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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker wins Charleston GOP straw poll
Post and Courier, Charleston, SC ^ | April 11, 2015 | Schuyler Kropf

Posted on 04/11/2015 1:01:10 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker won the Charleston County Republican Party’s straw poll Saturday as the GOP came together to organize ahead of the 2016 election season....

....Saturday’s convention was part of the regular business of the party. The straw poll was loosely conducted with about 240 delegates eligible to take part.

Presidential hopeful Walker was recently in Charleston where he spoke out against unions and in support of Gov. Nikki Haley. He drew 24 votes or about 10 percent of the total.

The next top finishers were: U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, 20 votes; R-Ky., Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex., 18 votes; former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, 11 votes; and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., eight votes. U.S. Sen Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., finished at the bottom with one vote. Straw votes are not considered scientific.

One potential presidential candidate did show up to the gathering, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who got three votes. He told the group that two of the biggest issues next year will be confronting radical Islam abroad and defending religious liberty at home.

Radical Islam “seeks to destroy everything you believe in,” said Santorum. He has not formally declared he’ll run for president in 2016 but was visiting multiple county convention sites Saturday, including the Berkeley County GOP.....

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: 2016strawpolls; economy; gopprimary; sc; sc2016; scottwalker; walker2016
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

These pols are all over the board.

I have a feeling that Rubio has made a deal with Bush to run as a conservative to pull votes from the others and then throw them to Bush at the last minute, like Huckabee did to McCain. It won’t work.


21 posted on 04/11/2015 1:38:30 PM PDT by Eva
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Is Santorum supposed to sound prescient with this?

[Sen. Rick Santorum] told the group that two of the biggest issues next year will be confronting radical Islam abroad and defending religious liberty at home.

My Dear Senator, those are two of the biggest issues confronting America this year and for the last two decades.

22 posted on 04/11/2015 1:38:55 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: napscoordinator

By the way. As time goes by, Walker will be revealed not to be a true Conservative. Perhaps his win prompted your response.

Every election we have people line up behind someone who is good in one or two areas writing off the rest of the Conservative principles for their fair haired hero.

That costs us more than you will every grasp.

Dole, Bush, Bush, McCain, Romney... when does it end?

Evidently not until the U. S. is on the ash heap.


23 posted on 04/11/2015 1:39:43 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (The question, Jeb Bush? The answer: NO! Rove, is a devious propagandist & enemy of Conservatives!)
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To: Eva

Rubio pulls from Bush. Bush is pulling in money and looking to wound the Front Runner of the Day. Ideally, we should clear the field for Walker to go head to head with Bush.


24 posted on 04/11/2015 1:40:25 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: DoughtyOne

Jeb’s votes are important. They tell us what his support is with the grassroots and hopefully the GOPe moneymen will notice sooner or later. He needs to have his traction slipping now.


25 posted on 04/11/2015 1:41:42 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: 1010RD

I like that his number look bad now. To tell the truth, I thought McCain and Romney were out of it at some point along the way in both their runs.

I hope you’re right and Bush just tanks.


26 posted on 04/11/2015 1:43:48 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (The question, Jeb Bush? The answer: NO! Rove, is a devious propagandist & enemy of Conservatives!)
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To: DoughtyOne

lol. the guy isn’t a recent arrival on the scene, unlike other candidates.


27 posted on 04/11/2015 1:45:35 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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To: JohnBrowdie

Okay, that’s four people who have completely gone ‘in the tank’ for a guy that isn’t worth your support.

I like Walker’s actions against the unions. I like that he stood up to them and defeated the recall effort.

Now what? Do I look the other way on everything else?

Here we go again, a group of people here who settle in behind one person and push it until it destroys our efforts to get a Conservative the nomination.

Every four years, this repeats. Every four years the GOPe and RNC have their minions here to make sure the best candidate is defeated.

Support for Walker will be no different. This has become so predictable.


28 posted on 04/11/2015 1:49:37 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (The question, Jeb Bush? The answer: NO! Rove, is a devious propagandist & enemy of Conservatives!)
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To: DoughtyOne

Reminds me of....

“Ross Perot sent a team in to rescue hostages, he should be President”

lol


29 posted on 04/11/2015 1:50:47 PM PDT by GeronL (CLEARLY CRUZ 2016)
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To: GeronL

Well of course...


30 posted on 04/11/2015 1:51:51 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (The question, Jeb Bush? The answer: NO! Rove, is a devious propagandist & enemy of Conservatives!)
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To: DoughtyOne

I missed the announcement that you were appointed moral arbiter and soul of the conservative movement.


31 posted on 04/11/2015 2:13:51 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Scott Kevin Walker

Born November 2, 1967 in Colorado, CO (Meets the Jus Soli Requirement)

Parents were
Liewellyn Scott Walker, born in IL
Patricia Ann Fitch, born in IL

Both parents were US Citizens at the time of his birth (Meets the Jus Sanguinis Requirement)

Scott Kevin Walker is a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN

Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama ISN'T!


32 posted on 04/11/2015 2:20:50 PM PDT by ASA Vet (We weren't here, We were never there, We don't exist, we never did.)
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To: JohnBrowdie

I missed the notice that you had the ability to think rationally. I guess we’re even.


33 posted on 04/11/2015 2:43:17 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (The question, Jeb Bush? The answer: NO! Rove, is a devious propagandist & enemy of Conservatives!)
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To: napscoordinator

President Cruz would be better.


34 posted on 04/11/2015 3:00:52 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: DoughtyOne

dude. that first sentence. fail.


35 posted on 04/11/2015 3:13:12 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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To: JohnBrowdie

John, I’d suggest you stick to that sort of post.

You certainly know nothing of Conservatism if you’re able t back Walker.


36 posted on 04/11/2015 3:22:00 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (The question, Jeb Bush? The answer: NO! Rove, is a devious propagandist & enemy of Conservatives!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

About 240 were eligible to vote, but the totals mentioned add up to 85. Does that mean that almost two-thirds did not vote, or there was quite a scattering among other potential candidates? Huckabee, Christie, Perry, Kasich, Jindal, Fiorina, and Trump could have picked up a few votes apiece, but that would still leave more than half the eligible voters unaccounted for.


37 posted on 04/11/2015 4:26:31 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: DoughtyOne

Get real. You know of Walker wins the nomination you’d crawl through a cat’s litter box to vote for him.


38 posted on 04/11/2015 4:30:29 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (ANYBODY BUT FRICKING JEB AND HILLARY)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Meow


39 posted on 04/11/2015 4:31:37 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Like I did for Bush the second time around? Yeah..., like that will happen.

Walker is another “Can’t send them back” man. He envisions them staying here but never being citizens. His other favorite line is, they get in the back of the line and get no preferential treatment. He seriously doesn’t realize them staying here IS PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT!

Hard to be in the back of a line you never entered in the first place.

This is the super-market, and they cut in front of everyone. They even cut in front of citizens, getting preferential treatment to us.

Walker can’t grasp this issue at all.

If he is this lame on illegal immigration, I don’t even care what his stated policies on other issues are.

Any guy that says he doesn’t favor amnesty, but won’t say he’ll send illegal back, is a fraud.

We’ve got one now. I don’t want another.


40 posted on 04/11/2015 4:35:58 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (The question, Jeb Bush? The answer: NO! Rove, is a devious propagandist & enemy of Conservatives!)
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