Interesting Ames facts:
Mitt romney spent more money than all of the other Iowa participants combined.
Number of votes cast at Ames in 2007: 14,302.
Number of votes cast at Ames in 1999: 23,685.
It would be interesting to know how much Slick Willard actually spent per vote. No doubt it is astronomical, especially for an electorally meaningless straw vote.
I was in the hall today.
One of the most notable things to me was the behavior of the Romney supporters in their yellow shirts.
Normally, a Republican crowd listening to a cast of candidates like this will applaud pretty vigorously on good applause lines even for candidates they’re not supporting. Or at least, clap politely.
I watched the Romney supporters in the stands, and they, en masse, overwhelmingly kept their hands firmly in their laps, even for things that should make any conservative, or any Republican, applaud.
You can draw your own conclusions about what that means. I know I have.
So Mitt spent a lot of money. That shouldn’t say he is the best qualified. Look at Hitlery.