Fred Thompson Places Second in Texas Republican Straw Poll, with Texas Republicans Coming in Last

The Texas Observer reports on the results of one of the most dismal turnouts of all of the "sparse" Republican state conventions. Winner Duncan Hunter doubled Thompson's votes. So, we now know that Fred Thompson looks competitive in 2008 to a few Texas Republicans. Otherwise, the poll says bupkis about his chances. But the limp and watery delegate count of voting delegates in one of the largest red states does not look good for the GOP.