Writes Steve Vance:

I was watching C-SPAN when the results were announced. The Iowa GOP leader announced, "Michele Bachmann". Then, he walked off the stage. C-SPAN spent some time focusing their cameras on the empty stage and the crowd. Then, it finally found a ticker that was showing the also-rans. But it started with Santorum, and on down from there! "We already know who the losers are", I said to myself. "how did Ron Paul do?" It was about five minutes before they displayed that result! "Wow, a close second place", I said, still talking to myself.

I then turned on the radio to our local news talk station, and they did talk about the Straw Poll. They talked for about five minutes, about how Bachmann won, and how Pawlenty must be really disappointed, and how Rick Perry was in there as a write-in. During the entire five-minute conversation, they did not even mention Ron Paul's name! He effectively tied for first place, and they don't even mention him. How annoying!

I expect that most of the votes for "Rick Perry" were actually Stephen Colbert's crowd, voting for "Rick Parry". Ha, ha.