Iowa Governor: Ames Straw Poll ‘Outlived Its Usefulness’

[RandySF]

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (R) said on Tuesday that the Ames Straw Poll, which has been conducted in Iowa for Republican presidential nominees since 1979, needs to come to an end. Branstad pointed to the failed primary run of the 2011 Ames winner Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), as an example that the poll may not be the best measure of Republican nominees.

“I think the straw poll has outlived its usefulness,” Branstad told the Wall Street Journal. “It has been a great fundraiser for the party but I think its days are over.”


http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/iowa-governor-iowa-straw-poll-outlived-its-usefulness

[Canuckistanian]

1. The Ames Straw Poll is a joke

It should be called the "Ames Auction" Whoever bribes the most, wins!

[MrSlayer]

2. Brings in a ton of cash for the state.

You'd think that, meaningful or not, this goof would be for it.

[hrmjustin]

3. The democrats gave up their straw poll many years ago and survived. The gop should give it up.

[47of74]

4. Kind of have mixed feelings

Yeah, it brings money to the state. But it brings a bunch of conservative assholes to the state trying to out brown shirt each other.