Yesterday, Saturday, August 11, 2007, was the Iowa Straw Poll for Republicans in Ames, Iowa. Why is it called a "straw" poll? Aren't they all really "straw" polls, easily blown away in the wind? ... And why Aimes, Iowa? What's so special about Aimes?
Well, Aimes is the home of the campus of Iowa State University... So what!
The poll was a Republican fundraiser... It makes more sense now.
Tickets cost $35... Got to restrict people somehow and make it favor the richer.
According to Wikipedia, this poll has been "criticized for heavily favoring better-funded candidates, because better-funded candidates are able to afford transportation costs to bus in more supporters and to reimburse those supporters the dinner ticket prices."... Ah-hah! Favoring the richer again!
Will this particular poll make much difference? ... Well, it does give the candidates something about which to crow. They just better hope that some wind doesn't blow all that straw away.
So, who's the needle? It was......
You'll have to wait and see.
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