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Ron Paul Wins Presidential Straw Poll at CPAC -- Again
Fox News ^ | 2-12-11 | Fox news

Posted on 02/12/2011 2:46:28 PM PST by NoLibZone

For the second year in a row, Ron Paul won the presidential straw poll at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, earning 30 percent of the vote.

The Texas congressman, known for his libertarian views, ran for president in 2008 but was never a serious contender for the GOP nomination.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a 2008 GOP candidate who is expected to run again, came in second place with 23 percent of the vote. Romney won the previous three presidential straw polls before Paul snapped his streak last year.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/12/ron-paul-wins-presidential-straw-poll-cpac/#ixzz1DmrybQMt

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To: NoLibZone
The latest incarnation of Ross Perot. An unelectable Presidential Candidate spoiler.
21 posted on 02/12/2011 3:10:44 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: NoLibZone

A vote for Ron Paul ensures that Obama and re-elected will appear in the same sentence many times in November 2012.


22 posted on 02/12/2011 3:11:10 PM PST by LeonardFMason
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To: NoLibZone

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%


23 posted on 02/12/2011 3:12:55 PM PST by deport
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To: NoLibZone

Ron Paul won the presidential straw poll at the anal "Conservative Fudge Packers Political Action Conference," earning 30 percent of the vote.


24 posted on 02/12/2011 3:13:05 PM PST by missnry (The truth will set you free ... and drive liberals Crazy!)
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To: NoLibZone

CPAC became a Libertarian organization long ago. Social Conservatives are no longer welcome.


25 posted on 02/12/2011 3:13:10 PM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: BigSkyFreeper

Those straw polls are rigged because Ron Paul and Mitt Romney bus in their groupies, pay their lodging and pay their admission.


I keep wondering why some of the others with their PACs don’t tap into this younger crowd and get them onboard like Paul does. They can be hard workers and don’t need a lot of extras.


26 posted on 02/12/2011 3:15:18 PM PST by deport
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To: NoLibZone

Voter fraud...We need “boots on the ground” to help put a stop to it before 2012.


27 posted on 02/12/2011 3:16:42 PM PST by equaviator ("There's a (datum) plane on the horizon coming in...see it?")
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To: LeonardFMason

I’d appreciate it if the admin mods religated all threads about Ron Paul to the file 13 bit-bucket.


28 posted on 02/12/2011 3:16:50 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: BigSkyFreeper

Yes, Ron Paul and Mitt Romney have effective political organizations.

These CPAC events are not telephone polls. The candidates with the most effective political organizations win these events.

Going in, everyone knows this is a test of the campaign organizations. And Ron Paul won again.

When Romney used to win these things (Romney won in 2007, 2008, 2009) Romney would be praised for his organization (not by conservatives but by MSM), but apparently now, when there’s a candidate who really does want much less government (which, btw, even Fox does not want), any sort of campaigning to try to do well is treated as cheating of a sort.

I don’t know if Mitt Romney invented this busing in of people thing, but he was really good at it, and got a lot of press for it, back in 2007-9.

But now, Ron Paul is better at it.

Ron Paul was running in 2007. He didn’t win. Romney did.
Ron Paul was running in 2008. He didn’t win. Romney did.

But now, 2010, 2011, Ron Paul is winning and Romney - who plays these straw polls to win - loses 2 years in a row to Ron Paul, after winning 3 straight years.

And everyone else is a distant 3rd. It’s true that none of the other competitors is really trying, just Paul and Romney, but 2 years in a row Paul beats Romney - after Romney wins for 3 straight years.

Is Romney just getting worse at this, or is Romney less popular than 4 years ago and Ron Paul substantially more popular or effective as a campaign organizer.

Back in 2007-8, the Ron Paul campaign was not a well oiled machine. Ron Paul did not know back then how to harness the youthful passion of his supporters. Since then, the youthful, enthusiastic supporters who were extremely inexperiened are now trained.

I would expect a professional ground game in NH, and not “stay away from the official campaign in NH, come harass pedestrians, and maybe even argue with Hillary’s SS detail in Dover. Don’t forget the snowballs for the pundits you don’t like.”

People are missing the story here. Ron Paul is winning these things. The tea party does sound a lot like Ron Paul. And his people are waiting for the first huge official money bomb, which very possibly would put $10 million in the bank for Ron Paul in a day.

I know that the media hates Ron Paul the most, and they really wanted to say that Mitt Romney won today, but he didn’t. The guy who wants much much less government won.


29 posted on 02/12/2011 3:16:59 PM PST by truthfreedom
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To: newfreep

I thought that was his rendition of “I’m a little teapot.”


30 posted on 02/12/2011 3:17:09 PM PST by EternalVigilance (Government's job is not to create jobs. It is to secure Liberty.)
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To: driftdiver
He’s right on the Fed but otherwise a whack job. Will only suck votes away from the GOP candidate

This. Make him Chairmen of the fed oversight committee, but otherwise he's fine just where he is.
31 posted on 02/12/2011 3:17:34 PM PST by Svartalfiar
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To: SandRat

CPAC is the biggest news out there about the 2012 race. The results, another Ron Paul victory, are new, just announced.


32 posted on 02/12/2011 3:20:16 PM PST by truthfreedom
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To: NoLibZone

33 posted on 02/12/2011 3:20:58 PM PST by EternalVigilance (Government's job is not to create jobs. It is to secure Liberty.)
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To: truthfreedom
See reply #21 for my assessment of Ron Paul. The rest is not relevant.
34 posted on 02/12/2011 3:23:24 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: All

Headline: “Ron Paul Wins Presidential Straw Poll at CPAC — Again”

The Result is that he got about the same percentage as last year in the CPAC straw poll.

He will also get the same percentage he got in the Primaries...2%


35 posted on 02/12/2011 3:23:47 PM PST by rbmillerjr (I will not, under any circumstances, vote for Mitt Romney....none.)
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To: NoLibZone

That DADT vote is paying dividends for Jihad Ron.


36 posted on 02/12/2011 3:23:59 PM PST by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (Some men just want to watch the world burn.)
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To: NoLibZone
Paul has the Cheech and Chong Republican vote locked up...
37 posted on 02/12/2011 3:24:42 PM PST by Tex-Con-Man
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To: NoLibZone
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2672490/posts?page=71#71

The American Spectator Straw Poll has to be encouraging for Palin supporters.

http://spectator.org/polls/2012-feb-straw-poll/results

Sarah Palin 51.04%
Ron Paul 5.74%
Herman Cain 5.41%
Chris Christie 5.22%
Mitch Daniels 4.30%
Other 3.91%
Jim DeMint 3.46%
Mitt Romney 3.00%
Newt Gingrich 2.61%
Paul Ryan 2.15%
Tim Pawlenty 2.09%
Mike Huckabee 2.02%
Mike Pence 1.56%
Michele Bachmann 1.56%
Haley Barbour 1.43%
Marco Rubio 0.98%
Rand Paul 0.91%
Rick Perry 0.85%
Rick Santorum 0.78%
John Thune 0.59%
Gary Johnson 0.39%
results as of 02/11/2011 at 9:30pm MST

38 posted on 02/12/2011 3:30:15 PM PST by RedMDer (Stimulus... hasn't stimulated ANYTHING but The TEA PARTY!!! - Sarah Palin)
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To: NoLibZone

ALLEN WEST FOR PRESIDENT!


39 posted on 02/12/2011 3:31:15 PM PST by Jewels1091
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To: Lazlo in PA

The majority of the audience did express their disapproval and they voiced their opinions rather loudly too.


40 posted on 02/12/2011 3:34:30 PM PST by equaviator ("There's a (datum) plane on the horizon coming in...see it?")
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