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Ames Iowa Straw Poll Results, Saturday, August 13, 2011

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  1. Brooklyn999 Brooklyn999 is offline

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    Aug 14th, 2011 (8/14/2011 7:34pm)

    Ron Paul only 0.9% out of first.

    ONE TIME!

    http://politisite.com/2011/08/13/ame...ugust-13-2011/


    Ames Iowa Straw Poll Results, Saturday, August 13, 2011

    Michele Bachmann – 4823 (28.6%)
    Ron Paul – 4671 (27.7%)
    Tim Pawlenty – 2293 (13.6%)
    Rick Santorum – 1657 (9.8%)
    Herman Cain – 1456 (8.6%)
    Rick Perry – 718 (4.3%)
    Mitt Romney – 567 (3.4%)
    Newt Gingrich – 385 (2.3%)
    Others – 162 (1.0%)
    Jon Huntsman – 69 (0.4%)
    Thaddeus McCotter – 35 (0.2%)
  2. ScottBrewr99 ScottBrewr99 is offline

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    Aug 14th, 2011 (8/14/2011 8:28pm) in reply to Brooklyn999

    Herman Cain gonna win it all
  3. budo09 budo09 is offline

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    Aug 14th, 2011 (8/14/2011 8:30pm) in reply to ScottBrewr99

    lol Iowa
  4. Camz Camz is offline

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    Aug 14th, 2011 (8/14/2011 8:31pm) in reply to budo09

    hard to take any poll that has Bachmann 1st seriously
  5. BillMueller BillMueller is online now OT President

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    Aug 14th, 2011 (8/14/2011 8:34pm) in reply to Camz

    this poll is laughable at best imo

    I watched McCotter speak on a replay of something last night and I was legit scared of him. The way he talks is unbearable to watch with his arms flailing and what not.
  6. Niceguy Niceguy is offline I will find you.

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    Aug 14th, 2011 (8/14/2011 8:40pm) in reply to ScottBrewr99

     
    Originally Posted by ScottBrewr99 View Post

    Herman Cain gonna win it all

    Like a black man could ever be president.
  7. Lord Supremo Lord Supremo is offline actually a tuvalu lord (sigh)

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    Aug 14th, 2011 (8/14/2011 8:52pm) in reply to Niceguy

    The Ames straw poll means quite literally nothing, other than winning it will get you a few days of coverage before anyone besides politics junkies are paying attention.

    History:

    Year/winner/eventual nominee
    1979/George hw bush/Reagan
    1987/pat Robertson/George h w bush
    1995/bob dole and phil gramm (tie)/bob dole
    1999/George w bush/George w bush
    2007/ mitt Romney/John McCain
  8. BillMueller BillMueller is online now OT President

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    Aug 14th, 2011 (8/14/2011 9:01pm) in reply to Lord Supremo

    http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/08/...html?hpt=hp_t1

    it means SOMETHING......just not a lot.

    PS that is an article from CNN about Tim Pawlenty dropping out
  9. Lord Supremo Lord Supremo is offline actually a tuvalu lord (sigh)

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    Aug 14th, 2011 (8/14/2011 9:15pm) in reply to BillMueller

    Well Pawlenty needed a strong showing in Ames to give his donors a reason to keep funding him, because he wasn't doing anything in real polls or anywhere else. If he had won or come in second or something he could have said "look, I'm turning it around! Got the Big Mo, baby!" but without that he had nothing. Gg sir.

    Fact still remains tho that the winner of Ames has only gone on to the nomination 1/3 of the time...and in one of those races that "winner" was actually only tied, and in the other race, the front runner didn't have much real competition.
  10. p00pymcp00perton p00pymcp00perton is offline

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    Aug 14th, 2011 (8/14/2011 9:16pm) in reply to Lord Supremo

    Isn't tomorrow the first day of class for you LS? Log off and get to reading!
  11. LVpokerdealer LVpokerdealer is offline

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    Aug 14th, 2011 (8/14/2011 9:17pm) in reply to p00pymcp00perton

    2nd place for Ron Paul was better than winning...if he won, everyone would say how this doesn't count....so this was a better result imo.

    Just saw this Bachman lady on tv...she is batshit crazy
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    Aug 14th, 2011 (8/14/2011 9:18pm) in reply to LVpokerdealer

    ron paul one fing time pls america don't f this up
  13. Niceguy Niceguy is offline I will find you.

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    Aug 14th, 2011 (8/14/2011 9:18pm) in reply to p00pymcp00perton

     
    Originally Posted by p00pymcp00perton View Post

    Isn't tomorrow the first day of class for you LS? Log off and get to reading!

    let a playa play imo.
  14. Lord Supremo Lord Supremo is offline actually a tuvalu lord (sigh)

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    Aug 14th, 2011 (8/14/2011 9:20pm) in reply to Niceguy

    Nah, tomorrow is just orientation. Not sure when class starts tbh
  15. norcaljeff norcaljeff is offline 2010 OT Thread Kill Leader

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    Aug 14th, 2011 (8/14/2011 10:40pm) in reply to Lord Supremo

    No class. That's what you got
  16. Willywoo Willywoo is offline

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    Aug 14th, 2011 (8/14/2011 11:03pm) in reply to p00pymcp00perton

     
    Originally Posted by p00pymcp00perton View Post

    Isn't tomorrow the first day of class for you LS? Log off and get to reading!

    F that he needs to be right here...

    teaching.
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    Aug 14th, 2011 (8/14/2011 11:13pm) in reply to Willywoo

    Best thing about Ames IMO



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    Aug 15th, 2011 (8/15/2011 12:26am) in reply to Brooklyn999

     
    Originally Posted by Brooklyn999 View Post

    Ron Paul only 0.9% out of first

    Yet, every other candidate in the top 5 go their own headlined story in the WSJ.

    Fk the mainstream media and their total disregard for RP.
     
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    Aug 15th, 2011 (8/15/2011 2:27am) in reply to time4badbeat

     
    Originally Posted by time4badbeat View Post

    Yet, every other candidate in the top 5 go their own headlined story in the WSJ.

    Fk the mainstream media and their total disregard for RP.


    becuz most politicians especially other repub's n mainstream media outlets despise him for whhat he stands for...



    ....the common man
     
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    Aug 15th, 2011 (8/15/2011 2:36am) in reply to Camz

     
    Originally Posted by Camz View Post

    hard to take any poll that has Bachmann 1st seriously

    yeah, its not like our country will elect a totally inept idiot or anything.
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    Aug 15th, 2011 (8/15/2011 2:55am) in reply to Popperhead

     
    Originally Posted by Popperhead View Post

    Best thing about Ames IMO




    Actually it's The Mayor.


    Ames sucks though.
  22. scgolfer scgolfer is offline honey let's go

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    Aug 15th, 2011 (8/15/2011 3:51am) in reply to aholthaus33

    Hmmm, Ron Paul wants to get rid of the Federal Reserve. Who gets the most benefit of the Federal Reserve (at least thru the past QE's) Banks and Corporations (essentially the only people who benefited). So why in the world would large media corps (News Corp, NBC, CNN) and other big money (banks, wall street) ever support Ron Paul and or even acknowledge him, when his policies though probably good for middle America, would/could hurt the people in charge of the news?

    Wow, how did I ever get thru college English?
     
  23. norcaljeff norcaljeff is offline 2010 OT Thread Kill Leader

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    Aug 15th, 2011 (8/15/2011 5:49am) in reply to scgolfer

    Bachman got 1st (barely) inher own hometown?? OMG!
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