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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Agreed
Have to admit, “CPAC” is a joke, it is for inside the beltway types, and I like some of Paul’s platform but this is kind of absurd.
(Name your Candidate) was crushed in the presidential straw poll at the anal “Conservative Fudge Packers Political Action Conference” by Ron Paul who earned 30 percent of the vote/
(Name your Candidate) did speak at the Fudge Packers Convention, or was a sponsor of the Fudge Packers convention.
However (Name your Candidate) has either not enough money, or not enough supporters, or not enough organization to compete with Ron Paul, who crushed (Name your Candidate), who got 6% or less of the vote, compared to Ron Paul’s 30%.
That story applies to every candidate out there (except Huck and Barbour). That story does apply to Palin.
The story is slightly different for Romney. After winning 3 years in a row, Romney is stuck in 2nd place behind Ron Paul for the 2nd straight year. This points to upward momentum for Ron Paul and downward momentum for Romney at the Fudge Packer conference that almost every candidate either attended or sponsored.
Here’s the point. You can call CPAC a fudge packer conference all you want. Reagan attended CPAC over 10 times. Palin sponsored, Bachmann attended, all the quasiRINO, who are they exactly candidates all attended, just like Ron Paul did. They all campaigned. They all made speeches. And Ron Paul crushed.
I am not arguing that CPAC results measure general popularity with the Republican Primary electorate.
Reagan attended CPAC over 10 times.
The Bushes never did.
Cueing now in my DVD player- Rush Limbaugh at CPAC 2009...
Yeah. Fortunately we have President McCain and we’re all chanting 4 more years?
West’s speech gave me goosebumps. The rest were pretty lack-luster.
Your point?
Take what you will from the image.
I sent him money for congress and I don’t even live in his state! I would vote for him in a heart beat and work to get him in the White House!
And what have they accomplished in the last 6 yrs?
You know, that whole “results” thingy?
Or has conservatism devolved into feel goodery in homage to liberalism?
Fantasy for Paulbots: Ron Paul wins the CPAC straw poll.
Reality for Paulbots: Ron Paul will carry 3-4% of the GOP primary vote and drop out early.
Rush was speaking to many other things at the time. Watch it!
A kook owns the car?
Your remark got me going! LOL LOL
Hey I was no fan of McCain as a search of my posting history for that time period would tell you. But Ron Paul? On domestic financial issues he is largely right. On national security he is Cynthia McKinneys’ soul mate.
:-)
that was my thought then I realized he would be 77 by the time of the election - what are the odds the average independent folks will vote for an OLD OLD OLD republican white guy?
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