cool hand luke 22:36
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What does Huckabee's fundraising look like? His campaign organization and grassroots energy? His advertising? His straw poll results?
That's the true mark of progress in Iowa; people *participating* in the caucus
I think that you have this backwards. The Iowa straw polls are a measure of how much money a candidate is willing to spend, requiring the candidate to pay about $20 for each voter to be registered in the poll. You don't even have to be a Republican to vote. They are virtually meaningless as anything other than a test of a candidate's organizing ability. Historically, they have been a poor indicator of Iowa caucus results. Pat Robertson and former Senator Phill Graham are past winners.
The Iowa straw polls are meaningless on another basis: the Iowa Republican Party does not allocate Republican National Convention delegates based on the results. They do that based on the Iowa Caucus results.
Huckabee is (Nov. 14, 2007) now within striking distance of winning the Iowa caucus.
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