Team Tancredo announces Iowa Straw Poll talent show

Here is a short video clip of Bay Buchanan announcing an underage talent show event for the Iowa Straw Poll. The winner will get $1,000.

Fred Thompson and the Iowa Straw Poll

Rudy Giuliani and John McCain dissed Iowa and suffered for it in the polls. Fred Thompson has yet to commit to the Iowa Straw Poll in August. If Fred decides to skip Ames will he suffer the same fate? Iowa Republicans and Blogs for Fred Thompson ponder the issue...

Ron Paul Speaks to 1,000 in Iowa

Ron Paul Speaks to 1,000 in Iowa
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 30, 2007


DES MOINES, IOWA – Presidential candidate Ron Paul held a rally today celebrating life and liberty at the Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines, Iowa. The event was held immediately after and next door to a Republican candidates forum sponsored by the Iowa Christian Alliance and Iowans for Tax Relief.


Dr. Paul was the only GOP candidate excluded from the forum, so his campaign organized an event of its own. Despite being planned in less than a week, Dr. Paul's event singlehandedly outdrew the other forum and its six participating candidates by several hundred attendees.


"Today, Ron Paul demonstrated how deeply his message of freedom and limited government is resonating across the nation," said campaign manager Lew Moore.


Dr. Paul, addressing a packed room, received thunderous applause many times and as well as several standing ovations. Observers believe that this event was the biggest rally for a Republican candidate in Iowa during this campaign cycle.


"Ron Paul has generated more grassroots excitement and support than any other candidate in the race," continued Moore. "The campaign is building on this momentum around the country as we drive toward the nomination."

John McCain, Fred Thompson and Rudy Giuliani total 4.7% in Linn County Straw Poll

Here are the results from the Linn County GOP Straw Poll. These results were mailed to me, upon my request, by Janet Johnson of the Linn County GOP. Linn County is the second largest county in Iowa, so if this is an indication of things to come for the Ames Straw Poll then it should be a very interesting event. Congratulations to presidential candidates Tommy Thompson, Sam Brownback, Tom Tancredo, John Cox and Ron Paul for exceeding expectations and performing well in this Iowa poll.


Tommy Thompson
33.1%
Sam Brownback
30.4%
Tom Tancredo
15.5%
Mitt Romney
4.7%
John Cox
4.1%
Ron-Paul
3.4%
Fred Thompson
2.7%
Rudy Giuliani
2.0%
Daniel Gilbert
2.0%
Duncan Hunter
1.4%
Mike Huckabee
0.7%
John McCain
0.0%
Hugh Cort
0.0%

Tommy Thompson Wins Linn County Straw Poll

Tommy Thompson defeated Mitt Romney, John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, Tom Tancredo and other Republican candidates in the Linn County Straw Poll held on Saturday, June 23rd at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mr. Thompson won the poll with 33% of the vote.

Linn County is the second largest county in Iowa and Thompson focusing his efforts on Iowa more than any other candidate.

In other news, supporters for several candidates made themselves useful at the Freedom Festival in Cedar Rapids on Saturday. While browsing the crowd I saw noticeable support for John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, Bill Richardson and Barack Obama for the Democrats, as well as Tom Thompson, Sam Brownback and Ron Paul for the Republicans.

Iowans largely undecided on Republican candidates

The WCF Courier reported on a poll asking which candidate a person would support if they attend the Ames Iowa Straw Poll. Mitt Romney won, but a large number of Iowans are undecided as to which candidate they would vote for.


Romney - 28.4%
F Thompson - 18.3%
Giuliani - 6.9%
McCain - 6.2%
Tancredo - 4.8%
Huckabee - 4.1%
Brownback - 3.1%
T Thompson - 2.5%
Paul - 2.0%
Hunter - 0.8%
Cox - 0.8%
Undecided - 21%

McCain's Support Drops Among Iowa Republicans

Once viewed as a front-runner, he's now in single digits.

"Former presidential advisor David Gergen thinks he knows why. "Obviously his stand on the war as well as his stand on immigration -- both of those have caused him unhappiness in different parts of the Republican party."

"Beyond that, he's a very different candidate now. Sadly, tragically, I think his years as a prisoner of war may be catching up with him maybe in terms of his age."

Ouch, did he just imply that John McCain is crazy? I think that Giuliani and McCain dropped in Iowa polls from a combination of their stances on the key issues and their decision to skip the Iowa Straw Poll.