The news that Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) and former New York City Mayor
Rudy Giuliani will not participate in the Ames, Iowa, GOP straw poll
this August virtually ensures that an event once viewed as a key step
to winning the Republican nomination will be essentially meaningless.Both McCain and Giuliani announced their decision to step out of the
straw poll today. Former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.), who is expected
to formally join the race in the coming months, has long been expected
to skip Ames. With three out of the four frontrunning candidates likely bypassing
the straw poll (only former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney remains
committed to it), the ultimate results will carry nearly no
significance. It also sets up a break with tradition, as no candidate
in the past three decades who has skipped the straw poll has gone on
to win the Iowa caucuses. |
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