A coworker of mine emailed me the link to the National Taxpayer's Union Iowa Straw Poll results. The results are quite interesting:
1. Fred Thompson (R-TN) - 25.7%2. Ron Paul (R-TX) - 16.7%3. Rudy Giuliani (R-NY) - 12.5%4. Mitt Romney (R-MA) - 9.0%5. John McCain (R-AZ) - 5.6%...12(t). Hillary Clinton (D-NY) - 1.4%12(t). Barack Obama (D-IL) - 1.4%12(t). Tommy Thompson (R-WI) - 1.4%
There are a couple of interesting numbers in there. First, Ron Paul is sitting second... not bad for a libertarian nut job. Ironically enough, he was also excluded from a debate sponsored by the National Taxpayer's Union! The other interesting number is Tommy Thompson, who was unable to muster more votes than two Democrats in a Republican straw poll. Not a good sign for a man who is pinning his hopes on Iowa. At least he beat out all the write in candidates.
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