Thompson Tops Georgia GOP Presidential Poll

From Hasting Wyman's Southern Political Report ~ State Sen. David Shafer, R-Duluth, who is leaning toward Mitt Romney in the ’08 contest, reports on his blog that he got a bit of a surprise at the Gwinnett County GOP convention over the weekend.

They held a straw poll there (no campaigns were represented), and the winner turned out to be actor- lawyer and former U.S. Sen. Fred Dalton Thompson.

Newt Gingrich was second. Rudy Giuliani was third, Shafer reports. Romney, McCain, Huckabee and Brownback placed fourth through seventh, in that order. He didn’t give us the raw vote total, but according to the Gwinnett Daily Post there were about 130 delegates in all. Shafer said the man from Tennessee got more votes than all the others combined. Here’s what Shafer wrote about the result: “I have always liked Fred Thompson, but his stunning and seemingly spontaneous victory took me completely by surprise. I am not sure what it means, but his nascent candidacy certainly bears greater scrutiny."

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