Iowa numbers Bob Dole (37%) Pat Robertson (25%) George H. W. Bush (19%), Jack Kemp (11%)

[RB TexLa]

Pete DuPont (7%)



Oops I meant to put the ones from this year.

Apologies to President Dole. And I guess to Presidents Harkin, Gephardt and Muskie.

[zabet]

:spray:
Good Point!!

[SharonAnn]

2. Very good point.

[madokie]

3. you got it

lots of rivers to be traveled yet

[racaulk]

4. Beautiful! Point well made!

:applause:

K&R

[DU9598]

5. Hmmm

So you are saying President Dole would have been worse than President HW Bush ... President Harkin would have been worse than President Clinton ... Gephardt would have fared worse than Gov. Dukakis, and Muskie in 1972 would have done even worse than McGovern nationwide? Interesting point you try to make, but don't think I would agree with your opinion - but you are entitled to it if you want to bash on the process or the state of Iowa.

[RB TexLa]

7. No, I'm saying that you don't get to start planning your first 100 days after winning Iowa

[book_worm]

6. Ready to concede Iowa already?

[RB TexLa]

8. Huh?

[mod mom]

9. NH was next and Sununu "helped" Bush.

[MGKrebs]

10. 1988?

It's just Wikipedia, but still:

"Bush unexpectedly came in third in the Iowa caucus (that he had won back in 1980), behind winner Dole and Robertson."

So the polls were correct.

"Once the multiple-state primaries such as Super Tuesday began, Bush's organizational strength and fundraising lead were impossible for the other candidates to match, and the nomination was his."