Iowa GOP Straw Poll - 11 August 2007

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Romney probably has victory sewn up, but I doubt it will be by a large margin. Thompson and Brownback may surprise, I have my doubts about Huckabee, his campaign is starting to seem moribund. I hope Paul does well, but I will be surprised. I don't think anyone will drop out after this except maybe Thompson.

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Mitt Romney should easily win the straw poll. However, I somehow have a feeling about Tommy Thompson. I have no idea why.

Maybe cause Iowa and Wisconsin are fairly close to each other?

The fact that Iowa and Wisconsin border each other had nothing to do with Tommy Thompson doing well in the Iowa straw poll. To be quiet honest, It didn't come over me when I was actually posting this reply.

It's probably that Tommy Thompson is really trying to do well in Iowa (not that no one else is, but you know).

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Here's a chart made by a survey of 30 Iowa Republicans. A 1st-place prediction is worth 5 points, a 2nd worth 4 points, etc.:


From the looks of this, Romney has the most to lose, and Paul has the most to gain. This would also appear to be good news for Tancredo's anti-immigration campaign.

Paul is behind Cox? wtf?

Cox has been in the race longer and according to his campaign has the support of some county leaders. I can't find the article on his website, but I've seen it on there before.

Also note this:
http://www.cox2008.com/cox/govs_gilmore_branstad_ray_make_plea_to_abc_news/

I find it interesting, too bad it didn't work.

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Results are about to be announced on Fox News...lots of Ron Paul signs present in the crowd.

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Ann Coulter doesn't like "any of them."

Must be waiting for Michael Savage's entry into the field.

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What is with Ron Paul? Can someone honestly tell me? Earlier this year, most people had never heard of the man. I was familiar with him as a Republican Congressman from Texas...but why is such an unknown lackluster candidate lighting up the internet? It's unbelieveable.

Part of it is that he gained a following from his 1988 bid. As for the youth support? Honestly, it beats me. When I was with the Phillies campaign I figured Paul would fade fast, but it's gotten bigger and bigger.