Ron Paul in the Straw Polls

Ron Paul 2008 ^ | 08/23/2007 | Ron Paul

[NapkinUser]

Coming off the Iowa Straw Poll the momentum for the Ron Paul 2008 campaign continues to build. Congressman Ron Paul has finished in the top 5 in 16 of the last 17 straw polls and can claim 1st place victories in New Hampshire, North Carolina, Washington, and Alabama.

In comparing results head-to-head, Congressman Paul has blown away most of the field, defeating Rudy Giuliani in 15 of the 17 polls and John McCain in 15 of the 16 polls.

There are straw polls coming up all across the country so be sure to check in with your local GOP to find out when you can vote for Ron Paul next.

[NapkinUser]

http://www.ronpaul2008.com/straw-poll-results/

[Drango]

spam

[LdSentinal]

LOL. That’s pathetic.

[mnehring]

If anyone believes Ron Paul can win (or even is a real Conservative) I have a friend in Nigeria who would like you to help him with a money transfer.

[P-Marlowe]

Coming off the Iowa Straw Poll the momentum for the Ron Paul 2008 campaign continues to build

a molehill out of a molehill.

[Clintonfatigued]

Is the Ron Paul campaign shipping these supporters to the straw polls to vote in them? Or is there a significant bloc os support for him among Republican voters?

[CanaGuy]

Want to know how Rompin’ Rudi stacks up against Mitt the Hairdo?

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTAzZWNkZDg1NTYxYWQ5NjRjNjVlODc3YWQ0YTdlMjc=

Mitt loses big time.

[Popman]

Congressman Paul has blown away most of the field, defeating Rudy Giuliani in 15 of the 17 polls and John McCain in 15 of the 16 polls.

Wow, he's beating two RINO's

When you put it in prospective, that's not really a huge accomplishment.

[seenenuf]

I love the smell of poll mischief in the morning.

[tenthirteen]

Gimme a break. This Paul guy is from Texas. He can get all the straw he wants . Small wonder he wins the straw pole.

Let's see what happens when he gets to Florida. I just KNOW no one will give him any oranges......

[ex-snook]

Paul’s not destroyed yet. Seems the smear campaign against him is not working too well. What next?

[Nabber]

The only way for Ron Paul to take the nomination would be to set fire to the Reichstag....

[Nabber]

The only way for Ron Paul to take the nomination would be to set fire to the Reichstag....

[West Coast Conservative]

http://www.pollingreport.com/wh08rep.htm

[LdSentinal]

Wow. John McCain will dropped off.

[jack_napier]

His campaign HQ is about 2 miles from my house. You wouldn’t even know it was in that building if not for a small sign in the window. Let me tell you, a little modesty, honesty, and frugality is refreshing.

[HereInTheHeartland]

I had a straw poll at our block party last night and Ron Paul won by a margin of 2 to 1.
But I had throw out one of Paul’s votes because my cat was only supposed to use his ink stained paw once.
So it was a tie.

[Paperdoll]

I can only say this. The Washington Republican poll picnic was crashed by a large crowd of ‘Ron Paul supporters’, resembling unwashed dopers mostly. So that’s how Ron Paul won the straw poll in Washington State. By far leftists using RP to promote their own anti-war agenda.

Any other reports out there?

[traviskicks]

I don’t think his campaign has ever has had control of his supporters, the central HQ I think is pretty unimportant at this point... :)

We shall see what this all translates into. :)

[Perdogg]

I heard the campaign theme song will be “shrimp boats are coming”.

[caltrop]

The Straw Poll and BBQ in Strafford County, New Hamphsire was a Republican Party of Strafford County event. Paul, Tancredo and Huckabee, IIRC, all spoke in addition to representatives from other campaigns. Strafford County has a population of something like 120,000. Ron Paul won it with 72% of around 280 votes cast. The Ron Paul people were, IMHO, indistinguishable from the other attendees. From everything I could see it looked like a BBQ in a reasonably upscale suburban neighborhood.

[A_Tradition_Continues]

Strafford County is a very left leaning county. It wouldn’t surprise me that Paul would get a majority of the cut-n-run republican votes.

[Abcdefg]

Are you still involved in that Nigerian scam? I thought you would wise up by now.

How much money did you lose this time?

[Abcdefg]

Smart cat!

[TheBattman]

You can say that again...

[HereInTheHeartland]

“Smart cat!”

I’m not sure.
For some reason he was frothing at the mouth last night before he voted, I guess we need to get the rabies vaccine up to date.
He might have also been woozy from the litter box stench also.

[Rational Thought]

http://www.pollingreport.com/wh08rep.htm

I take great comfort in seeing “wouldn’t vote” now tied with Paul.

[Hail Spode]

I think these straw polls show that the party is divided on Iraq. Paul’s position is the minority position within the GOP, but the majority position within the electorate as a whole. My worry is that making this the litmus test issue is going to give us President Hillary with a Democratic Congress.

[NapkinUser]

There are a lot of people who would do well to see that support for the Iraq war is not a winning issue.

[mnehring]

Don't be fooled.. Paul is no Conservative.

Ron Paul's Voting Record (ya, ya, I know, there is an excuse for all of these, state's rights are more important than stopping abortion and fixing the border, Ronnie is making a statement, or everyone else was voting against it and he was just playing the game, yadda, yadda, yadda)

Here are some more ‘Conservative(sic)’ votes by Paul:

Voted NO on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes.

Voted NO on forbidding human cloning for reproduction & medical research.

Voted NO on barring transporting minors to get an abortion.

Voted YES on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons.

Voted NO on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime.

Voted NO on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism.

Voted NO on allowing school prayer during the War on Terror.

Voted NO on allowing vouchers in DC schools.

Voted NO on passage of the Bush Administration national energy policy.

Voted NO on implementing Bush-Cheney national energy policy.

Voted YES on barring website promoting Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump.

Voted NO on speeding up approval of forest thinning projects.

Voted NO on reforming the UN by restricting US funding.

Voted NO on requiring lobbyist disclosure of bundled donations.

Voted NO on prohibiting lawsuits about obesity against food providers.

Voted NO on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers

Voted NO on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse.

Voted NO on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1.

Voted NO on emergency $78B for war in Iraq & Afghanistan.

Voted NO on $266 billion Defense Appropriations bill.

Voted YES on more immigrant visas for skilled workers.

Voted YES on providing $70 million for Section 8 Housing vouchers.

Voted NO on promoting work and marriage among TANF recipients.

Voted NO on treating religious organizations equally for tax breaks.

Let's also not forget Paul's Pork Projects (that he voted for before he voted against when he calls them unconstitutional but he is just playing the game when he submits them because everyone else does it.. yadda yadda yadda..)