Overlooked: Was Bush Just That Good In '00? Or Is He To Blame For Low Turnout Now?
February 21, 2007
| 12:45 PM
From today's Hotline:
IA's "Caucus Cooler" blog compares '00 vs. '08 attendance at the Five County GOP Dinner in Orange City, IA: "It was this event that gave President Bush a lot of momentum 8 years ago. Bush turned out an enormous crowd which furthered the conventional wisdom that he was strong with conservatives and his election was inevitable. ... But word from Northwest Iowa is that Romney didn't get the same boost from this event last night. Only about 150 tickets were sold and the attendance was somewhere near 100. For 5 counties that is a low turnout."
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