Straw Poll Make-Or-Break For Lower Tier Candidates

Bloomberg.com:

Aug. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Iowa Republicans start winnowing the field of presidential contenders at an informal straw poll in Ames tomorrow, a day of reckoning that has dashed the ambitions of many would-be presidents in its 28-year history.

"I've said all along that if I don't come in first or second, I'll drop out of the race,'' said Tommy Thompson, a former governor of Wisconsin and Bush administration Cabinet official.

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