Iowa straw poll liveblogging (RESULTS: ROMNEY WINS STRAW POLL, HUCKABEE TAKES SECOND)

Brian at Iowa Voice is following all the developments of today’s all-important straw poll activities in Ames. He’s got a lot of updates and video clips, and I presume will be posting the results from the straw poll shortly.

Related: Check out this humorous piece from the Politico on Mitt Romney’s “guest cook” stint at the Iowa State Fair.

Photo courtesy: AP/Charlie Neibergall

Look at the look on his face! You really should stick to politics, Mitt

Update: Marc Ambinder reports that Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee came in first and second respectively. Iowans must have been as impressed by Huckabee as I was after reading this interview.

Read more on today’s vote, via the Des Moines Register.

Here’s Romney’s press release on the victory.