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Rudy Giuliani Watch: Ames Straw Poll is Over
Presidential hopeful and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, second from left, plays with his band, Capital Offense as an Elvis Impersonator from Duncan Hunter’s campaign helps out with a rendition of Johnny-Be-Good at the Iowa Straw Poll in Ames, Iowa, Saturday, Aug 11, 2007.
The Ames Iowa Straw Poll is over and 14,203 ballots were cast.The Results:
- Mitt Romney 4516 votes (31.0%)
- Mike Huckabee 2587 votes (18.1%)
- Sam Brownback 2192 votes (15.3%)
- Tom Tancredo 1961 votes (13.7%)
- Ron Paul with 1305 votes (9.1%)
- Tommy Thompson 1,009 votes (7.3%)
- Fred Thompson 231 votes (1.6%)
- Rudy Giuliani 183 votes (1.3%)
- Duncan Hunter 174 votes (1.2%)
- John McCain 101 votes (0.7%)
- John Cox 41 votes (0.3%)
Mitt Romney won as expected after spending the big bucks; while the surprise of the night belonged to Mike Huckabee who didn’t spend and still received 18%.
Only 14, 000 plus voters turned out. This total is much less than in 2000 when 30.000 plus Republican Iowans voted in the straw poll.
Rumors abound that McCain and Giuliani had political operative folks suppressing Romney’s margin of victory numbers.
This is doubtful. But after spending all of that campaign cash, Romney has to blame someone for so-so numbers now doesn’t he?
Ace Crye dressed up as Elvis to show his support for Republican Presidential Candidate Duncan Hunter during the Iowa Straw Poll in Ames, Iowa, August 11, 2007.
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Rudy Giuliani Watch: Why Rudy Did Not Go To Ames #1
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYxSvATmXPk[/youtube]
This Ron Paul demonstration aptly demonstrates the “DOG AND PONY SHOW” at Ames today.
Why waste campaign resources on (as of 2 PM CDT) 11,000 Iowa GOP voters?
Wow.
There are more GOP voters in my suburban California community by only a factor of 3-4.
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Newt Gingrich Watch: Time to Jump Into the Race
From the Ames Iowa GOP Straw Poll today, Michael Barone interviewing Newt Gingrich
When will former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich jump into the GOP race for President?
Flap doesn’t think Newt will run.
But, if Fred Thompson’s campaign continues to implode, then he might.
How is that for a hedge?
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Rudy Giuliani Watch: Grassley – Mistake for Rudy to Skip Ames Straw Poll?
Republican presidential hopeful former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani signs autographs after attending a rally in Cincinnati, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007.
Iowa Senator Charles Grassley said today that it was a mistake for Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Senator John McCain to not participate in the Ames GOP Straw Poll.
Senator Grassley is parochial for Iowa since he has represented them in the United States Senate for decades. But, as far as understanding the Presidential race for 2008, he does NOT have a clue.
The race is front loaded. In other words, there will be more early primaries in large GOP delegate-rich states. For example, in California, Florida and Illinois the campaigns will be fought with expensive media campaigns. It is all about campaign resources and the appropriate management of them.
Participation in an expensive Iowa “dog and pony show” for a state that has one fifth the delegates as California is STUPID.
Grassley may be stupidly parochial but Rudy is NOT a fool.
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Day By Day by Chris Muir August 11, 2007