THE BARBARIANS DO WELL IN IOWA

Eric Kleefeld of Election Central lets us know that the foes of Western Civilization got almost 50% of the vote in the Ames straw poll:

Lingering Christian Right Distrust — And Creationist Strength It should be noted that Mike Huckabee and Sam Brownback, who were in their own two-man competition for evangelical support, together won more votes than Romney, a total of 33.4%. This may be a sign of lingering distrust of Romney among Iowa's Christian right activists. And on another note, Tom Tancredo placed fourth with 13.7% — meaning that the three candidates who have professed to not believe in evolution won 47.1%, just short of a majority with the Iowa GOP activists.