Re: Iowa Straw Poll

A little history:

In the 1995 Iowa Straw Poll, Phil Graham tied with Bob Dole for first place, ahead of Pat Buchanan and Lamar Alexander. Graham drooped out of the race before the New Hampshire Primary, while Buchanan and Alexander emerged as two of Dole’s top three competitors (along with Steve Forbes, who had not yet entered the race at the time of the straw poll).

In 1999 straw poll, then-Texas Governor George Bush came in first, followed by Steve Forbes, Elizabeth Dole, and Garry Bauer. Forbes, Dole, and Bauer all crashed and burned without being a serious factor in the 2000 GOP contest.

Lew is right, the straw poll is for the hares, the day of the tortoise is coming.

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10:03 am on August 12, 2007