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Romney Wins Iowa Straw Poll As Expected
Associated Press/Peoplepc Online ^
| August 11, 2007
| Amy Lorentzen
Posted on 08/11/2007 7:40:59 PM PDT by Turret Gunner A20
AMES, Iowa - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won an easy and expected victory in a high-profile Iowa Republican Party Straw Poll on Saturday, claiming nearly twice as many votes as his nearest rival.
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To: Paladin2
Romney is an American dont chaknow.
The results speak well to me, anyway.
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posted on
08/11/2007 8:27:13 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: Sturm Ruger
Iowa pop est = 3,000,000. Straw poll meaningless (<50,000).
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posted on
08/11/2007 8:29:08 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Islam is the religion of violins, NOT peas.)
To: Turret Gunner A20
As one that hasn’t decided on a candidate yet, I don’t place much weight on the Iowa Caucus; however, I do hope that some of the field will be narrowed. I’ve lived in Iowa, and it’s all about money and organization when it comes to the straw poll. The GOP candidate basically buys the vote in Iowa. It’s completely different when it comes to the dems. The unions control the dems in Iowa along with the most radicalized group of people that you’ve ever seen. They could be a study in abnormal psychology.
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posted on
08/11/2007 8:31:16 PM PDT
by
Ferox
To: Turret Gunner A20
Who gets to vote in this meaningless poll?
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posted on
08/11/2007 8:31:55 PM PDT
by
Perchant
To: Paladin2
Yeah, it’s all meaningless. Hell, Romney didn’t do anything but throw money at a bunch of corn-shucking rubes too stupid to know any better.
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posted on
08/11/2007 8:33:03 PM PDT
by
JCEccles
To: Turret Gunner A20
meaningless since Fred wasn’t there.
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posted on
08/11/2007 8:34:31 PM PDT
by
balch3
To: onedoug
I’m a strong supporter of Romney against any ‘rat. Romney has a strong track record as an executive (Bidness, olympics, guberner). He could be expected to govern as a representative of the governed (different from those of MA persuasion).
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posted on
08/11/2007 8:38:06 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Islam is the religion of violins, NOT peas.)
To: JCEccles
Whoa! You, sir, are a sad case!
To: JCEccles
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posted on
08/11/2007 8:43:20 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Islam is the religion of violins, NOT peas.)
To: deport
To: Paladin2
I do not think it is meaningless to be able to get 14,000 activists out and jazzed for Republicans. Does anyone know why they say attendance was 30,000 but only 14,000 voted? Please tell me where MCain and Rudy found audiences this size this weekend.
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posted on
08/11/2007 9:11:22 PM PDT
by
ClaireSolt
(Have you have gotten mixed up in a mish-masher?)
To: ClaireSolt
Does anyone know why they say attendance was 30,000 but only 14,000 voted? Bump that.
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posted on
08/11/2007 9:24:53 PM PDT
by
Perchant
To: Perchant
Only Iowans can vote. Attendance is allowed by anyone who wants to make the trek.
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posted on
08/11/2007 9:30:09 PM PDT
by
byteback
To: All
One observation:
It was a pleasure to just be able to listen to the candidates speak freely, so unlike the debates.
I am really getting tired of the CNN & MSNBC moderators cutting off the candidates when they’re saying something interesting. They even tried to cut off Romney’s Dr. Strangelove comment by interrupting, but it didn’t work.
Idea: Why couldn't the Republican debates be held at the straw poll and other Republican events?
Why not get a sharp conservative to moderate, somebody like John fund, or Rush, or even Hannity, have Fox News televise it, and deliver a true quality debate?
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posted on
08/11/2007 9:35:56 PM PDT
by
msnpatriot
(Free Republic is my 1st stop!....After that check out my 'Political Watercooler' on googlegroups...)
To: Sturm Ruger
So Mitt spent a lot of money. That shouldn’t say he is the best qualified. Look at Hitlery.
To: Turret Gunner A20
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posted on
08/11/2007 10:03:26 PM PDT
by
Dragonspirit
(We fight it out as good friends now, but in 2008 we UNITE against our enemy!)
To: JCEccles
What kind of shucking takes place in your lofty abode?
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posted on
08/11/2007 10:09:06 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: EternalVigilance
"Romney Wins Iowa Straw Poll As Expected"Expected by whom? Surely not by me! Interesting comments about the crowd EV. I'll keep your observation in mind when this poll is mentioned.
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posted on
08/11/2007 10:10:48 PM PDT
by
holyscroller
(A wise man's heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish man's heart directs him to the left)
To: Turret Gunner A20
The whole event may be a "meaningless" fundraiser for the party, but if my state's party threw a big event of this kind and I could pay $35 to vote for the candidate of my choice, I'd go to the event, make the donation to the party, and cast a vote for my candidate. Whether he could win would be irrelevant. Whether he was campaigning would be irrelevant. I'd want to show that support for the party and my candidate. Obviously, there are only around 200 people in Iowa who feel that way about Rudy Giuliani and only 100 who feel that way about John McCain.
Bill
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posted on
08/11/2007 10:15:55 PM PDT
by
WFTR
(Liberty isn't for cowards)
To: no dems
If Romney spent only $5M in Iowa, for a presidential campaign that’s a bargain .. the Straw Poll effect carries into the IA caucuses, which start things rolling into the primaries. This straw poll is not insignificant to the candidates, and for a mere $5M, Romney bought lots of momentum.
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posted on
08/11/2007 10:22:18 PM PDT
by
EDINVA
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