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A straw poll in Texas is a very interesting development! Thanks for the heads up, deport.

It gives GOP delegates in Texas an opportunity to confirm or refute the measure of support that we only judge by Q1 fundraising totals thus far (see below). I believe the finish in the straw poll will be very different than the ranking in the Q1 fundraising judging by the straw poll results from South Carolina.

Q1 Fundraising Totals in Texas

    Giuliani   $2,195,500
    Romney     $1,070,550
    McCain     $1,007,100
    Paul       $   63,676
    Huckabee   $   61,450
    Hunter     $   49,400
    Tancredo   $   26,470
    Brownback  $   13,225
    Gilmore    $    2,300

Rudy Giuliani's Q1 fundraising was concentrated in NY (22%), CA (18%), TX (16%), NJ (7%) and FL (6%).

[deport]

We’ll have the 2nd qtr totals by the time of the Labor Day event and also the results of the Ames Iowa event.... Money to buy booth space/location, workers to drum up the voters, etc also dictates the results to some degree I think. I agree that it will be interesting to see where Texas comes down this time around.