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August 11, 2007
Ames High and Low
It's still ultra hot out, so it seems a fitting time, between cleaning house and installing new cabinet hardware in the kitchen, to keep track of the heated political event of the day: the Ames, Iowa GOP Straw Poll.
I don't know if I can take it on TV, riveting as it is, so I am refreshing Marc Ambinder's blog, which has periodic updates from the scene. I am very curious as to the outcome of this poll, despite what it may or may not mean in terms of the actual nomination.
Here's a look:
Oh, and if geography is destiny, Romney, Sam Brownback and Ron Paul are in peachy shape. Romney's tents occupy the George W. Bush space from 1999; Brownback is located where Steve Forbes's riches bought him a second place finish that year, and Paul's tent is closest to the site where Phil Gramm (helped by a younger John Weaver) surprised the 1995 field to tie with Bob Dole.
Presidential Elections | By joe lance | 01:24 PM