to keep growing government and spend spend spend our money and keep adding to the 15 trillion dollar debt.

Posted by: Eddie | December 27, 2011, 11:37 am 11:37 am

FOX Huckabee’s next headline will read:
“God votes for Romney, Brings Sunshine”

Posted by: Java McPhearson | December 27, 2011, 11:43 am 11:43 am

Laughing Out Loud!

Absolutely Pathetic(didn’t even bother reading the article).

Yes, Ron Paul will benefit as his supporters will show up. Can’t speak on the other candidates. You know what’s funny Huckabee? Ron Paul is also leading the Poll’s, meaning he will win whether it snows or not!

Posted by: Kristopher | December 27, 2011, 11:58 am 11:58 am

I hope it’s nice out and Paul grabs 30+% of the vote!!!

Hippocrate Huckleberry is just a jealous idiot.

Ron Paul 2012!

Posted by: Maggie | December 27, 2011, 12:00 pm 12:00 pm

What a riot! Now the establishment is blaming Mother Nature herself for allowing Ron Paul to win Iowa, since everyone knows that it would be impossible for voters to actually support him.

Posted by: wsjiii | December 27, 2011, 12:13 pm 12:13 pm

LOL now the MSM will blame Ron Paul’s Iowa win on the weather. What a joke!

Ron Paul 2012!

Posted by: lovecookie | December 27, 2011, 12:13 pm 12:13 pm

People care what Huckabee thinks? It’s one “can’t ever become president” person telling other people that they “can’t ever become president”.

Huckabee obviously doesn’t know what it takes to become president, otherwise he’d be there.

Posted by: Evan Rogers | December 27, 2011, 12:32 pm 12:32 pm

This is Golden. Now they’re going to attribute Ron Paul’s win to the weather! What a slap in the face to the American people and the voters of Iowa.

Posted by: Ryan | December 27, 2011, 12:32 pm 12:32 pm

Ron Paul is a humanitarian in the sea of political lobbyist and corruption which undermine the American people. Look at not only his voting record while in Congress, but take a snapshot of his entire life. As young boy growing up on a farm, learning what hard work and savings really meant. Then a humanitarian choosing to not dodge the draft like Gingrich, but instead joining the Airforce to become a Flight Surgeon, and later a humanitarian becoming an OBGYN Doctor delivering babies.. multitudes of them. This man cares for life, as a humanitarian took his fight to congress and challenged the de-linking of the Gold standard, by history knowing that empires have consistently come to an end once the monetary policy of that empire was based on a fiat standard.. Paul, once again as a humanitarian sought to protect that very same thing which the Founders of this great nation sought also to protect, your life, your liberty, natural law rights which would ensure a freedom to obtain prosperity. Not only does Paul have a sound understanding of history, and where we have come from, he has endorsed the continued education in economic philosophy (Austrian Economics), he is very aware of the history of foreign nations (read: The Foreign Policy of Freedom) and again as a humanitarian seeks the protection of rights for all citizens of the whole world, which more so than any other candidate is known and supported by people around the world.

Posted by: RIchard Russo | December 27, 2011, 12:35 pm 12:35 pm

LOL… Isn’t this hillarious – there is no end to excuses they are gonna try to diminish Ron Paul’s campaign. If he were to win the nomination they would put something like :
“Huckabee: Ron Paul benefits from having more people agreeing with him than with other candidates”

Posted by: vman2003 | December 27, 2011, 12:59 pm 12:59 pm

If there is excessive consumption of aspartame and caffeine with pumpkin pie, it could play in Ron Paul’s favor. It just can’t believe that people are attracted to the message of constitutional government and liberty. I also heard if “Dancing with the Stars” airs on the night of the New Hampshire primary, it will improve his chances.

Posted by: Alan Clifton | December 27, 2011, 1:00 pm 1:00 pm

Ron Paul has the fervent support the others wish they had. They are scrambling right now and they are getting Huckabee and the other puppets to try and attack dr Paul. This is truly a revolutionary fight. Think of the msm as modern day brItish soldiers and Ron Paul as George Washington. It is that serious.

Posted by: Dtm | December 27, 2011, 1:14 pm 1:14 pm

I read last week that if there was severe weather it would hurt Paul.
The media is no longer independent. Congress made a huge mistake a decade ago in deciding to allow giant corporations to buy up the media outlets and turn them into conglomerates easily used as tools to manipulate the American people. This is the result. Dr. Paul threatens the powers that be to such an extent that they have tried to marginalize him and steer us away from the truth. If one looks at just who owns which media pieces it becomes strikingly easy to understand exactly who is trying to ruin Paul’s credibility. It worked very well in 2008 and up until now it has also been extremely effective.
If we, as the 99%, want to keep allowing the 1% to run the country and pocket every single financial gain that’s occurred in the last 30 years we need to do nothing other than sit back and believe what the media is telling us. Fox, ABC, The Washington Post, NY Times, Wall Street Journal, etc. are all bound together now by big business and no longer operate as watchdogs to protect us by telling the truth.
We are being sold down the river and we need to wake up and stand up and find new sources for our news. If you believe CNN operates in the interest of truth you’re living in the past. If we allow the status quo to continue we’ll be a nation of very rich and very poor people. To believe the rich don’t have an agenda is to be a further victim. Just watch and fact check the stories about Paul and you’ll realize why his supporters are so upset. Dr. Paul is under attack by a very very powerful group that like the way things are going and they want their candidates to win and they also believe we are too lazy or stupid to understand how they are duping us.

Posted by: mgginva | December 27, 2011, 1:25 pm 1:25 pm

what a ridiculous excuse for a Ron Paul win. He is going to capture Iowa no matter what the weather is. Mainstream media is desperate to blame the win on something other than HOW ELECTIONS ARE ALWAYS WON, i.e. people showing up and voting in larger numbers than the other candidates. Its that simple. I actually suspect that caucus turnout will be higher than in previous years. The establishment is scared an desperate. They will do anything to keep their power and influence, but americans are finally waking up. We either fix our systemic problems now or we let the elites drive us off a cliff for their own selfish reaosns. Ron Paul is our only hope.

Posted by: circlev | December 27, 2011, 2:10 pm 2:10 pm

Way to spin there Huckabee….maybe you should go back to playing the banjo on FAUX news!!
Ron Paul will win because he is the by far the best candidate with the best plan and the most credibility. These recent smear campaigns and “write-off” comments make the media and the establishment GOP look desperate and ridiculous. In the end, they wont work, so back Paul or fail! He is a fighter for freedom, benefits the 99.99999%, and he is not going away. People are tired of the plunder and corruption and it is time to take our country back.
RON PAUL 2012!!!

Posted by: Kris | December 27, 2011, 2:34 pm 2:34 pm

Government has become ‘Too Big To Fail!’ It’s time Americans took back our country from the monopoly of the two party system. This is not democracy. This is not Free Market. This is industrial complexes giving us one of two options that, oh by they way, they own both. We need Independents to be elected to Congress. We need Ron Paul as our President. We need our constitution as our Rule Of Law! Wake Up America. Come out of your Mainstream Media Induced Neocon/NeoImperialist Comma. Vote down the fraud that is this two-headed American political oligarchy. It starts with Iowa! Vote Ron Paul!

Posted by: Bryan Black | December 27, 2011, 4:06 pm 4:06 pm

Huck is a dumb ____.

Posted by: warren currier | January 3, 2012, 6:32 pm 6:32 pm

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