Giuliani leads in Spartanburg County straw poll (Duncan Hunter is 2nd)

Contra Costa TImes ^ | March 1, 2007 | AP

[FairOpinion]

With 71 of 75 precincts reporting, Giuliani had garnered 123 votes. California Rep. Duncan Hunter was running in second place, with 110 votes, and Arizona Sen. John McCain at 86 votes, according to county GOP officials.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney had 59 votes, Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback had 68 votes and Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee rounded out the front-runners, with 18 votes.

[Peach]

Then Hunter needs to get that word out.

[Howlin]

"Get out of the way you treasonous conservative bastards!" :-)

TCBs?

[zbigreddogz]

Let me know if he has a link for that. I'm doubting it too, but it's not an unheard of view. Some representatives of Rock for Life told me that they believed exactly that. I understood their reasons, but that goes a bit too far.

[BonnieJ]

It's very much a part of the traditional Catholic belief. Is Duncan Hunter a Catholic?

[Peach]

I can't even answer it anymore. It's like these lurkers are in the closet because they don't want to subject themselves to the ugliness that Rudy supporters receive. LOL

[Sunsong]

From nopardons:

And Rudy, unlike Hunter and a few others, didn't even have teams on the ground there, working for him. This IS a very good sign and one which belies all of the crazy posts that claim that NOBODY in the South will ever vote for Rudy.

[Old_Mil]

Given that you're one of the most rabid supporters of Giuliani, you won't mind if I ask you to provide the link to your source. Otherwise one might be tempted to think that you're deliberately twisting something Hunter said, if not for making it up entirely.

I won't hold my breath.

[Peach]

Figures.

[Torie]

Some poster made the assertion that birth conrol pills, the ordinary kind, kill fertilized eggs. I have no clue if that is true, but from that, the poster then claimed that Hunter thinks using contraception pills, not morning after pills, should be made a crime. I don't think that is a fair charge. If birth control pills kill some fertilized eggs, I doubt Hunter knew that when he said life should be protected from inception, and doubt he favors making a crime the using of such ordinary birth control pills.

Yes, I favor keeping legal the use of both ordinary and morning after birth control pills, but that is just my opinion. I don't favor Hunter, but I want to not unfairly characterize any candidate.

[dirtboy]

Let me know if he has a link for that. I'm doubting it too, but it's not an unheard of view.

I have a feeling Hunter is talking about morning after pills, which are NOT birth control bills but aborticants.

[spikeytx86]

Not in spartanburg! His son has been camped out their for the past week. OTOH Rudy did not rigorously campaign their and still beat Hunter. If hunter can not pull off first place with a very active campaign in the heart of the south then he has no chance period.

Giuliani/Hunter or Santouram in 08'!</p>

[Sunsong]

Hunter has spent extensive time there the past couple of weeks.

LOL So this is an ever bigger win for Rudy! And the liars are the same folks who claim to be the true conservatives. LOL

[nowandlater]

It's called...um...push polling...LOL! No harm no foul!

[dirtboy]

I did the following Google search and couldn't find anything:

"duncan hunter birth control pills outlawed"

[Peach]

OTOH Rudy did not rigorously campaign their and still beat Hunter. If hunter can not pull off first place with a very active campaign in the heart of the south then he has no chance period.

Bump

[Politicalmom]

Oh, please. You have no proof that it was the "true conservatives" who voted for him. It was probably the 20% RINO vote.

[NinoFan]

Please show us who lied about that. I said Giuliani's star power made up for his lack of support on the ground in part. Please show me though who lied.

[NorCalRepub]

...LOL....I have better luck yelling at the dog then arguing the facts with some here.....emotional reasoning begats their "facts".....all else is nonsense ... too bad they don't realize it is "they" that sound like liberals with those tactics...

[Sunsong]

Consider the possiblity - that McCain IS mentally unbalanced. Consider that to be a fact - not an emotional reponse.

[FairOpinion]

Spartanburg Straw Poll Tonight: A Preview

http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2007/03/spartanburg_str.html



Ex-NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani

Last visit: Feb. 21.

Paid SC staff: 2.


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Rep. Duncan Hunter
As expected it’s a shoestring operation, but volunteer Hunter volunteer communications director Roy Tyler has been camped out at the Marriot for at least the last weak in preparation for tonight. The campaign has also put together an information line for activists
Last visit: Feb. 23.
Paid SC staff: 0
SC volunteers: 25 to 30, says Tyler.