Quote Originally Posted by DuDDy View Post
Already saw this today. It really is stupid that a straw poll of less than 20,000 people could matter this much. Hell even over the course of this poll, only 2 candidates have won this poll and gone on to win the GOP presidential bid. Oh well, here's to anyone but Bachman.
Blame the media (most of them) and donors (apparently) for being idiots. The Straw Poll was created by Iowa Republicans as a way for them to raise money, aka its a fundraiser. Not even getting to the point that Iowa is generally a bad predictor in the first place (It may tell us how someone appeals to the religious or far right, but not really a true indicator of who will woo the rest of the country).