Posted on 02/20/2010 6:56:45 PM PST by SmartInsight
Paul's victory renders a straw poll that was already lightly contested among the likely 2012 GOP hopefuls all but irrelevant as the 74-year-old Texan is unlikely to be a serious contender for his party's nomination.
CPAC organizers were plainly embarrassed by the results, which could reduce the perceived impact of a contest that was once thought to offer a window into which White House hopefuls were favored by movement conservatives.
A spokesman for the conference rushed over to reporters following the announcement to make sure they had heard the unmistakable boos when the screen first showed Paul had won the straw poll.
2,935 votes were cast in the straw poll, the most in the history of the 37-year conference, but a fraction of the approximately 10,000 people who attended CPAC
Forty-eight percent of those who participated in the contest indicated that they were students and the divergent reaction to the results reflected the outcome.
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Egg on Romney’s face?
I wonder why only 30% of all attendees bother to vote and it seems like that is the norm or worse.
Ron Paul won it fair and square, he spoke at the meeting and got a good reaction.
I’m not a Paul fan and don’t see him as a serious presidential contender but I agree, he won this fairly.
I see his win as more of a repudiation of the same old crap.
I wonder why only 30% of all attendees bother to vote and it seems like that is the norm or worse.
I think that number is in error as it appears they have transposed the nine and three. The CPAC website uses 2395 as the number voting which makes the voting percentage even lower.
The mainstream media will report this as the Republican party being in "disarray".
Absolutely, the supporters of the other Candidates can’t handle it though.
Good grief the GOP hates us.
I just find this funny.
The big CPAC question is “Why is Romney invited?”
Gotta agree there.
about as meaningful as an internet poll
I don’t know who took the poll, but I got news for you. At the precinct GOP caucus I attended last Saturday Ron Paul came in dead last with only 2 votes in the straw poll take at the door. Way ahead and in first place was Palin with around 25, and coming in second was Mitt, and Huckabee followed by another six or seven names including McCain. Ron Paul was dead last and lower than McCain, thats how bad he did.
Glad to see Romney kicked in the groin.
I see it as stuffing the hall with Paulbots and making sure they all vote in this thing.
I think Ron Paul is the Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz. He wins all the straw votes and his fans use strawmen in their arguments.
Perhaps someday the wizard will give him a brain.
why? It was two Conservative vote getters and then the field.
Simple explanation: Your straw poll wasn’t high-profile enough to be overrun with Paulbots.
Actually about 2395 out of 10,000 that didn't vote. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I asked this question a dozen times on another thread, and no one that was sober would touch it:
Why if other candidates could be voted for, and were on the agenda, why did the huge majority fail to vote?
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