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We hesitate to read too much into the presidential straw poll at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in Memphis--but since everyone else is, this is how we see it: Bill Frist won with 36 percent, but in his home state that showing was merely adequate.(Brief article)

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* We hesitate to read too much into the presidential straw poll at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in Memphis--but since everyone else is, this is how we see it: Bill Frist won with 36 percent, but in his home state that showing was merely adequate. Mitt Romney got good buzz from his 14 percent second-place finish, but his supporters paid for Romney voters to come to the event (and weren't particularly straight about it with reporters). John McCain urged his supporters to vote for President Bush as a sign of solidarity. As a long-term ...

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