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Perry Raises the Stakes on Florida Straw Poll
Politico ^ | Saturday, September 24, 2011 | Maggie Haberman

Posted on 09/24/2011 9:01:12 AM PDT by kristinn

At a campaign-hosted free breakfast where the 3,500 delegates at Presidency Five were invited, Rick Perry essentially raised the stakes on the outcome of the straw poll at the Florida event later today, criticizing other campaigns for skipping it.

"I think that's a big mistake," Perry said. "I think it's very important." Continue Reading

What was clear, however, was how much money and effort Perry's team has put into the straw poll.

On every table was a glossy, two-sided direct mail piece encouraging people to vote in the straw poll, and pitching Perry as "America's jobs governor" and as having "conservative roots grounded in heartland soil."

Perry now needs to perform well at an event where he remains favored to win, but where many activists have expressed concern after his debate outing the other night.

SNIP

The applause for Perry was sincere but not raucous. The room was well attended, with about 1,100 people, but not jam-packed.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: flstrawpoll; rickperry
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To: DaveyB

Can’t disagree with a word you said.


21 posted on 09/24/2011 10:07:17 AM PDT by basil (It's time to rid the country of "gun free zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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To: Retired Greyhound

Herman Cain is the real deal, unlike relabeled Al Gore Demonrat Rick Perry. Cain is the only candidate who actually created jobs in the private sector—the only place real jobs are made. He does not belong to the permanent political class, like Perry. He was never a lawyer. Cain belongs to an evangelical Christian church, not the wimpy “mainstream” United Methodist Church of Slick Rick Perry and G. W. Bush, who think Islam is a “great religion” dedicated to peace. Cain is prepared to stab the socialist welfare state in its class-warfare heart: the progressive income tax.


22 posted on 09/24/2011 10:09:17 AM PDT by hellbender
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To: hellbender

I agree , Herman Cain is a good guy , conservative. Has a plan and isn’t corrupt and he loves God and the same can be said of Palin. I am Palin first because she has fought the corrupt bastards club and won in Alaska. I am Herman Cain if Palin let’s us down and skips the race.


23 posted on 09/24/2011 10:30:54 AM PDT by Staff Of Moses
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To: The Theophilus
Summary: So if you don't get your way, you will sabotage the country.

Wrong. Voting for Romney is effectively sabotaging the country. He is a liberal pretending to be a conservative.

If he wins the nomination, I will actively work for the strongest conservative third party candidate because we will have a choice of Obama or Obama-lite.

I will not make that choice.
24 posted on 09/24/2011 10:41:11 AM PDT by Antoninus (Take the pledge: I will not vote for Mitt Romney under any circumstances. EVER.)
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To: Recovering_Democrat
Work against Romney? How?

By working for the strongest conservative third party candidate in the general election.

I am done voting for liberal Republicans and I will NOT help put one in the White House.
25 posted on 09/24/2011 10:42:08 AM PDT by Antoninus (Take the pledge: I will not vote for Mitt Romney under any circumstances. EVER.)
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To: DaveyB

I tend to agree with your assessment.

Krauthammer cited last night the Buckley position of supporting the most conservative in a given field “who can win.”

Dear God help us.


26 posted on 09/24/2011 10:43:38 AM PDT by TEXOKIE (Anarchy IS the strategy of the forces of darkness!)
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To: The Theophilus

“Will not vote for under any circumstances and will actively work against: Romney.
Summary: So if you don’t get your way, you will sabotage the country.

Yet another Soldier for Obama in the making.”

Have you ever considered that Romney could do more damage to the country than Obama? And, this far out, how do you even know that the Democrats will even nominate Obama?


27 posted on 09/24/2011 10:45:36 AM PDT by ngat
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To: lonestar
I'm not saying Bachman is perfect.
But she has t stabbed me in the face either.

We are trying to hold out for Palin.

28 posted on 09/24/2011 11:14:54 AM PDT by Clump (the tree of liberty is withering like a stricken fig tree)
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To: MNJohnnie
Neither [Romney nor Perry] has a single principal or leadership bone in their body.

Romney: co-founder of Bain Capital, Governor of Mass., rescued 2002 Olympics, ward bishop and then president of Boston Stake in the LDS Church, and is worth several hundred million dollars. Yeah, no leadership or principles there. Mormons always appoint the worst sort of characters to preside over Stakes, and Bain just hemorrhaged money the entire time Romney was there.

Perry: Governor of one of the most successful States in the country, transforming a weak governorship into a powerful one. Clearly a total lack of leadership there too. You insult the fine people of Texas who voted Perry into office for two decades.

Only a lunatic or full out, mouth breathing idiot would claim that Romney and Perry "don't have a single principle or leadership bone in their body". The opposite is quite true. The evidence is overwhelming and in greater quantity than all of the other candidates combined.

Its one thing to not like someone, hate their religion or the way they debate and express that opinion, its quite another to make such bold public lies about them.

Most of the candidates would make fine Presidents. This hysterical, over-the-top "establishment" claim make you look silly. Save the insane rhetoric for the real enemy and quit the childish temper tantrum.

29 posted on 09/24/2011 11:19:52 AM PDT by The Theophilus (Obama's Key to win 2012: Ban Haloperidol)
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To: DaveyB

“I fear only Sarah has the charisma to foil their nefarious plot to destroy the land”

A Palin/Cain ticket would be amazing!!


30 posted on 09/24/2011 11:32:47 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: Antoninus

Well, I hope we get a strong conservative as the nominee. But I won’t go third party, as it is a default vote for Hussein.


31 posted on 09/24/2011 4:42:36 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Antoninus

Well, I hope we get a strong conservative as the nominee. But I won’t go third party, as it is a default vote for Hussein. Even Huntsman would be better than Hussein.


32 posted on 09/24/2011 4:43:53 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: kristinn

What did they do? Shut his base of illegal aliens out?


33 posted on 09/24/2011 4:50:34 PM PDT by dforest
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To: Recovering_Democrat
Well, I hope we get a strong conservative as the nominee. But I won’t go third party, as it is a default vote for Hussein.

In my opinion, voting for a socialist Republican like Romney is actually worse than voting third party, because the result is the destruction of the GOP as a vehicle for conservatives.
34 posted on 09/24/2011 7:55:15 PM PDT by Antoninus (Take the pledge: I will not vote for Mitt Romney under any circumstances. EVER.)
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To: Antoninus

In real life, it is an assurance for four more years of Hussein.


35 posted on 09/25/2011 5:21:52 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Recovering_Democrat
In real life, it is an assurance for four more years of Hussein.

Better four more years of Obomba with a robust conservative, Republican opposition than a Romney take-over, solidifying the GOP into a socialist-lite party, leaving conservatives to wander in the desert.
36 posted on 09/25/2011 6:21:50 AM PDT by Antoninus (Take the pledge: I will not vote for Mitt Romney under any circumstances. EVER.)
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To: Antoninus

Horse dung. Complete and utter. Thinking people know a half loaf is better than none.


37 posted on 09/25/2011 6:39:41 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Recovering_Democrat
Horse dung. Complete and utter. Thinking people know a half loaf is better than none.

Any even moderately observant person knows that Mitt Romney isn't even half a loaf. He's a poison mushroom.
38 posted on 09/25/2011 6:43:42 AM PDT by Antoninus (Take the pledge: I will not vote for Mitt Romney under any circumstances. EVER.)
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To: Recovering_Democrat
Horse dung. Complete and utter. Thinking people know a half loaf is better than none.

Any even a moderately observant person knows that Mitt Romney isn't even half a loaf. He's a poison mushroom.
39 posted on 09/25/2011 6:44:05 AM PDT by Antoninus (Take the pledge: I will not vote for Mitt Romney under any circumstances. EVER.)
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