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• Dept. Of 99 Problems About 95 Theses: Nexus Of Catholic-Protestant Hate Moves From Belfast To Iowa

  Published: August 7, 2007, 11:26 am

  Tags: Catholics, Dept Of 99 Problems About 95 Theses, Iowa, Iowa Straw Poll, Mike Huckabee, Protestants, Sam Brownback

  Are the Republicans ready to nominate someone whose flavor of Christianity makes the base a little uncomfortable? Someone who says he worships the same Jesus that they do, but who belongs to a...

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• The Ames Straw Poll

  Published: August 8, 2007, 3:31 pm

  Tags: Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Iowa Straw Poll

  have opted out of the Ames Straw poll which could hurt them both with caucus voters. While it is evident that Mitt Romney will win the Iowa straw poll, the real race is for second place. The Ames straw poll has been make or break in the past, the poll pushed Dan Quayle and Lamar Alexander into quitting the race in 2000 after a poor showing.I

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• Ames High Dept.: Second-Tier Republican Candidates Counting On Elaborate Mutual Self-Delusion

  Published: August 8, 2007, 5:29 pm

  Tags: 2008, Ames High Dept, Farces, Iowa, Iowa Straw Poll, Republicans

  Look, Wonkette readers: you’re going to hear a lot about this so-called “Iowa straw poll” in the next few days. We would just like to point out something very important about it:...

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• Ames High Dept.: Second-Tier Republican Candidates Counting On Elaborate Mutual Self-Delusion

  Published: August 8, 2007, 5:29 pm

  Tags: 2008, Ames High Dept, Farces, Iowa, Iowa Straw Poll, Republicans

  Fun facts about the Iowa straw poll: When they say “poll,” it’s not a “poll” like “going to the polls”, it’s a “poll” like “taking a poll.” It’s supposed to gauge support for various candidates. It doesn’t decide anything. In contrast with most polls

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• On the eve of Ames Straw Poll, Romney leads

  Published: August 9, 2007, 11:55 pm

  Tags: Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Iowa Straw Poll

  the all important Ames Straw Poll, a test of strength among Republican contenders, a University of Iowa poll shows Mitt Romney leading in the state.Romney leads with 28%, Giuliani at 11% and Thompson at 8%, the rest of the field is at 5% and below. That being said with Giuliani and Thompson sitting out the straw poll, oh, and McCain too but

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• The Ames(Iowa) Tribune Readers Poll Re:Straw Poll

  Published: August 11, 2007, 9:07 am

  Tags: Mitt Romney, Iowa Straw Poll

  Go Vote at the link below. Sam Brownback2.9%122John Cox0.1%3Rudy Giuliani1.7%71MIke Huckabee7.6%326Duncan Hunter0.4%15John McCain0.6%25Ron Paul81.4%3483Mitt Romney2.6%113Tom Tancredo0.9%40Fred Thompson1.5%64Tommy Thompson0.4%18Total Votes 4280 Vote Here Go vote for Ron Paul just to screw with Mitt "I don't mean what I say" Romney

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• Francis Bok’s Speech

  Published: August 11, 2007, 5:36 pm

  Tags: Ames Straw Poll, General News

  Francis Bok, escaped Sudanese slave is up next. We have a YouTube speech of his up earlier - his story is incredibly powerful: Later, Senator Brownback took the stage to talk about the vote, noticed Mr. Bok sitting at the table, and began an impassioned speech about the scourge of radical Islamic governments in Iraq and the plight of Sudanese

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• The Post-Speech Rally

  Published: August 11, 2007, 5:30 pm

  Tags: Ames Straw Poll

  After the speech, Nailpoint Payment came to do a concert, followed by a brief speech by SSB: SSB says things are “looking good” and encourages anyone who has not voted yet to get out and vote. Then, we were surprised by a visit from Stephen Baldwin (who, like Dean Keaton, has gone clean), who announced his support for SSB and fired

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• Brownback Rally at the Tent

  Published: August 11, 2007, 1:41 pm

  Tags: Ames Straw Poll, General News

  never backpedaled, even when polls came out showing that the public was not entirely behind my family’s fight… some candidates claim they are pro-life, but seem to believe that it was okay for the courts to decide that my sister should be starved and dehydrated to death.” Luana Stoltenberg, an Iowa pro-life activist, is up

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• Brownback Takes the Stage

  Published: August 11, 2007, 12:02 pm

  Tags: Ames Straw Poll, General News

  It’s almost 11:00 local time, and Senator Brownback has just taken the stage for the first time, to enthusiastic applause. The tent is filled almost completely full with people wearing Brownback shirts and sporting Brownback stickers. It’s pretty shocking how full it got in how short of a time. Most of the morning events have been

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• Photos from the Straw Poll

  Published: August 11, 2007, 11:29 am

  Tags: Ames Straw Poll

  are here at the campaign straw poll tent. I believe we are the only facility here today that has air conditioning, which is another reason I love SSB. On the way in, we were greeted by lots of shouting Ron Paul supporters, who may be the most obnoxious people on earth. “Ron Paul, 100% constitution!” I missed the part where the

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• Pictures from 8/10/07 (Part 3)

  Published: August 11, 2007, 11:07 am

  Tags: Ames Straw Poll

  More SSB at the rally: SSB with Norma McCorvey, formerly a/k/a Jane Roe: SSB with Bobby Schindler and Norma McCorvey: In which the Brownback Campaign staff plots the overthrow of the world: More support for SSB: More pictures to come…

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• Pictures from 8/10/07 (Part 2)

  Published: August 11, 2007, 10:56 am

  Tags: Ames Straw Poll

  Some pictures of supporters milling around Campaign HQ before the rally began: Some local SSB supporters at HQ: Then SSB showed up at the rally to an enthusiastic reception and met with supporters and volunteers:

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• Pictures from 8/10/07 (part 1)

  Published: August 11, 2007, 10:43 am

  Tags: Ames Straw Poll

  Here we go with some pictures from yesterday, as we pulled into town and things started kicking off in earnest. This first is a shameless personal one: my wife and I upon arrival: This is one of the walls from the Ames HQ, with some of the press clippings that have been collected regarding our Ames effort: The entrance to the Ames HQ, aka Fort

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• Gail Collins of the Times Finds Iowans Ineffably Droll

  Published: August 11, 2007, 5:20 pm

  Tags: 2008 Presidential, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Conservatives Amp Amp Republicans, Culture Society, Gail Collins, Mitt Romney, Elitism, Iowa Straw Poll, Martha Amp 039 S Vineyard, Nantucket, New York Times, The Hamptons, Upper West Side

  title, Republicans in the Straw, and proceed to these excerpts: Today 40,000 Republicans are expected to make a pilgrimage to a large tent in Ames, Iowa, where they will eat an enormous amount of free food and vote for a presidential candidate. Mitt Romney is going to serve barbecue, and one of his sons has just visited all 99 counties. I

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