Posted on 02/12/2011 4:33:54 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
Ron Paul has pulled off a reapeat, winning the CPAC presidential straw poll once again with 30 percent of the vote.
Mitt Romney finished second with 23 percent ... Newt Gingrich at 5 percent; Tim Pawlenty, Michelle Bachmann and Mitch Daniels at 4 percent, Sarah Palin at 3 percent, and everybody else at 2 percent or less.
(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...
Ron Paul wins repeatedly, but doesn’t even come close to winning the primaries.
I wouldn’t take the poll too seriously these days.
Ron Paul’s showing, according to Coulter, is the result of CPAC’s extremely young audience, one without home ownership, children, or perspective.
And she’s right. A lead in a straw poll (or lack of one) at CPAC really means nothing.
Btt
“Define too libertarian for you. Does that mean that hes too much like the founding fathers for you?”
He’s a nut...he’s coockoo,,,insane
In addition to that he is a blame America first, Reagan hating, 911 Truther, Alex Jones loving nitwit.
So, no, he’s nothing like the Founding Fathers.
It makes me thing d@mned few TEA party folks showed up for CPAC.
I’m glad Romney didn’t win.
But
1)Paul
2)Romney
blech, barf, vomit,
1)Ron Paul 30%
2)Mitt Romney 23%
3)Gary Johnson (former NM governor) 6%
4)Chris Christie (NJ governor) -6%
5)Newt Gingrich 5%
6)Tim Pawlenty (MN governor) 4%
7)Michelle Bachman (MN Congresswoman) 4%
8)Mitch Daniels (IN governor) 4%
9)Sarah Palin 3%
10)Herman Cain (former Godfathers Pizza CEO) 2%
11)Mike Huckabee 2%
12)Rick Santorum (former PA Senator) 2%
13)John Thune (SD Senator) 2%
14)Jon Huntsman (former UT governor) 1% (this POS makes Romney looks conservative)
15)Haley Barbour (MS governor) 1%
OTHER 5%
Undecided 1%
1)Senile and can’t win anyway, it’s a joke he’s even in the poll
2)Unacceptable
3)Johnson is for drug legalization isn’t he? That would go over great, let Obama run to the right on drugs.
Top 3, 59% for total non-starters. What a joke.
It’s nice to see Huckabee and Thune so low. Surprising to see Palin so low.
BTW the ACU (CPAC’s sponser) ratings for 2010 are out.
http://www.conservative.org/congress-ratings/
Looks like most of the “conservative” rats that got ousted last November had a dip in their ratings from 2009.
Bachmann bought everybody a drink. That means a lot to College Republicans.
Good info on Grover!! I assume the he and Gaffney never made up.
Happy daze will never be here for paulnutz! Put down the bong, man!
Do you think any candidate with any real chance would name “loose cannon Ron” to any post? You just never know what’s next from RP. He’s doing just fine where he is in the House, don’t push the luck.
I do not support continued welfare spending to other countries, but Paulists are nutsacks with how they are handling these issues. Most are leftwing retards.
Well, she didn't do that with Biden in 2008 when she had her national audience watching. She tried to make nice, a la Jack French Kemp with Algore.
Re-read the posts and think I may have jumped the shark.
A Paulbot is someone who is here just to pimp Ron Paul, not to add to the discussion. In other words, a troll.
Like I said, I jumped the shark there...
Some more (that I’ve seen so far) topics about dingbat’s CPAC straw poll win:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2672783/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2672811/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2672812/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2672858/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2672901/posts
What makes Paul a left wing loon on foreign policy? Every time I’ve heard him speak on the subject he actually takes the same position in which GWB did, prior to actually becoming president.
Romney is a big government “conservative” (RINO) for one.
Ron Paul and Gary Johnson appeal to the same constituancy, so I’m surprised that Paul finished in first. I don’t think that both will run.
“It makes one wonder if the activists there think Sarah’s become unelectable.”
I do think that’s the case. Sarah Palin has been smeared by the MSM almost non-stop since becoming a national figure. Too bad, as she didn’t deserve it. I think that she should contribute to the cause in a non-candidate capacity. She can still do a lot of good without running for office.
Cain, Santorum, Thune (haha! schadenfreude!) and Huntsman's numbers are probably correct, as they're off the radar screens of likely GOP voters. But it's almost impossible to see Palin or Huckabee getting only 2% of the vote if it were a real-life primary ballot.
Christie has said he won't run, and Huckabee probably won't run (but he'll hold off as long as possible to keep the media spotlight on him). Former UN Ambassador John Bolton has put out feelers for a presidential run, and should have been included in this poll.
Keene's out at the American Conservative Union and it seems clear the new chairman wants to go in a different direction. Hopefully, next year CPAC will return to its roots and CPAC attendees and booths will be traditional conservatives. This year's conference was essentially meaningless. FreeRepublic was right to boycott.
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