From the
Washington Post article on the straw poll:
[Congressman Gerry] Connolly said the financial benefit to his campaign coffers would be marginal given the low ticket price ($40) and high cost of the party. He also said that all three candidates worked hard to draw out supporters, and that McAuliffe won not merely because of money but also organization.
Connolly noted that straw poll results at his annual St. Patrick's Day event have predicted several high profile primary contests in recent years, including U.S. Sen. Jim Webb's defeat of Harris Miller in 2006 and Leslie Byrne's victory over Chap Petersen in the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor in 2005.
In short, Gerry Connolly refutes the Moran campaign spin that Terry McAuliffe merely "bought" these results, that no other campaigns did the same exact thing (paying for supporters to attend), and also that his win doesn't mean anything anyway. What's next from the Moran campaign spinmeisters?
