Posted on 08/13/2011 4:06:05 PM PDT by therightliveswithus
The final tally:
Michele Bachmann 4,823
Ron Paul 4,671
Tim Pawlenty 2,293
Rick Santorum 1,657
Herman Cain 1,456
Rick Perry 718
Mitt Romeny 567
Newt Gingrich 385
Jon Huntsman 69
Thaddeus McCotter 35
other write-ins 162
there’s an echo in my inbox. LOL seriously though, her victory is a victory for conservatism. Enjoy it.
Elite RINOs go home!
The final tally:
Michele Bachmann 4,823
Ron Paul 4,671
Tim Pawlenty 2,293
Rick Santorum 1,657
Herman Cain 1,456
Rick Perry 718
Mitt Romeny 567
Newt Gingrich 385
Jon Huntsman 69
Thaddeus McCotter 35
other write-ins 162
Total votes 16892
LOL!
I would have thought she’d get more votes than Perry, so I was guessing they were only allowed to vote for announced candidates; The only announced candidate that I know of who wasn’t listed was Johnson. I don’t think Giuliani has announced yet.
Romney is a total fraud and he’s obamacare and an abortionist pig with blood on his hands. If the idiot GOP wants to nominate him, then do it.
The Marxist will have 4 more years or a Tea Party candidate will eek-out a win!
Either way, I won’t vote for Romney.
are you stupid? Is that what your problem is? Thumbs up that he’s one step farther away from becoming POTUS. FARTHER AWAY! as in the opposite of closer to becoming POTUS! Ya got that genius?
Right, they posted a thumbs up because Romney is falling behind and per their post FARTHER AWAY from the Presidency.
Tpaw should have beaten Bachmann. He had the organization. I was surprised at the results.
Perry’s write-in votes have appeared!
1. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (4823, 28.55%)
2. Congressman Ron Paul (4671, 27.65%)
3. Governor Tim Pawlenty (2293, 13.57%)
4. Senator Rick Santorum (1657, 9.81%)
5. Herman Cain (1456, 8.62%)
6. Governor Rick Perry (718, 3.62%) write-in
7. Governor Mitt Romney (567, 3.36%)
8. Speaker Newt Gingrich (385, 2.28%)
9. Governor Jon Huntsman (69, 0.41%)
10. Congressman Thad McCotter (35, 0.21%)
Okay, good. Too bad this Iowa straw poll doesn’t mean much. Romney was a loser there in ‘08 also.
I'd like an honest answer.
If Palin were a candidate and had won, would winning this Iowa straw poll mean something?
We have such a strange method of selecting the nominees. But that’s what a 1 1/2 party system give us. In the end, the Pubbies get a milquetoast, the least offensive to the party’s activist population. Perry or Paul Enty (or both) will end up on the ticket. Unfortunately for the country. Damn RINOS.
Could you elaborate a little more on why you are not thrilled with MB? There’s been plenty of pro-con threads on Perry and Pawlenty. But not so much on Bachmann and Santorum (at least not while I’m lurking). MSM is not a good source, and the only alternatives for info are here on FR or congressional voting records. If you have handy links to share, I’d appreciate it. She obviously is a conservative voter.
I think you mean 07 and Romney won.
16892 * $30/vote - that’s $506,760 gross to the Iowa GOP.
Money that the campaigns paid for their tent-space on the grounds was likely plenty to cover the overhead costs...
Not a bad payday for the Iowa GOP - which is the real point of the day. :)
Behind the scenes you can bet that Romney was hoping Ron Paul would win this. Nothing would make this straw poll look more utterly meaningless than if Paul had won it. Heck, wouldn't surprise me if the Romney campaign was doing everything it could to help the Paul people turn out the vote. Because Bachmann won, Romney now has to concede that a real candidate beat him here in Iowa.
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