Jimmy Orr on the signifigance of the straw poll

Jimmy Orr with some perspective on this weekend's Values Voters straw poll:

Sorry, but Huckabee beating Romney at a political conference more than three years before the next presidential election? Missed that one. It didn’t come across the ESPN ticker yesterday.

But since this is a political blog, we’ll give it its due. And we’re not diminishing the conference or the Family Research Council. It’s just too early to put much into it.

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At this stage, it’s all a tie. And it will all be forgotten shortly.

But if you get down in the weeds, Palin’s numbers are notable. Some may argue that she performed poorly. But she, unlike the other second place finishers, didn’t attend. She was in Alaska welcoming home her son Track from duty in Iraq.

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All in all, does it mean much? Nope. But it gives a glimpse into what some social conservatives are thinking.

Welcome home, Track. God bless you, and your family. Thank you for your service to your country.

More: Giovanni’s World has a few more words to say about the straw poll.

- JP