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...Iowa ?s Huckabee...
When the ballots were finally counted in the Iowa straw poll on the evening of Aug. 11, former Governor Mitt Romney was the winner, with 31.5% of the vote. But it was Mike Huckabee, the laid-back former Governor of Arkansas, who bounded into the press tent ahead of the others to exult in his second-place finish. Romney's win was preordained--he spent a reported $2 million on the event and has led in Iowa polls since mid-May. But Huckabee, who has raised only $1.3 million all year and spent less than $150,000 on the straw...
...time that Libertarian congressman Ron Paul told a cheering crowd at the Iowa Republican straw poll that the 9/11 terrorist attacks might have been prevented if the passengers on the planes had been packing heat, I was beginning to wonder if the event-a goofy affair under the best of circumstances-had gone fatally exotic. Paul had one of the largest groups of supporters. So did Kansas Senator Sam Brownback, who provided a massive air-conditioned tent that looked something like the Denver airport and featured nonstop evangelical preachers and a Christian rock band that strip-mined Stevie Wonder...
...Bradley rocked Al Gore's world by equaling Gore's fundraising and pulling even, if not ahead of him, in early New Hampshire polls. As part of a retooling that saw the campaign move its headquarters to Nashville and change in its entire high command, Gore went to the Iowa Democratic Party's Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner, where he pledged to "stay and fight" for Democratic policies and values. "I make you this promise tonight: in all the months and miles to come-I will stay. I will fight. And I will never let you down," Gore concluded after leading...
...race, which will turn the focus onto his ability to build on his poll numbers and buzz. Huckabee will get a second look as a potential force in the race. Giuliani will likely join Romney for the first time with television advertising in the key early voting votes of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. McCain plans to make a big push to prove he can come back from his precipitous fall and regain his place as a serious contender...