This is the Reagan wing? (see photo) Man, pass some of whatever you're smokin' my way.
Posted on 02/12/2011 1:53:54 PM PST by speciallybland
The results of the CPAC straw poll of presidential candidates are in, and the winner is Ron Paul, with 30% of the vote. Mitt Romney was the runner-up with 23%, and all other candidates tied with about 6% each.
84% of the voters identified themselves as fiscal conservatives, placing their highest priority on economic growth and restraining the growth of government.
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Ron Paul? He has about as much charisma as Robert Gibbs.
Look, I will vote for anyone who runs against Obama.
Anyone.
That being said, I hope we don’t let the democrats and the press choose our candidate this time.
HA! Great!
Never heard of it.
How many times did Reagan speak at it?
Reagan spoke at CPAC over 10 times.
Bush never.
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Wasn’t SarahPAC a sponsor of CPAC?
Unless you’re a big Huckabee fan, your candidate was represented.
And there was a vote, and Ron Paul won again.
Ron Paul and Mitt Romney have money, organization, or both.
The other candidates do not at this point have the sufficient money or organization to compete at all in these things. There were a lot of candidates there, making their pitches. Sounding good. But they all failed to get votes.
Ron Paul, at the largest CPAC ever, won.
Reagan spoke at CPAC over 10 times, don’t forget.
I happen to like Ron Paul, and strongly dislike Romney, but I also like Palin. But Palin’s inability or unwillingness to try to get votes at CPAC doesn’t mean that CPAC sucks.
This is why it is not representative of the GOP at large but the Reagan Conservative wing.
never heard of an independent conservative?
Agreed. CPAC is where the Reagan Conservatives are.
Conservative Independents.
Conservative Republicans
Conservative Independents
Conservative Democrats
Moderate Republicans
Moderate Independents
Moderate Democrats
Liberal Republicans
Liberal Independents
Liberal Democrats
They had record attendance, but according to some there, only 2400 voted in the Straw poll. Romney and Paul supposedly gypped the poll. As usual.
which is probably true
I never said CPAC sucks.. I said it was irrelevent there is a difference
2011 CPAC Straw Poll results:
Ron Paul: 30 percent
Mitt Romney: 23 percent
Gary Johnson: 6 percent
Chris Christie: 6 percent
Newt Gingrich: 5 percent
Tim Pawlenty: 4 percent
Michele Bachmann: 4 percent
Mitch Daniels: 4 percent
Sarah Palin: 3 percent
Herman Cain: 2 percent
Mike Huckabee: 2 percent
Rick Santorum: 2 percent
John Thune: 2 percent
Jon Huntsman: 1 percent
Haley Barbour: 1 percent
Others: 5 percent
Undecided: 1 percent
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2010 CPAC straw poll results for comparison:
Here’s the final tally.
Ron Paul 31%
Mitt Romney 22%
Sarah Palin 7%
Tim Pawlenty 6%
Mike Pence 5%
Newt Gingrich 4%
Mike Huckabee 4%
Mitch Daniels 2%
John Thune 2%
Rick Santorum 2%
Haley Barbour 1%
Well that’s it, it’s over.
Ron Paul has the gays, dopers and crazy votes all tied up. We should quit trying to compete for those voters.... they’re ‘committed’.
CPAC sucks......
I’ll be voting for Liberty, our Constitution and American Exceptionalism... I’ll be voting for Palin.
Perhaps if Ron Paul’s young’n would stop booing everybody else, they would look more credible.
It was a disgrace to watch CPAC flooded with Paul fans booing Donald Rumsfeld, a man who did a lot for America through public service. He could have made much more over the 6-7 years of his pubic service but he worked for his country.
Booing that good man was disgraceful and Paul should chastise his kiddie corps for doing so.
CPAC is losing credibility.
The RNC/DNC Coalition of Corruption and ALL THE MONEY IT CAN MUSTER is what will be really irrelevent in 2012 ! IMHO... get on board early if you want a good seat on this train that is GOOOHing fast and furious.
“Agreed. CPAC is where the Reagan Conservatives are.”
Not as long as Paul stacks the deck with Paulbots...they are not Reagan conservatives...they lack the social conservatism and the national security conservatism of Reagan’s legacy.
This is the Reagan wing? (see photo) Man, pass some of whatever you're smokin' my way.
LOL.... there is a big difference between Ron Paul and Robert Gibbs.
Every word that comes out of Gibbs’ mouth is a deliberate lie.
Paul actually believes the crazy nonsense that he preaches.
Go Ron Paul!! I am a big fan of Free Republic. However....a lot of you “republicans/big government conservatives” hate Ron Paul. A couple of questions for you.
Are you happy with the direction of our country for the past 10 years?
Have you read the Federalist Papers?
Does our country resemble what our forefathers envisioned?
Do you like YOUR money being used to prop up dictators around the world while our country is in ruins?
The republic party has led our country to the edge of collapse and the democrats and liberals are pushing us over the edge. Wake up my friends. Ron Paul is about liberty and freedom. Read our founding documents. Ron Paul speaks for our beloved founders.
Who has been the strongest voice for cutting the size of government the last decade?
I’m guessing a few of Paul’s kiddie corps didn’t win free tickets to CPAC and they got stuck with FR spin duty.
LOL. Drive on guys, he will get 2% of the vote in the Primary, just like last time.
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