John McCain Watch: McCain to Skip Ames Straw Poll
Republican presidential hopefuls former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, left, and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. share a laugh during the Republican presidential primary debate hosted by Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., Tuesday, June 5, 2007.
Senator and GOP Presidential candidate John McCain will skip the Ames Iowa Straw Poll. Mayor Rudy Giuliani announced his decision to forego the straw poll earlier in the day.
What does this all mean?
1. Giuliani and McCain are pragmatists in campaign resource management. Unlike Mitt Romney who is worth $ 100’s of millions and can write his own check, both McCain and Rudy realize that their limited campaign resources will be better spent in either January Iowa television ads or ads in other states which have more delegates.
2. Fred Thompson will have to accelerate his fundraising or announce before he is an official candidate that he will participate in the straw poll. This squeezes Thompson to do well in the straw poll whether he organizes and officially participates.
3. The Iowa Straw poll is undercut as a media event and lowers expectations for both Rudy and McCain in the state.
Stay tuned……
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4 Comments
bjalder26
I don’t get the logic of how this is a good strategy. Romney will compete in every state. Any state that they concede to him will only make it easier for him to win.
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Romney is not polling as well in the delegate rich states where Rudy and McCain hope to better contend. For example, Romney has little hope to win in California. He runs fourth here.
The Iowa Straw Poll would cost $ millions to contend. Money that will be better spent in California, Illinois or Florida.
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