Posted on 08/16/2007 4:10:41 PM PDT by lfrancis
Mitt Romney Wins Illinois Straw Poll - Thursday, August 16, 2007
SPRINGFIELD, IL –Illinois State Republican Party Chairman Andy McKenna announced today that Mitt Romney won the Illinois Straw Poll on Republican Day at the Illinois State Fair.
“Congratulations to Mitt Romney, whose strong showing today indicates he has begun to put together a strong statewide organization” said McKenna. “There’s no question that Illinois’ demographics closely match those of the United States and this could be an indication as to whom Illinois voters are leaning toward this coming February.”
The Illinois Republican Party sponsored the straw poll during its Republican Day festivities at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield. Requirements to participate were: having participated in one of the previously held Republican Presidential Debates; or having polled above 5% in a national, independent poll.
“As I watched hundreds of people literally standing in the rain to vote in our straw poll, it drove home that the Illinois Republican Party is strongly united,” said McKenna. “This was a phenomenal opportunity for the grassroots leaders of the Party to hear from the presidential campaigns.”
The Illinois Republican Presidential Straw Poll was conducted on electronic voting machines and ran from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Final Results:
1. Mitt Romney – 40.35% 2. Fred Thompson – 19.96% 3. Ron Paul – 18.87% 4. Rudy Giuliani – 11.61% 5. John McCain – 4.12% 6. Mike Huckabee – 3.04% 7. Sam Brownback – 1.08% 8. Duncan Hunter - .65% 9. Tom Tancredo - .33%
Name calling - "moron" won't help either. It is you candidate that is the "moron".
It really doesn’t matter where it is.
Well the numbers reveal that Mitt is already in DEBT to the tune of 9 million. The race really hasn’t started yet. Few GOP LEADERS never even bothered to show up - that’s how HOLLOW his “victory” is and after spending 6 months in Illinois, I’d expect him to have a much higher percentage.
Hey, feel good about it ... since when it counts he won’t be in the WH. Educated voters know to NOT vote for another RHINO - honestly he was a former governor of Massachusetts - home of LIBERALS ... anyone with half a brain KNOWS, NO CONSERVATIVE would win in MASS..
Only a RHINO could win in Mass. that supports abortion, ah, when it’s politically convenient and protective of his homosexual base. Need I venture into his kooky religion? GEESH! I understand why he doesn't want to discuss his unChristian "religion".
We’ll never win Illinois...atleast for a long-time. Not quite sure we want to with people supporting Ron so much.
Looks to me like Mitt Romney is an adept and successful E X E C U T I V E .
he’s a RHINO.
When did RHINO replace RINO?
RHINO’sare great and strong animals,
where RINO’s are....
Maybe the moron candidates are the ones who didn’t realize Illinois is an important state. Good news for Mitt, good news for Fred Thompson.
And good news for us cosnervatives that liberal Rudy and McCain do poorly among the real base.
Advice to the naysayers: Quit bashing candidates for daring to actually win something. Don’t tell me what you are against, tell me what you are FOR.
“Need I venture into his kooky religion?” You’ve exposed your prejudice on the matter enough already.
Ahhh, that makes the results even more interesting. If Giuliani actually puts blue states in play, why did he do so dismally in a blue-state straw poll in which both parties can vote?
Maybe the Democrats voted for Ron Paul since he is against Iraq and that is the #1 issue this year across both parties. Here is an interesting Electoral College Primary Poll Study: http://www.usaelectionpolls.com/2008/state-polls.html
Maybe the Democrats voted for Ron Paul since he is against Iraq and that is the #1 issue this year across both parties. Here is an interesting Electoral College Primary Poll Study: http://www.usaelectionpolls.com/2008/state-polls.html
Must be a lonely day! Kind of like Barack Obama Day at the Utah State Fair!
“You may as well accept it. There is a growing group within the Republican party that remember conservatism as it once was. Speeches like Reagan and Goldwater used to give.”
Well, its a pity they didnt vote for a real, solid 100% conservative like say Duncan Hunter instead of Ron Paul, who, while a great libertarian-conservative in many ways, is running on a wobbly GWOT policy and caters to conspiracy mongers, including the 9/11 Truthers.
Something has been bothering me about the conspiratorial influence on the right these days, the “Alex Jones” factor that turns some rightwingers into carbon copies of left-looines when they talk about Govt and powers-that-be, and it finally crystallized to me this Sunday in north Austin, TX. I was following some SUV that had 2 signs on the back.
One said “Oppose the North American Union”
the other said ... “9/11 Was an Inside Job”
It hit me - you fall for one conspiracy theory, you fall for them all.
Would any responsible Constitutionalist want their core ideals associated with such nutty conpiracy-mongering?
And where do RINEAUXs fit in? ;^)
“If Giuliani actually puts blue states in play, why did he do so dismally in a blue-state straw poll in which both parties can vote?”
His candidacy gets media interest but the core, interested and knowledge conservative base voters, are turning away from Rudy as they learn more.
Rineaux meant to equal Rhinoceros/Rhino.
First time I have seen/read a RHINO is the same as a RINO.
I know you didn’t write it, but do you think it is a typo?
Actually, it is others who are tanking and Romney who is rising nationally. Like they say, it's early yet. However, the more people get to know Rudy's record or McCain's record the less they like them, the opposite is true for Mitt:
State of the Race: Intrade and Endorsement Race
Mitt Romney Closing in on Giuliani in the National Race
And, Romney is rising in California and South Carolina as well.
[South Carolina] Republican race narrows
We know there are shills for other candidates on every Romney thread smearing him relentlessly. I guess it's because he is such a lousy candidate and has no chance of winning. But while engaging in such smearing, let's get the facts straight at least -- Romney is not tanking anywhere.
He may have bottomed out. See:
:::sh-h-h-h:::
(we're not s'posed to question such thangs)
Mitt's been in Illinois for six monthes and outspending everyone? That's news to me. I'm an Illinois resident and I've never seen him here once or heard a single Mitt Romney ad.
Perhaps you are confusing us with Iowa residents.
Straw polls...mean?
NOTHING!!!!!
>>>You want to know what is interesting about this? There actually is a Republican Party here in Illinois! They must come out every 17 years like the cicadas.<<<
*sigh* There actually is one in Illinois. They just get swallowed by Chicago. And really, the contrast doesn’t get much more stark than Southern Illinois and Chicago. Just night and day. Different worlds, different people...
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