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.

McCain drops to single digits in Iowa

Since announcing that he would not attend the Iowa Straw Poll, John McCain has taken a sharp fall in popularity among Iowans. Recent poll numbers by Mason-Dixon, released after Mr. McCain announced his lack of participation, show him in single digits for the state.

Counter-terrorism conference in Des Moines prior to Iowa Straw Poll

It appears as if there will be a Counter-terrorism conference at the Marriot in Des Moines the night before the Iowa Straw Poll, for any out there who may want to attend. Thanks to Cyclone Conservatives for gettin' the scoop in an interview with Dr. Hugh Cort, candidate for president. Below are a few excerpts of the interview with Dr. Cort, a man who seems to speak his mind.


"I am the only candidate who realizes we must stop abortion and homosexual marriage in order to get America back to God, and if we don't, we will not get God's blessing and we will suffer terrible defeat at the hands of the Islamo-terrorists.


You can see I want to stop abortion and homosexual marriage. Not even Sodom and Gomorrah had the nerve to call the homosexual relationship "marriage" and look what happened to them!


I will see you all again in Des Moines Thursday Aug. 2 at 6:30 PM at a house party the Iowa Christian Alliance is giving me (please contact the Iowa Christian Alliance for more information), and then I'll see you again at the Iowa Straw Poll! We are planning to have a Counter-Terrorism Conference at the Des Moines Marriot at 7 PM on Friday, August 10, the evening before the Straw Poll. Attendence is free, but please RSVP by contacting us at www.cortforpresident.com in order to get a seat!"