Posted on 09/27/2015 11:05:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Amy Eldred, program chair and first vice president of RWKC, led a local caucus or straw poll about the Republican candidates for the 2016 Presidential election, after displaying a poster of all 15 of them so luncheon attendees would remember who they all are. Unofficial selections favored Ted Cruz or Carly Fiorina as Republican nominee.
The Republican Women of Kerr County and their and guests held a luncheon meeting last Friday, expecting a visiting guest speaker from the Republican Party of Texas, and instead got to hold their own local caucus or straw poll about the 2016 Presidential election.
When the business was done, after a summer break in meetings, Amy Eldred, first vice president and program chair, announced that Amy Clark, vice chairwoman of the Republican Party of Texas, was unable to come.
Eldred then produced a large posterboard display of color photos of the remaining 15 announced Republican Presidential candidates, as of Sept. 18, with their names under each one. She said everyone present was going to be able to give their own opinions about the Republican Party and the candidates for the 2016 election.
With four to eight people at each of about 14 tables in the room, she asked the group at each table to choose a secretary and a reporter; and distributed one piece of paper and a pencil to each person.
She read the names of each Presidential candidate on the posterboard, and said if anybody in the room was having trouble remembering all the names, they could come to the front to look at her display.
The poster included Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Scott Walker, Bobby Jindal, Rand Paul, Mike Huckabee, John Kasich, Rick Santorum and George Pataki.
Eldred said no one needed to put their names on the answer sheets, that they could be anonymous.
The unofficial totals from their answers point to Cruz, Fiorina or Carson as locally favorite Republican candidates, with a lesser number for Rubio, in this meeting; and almost unanimous opinions they would find it difficult to vote for Trump, followed by Paul and Bush.
The rest got few mentions or none, one way or the other.
Caucus questions
Here are the questions Eldred asked each person to answer in writing:
• What is your age?
• Rank your personal political stance as one of the following – very conservative, somewhat conservative, moderately conservative, somewhat liberal, very liberal or libertarian.
• What one or two issues are most important to you in your support of the Republican Party, such as its platforms on national defense and foreign affairs; the economy; jobs and growth; social issues; the Democrats are too liberal; border issues, or other reasons?
• List the top three qualities you want to see in the Republican Presidential candidate – being a strong effective leader; having a strong conservative record; having foreign affairs experience; having good communication skills; good fundraising skills; and several others, plus each person’s own thoughts.
• If you have selected a Republican candidate to support, are you firmly committed, somewhat committed, willing to change your mind or don’t know yet who you will support?
• List your top three choices of Republican candidates in order of preference, first, second and third.
• List one or two Republican candidates you would have difficulty voting for.
• Who do you think the Democratic Presidential candidate will be?
Caucus results
After Eldred gave everyone time to answer the questions, she asked each table’s reporter to announce their collective answers.
Table A said: Age about 72; they agree with the Republican Party views; they want a strong leader who is fiscally responsible; they are firmly committed to chosen candidates; Ted Cruz led their lists; Donald Trump and Jeb Bush would be difficult to vote for; and Hillary Clinton or Joe Biden will be the Democratic nominee.
Table B said: Age 62; also very conservative; national defense and the economy; Carly Fiorina, Ben Carson and Cruz; and no to Trump.
Table C said: 52 years of age; very conservative; strong national defense; strong traditional values; Cruz and Fiorna; no to Trump; and Biden and Clinton.
Table D said: Age 21; very conservative; national defense and immigration; leadership in national security; Cruz, Fiorina and Rubio; no to Trump; and Clinton.
Table E said they were youngest in the room; then very conservative; all the Republican platforms listed; willing to change their minds on a preferred candidate; but Cruz, Carson and Rand Paul topped their lists followed by Fiorina and Rubio; no to Huckabee and Paul; and Clinton.
Table F said they were all on Social Security; most are very conservative; character, conservative leadership; good communication skills; Fiorina, Rubio and Cruz; no to Paul; and Clinton or Biden.
Table G wouldn’t give an average age; very conservative; effective and strong leadership, and a Constitutional Republican; someone firmly communicating Republican values; Cruz, Fiorina and Carson; no to Trump and Paul; and Clinton.
Table H said they were all “old enough;” very conservative; that a candidate does what he or she says they will do; Carson, Fiorina, Trump and Rubio; no to Bush, Paul and Bobby Jindal; Biden “or a surprise.”
Table I said: 68; very conservative; Republicans are most like their personal beliefs; Cruz, Fiorina and Carson; no to Huckabee; and Bernie Sanders.
Table J refused to give their ages; and said they are very conservative; Constitutional Republican and strong leader; not committed but listed Cruz, Carson and Fiorina; no to Bush; Clinton.
Table K also skipped ages; very committed; national economy; foreign policy experience; somewhat committed or don’t know yet; Cruz; no to Christie and Trump; and Clinton or “to be announced.”
Table L said: 62; very committed; Democrats do nothing for us; very committed or willing to change; Cruz and then Rubio and Fiorina in a tie; no to Trump, Bush and Christie; a tie naming Clinton or Biden.
National Republican Women
Marsha Russell, the RWKC’s delegate to the national convention, said that gathering of delegates from 43 states also held a straw poll on the 2016 Presidential election.
She said up to 75 percent of them said they supported the Republicans because of their position on foreign affairs.
Asked what they were looking for in a Republican candidate, three-quarters of them said a strong effective leader.
And out of about 1,200 delegates, 27 percent said they would choose Carly Fiorina, 20 percent said Ted Cruz, and 16 percent chose Ben Carson.
Go, Cruz, GO!!
But a straw poll of a small, local GOP women’s club is not all that meaningful. Especially if they place a high value on Carly FioRINO.
NEIN!
Would you let her watch your 10 year old children? Regardless, No matter what- do not vote for this thing.
Well I do not have a children, but I would not let her watch my beloved dog.
I do not want my dog traumatized.
I just cannot get past her “persona” to be honest. Or her voice for that matter, which seems to go on and on and on and on.
I remember I was listening to Hannity on the radio sometime last week, and she came on.
After a few responses from her I just could not take it any longer, so I turned it off and was like okay, I’ll turn it back on later.
So about 25 minutes later I turned it on and she was till lecturing away in that same droning tone she uses.
I CAN’T TAKE IT! I DO NOT WANT TO HAVE TO LISTEN TO OR LOOK AT THIS WOMAN FOR 4 YEARS! NO, NO, NO, NO!
So that means Graham or Paul /joking
Bodes well for Cruz here in Kerr County. Not so for Trump. The GOP women appreciate Carly's pro-life and pro-business stance.
Go Cruz!
“Would you let her watch your 10 year old children?”
I’m not sure I would have let Reagan watch my 10 year old children at the age he was elected, but that’s not really the question, is it? I certainly wouldn’t turn them over to The Donald.
I'm fairly certain I've posted the following before, but those considering Fiorina for
have considerable homework to do...given Fiorina's history which demonstrates serious deficits in all those categories....
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Choice quotes from the link provided=====>:
Fiorina opposition research report "As a surrogate for John McCain's campaign, Fiorina was essentially kicked off the McCain campaign when she said that neither John McCain nor Sarah Palin could run a major corporation."
=====>video: Carly Fiorina pays tribute to Hillary while campaigning for McCain
Another item worthy of mention given the above detail she was fired from the McCain campaign:
=====>video clip of Fiorina showering accolades on Hillary while appearing to stump for McCain (see background)
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Fiorina Named 19th Worst CEO of ALL Time. In May 2009,
Portfolio.com compiled lists of the 20 best and 20 worst CEOs ever. Fiorina was 19th on the "Worst CEOs" list, with the magazine writing, "A consummate self-promoter, Fiorina was busy pontificating on the lecture circuit and posing for magazine covers while her company floundered. She paid herself handsome bonuses and perks while laying off thousands of employees to cut costs. The merger Fiorina orchestrated with Compaq in 2002 was widely seen as a failure. She was ousted in 2005." Portfolio also noted that HP stock lost half its value while Fiorina was CEO. -[Porfolio, 5/09]
"What led to her firing, finally, was the disconnect between the company's erratic performance and her insistence that the strategy was great and everything was just fine. "
“Ten years after she (FioRINO) was fired from HP, why has she NEVER gotten a job offer to be Chief Executive of ANY company?”
After Fiorina's departure from Hewlett-Packard, it was discovered that Fiorina had eavesdropped on board members in an effort to stop boardroom leaks, laying the groundwork for HP's pre-texting scandal. [Pensito Review, 11/10/09; Silicon Valley Sleuth, 8/18/09]
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On "'Meet the Press', she called upon Congress to pass the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act. The bill would immunize companies like Google from lawsuits resulting from consumer information shared with government. The effect would be a massive institutional rollback of personal privacy.
“There is a level of collaboration that’s required between the private sector and the public sector to detect and repel attacks,” Fiorina said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday. “That requires an act of Congress. There is a bill that’s been languishing, frankly, in Congress for several years now. We need to get that bill passed so that level of collaboration is possible.” "Outside of passing the cyberbill, Fiorina said, “It’s important to recognize that these cyberattacks that have been going on against the federal government systems, none of those are a surprise … We’ve known for over a decade the Chinese were coming after our most important systems."
****** Fiorina majored in medieval history at Stanford yet weeks after 9/11 claimed in a direct quote of Fiorina's text comprising the last 500 words of a 3,600-word speech given on September 26, 2001 about Islamic civilization - "There was once a civilization that was the greatest in the world." As disgusting as the timing of that September 2001 declaration was, it clearly was not the only time Fiorina spoke of Islam with resplendent admiration.... Carly Fiorina, “Gaslighting”, Islam, Her Relationship To Clinton Global Initiative, and Progressive Agenda…
and pay close attention to the closing paragraphs. What you will note is an almost eerie similarity to current Secretary of State John Kerry vis-a-vis the “Jobs for Jihad” program he, and his globalist co-horts, have been advocating for the past three years.
Read everything written by Fiorina and then ...
Next example – look at the following reception by
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