Iowa Straw Poll To Weed Out Weak GOP Candidates

AFP:

Hard-charging Mitt Romney is tipped Saturday to cruise to a crushing victory as Republican activists cast the first votes in the 2008 race for president, in an Iowa popularity contest.

The fabled straw poll in the university town of Ames is a traditional early indicator of the Republican field, but is devalued this year by the absence of the former Massachusetts governor's top rivals.

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