Posted on 03/02/2007 2:40:16 PM PST by calcowgirl
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Arizona Sen. John McCain won a Spartanburg, South Carolina straw poll Friday, an early sign of how conservative South Carolinians might view the GOP presidential field.
McCain beat former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani by two votes, 164-162
... California Rep. Duncan Hunter came in third with 158 votes.
Arizona Sen. John McCain: 164
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani: 162
California Rep. Duncan Hunter: 158
Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback: 85
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney: 80
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich: 33 (write-in)
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee: 21
Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo: 10
Attorney John Cox: 4
Texas Rep. Ron Paul: 4
Secretary of state Condoleezza Rice: 2 (write-in)
Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore: 1
Former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson: 1
Sanders (the party was unable to identify this candidate): 1 (write-in)
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
McCain's sidekick, SC Senator Lindsey Graham could have influenced that vote....homeboy's pal, you knowl
I gotta agree with you there.
Hmmm... Or maybe the just counted the ballots from that "special" ballot box. ;-)
PING to you.
Yeah...right. I'm buying that. Aren't you?
I think NB will be very pleased with these surprising results.
The title of this should be changed. He beat Guiliani by 2.
Thanks. You're right... not sure how I did that.
Yep and good for him!
I find it interesting to note that only McLame rose in the ranks on the late votes. Statistically impossible in such a large field.
Very fishy vote count. Duncan Hunter still won this one IMO.
Eh, well he didn't win, but he did very well. Can't we leave it at that?
I can't understand why you would make such a ridiculous statement. Tancredo has dedicated his whole career in congress to the immigration problem, and was the ramrod of the bill that was passed in the house that would have ended the problem (except for the fools in the senate).
It appears Romney has moved down to the second tier of candidates while Hunter has moved up to the top three based on these results.
Have you seen this??
TV Alert: Duncan Hunter speech at CPAC to re-air on C-span tonight at 8pm EST
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1794106/posts
(Funny...how can it REair when it never aired in the first place?)
Duncan Hunter on Immigration
Voted YES on preventing tipping off Mexicans about Minuteman Project. (Jun 2006)
Voted YES on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment. (May 2004)
Voted NO on extending Immigrant Residency rules. (May 2001)
Voted NO on more immigrant visas for skilled workers. (Sep 1998)
Rated 100% by FAIR, indicating a voting record restricting immigration. (Dec 2003)
Again we see how things are manipulated & always in the interest of the *&%$^%^&s.
I don't know what you're trying to communicate here, I just donated $500 to Hunter, but Tancreedo is the immigration fighter in congress.
FNC (carl cameron) now talking about "McCain's big win" here. oh man.
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