Saturday's media-hyped straw poll in Iowa didn't reveal anything we don't already know:

(1) Not even Republicans like the Republican presidential candidates

(2) Even if you spend all of your time gallavanting around Iowa, shirking your duty as a Kansas Senator won't help you win anything - not even a straw poll where three of the four top candidates don't bother to show up.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney may have won the Iowa Republican straw poll here Saturday, but his victory was a bit hollow. There are signs he may not be the prohibitive front-runner in Iowa after all.

Only 14,302 people voted in the poll, far fewer than the 23,685 who cast ballots in the last big straw poll in 1999.

That's a sign Republicans are not happy with their choices. At least they aren't excited enough to brave the summer heat to vote for them...Why go to Ames on a hot day if you're cool toward the candidates? A recent ABC/Washington Post poll of likely GOP caucusgoers showed only 19 percent were enthusiastic about their options.

If Republicans in Iowa are looking for somewhere to throw their support, the Buffalo would like to make this recommendation.