Inside Story US 2012 - Does Romney's Iowa win really matter?

As Mitt Romney wins Iowa's Caucus by a whisker, we ask what does it say about the divided Republican field. Inside Story US 2012, discusses with guests: David Sirota, Ford O'Connell and Michelle Diggles.

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[14bigthor88]

If i were aljazera i would promote the hell out of Ron Paul. He is the only one who does not want to bomb all there viewers.

[brentoneccles]

I love that the "Republican strategist" said that Ron Paul will not be the nominee and then went on to say that for a Republican to win the Presidency they must attract independents and disenfranchised democrats... and all the polls which compute a Ron Paul vs. Barack Obama challenge show the independent voters going for Ron Paul overwhelmingly. So there's a big disconnect in this 'strategists' opinion.

[snowglobe888]

It disgust me how the media influences and chooses everything. WE choose; not the media.

RON PAUL 2012

[nonosh]

I don't understand why these analysts are so fixated on the "number of votes" concept. That's a terrible driver for designing campaign strategy. These guests should have addressed the ideological aspect of the nomination race; ideology is what helps individual voters determine their candidate choice.

[ThisHasBeenAlex]

Inside story: does this story really matter?

[MegaSteel9]

Ron Paul!

[myfavmusicandstuff]

Candidates are entitled to change positions such as Mitt Romney. Romney is a thinker and a businessman that's what we need!

[myfavmusicandstuff]

Vote Republican. No one candidate is perfect. Vote though Mitt Romney. Republicans rule!

[DannyEmbry]

@brentoneccles idk, Paul won't be able to keep debates solely on the economy and I honestly don't see Obama that weak on economy...just this morning i saw that we've added 200K jobs in December, you can say it's the holidays or whatever but the fact is for 3 years we've had consistent job growth, GDP growth, payrolls are up, etc.

+ in his jobs bill Obama wants to focus mid-class jobs by taxing the rich...in a recession how can the 'no tax hike' party win a debate in the general election?

[brentoneccles]

@DannyEmbry I actually think it would be the other way around and quite easy for Ron Paul to defeat Obama in any debate, he could do so by focusing on one issue alone being the economy (while also criticising past republican administrations for the same reason) which is always a big decider in US elections.

[emptybei]

OBAMNEY!

Between January and September 2011, Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital gave Barack Obama $27,500!

So far this year, Bain Capital donated $123,200 to the Democratic National Committee. They also donated to a Romney super PAC; $1.25 million!

Romney’s companies have sent 25% of this year’s donations to the Democrats, while in 2008, 2/3 of their money went to Obama!

Donkey or Elephant – Corporations keep them FED.

Please give Ron Paul some consideration. I’m not a kid; I’m a university professor.

[BrainRazer]

@Alhazem1 I'm not his supporter and I watch and read the shit out of news.