Come out and join us at the Iowa Straw Poll today

Published: August 11, 2007, 8:00 am

Tags: white house 2008

The coliseum in Ames: They'll be playing a different brand of ball here today, with the floor turned over to a political convention and a stage erected for Republican candidates for president making a full-court press for the support of Iowans, and some of them will have a lot of trouble rebounding from the results of today's Straw Poll. Iowa State University Photo. by Rick Pearson and John McCormick Rudy Giuliani may be sitting out the Iowa Straw Poll today. John McCain may be sitting it out as well. But that won't stop as many as 40,000 Iowans expected to descend on a basketball arena in the college town of Ames from casting straw ballots for them -- or for any of the other Republican candidates for president who are treating today's congregation as a test of their viability for the long fall and winter primary campaign ahead: Former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts has wagered massive campaign resources on today's assembly. Former Arkansas

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