Fox News' Chris Wallace Has an Anti-Ron Paul Agenda - Yahoo! News: "Well, and the Ron Paul people aren't going to like me saying this," Wallace said, "but, to a certain degree, it will discredit the Iowa caucuses because, rightly or wrongly, I think most of the Republican establishment thinks he is not going to end up as the nominee. So, therefore, Iowa won't count and it will go on."
So, to reiterate: "Iowa won't count." But only if Ron Paul wins. Otherwise, because every other GOP candidate is presumably acceptable to the "Republican establishment" (oddly enough, this line of reasoning would seem to include Tea Party Caucus leader Rep. Michele Bachmann and ultra-conservative ex-Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum as part of the "establishment" -- unless they have been discounted altogether), a victory in Iowa will count and should be looked upon as a voter mandate for the legitimacy of their candidacy.
So, to reiterate: "Iowa won't count." But only if Ron Paul wins. Otherwise, because every other GOP candidate is presumably acceptable to the "Republican establishment" (oddly enough, this line of reasoning would seem to include Tea Party Caucus leader Rep. Michele Bachmann and ultra-conservative ex-Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum as part of the "establishment" -- unless they have been discounted altogether), a victory in Iowa will count and should be looked upon as a voter mandate for the legitimacy of their candidacy.
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