A few seconds before he walked to the podium, Sarah Huckabee put her arm around her father and wished him good luck.
It must have worked.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee won the Palmetto Family Council Straw Poll Thursday night - a sign that he may be gaining a foothold amongst the conservative right of the state's Republican Party.
Huckabee got 206 of the 539 votes cast. He edged U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, who got 179, but had a very vocal support group. They waved banners and wore stickers. Cheered their candidate when he spoke via telephone to the crowd. One man walked across the convention floor filming them.
Former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., had 43 votes to finish third. He was followed by U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., with 29; U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif, with 25; former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney with 14; North Carolina businessman Daniel Gilbert had 12; U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., with 10; Hugh Cort, an Alabama doctor, with seven, and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani with five.
Palmetto Family Council Straw Poll News
And for the record according to their website
Sam Brownback – present
John Cox – present
Hugh Cort - present
Daniel Gilbert - present
Duncan Hunter – present
Mike Huckabee – present
John McCain – to pipe in by phone
Ron Paul – to pipe in by phone
Mitt Romney – sending surrogate and video
Tom Tancredo – to pipe in by phone
Fred Thompson – to pipe in by phone
Rudy Giuliani – against campaign policy to participate in straw polls (not attending)
Those who disagree with Rep. Paul's position should do so genuinely instead of pulling 'data' off a blog that is just a few weeks old if that.
Well glory be! Just furgit the election the Palmetto Family Council Straw Poll has spoken.
“”Those who disagree with Rep. Paul’s position should do so genuinely instead of pulling ‘data’ off a blog that is just a few weeks old if that.”’
Read post 135 and go to their web site, because of the unique nature of Paul’s support we can’t cut and paste, so in this case you need to go look at our evidence for yourself.
****Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee won the Palmetto Family Council Straw Poll Thursday night - a sign that he may be gaining a foothold amongst the conservative right of the state’s Republican Party.
Huckabee got 206 of the 539 votes cast. He edged U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, who got 179, but had a very vocal support group. They waved banners and wore stickers. Cheered their candidate when he spoke via telephone to the crowd. One man walked across the convention floor filming them.
Former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., had 43 votes to finish third. He was followed by U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., with 29; U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif, with 25; former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney with 14; North Carolina businessman Daniel Gilbert had 12; U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., with 10; Hugh Cort, an Alabama doctor, with seven, and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani with five.*****
Those folks, who think that Fred T. can energize the republican base, should take a good look at this poll.
Huckabee’s message is tailored for this type group. RP doesn’t tailor his message to any specific group.
My lede for that news story would be (if I had to cover it): “At a South Carolina political fundraiser, Governor Mike Huckabee defeated Ron Paul, Sam Brownback, Hugh Cort, Daniel Gilbert, and John Cox in a presidential straw vote, which was ignored by serious contenders who nonetheless won several votes each.”