Posted on 08/14/2007 9:39:58 AM PDT by George W. Bush
Gastonia is in a more conservative (and libertarian) part of the state. Had this same event occurred down East, say around Raleigh or Wilmington, the results would have been very different.
It is interesting, though.
“I’m trying to get a feel for the Freepers candidate...
Am I correct in my opinion that Romney is not too popular with FR?
My husband and I see him as the best chance we have for a win. Feedback ??”
IMO, that comes and goes, one week it’s Mitt, the next week Fred, Rudy is most certainly NOT a FR favorite and Dr. Paul really brings out the passion and flames...LOL!
...or a Paulestinian.
he would’a concluded Ron Paul was god.
doing work on a non-scientific poll is flaky. multiple special interests involved themselves with the Republican event. first, the libertarians, a group of anarchists and loopy gold standard bearers, came out for Ron Paul. then you have all the other untold groups like fair taxers for Huckabee, who is good guy and who has never served in our boondoggle of a senate.
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Fair Tax Voters Boost Huckabee
by: Garance Franke-Ruta
Saturday (08/11) at 21:28 PM
Voters bused to the Ames Straw Poll by Americans for Fair Taxation helped give a boost to suprise second-place poll winner Mike Huckabee, according to both a spokesman for the group and Huckabee campaign manager Chip Saltsman. Asked about things that might have made the difference for Huckabee, who did not bus voters to the poll and purchased about 1,850 tickets for supporters, Saltsman said, “We talked a lot about the fair tax.”
The group, better known as FairTax.org, bused about 500 voting Iowans and 1,000 other supporters to the Straw Poll today, according to FairTax.org national director of grassroots Mike Rose. The group sponsored a ferris wheel — the “Fairest Wheel,” they called it — at the Straw Poll, as well as a fan-cooled tent serving barbecue and dessert to supporters. This came on the heels of a two-week, 25-stop bus tour across the state to drum up enthusiasm for the group’s tax reform plan, which Huckabee supports. Poll winner Mitt Romney and third-place finisher Sen. Sam Brownback do not support the plan.
All told, the group spent $150,000 on the straw poll, according to national spokesman Ken Hoagland — roughly the same amount as the Huckabee campaign itself. “We’re about 6 inches off the ground,” said Hoagland. “We see it as a victory for our issue.”
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“Romney/Switchback each had over 100 buses.”
And Mitt’s voters didn’t really vote for him in the numbers that he paid for, he underperformed, Brownback’s (isn’t that a spider?) numbers are unknown to me, how many tickets he purchased etc...I have no idea about his actual numbers.
Ron Paul is bringing in “new” people to the political process, and those folks are very enthusiastic about supporting him as your Gastonia BBQ story shows even though it is very general as to specifics like numbers of people, previous participation in the politcal areana etc.
Various candidates and groups were handing out stacks of free tickets. Nobody had to buy their own.
Romney cannot possibly beat Hillary. Religious conservatives on the whole don’t trust him, and he has driven away the liberatrians and country-clubbers by pandering to the religious right. Rank-and-file Republicans on the whole don’t really trust him because he is the governor of a very liberal state. Finally, on many issues, you will find his positions to be virtually indistinguishable from Hillary’s.
Romney is like McCain and Giuliani: a creation of the media. The media has portrayed him as a “conservative” when he clearly is not. They do so because he is a safe conservative. Remember that the media’s tactic is to pillory any Republican who gets elected, regardless of how far and fast he runs to the left, as in the case of George Bush. Romney fits that mold well since he will pay just enough lip service to the right that the media will be able to attack him without any worries that he will actually do anything meaningful.
Finally, on many issues, you will find his positions to be virtually indistinguishable from Hillary’s.
Please elaborate....I have seen no similar stances between Romney & Hillary. Can you name some?
“Various candidates and groups were handing out stacks of free tickets. Nobody had to buy their own.”
In what numbers? Do you know or have any idea of how many were given out and to whom? Not asking to be a smat alec, more to get some sort of feel for what happened there.
And the Iowa poll does limit participation, so that would seem to bolster my “New People involved” idea.
It must suck to type like a 3rd grader.
He knows that America will never vote for the blame America first rosie paul.
I'll take Paul as Commander-in-Chief over Romney, Huckabee, & Giuliani anyday.
Thanks for the PING George. Got the day off today!
ROFL.
This is hott. “So what we did is we took the last 4 poll results and removed all the votes for Giuliani, McCain, F. Thompson, Gingrich, and the Undecideds and divvied up the rest of the votes to see the percentage.” Sure thing.
I forgot to ask....who do you support for the GOP nomination?
Given that most reporters don't know the first thing about statistics, that's a good thing.
Thanks.
Yep.
The article about Ron Paul’s ‘earmarks’ was the last straw for me. What a hypocrite.
Why do you think he is the “best chance for a win?” His personal wealth is the only strong positive I see.
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