Beating them early

Statement On The Ames Straw Poll: "'Our plan all along has been to play in the Iowa straw poll, and that hasn't changed. Campaigns that have decided to abandon Ames are likely doing so out of a recognition that their organizations are outmatched and their message falls flat with Republican voters in Iowa.

'It looks as if we just beat those campaigns in Iowa two months earlier than we had planned on beating them.'"