Ames, IA GOP Straw Poll Results
By: Chris Guy
Published On: 8/11/2007 10:41:40 PM
1. Mitt Romney 4,516 31.6%
2. Mike Huckabee 2,587 18.1%
3. Sam Brownback 2,192 15.3%
4. Tom Tancredo 1,960 13.7%
5. Ron Paul 1,305 9.1%
6. Tommy Thompson 1,039 7.3%
7. Fred Thompson 203 1.4%
8. Rudy Giuliani 183 1.3%
9. Duncan Hunter 174 1.2%
10. John McCain 101 0.7%
11. John Cox 41 0.3%
Wave goodbye to Tommy Thompson. Huckabee hasn't raised any money at all and finishes second. Romney spent roughly $450 per vote according to the Boston Globe. Let the spin begin....
By pulling out of this straw poll, Giuliani and McCain kissed their already slim chances of winning the Jan. caucus goodbye. This was a fundraiser, as Todd Beeton points out, and turnout was less than half of what they expected. Their political calculation cost Iowa Republicans a lot of green this weekend.
Comments
$450 per vote for a straw poll (Shawn - 8/11/2007 11:43:34 PM)
What a waste of money ... this is like the over $450 billion spent on the occupation of Iraq ... heck even Thelma Drake who spent $25.09 per vote and Tom Davis who spent $21.73 per vote in 2006 for real elections don't come close to $450 per vote ... yet more proof that Republicans are NOT fiscally responsible.
Poor John McCain (bherring - 8/12/2007 1:16:54 AM)
Just when you thought the man couldn't go any lower. Not that I feel particularly sorry for him or anything, but what a disaster he's turned out to be. Remember when "serious" people thought he was the frontrunner? How can these people be so wrong so consistently and still have jobs as "serious" pundits?
Time to start the "I Hate Huckabees" campaign?
McCain and Giuliani (Lowell - 8/12/2007 6:17:10 AM)
didn't compete in Iowa.
Not to worry, all these guys are toast (Shenandoah Democrat - 8/12/2007 6:23:20 AM)
No, I don't think we need to start any "I Hate Huckabees" campaign. I think any or all these guys, and certainly Gooliani, are going to be toast in a few months. The question is which one of these dolts do progressives think would make the best or worst national candidate? I think Gooliani would probably be the strongest, and he's extremely vulnerable. The "worst" is hard to figure. They're all so deficient, to put it mildly.
Any ideas?
Pygmies (The Grey Havens - 8/12/2007 7:29:21 AM)
it just goes to show what a joke Republicanism has become thanks to overreaching, Bush Conservatism, and the ignorance, cowardice and greed of the last 6 years.
Anyone with real integrity, stature, or authentic patriotism long ago left the party of Cheny, Gonzales, Delay, Abramoff, Cunningham, Haggard, Rumsfeld, Abu Gahrib, Wiretapping, DeConstitutionalization, Cronyism, the culture of corruption, obstructionism, fear, hate, greed and ignorance.
When you're just in it for yourself, it doesn't matter how much power you get, you always leave things in tatters.
Will Americans learn the lesson that right-wing extremism can destroy America? One look at these pygmies should be enough.
I (get) Huckabee (The Grey Havens - 8/12/2007 8:24:17 AM)
I recently got a chance to talk with Huckabee, and I have to say I understand why he would do well with personal contact Iowa voters. He's a positive guy who relates everything back to faith.
I don't see any future for him, because the nation is sick to death of this Dominionism junk, but it makes sense that the republican base would react well to him, expecially compared to Brownback who seems to be overtly political in his religion, while Huckabee is religious and also happens to be a politician.