{"id":753,"date":"2007-08-12T03:46:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-12T03:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arkansasfreedom.net\/?p=753"},"modified":"2007-08-12T03:46:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-12T03:46:00","slug":"my-my-my-how-convenient-the-iowa-gop-early-straw-poll-outcome-huckabee-suddenly-places-second","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/?p=753","title":{"rendered":"My, my, my, how convenient.  The Iowa GOP Early &#8220;Straw Poll&#8221; Outcome &#8211; Huckabee Suddenly Places SECOND!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; <\/STYLE>&lt;![endif]&#8211;&gt;<br \/>\n<STYLE><br \/>\n<!--\n\/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n{font-family:Calibri;\npanose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n{margin:0in;\nmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\nfont-size:12.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";}\nh3\n{mso-style-priority:9;\nmso-style-link:\"Heading 3 Char\";\nmso-margin-top-alt:auto;\nmargin-right:0in;\nmso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;\nmargin-left:0in;\nfont-size:13.5pt;\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";}\na:link, span.MsoHyperlink\n{mso-style-priority:99;\ncolor:blue;\ntext-decoration:underline;}\na:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed\n{mso-style-priority:99;\ncolor:purple;\ntext-decoration:underline;}\nspan.Heading3Char\n{mso-style-name:\"Heading 3 Char\";\nmso-style-priority:9;\nmso-style-link:\"Heading 3\";\nfont-family:\"Cambria\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#4F81BD;\nfont-weight:bold;}\nspan.EmailStyle18\n{mso-style-type:personal-reply;\nfont-family:\"Calibri\",\"sans-serif\";\ncolor:#1F497D;}\n.MsoChpDefault\n{mso-style-type:export-only;\nfont-size:10.0pt;}\n@page Section1\n{size:8.5in 11.0in;\nmargin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;}\ndiv.Section1\n{page:Section1;}\n--><br \/>\n<\/STYLE><br \/>\n<DIV class=Section1><br \/>\n<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'\">My, my, my, how convenient. &nbsp;Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s see now, Chuck Hagel is an owner of Diebold, paper ballots are banned, Paul is the only pure Constitutionalist, results are delayed by a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153machine malfunction\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.hmmmmmmmmmmm, what conclusions can we draw from these \u00e2\u20ac\u0153coincidences\u00e2\u20ac\u009d?<?xml:namespace prefix = o \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #1f497d\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #1f497d\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P class=MsoNormal><A href=\"http:\/\/marcambinder.theatlantic.com\/\">http:\/\/marcambinder.theatlantic.com\/<BR><BR><BR><\/A><o:p><\/o:p><\/P><br \/>\n<H3><A href=\"http:\/\/marcambinder.theatlantic.com\/archives\/2007\/08\/ames.php\">AMES: Romney WIns; Huckabee In Second<\/A><o:p><\/o:p><\/H3><br \/>\n<P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt\">11 Aug 2007 09:12 pm<BR><BR><IMG src=\"http:\/\/marcambinder.theatlantic.com\/Untitled.jpg\"><\/A><BR><BR><FONT color=#000000>Gov Mitt Romney won the 2007 Ames straw poll, receiving 4516 votes, or 31%.<BR><BR>In a surprise, Gov. Mike Huckabee finished second with 2587 votes at 18.1%<BR><BR>11. John Cox with 41 votes. <BR>10. John McCain with 101 votes.<BR>9. Duncan Hunter with 174 votes.<BR>8. Rudy Giuliani with 183 votes.<BR>7. Fred Thomson with 231 votes.<BR>6. Tommy Thompson, 1,009 votes, 7.3%<BR>5. Ron Paul with 1305 votes, and 9.1%<BR>4. Tom Tancredo with 1961 votes, 13.7%.<BR>3. Sen. Sam Brownback with 2192 votes and 15.3%<BR><BR>Iowa state auditor David Vaudt unofficially certified the results.<BR><BR>14,203 ballots were cast.<\/FONT><BR><BR><A href=\"http:\/\/marcambinder.theatlantic.com\/archives\/2007\/08\/ames.php\">Permalink<\/A> :: <A href=\"http:\/\/marcambinder.theatlantic.com\/archives\/2007\/08\/ames.php#comments\">Comments (98)<\/A> :: <A href=\"http:\/\/marcambinder.theatlantic.com\/archives\/2007\/08\/ames.php#trackback\">TrackBacks (0)<\/A> :: <BR><BR><A href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php\">Share This<\/A> <BR><BR><o:p><\/o:p><\/P><br \/>\n<H3><A href=\"http:\/\/marcambinder.theatlantic.com\/archives\/2007\/08\/ames_a_partial_recount_confirm.php\">AMES: A Partial Recount Confirmed<\/A><o:p><\/o:p><\/H3><br \/>\n<P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt\"><FONT color=#000000>11 Aug 2007 08:52 pm<BR><BR>AMES &#8212; Mary Tiffany, an Iowa Republican Party official, confirms that at least one voting machine malfunctioned and that tabulators recounted at least 1500 ballots.<BR><BR>The state party rented optical scan machines from Diebold, a company at the center of several recent voting controversies. Recently, the state of California decertified Diebold machines for the 2008 election.<BR><BR>Yesterday, Iowans who support Ron Paul failed to get a judge to require a voter-verified paper ballot be used in today&#8217;s straw poll. Separately, the state party told the Paul campaign that a full paper recount would cost $184,000.<BR><BR>Already, some Paul supporters are whispering about a challenge.<\/FONT><BR><BR><A href=\"http:\/\/marcambinder.theatlantic.com\/archives\/2007\/08\/ames_a_partial_recount_confirm.php\">Permalink<\/A> :: <A href=\"http:\/\/marcambinder.theatlantic.com\/archives\/2007\/08\/ames_a_partial_recount_confirm.php#comments\">Comments (54)<\/A> :: <A href=\"http:\/\/marcambinder.theatlantic.com\/archives\/2007\/08\/ames_a_partial_recount_confirm.php#trackback\">TrackBacks (0)<\/A> :: <BR><BR><A href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php\">Share This<\/A> <BR><BR><o:p><\/o:p><\/P><br \/>\n<H3><A href=\"http:\/\/marcambinder.theatlantic.com\/archives\/2007\/08\/ames_results_delayed_an_hour_a.php\">AMES: Results Delayed An Hour And Counting..<\/A><o:p><\/o:p><\/H3><br \/>\n<P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt\"><FONT color=#000000>11 Aug 2007 08:44 pm<BR><BR>AMES &#8212; The Atlantic&#8217;s Joshua Green tells me that the Romney high command is currently huddled around campaign counsel Ben Ginsberg, one of the nation&#8217;s preeminent election lawyers. Perhaps Mr. Ginsberg is telling a joke, or perhaps he is explaining to them the reason for the delay, as best as he can gather.<BR><BR><A href=\"http:\/\/marcambinder.theatlantic.com\/archives\/2007\/08\/ames_results_delayed_an_hour_a.php\">Permalink<\/A> :: <A href=\"http:\/\/marcambinder.theatlantic.com\/archives\/2007\/08\/ames_results_delayed_an_hour_a.php#comments\">Comments (21)<\/A> :: <A href=\"http:\/\/marcambinder.theatlantic.com\/archives\/2007\/08\/ames_results_delayed_an_hour_a.php#trackback\">TrackBacks (0)<\/A> :: <BR><BR><A href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php\">Share This<\/A> <BR><BR><o:p><\/o:p><\/P><br \/>\n<H3><A href=\"http:\/\/marcambinder.theatlantic.com\/archives\/2007\/08\/straw_poll_results_delayed_due.php\">Straw Poll Results Delayed Due To Voting Machine Malfunction<\/A><o:p><\/o:p><\/H3><br \/>\n<P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt\">11 Aug 2007 08:25 pm<BR><BR>AMES &#8212; The announcement of tonight&#8217;s straw poll results has been delayed due to what one informed source says was a voting machine malfunction. About 4,500 ballots had to be re-run. We are waiting&#8230;.<\/FONT><BR><BR><A href=\"http:\/\/marcambinder.theatlantic.com\/archives\/2007\/08\/straw_poll_results_delayed_due.php\">Permalink<\/A> :: <A href=\"http:\/\/marcambinder.theatlantic.com\/archives\/2007\/08\/straw_poll_results_delayed_due.php#comments\">Comments (124)<\/A> :: <A href=\"http:\/\/marcambinder.theatlantic.com\/archives\/2007\/08\/straw_poll_results_delayed_due.php#trackback\">TrackBacks (0)<\/A> :: <BR><BR><A href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php\">Share This<\/A> <BR><BR><o:p><\/o:p><\/P><br \/>\n<P class=MsoNormal><BR><BR><B><FONT color=#000000>From: &#8220;Joe and Barb McCutchen&#8221; &lt;&gt;<BR>Subject: Straw Poll vs. the facts<BR>Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 21:01:25 -0500<BR><BR><\/B>As many of you may know, Mike Huckabee came in 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP> in the Iowa Straw Poll.&nbsp; It is obvious that the Iowa voters are not privy to some of Huckabee\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s behavior, which is unconstitutional and may in fact be criminal, i.e. Article 1, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution prohibiting treaties, arrangements, contracts, confederations,&nbsp; with a foreign government&shy;this is the sole responsibility of the U.S. Congress. <BR><BR>The statistics are now posted on our website <A href=\"http:\/\/j85.01e.mytemp.website\">arkansasfreedom.net<\/A> giving the numbers and dollar costs of the illegal alien women birthing one or more kids in Arkansas.&nbsp; Notice the monthly escalation.<BR><BR>Please pass this email on.&nbsp; This crisis is not peculiar to Arkansas.<BR><BR>Huckabee now states \u00e2\u20ac\u0153we must secure our borders\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6..truly a self-serving lout.&nbsp; <BR><BR>&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/P><\/DIV><\/FONT><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; &lt;![endif]&#8211;&gt; My, my, my, how convenient. &nbsp;Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s see now, Chuck Hagel is an owner of Diebold, paper ballots are banned, Paul is the only pure Constitutionalist, results are delayed by a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153machine malfunction\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.hmmmmmmmmmmm, what conclusions can we draw from these \u00e2\u20ac\u0153coincidences\u00e2\u20ac\u009d? &nbsp; &nbsp; http:\/\/marcambinder.theatlantic.com\/ AMES: Romney WIns; Huckabee In Second 11 Aug 2007 09:12 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/?p=753\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">My, my, my, how convenient.  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