GOP Straw Poll

This is a straw poll conducted off of blogger sites. Obviously that means it skews conservative, but the results are still impressive for Fred Thompson and these are the activists which vote in primaries:

2008 Primary Straw Poll Results

5600 ballots cast

First Choice:
F. Thompson 2244 (40.1%)
Giuliani 911 (16.3%)
Gingrich 682 (12.2%)
Romney 647 (11.6%)
Hunter 316 (5.6%)
Tancredo 242 (4.3%)
(none) 194 (3.5%)
McCain 135 (2.4%)
Brownback 114 (2%)
Huckabee 62 (1.1%)
T. Thompson 36 (0.6%)
Gilmore 10 (0.2%)
Pataki 7 (0.1%)

Let's simplify this thing. We'll call the number of votes (none) gets the Mendoza line. Any candidates polling beneath the Mendoza line, should be given their walking papers.

Allahpundit catches a piece I missed also, Bob Novak: Fred!’s wife urging him to run