"Rudy is on a roll. This is big news for him. He didn't even try very hard in this straw poll and he still won."
He's a national celebrity, and didn't even trounce Duncan Hunter.
I'll bet you that 99.5% of the people you ask on the street today have NEVER heard of Duncan Hunter, while most will have heard of Rudy.
The more Hunter's name gets around, the more the people will like him.
Count me as part of that .5%! Got my Hunter bumperstickers (I live in Miami FL) AND I'm signed on to volunteer for the Hunter campaign here in FL!
That would be important in a primary. It is meaningless for a county republican committee straw poll.
If Hunter has ANY organization whatsoever, he threw his entire resources at calling EVERY SINGLE MEMBER of this committee (apparently not too hard, because only a few hundred people are voting in this straw poll).
We had more people show up in our county on a saturday just to pick a replacement candidate for a special election.
Apparently, many of the other candidates weren't as good at convincing 150 people to pick them.
But at least this should get Hunter's name out there in the general media. That's the first step.
If Hunter's team could now come up with evidence that Hunter is a strong leader, and not just a person who votes right on the issues.....