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Tancredo attacked fellow candidates Romney, Brownback, and Huckabee on the issue of [[illegal immigration]]. Former governor Mike Huckabee stated that Tancredo's ad claiming Huckabee held a pro-[[amnesty]] position was "blatantly dishonest", and that Tancredo's campaign either did sloppy research or deliberately mischaracterized his position<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/individuals/john_tanton/index.html</ref>. Tancredo has used strong opposition to Illegal immigration as a central position of his campaign in Iowa, officially calling it “The Army Against Amnesty.”<ref>http://race42008.com/category/tom-tancredo/</ref> He stated in a speech during the Iowa Straw Poll, "This is our culture. Fight for it!" This is our nation. Take it back." <ref>http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/</ref>
Tancredo attacked fellow candidates Romney, Brownback, and Huckabee on the issue of [[illegal immigration]]. Former governor Mike Huckabee stated that Tancredo's ad claiming Huckabee held a pro-[[amnesty]] position was "blatantly dishonest", and that Tancredo's campaign either did sloppy research or deliberately mischaracterized his position<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/individuals/john_tanton/index.html</ref>. Tancredo has used strong opposition to Illegal immigration as a central position of his campaign in Iowa, officially calling it “The Army Against Amnesty.”<ref>http://race42008.com/category/tom-tancredo/</ref> He stated in a speech during the Iowa Straw Poll, "This is our culture. Fight for it!" This is our nation. Take it back." <ref>http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/</ref>
Most candidates offered free straw poll tickets to supporters, with exception of [[Duncan Hunter]]. The Tancredo, Romney and Brownback campaigns used numerous buses to get supporters to the straw poll.<ref>http://race42008.com/category/tom-tancredo/</ref>
Most candidates offered free straw poll tickets to supporters, with exception of [[Duncan Hunter]]. The Tancredo, Romney and Brownback campaigns used numerous buses to get supporters to the straw poll but<ref>http://race42008.com/category/tom-tancredo/</ref> former [[Arkansas]] Governor Mike Huckabee's campaign provided no transportation.
After an hour of delay due to a voting machine malfunction, which led to the recount of over 1,500 ballots,<ref>http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/08/ames_a_partial_recount_confirm.php</ref> Mitt Romney won the 2007 Ames straw poll, receiving 4516 votes, or 31%. Former conservative governor [[Mike Huckabee]], whose poll numbers had been steadily rising around the nation, finished second with 2587 votes at 18.1%<ref>http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/</ref>. His second place finish was somewhat of a surprise to political analysts because of his lack money, transportation to the straw poll, and late start in Iowa. Huckabee spent a total of $150,000 thousand on the straw poll, a small fraction of what Romney and Brownback spent<ref>http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MDhhNTUxODM5NjIyMjhjNGMwN2Q5MGRlMzNhZGJhODE=</ref>. He said after the victory, “We had two fish and five loaves and it fed 5,000.”
After an hour of delay due to a voting machine malfunction, which led to the recount of over 1,500 ballots,<ref>http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/08/ames_a_partial_recount_confirm.php</ref> Mitt Romney won the 2007 Ames straw poll, receiving 4516 votes, or 31%. Former conservative governor [[Mike Huckabee]], whose poll numbers had been steadily rising around the nation, finished second with 2587 votes at 18.1%<ref>http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/</ref>.
Huckabee's second place finish was somewhat of a surprise to political analysts because of his lack of funds, transportation to the straw poll, as well as a late start in Iowa. Huckabee ended up spending the equivalent of $58 for vote, a small fraction of what Romney ($442.87 to $1,000 per a voter) and Brownback ($148.27 for each voter) spent<ref>http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MDhhNTUxODM5NjIyMjhjNGMwN2Q5MGRlMzNhZGJhODE=</ref><ref>http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2007/08/straw-poll-fall.html</ref>. He said after the victory, “We had two fish and five loaves and it fed 5,000.” Although Romney won the event at great cost, many political analysts believed that Huckabee's strong second place finish made him the biggest winner at the straw poll<ref>http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2007/08/ames_straw_poll_what_it_means.html</ref>.
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