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Posted on 08/11/2007 6:34:45 PM PDT by Josh Painter
Gov Mitt Romney won the 2007 Ames straw poll, receiving 4516 votes, or 31%.
In a surprise, Gov. Mike Huckabee finished second with 2587 votes at 18.1%
11. John Cox with 41 votes. 10. John McCain with 101 votes. 9. Duncan Hunter with 174 votes. 8. Rudy Giuliani with 183 votes. 7. Fred Thomson with 231 votes. 6. Tommy Thompson, 1,009 votes, 7.3% 5. Ron Paul with 1305 votes, and 9.1% 4. Tom Tancredo with 1961 votes, 13.7%. 3. Sen. Sam Brownback with 2192 votes and 15.3%
(Excerpt) Read more at marcambinder.theatlantic.com ...
John Cox?
Accordingly, I’m changing my signature from “Hunter/Huckabee
08” to “Huckabee ‘08.” Given Hunter’s dismal performance, he should drop out. He has the same platform as Tancredo, and Tancredo did pretty well.
Gov Mitt Romney won the 2007 Ames straw poll, receiving 4516 votes, or 31%.
Sen. Sam Brownback with 2192 votes and 15.3%
Tom Tancredo with 1961 votes, 13.7%.
Tancredo is the big upset here today. The muzzies and illegals ain’t gonna like that.
It should be Romney/Huckabee 08’
I’d go for that as well. Both great guys.
Too bad about Hunter...he has a good message.
Oh boy, flame away.....
I have often thought Huckabee was underrated. But whenever I have heard him, he seems to make a lot of sense and comes off as a “real” person. I wish I could say the same for Romney, who often comes off as the robo-candidate. Not that Romney is necessarily a bad guy, he just seems very manufactured—kinda like Hillary. Of course, I’m sure there are a lot of Republicans who, understandably, feel uncomfortable with the idea of voting for a Governor of Arkansas under any circumstances. They need to let it go.
The guy hasn’t been able to get his message out.In the debates he hardly got any air time and neither did Tancreado. Friggin Ron Paul got twice the time both these guys got combined and I can’t figure out why for the life of me ???
Go, Fred, Go!
WOW! Tancredo did unexpectedly well!
Ron Paul is good TV - Duncan isn’t, I guess. Maybe he shoulda worn a tutu.
More like a fizzle, no asbestos suit needed...
Good Lord, Hunters’ results are disappointing.
I just sent him money too.
Fred, Tanc, (shudder) Mitt and Huckabee,
Those are, to me, THE choices.
Don’t feel too bad. He didn’t have much in this race in the first place. Think about it— he finished ahead of McCain and respectably close to Fred and Giuliani. The other candidates had huge operations that were bussing people in from all over the state, something Hunter didn’t have access to.
And, after all, it is just a straw poll.
Which confirms how stupid Dems are considering pretty much everything he believes in is anathema to their socialist agenda...
I admire your humility;)
Yeah man, Fred sucks. He was to lazy to spend a few million to win a straw poll. You’d think he wasn’t even in the race yet...
“It should be Romney/Huckabee 08’ “
YAY!! YET ANOTHER boost for socialism in our lifetime. You Republicans are doing a great job of bringing socialism to America ever so slowly, instead of defending (and voting) against it. Thank you, thank you, thank you. While my grandchildren are slaves to a governmental bureaucracy that will tax their earnings at a HUGE rate (instead of the large rate that we have now)they’ll be thanking you too for tonight’s vote. Great job, Romneyites.
Nice to see the court jester finished worse than expected. For all his absurd hype you would have thought Paul could do better.
It isn't because they agree with Ron Paul on the "socialist agenda." It's because they know a Ron Paul candidacy would be a debacle for Republicans.
I like your tagline.
TomasUSMC wrote “Tancredo is the big upset here today.”
Less so than Huckabee. And Brownback.
Mitt is the big loser. All of the millions he spent on Ames should have bought him a bigger margin than he got.
Tommy Thompson said he would drop out if he didn’t finish 1st or 2nd. If he’s true to his word, he’s gone. Cox should be gone, too. These are probably the only two candidates who will be shaken out by this straw poll.
This has to be a big disappointment for Duncan Hunter and his troops. This was his big opportunity to break out of the 1% quagmire.
Fred beat the other two top-tier “no-shows,” but I’m disappointed that he didn’t get more than a couple of hundred votes. They gave away 15,000 bumper stickers at the Fredhead booth. Evidently a lot more souvenier hunters than supporters in Iowa.
McCain was augering in anyway, and he should drop out, but he won’t. Afteer all, he’s a “maverick” doncha know. And Rudy? He should have done better, according to his poll numbers in other states.
Tancredo, Huckabee and Brownback will probably all stay in, encouraged by their showings.
Ron Paul is still in this campaign? ugh.
Just injecting a little humility into the conversation before the Fredheads stop by.
And BTW, I do agree that some of the smaller candidates such as Brownback and Tommy made a pretty big mistake in sinking so much $$$ and infrastructure into a petty straw poll. It could break the bank of their respective campaigns.
Let me tell you I feel better if I’m in the Hunter campaign than in the Brownback camp.
Thanks..
There are times that the moment meets the man.
For Ron Paul that moment was a couple hundred years ago...
“Ron Paul is still in this campaign? ugh.”
Yeah. Choices in elections ARE a bad thing, aren’t they? Especially to people who supposedly support democracy and free markets. What bad stuff those choice things are. Let’s narrow it down to one person. Didn’t Saddam used to do that?
I disagree. Huckabee's been floating around fourth or fifth place in the Iowa polls for a while now, so his 2nd place finish doesn't surprise me in the least. Brownback sunk a lot of money into the poll and he has a bit of a midwestern "home turf" advantage, which explains his 3rd. As for Hunter, I think he had very little resources to work with and only put together the Iowa campaign at the last minute. He didn't lose all that much. Tancredo does surprise me.
of course. I’m sure he knows he won’t actually win the nomination but he’s getting a lot of self promotion this way
The sooner we get to narrowing things where this yahoo Paul is no longer one of the choices, the better.
Ping
1. Gov Mitt Romney 4516 votes 31%.
2. Gov. Mike Huckabee 2587 votes 18.1%
3. Sen. Sam Brownback 2192 votes 15.3%
4. Tom Tancredo 1961 votes 13.7%
5. Ron Paul 1305 votes 9.1%
6. Tommy Thompson 1,009 votes 7.3%
7. Fred Thomson 231 votes
8. Rudy Giuliani 183 votes
9. Duncan Hunter 174 votes
10. John McCain 101 votes
11. John Cox 41 votes
Iowa state auditor David Vaudt unofficially certified the results.
14,203 ballots were cast.
John McCain got a whopping 101 votes.Do you think he’s starting to get the message yet?
Hey we gotta have our fun...
You’re right about that. Nothing like a little ribbing.
Great idea. Narrow elections to how YOU like them. Hitler and Stalin did that right? That’s a mighty fine idea you have there; turn your back on the foundation that this nation was built on.
Socialism YAYYYY!!! Get into the chant, c’mon. S-O-C- I-A-L- I-S-M Socialism. What we need, SOCIALISM!! YAY!!!!!
Which is to say .... these results are probably meaningless one way or the other.
I hope Hunter does win a Senate seat from CA, we need him somewhere in government.
Well gee, it sounds like you’re a hitler.. if your guy isn’t the one picked you’re going to blame his loss on communists?
Yeah, and not only ribs, with Ron Paul still in it we can get a deal on shrimp...
I meant to say thousands...
Hey, I heard the food was really good, so I was thrown off...
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