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...official candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, but after the day he spent at the Iowa State Fair Friday, Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson may as well be. Who else but a presidential wannabe, after all, would be escorted by the reigning Queen of Pork to see the fair's biggest bull, a 3,422-pound black bull named Lazar...
...number of major auto dealers support his party of choice. Romney was able to purchase (at $35 per entrance ticket) the votes of Kruse and 4,515 others-and it was the prospect of the former Massachusetts Governor's financial firepower that scared Giuliani, McCain and the spectral Fred Thompson away from the event. Romney now has to be considered a strong favorite for the Republican nomination. Giuliani may give him a tussle-and who knows about Thompson?-but in the end, Republicans will probably prefer a squeaky-clean Mormon with a totally focus-grouped pitch to a thrice-married...
...Giuliani, Thompson and McCain were listed on the ballot, but did not join the other candidates in giving speeches Saturday or in providing transportation, food, entertainment and tickets to attract supporters. Giuliani, followed within hours by McCain, withdrew from the competition in June, largely because they did not have the resources or organization to keep up with Romney...
Romney may be pleased and relieved by his first-place showing in Ames, but the game remains the same for now. In early September, Fred Thompson is expected to officially join the 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...
...politics of Iraq will only get more complicated for all of the Republican candidates. And the media and public scrutiny, which so far has barely singed Romney, Giuliani, Thompson or Huckabee, will likely produce one brush fire - or massive conflagration - after another. As hot as it was in Ames on Saturday, and as pleased as Romney and his staff are with their win, the challenges ahead for his candidacy will not be much easier because of his straw poll victory...