http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/07/08/young-republican-straw-poll/ Covering the 2008 election Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:29:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/07/08/young-republican-straw-poll/#comment-35179 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:42:53 +0000 http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/07/08/young-republican-straw-poll/#comment-35179 [...] Romney, Paul, and the road to Ames digg_url = 'http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/08/02/romney-paul-and-the-road-to-ames/'; digg_title = 'Romney, Paul, and the road to Ames'; digg_bodytext = 'So Mitt Romney has won a number of straw polls by packing them. Reporters get the joke and have stopped covering them, but the Romney campaign knows that it can put these victories on mail pieces and ads. Normally, the question is whether the damage that occurs over the bad press is worth the result. [...]'; digg_skin = "compact"; digg_topic = "politics"; ( function() { var ds=typeof digg_skin=='string'?digg_skin:''; var h=80; var w=52; if(ds=='compact') { h=18; w=120; } var u=typeof digg_url=='string'?digg_url:(typeof DIGG_URL=='string'?DIGG_URL:window.location.href); document.write(""); } )() So Mitt Romney has won a number of straw polls by packing them. Reporters get the joke and have stopped covering them, but the Romney campaign knows that it can put these victories on mail pieces and ads. Normally, the question is whether the damage that occurs over the bad press is worth the result. For example, I only saw bad press, not Romney’s actual victory at the Young Republican straw poll. [...] […] Romney, Paul, and the road to Ames digg_url = ‘http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/08/02/romney-paul-and-the-road-to-ames/’; digg_title = ‘Romney, Paul, and the road to Ames’; digg_bodytext = ‘So Mitt Romney has won a number of straw polls by packing them. Reporters get the joke and have stopped covering them, but the Romney campaign knows that it can put these victories on mail pieces and ads. Normally, the question is whether the damage that occurs over the bad press is worth the result. […]’; digg_skin = “compact”; digg_topic = “politics”; ( function() { var ds=typeof digg_skin==’string’?digg_skin:'’; var h=80; var w=52; if(ds==’compact’) { h=18; w=120; } var u=typeof digg_url==’string’?digg_url:(typeof DIGG_URL==’string’?DIGG_URL:window.location.href); document.write(”"); } )() So Mitt Romney has won a number of straw polls by packing them. Reporters get the joke and have stopped covering them, but the Romney campaign knows that it can put these victories on mail pieces and ads. Normally, the question is whether the damage that occurs over the bad press is worth the result. For example, I only saw bad press, not Romney’s actual victory at the Young Republican straw poll. […]

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