It’s Obama’s fault.

How does this make any sense. CNN is reporting that New Hampshire is turning out a record number of voters. 

http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/10/politics/new-hampshire-main/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 

Romney with finsh at 37-38% , which is where most people thought he would be at the end of the night. Kristol is right that turnout is a bad sign. There does not seem to be the excitement of Republicans with their candidates.

The fallacy of your argument is that you said Kristol was right about anything.

Bill Kristol being “worried” is a good sign for Liberals!!  =)

It’s CNN. They’re always wrong.

Turnout looks down a bit from the 234,851 who voted in 2008, but not by much.

Really cause the story says:

“A record 250,000 voters were expected to turn out for the GOP primary on an unseasonably warm winter day, Deputy Secretary of State David Scanlan told CNN. With no competitive challenger to President Barack Obama on the Democratic side, more “undeclared” voters could weigh in on the Republican race, he said. ”

And where is your observation coming from?

Mitt Romney’s polling average in New Hampshire, according to RealClearPolitics, was 37.5%. He’s now at 38.3%. Juan Williams is ignorant, as usual.

Don’t be popping the champagne just yet Dog. ;oP

I get the feeling that as the dead wood drifts away and republicans realize Romney is the only one who has the potential to beat Obama, they will get in line.

Put it to you this way, if I lived in NH, I would not bother voting in the primary, but I would vote for him on election day.

With about 80% reporting there have been about 180,000 votes recorded so far. Not exactly rocket science.

Good point.  I don’t recall this ever happening before. 

First time for everything, maybe?

Oh so your an expert? Let me see your CV.

Republicans are not excited about any of their candidates and they don’t really care; they are just excited to vote against Obama.  The R populous have been trained on what to hate, not what to like.

This angle (complete with smarmy smile) was being pushed early on in the Iowa coverage before the numbers were counted up and it turned out to be a record.  It seems turnout was slightly off in NH (though not by a worrisome amount as depicted by the ever wrong “the Arab spring is 1776 all over again” Kristol in a race that was all but an assured Romney victory).  What’s the play here?  He’s already in the silly camp of establishment insiders pushing the notion of an Obama re-election.  Gingrich is no longer a viable alternative, if he ever was one.  So… fear mongering the results of early contests to spur a conventional (from the neo-con wing), Washington establishment-approved, late entry?  Or just sour grapes that there is no neo-con savior over the horizon?

You’re just looking to cause trouble tonight aren’t you? 

Let me be the first to call low voter turnout a RINO.

Yea the turnout sucks. But what really has the media pissed is this primary is boring and not a horse race. They want a horse race for their ratings and are trying to gin up anything that makes it look interesting when in actuality it aint. What isn’t being talked about it Romney has all the money he’s gonna roll over these clowns. Its like the US Army attacking Grenada.

Lack of interest it seems.

Yeah low turn out but, 57 STATES CORPSEMEN!

Solyndra!  Golf!  Apology tour!

You make a lot of sense, and it is inevitable that Romney will be the Republican nominee. That is not because of some subversive conspiracy within the Republican party or any other group. This is democracy in action.
Most of all, it is proof that Mr. Krystal should be worried about the chances of a Republican win of the presidency. They are looking pretty slim right now.

Everybody, even the craziest person, is right once in a while about something.

Interesting that the Iowa turnout was also pretty low, only about half of what the Dems managed there in 2008.

No, most likely his parents

Lack of qualified candidates.

The problem isn’t with one or the other of you two – the problem is with the way CNN has written this.   

The words:”A record 250,000 voters were expected”   could mean:   1. at the rate folks are coming in to vote, the combined number voting in these NH primaries will be the highest ever,  or, they could mean:  2. based on our expectations of warm weather, plus our hopes at CNN that this GOP clown show just keeps going & building & turning into something AWESOME … or at least something we can use to keep our ad rates up — because, really, we at CNN got nothing, we truly suck as an organization; we got one guy, a gay guy who gets all giggly when anyone says “poop” and he’s OUR BIGGEST TALENT — plus campaign hype we were fed & digested & regurgitated — because, again, We. Are. CNN. & this is how low we’ve sunk — WE AT CNN expected (& by “expected” we mean “hoped”) to sell this as AWESOME.

May we take it that by using the words “There does not seem to be the”, when you actually meant ‘There is no”, you’ve capitulated, are preparing for the formal surrender ceremony & have gone over to the CNN Dark Force?

I don’t know about that. The only reactions that I’m aware of liberals having to Kristol are:  

A) deep dread when he starts ginning up enthusiasm for some prohibitively expensive foreign murder expedition (because for some reason conservatives actually listen this ghoul), and  

B) delighted awe when the GOP establishment goes brain dead in giving up to him their choice of VP.  

But “worried”, whoa: that’s a new one – Bill Kristol having an actual human-range response within the parameters of reality orientation … we don’t know have any experience to rely on in trying what to make something out of that. 

Can we all play?

WHAT’S THAT SPELL? WHAT’S THAT SPELL? WHAT’S THAT SPELL?

Uh … four more years.

Come on Mediaite. If you can’t run the whole segment to allow us to see the comments in context, then at least do a clean cut! You’re so amateurish with your edits a lot of time.

The 2012 Repubs are just like the 2004 Dems: they don’t particularly like their own guys, but they hate the President.  And just like in 2004, that won’t be enough to defeat the incumbent. 

He’s ignorant for less then a point error? Your desperate for even mentioning the difference…

Not Bill Kristol.

Socialism! Muslim!  Anti-colonialism!  Kenyan Mau Mau!  And don’t forget, Saul Alinsky!

It’s good to always repeat that last one.

Bill Kristol can go to hell…….this weak-knee so-called Conservative needs to retire.

Ron willams is a flaming pro-Obama supporter who trashes Mitt Romney ever chance he gets.

Bill and Ron………….Mitt Romney won with 40% of the vote last night and with just Republicans won with 50% of the vote……..

How do you back a vulture capitalist with no core principals?

Mr. Kristol – knock off the baloney.  (can I say that here?)

You talking heads moaned that Romney could not break 25%, and last night he hit 37%.  And still you moan.  He is still running against 5 other candidates, and Obama. 

That sir – is quite a heavy load – for anyone.

Keep watching Romney.  I know I will.

IT WAS A RECORD TURNOUT.  WTF?

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Poor Bill.  He sees the opportunity to kill Arabs and Persians slipping through his fingers.

The bottom line is If you don’t like how the party of “NO” has held the Congress hostage, vote. If
you are not registered – get registered­. If you didn’t vote last cycle, get
involved and vote. Take part in local and state level politics, because the
Toxic Erratic Activist(T­EA) Party has taken over local and state politics. Others have said it, so I’ll say it again! It’s the
economy stupid! The TEA party squandered a golden opportunity post their
smashing win in 2010. Rather they passed numerous anti-abortion laws nationwide.
Now there three segments fighting each other. It
has been very entertaining since they started dancing. And Judson Phillips
boldly declared, “The Tea Party will never rally behind Mitt Romney.” The
“Anyone but Romney” crowd have help splinter the once proud party of Lincoln.
Then there is the GOP, the party of Teddy Roosevelt, which was once progressive
to the point of “Trust Busting” and increased regulation of business. Now this
portion has squandered their opportunity to effect great legislation. Then there
is the Republican section, once proud Reagan-ites whom have been seriously
compromised by the other radical divisions and therefore failed to produce any
jobs legislation they ran on in the 2010 election. Once proud, now split and
leader-less they wander the Iowan countryside seeking solace from those just as
split. It has been one very entertaining primary
season.

the little chicken hawk warmongering zionist Kristolnacht gave us Sarah Palin and knows he will have zero input and influence in a romney admin. he would rather sit outside and throw rocks at Obama than see a republican who ignores him take power. what a loser.

As it turned out, the turnout was higher than last time.

Yeah 25% of the party overall for the nomination.  He won 37% of New Hamsphire’s vote.  There is a big difference.  Ron Paul got 24% of the New Hampshire vote, but only garners about 10% of the overall party vote.  Get it?

Yes it was. With 99% reporting, 244,229 votes have been counted thus far which is well above the voter turnout in 2008.

Yes Kristol it is true, Conservatives do not like your candidate Romney.

No enthusiasm problem for Paul supporters

Sure, but Ron Paul will never win with libertarians alone. I think Kristol had a great point. Now, in both Iowa and NH the turnout was low. And I thought Tea Partiers and GOPers were on fire this election! And, by the way, if Romney or Ron Paul win, I am one voter will not be excited about voting. Well, I will not vote for Ron Paul. As for Romney, maybe I will hold my nose, I don’t know. But I am extremely disappointed, not with Romney or Ron Paul. I am disappointed with the voters. No wonder we have Obama in the WH.

The turnout was low because everyone assumed a Romney victory.  Kristol appears to want Obama re-elected.  Obama has pleased him by overthrowing more right wing governments than Bush did.

245,373  another MSM propaganda hit debunked