Via Reuters: Frist wins Republican straw poll
Frist, who packed the home-state crowd with supporters wearing blue “Frist is my leader” buttons, won nearly 37 percent of the 1,427 votes cast by delegates to the Southern Republican Leadership Conference.Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was second with 14.4 percent, while Sen. George Allen of Virginia finished tied for third with
President George W. Bush, whose name was added to the ballot by 10.3 percent of the delegates at the urging of Arizona Sen. John McCain.
This, of course, means pretty much nothing. The vote was held in Frist’s home state, for crying out loud–not to mention, well, it’s a straw poll.
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