Ron Paul- Will he place 2nd or better in today's Iowa straw poll?

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Are these numbers correct? I saw 2.3 for RP%. Source for these numbers?

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The Iowa state republican party and AP?

[The Bandit Fish]

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I think its exciting to see ron paul got so much of the vote. 9.1% isn't great but its not bad either. He's extremely popular on the internet. He's a longshot yes, but he is getting stronger the closer we get.

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Sadly it's not half as exciting as it seems. Giuliani and Mccain didn't even go. Huckabee, Tancredo and Brownback placed higher than RP and they have even less chance of being elected than RP.

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9.1% at least keeps Paul's name out there, and makes it a slight bit harder for the major media to completely ignore him.

The current republican party will NEVER nominate the guy though, which says an awful lot about the current horrors of being a republican.

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9.1% at least keeps Paul's name out there, and makes it a slight bit harder for the major media to completely ignore him.

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They're still doing a pretty good job at ignoring him. This was linked in the Politics forum:

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9.1% at least keeps Paul's name out there, and makes it a slight bit harder for the major media to completely ignore him.

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They're still doing a pretty good job at ignoring him. This was linked in the Politics forum:



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Unreal.

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OK, so lets ALL e-mail Fox n Friends and voice our displeasure.

friends@foxnews.com

My letter:
While I appreciate your coverage of the Iowa Straw poll, I am greatly disappointed in my ‘Friends’ at leaving off your diagram Ron Paul, R. Texas who polled at 9.1%, ahead of Gov. Thompson who withdrew from the race.

Your tally board should reflect his efforts, even if you do not like him, what happened to, WE REPORT, YOU DECIDE? How is one to decide when the news is edited, guess I’ll have to return to CNN to get the complete, unbiased news.

obg

[iron81]

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Normally I move threads like this to Politics, but as long as you guys play nice and keep the political ranting out of it I'll give this one a pass since I'm in a good mood [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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We're way ahead of you. Link Link

[Nate tha\\\' Great]

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Iowa Straw Poll Results

Mitt Romney: 4,516 / 31.5%
Mike Huckabee: 2,587 / 18.1%
Sam Brownback: 2,192 / 15.3%
Tom Tancredo: 1,961 / 13.7%
Ron Paul: 1,305 / 9.1%
Tommy Thompson: 1,039 / 7.3%
Fred Thompson: 203 / 1.4%
Rudy Giuliani: 183 / 1.3%
Duncan Hunter: 174 / 1.2%
John McCain: 101 / 1.0%
John Cox: 41 / .1%

14,302 Total Votes

26,000 Total Tickets Sold

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LOL @ Giuliani

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Are these numbers correct? I saw 2.3 for RP%. Source for these numbers?

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Giuliani didn't campaign for the straw poll, which is quite important since this is quite literally an exercise in buying votes.

Overall a bit of a missed opportunity for Paul IMO. A second or third place finish would have really gotten him some attention. He's trading at 4.7% on Intrade right now but I think that's high.

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He's trading at 4.7% on Intrade right now but I think that's high.

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Is there an easy way to get $ on Intrade right now?

[Nate tha\\\' Great]

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He's trading at 4.7% on Intrade right now but I think that's high.

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Is there an easy way to get $ on Intrade right now?

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No idea -- I don't have cash on there. I'm not even sure if it's in the same category as poker as far as the legality issues go.