GOP Rivals Grasp at SC Straw Poll Glory - McCain 164 Rudy 162 Hunter 158 Brownback 85 Mitt 80

The State (South Carolina) ^ | 3/1/07 | Aaron Gould

[cgk]

Master of debate, truly.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Nicely put

[Sunsong]

That's your opinion. This is mine:

I certainly hope this gets the Hunter folks back on their own threads trying to build him up rather than trying to tear Rudy down

[Ultra Sonic 007]

I certainly hope this gets the Hunter folks back on their own threads trying to build him up rather than trying to tear Rudy down(s).

We don't need to build him up. He's already strong on his own. We're just spreading the word.

And we're not tearing Rudy down. His own positions are doing that.

[Doofer]

And seriously, let's not act like the board is split Hunter/Rudy. You know as well as I do that a lot of those who aren't supporting Rudy are going for Mitt or waiting for Newt.

Or haven't made a choice yet.

[Sunsong]

I am not asking you to support or not support anyone. I am not trying to tear anyone down.

[airborne]

You are hilarious!

Do you write for Letterman?

[barker]

Someone of H&C asked if voters were hungry for a true conservative when they came to Hunter's numbers. Of course we are.

[NinoFan]

True. There are a lot of undecideds still.

[Ultra Sonic 007]

Can he help it if he's annoyed that conservatives are supporting a liberal when we're not even past the primaries yet?

[Sunsong]

"The word here was that Rudy would NEVER make it in SC. He WON! That's the facts."

[airborne]

"Who's on first?"

"I don't know."

"Third base!"


LMAOROTF!

[Ingtar]

Rudy got a lot of votes intended for "the only candidate with a chance to beat Hillary." Now that Hunter's name is out there, he has a chance to begin peeling those votes away. Don't get me wrong, I did not think Rudy would win. But I never imagined that Hunter would start rising to this level in a straw poll this early.

I used to live in Spartanburg. I honestly expected Romney to win this.

[gidget7]

"And I don't hate Rudy. I just don't want him to be my President"



Pay not attention to people who invent "hate" at every little disagreement. That's a classic liberal tactic. Fact is, I don't think anyone on FR hates Rudy, we just don't support him for POTUS.

There are lots of people in my own personal life that I love dearly, even respect, but I wouldn't support any of them for POTUS either. They simply aren't qualified and most differ with me on many issues.

[Elyse]

That's your opinion. This is mine: I certainly hope this gets the Hunter folks back on their own threads trying to build him up rather than trying to tear Rudy down

Well, don't hold your breath because there are not going to be any totally rah-rah Rudy threads on this conservative website.

[gidget7]

"Seriously, what happened?"


Some people still rely on solely the MSM.

[upsdriver]

I notice you also mention nothing about Hunter coming in so close. I thought he was supposed to be insignificant?

Yes, Wasn't the line 'only 1% in the polls'? How does a 1% candidate almost beat the "already declared winner"?

[NinoFan]

Living in that general area now (won't get too specific; but it's not that particular county), I'm not. The power structure of the Sparantburg GOP is not that conservative anymore. It's still pretty conservative comparatively, but nothing like some of the other counties.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Im right there with you. Love Glen Beck,Hate cnn.Its tough to do but I really like his show.Maybe fox can sweet talk him into coming over from the darkside.

[barker]

Hannity is sucking up to Rudy until Newt announces then he won't know what to do. I like Hannity but I'm tired of his Rudy/Newt love fest. I change radio stations when Newt comes on his show.