Posted on 03/16/2013 2:40:59 PM PDT by advance_copy
Marco Rubio takes second place -
Sen. Rand Paul won the 2013 Washington Times-CPAC presidential preference straw poll Saturday, and Sen. Marco Rubio was a close second, easily outdistancing the rest of the field and signaling the rise of a new generation of conservative leaders who will take the Republican Party into the 2016 election.
Mr. Paul won 25 percent of the vote, and Mr. Rubio collected 23 percent. Former Sen. Rick Santorum was third with just 8 percent, New JerseyGov. Chris Christie — who was not invited to speak at the three-day Conservative Political Action Conference — was next with 7 percent, and Rep. Paul D. Ryan, the GOP’s vice presidential nominee last year, was fifth with 6 percent.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Is Ken Carson the prayer breakfast guy?
The gulf between the Republican Party (GOPe) and actual conservative American voters continues to widen at an accelerated pace. The General Election of 2010 were the first in this generation where a significant number of conservative voters (formerly inclined to vote Republican) refused to play along and vote just R regardless.(Oh, what the hey!)
Just like many Democrat Party supporters are locked into ignorance and denial, so are GOPe (Republican Party) supporters. Just different degrees and kinds of ignorance.
America has a very real problem that may not get fixed comfortably.
All Rand Paul needs to do for me to get on board is to declare in front of God and everybody, that the department of Education will be dissolved, and that parents must feed their own kids. Everything else will fall into place after that.
I’m only being somewhat facetious. We let Bill Ayers educate 2 generations of our youth, and wonder why statists win elections.
Is Ken Carson the prayer breakfast guy?
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I made a mistake. It is Ben Carson not Ken. I think he spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast back in Feb.
Correction of year: General Election of 2012...not 2010.
“It’s a wonder that I can even think at all.” P.Simon
That’s a nice story you’ve got there, but as with Ron Paul, Rand Paul’s supporters constantly deny that their candidate said what he said.
Rand Paul’s position on gay marriage is very clear:
http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Rand_Paul.htm#Civil_Rights
Your article is distorting what he said.
Sean saying it is so doesn’t make it so!! I like Ted Cruz and think he would make a good Pres. I am not so sure of his eligibility to be president!
The pendulum always swings eventually and one of the few things that can be counted on is that the young will rebel. The greatest danger to the collectivist crap message coming from Obama and crew is that it is now the “conventional wisdom” and the very young may be starting to realize that it is not wisdom of any kind,it is recycling the same old garbage that never works.
Pretty much a given after the Filibuster.
Stepped up big time. Glad he did.
That will not happen.
If Cruz runs he will win the nomination. I’ve been saying that since before he even beat out Dewhurst for the Republican nomination in his Senate run. The man is just an unbelievably good speaker as well as having a vast knowledge of the Constitution.
Anyone saying he is ineligible is a kook and doesn’t know jack about the law. The same people saying he is ineligible were the same people saying McCain was ineligible.
Young people love sex and drugs.
Conservatives need to unify behind a single candidate within the next 12 months.
That will not happen.
I guess we’d better start making arrangements to relocate to somewhere off the world’s radar.
Here, here!!! I pay this be true - acceleration is a good thing some times....
The problem is the Natural Born Citizen clause of the constitution and ObaMao set a horrible precident. Cruz and Rubio have issues that MUST be addressed.
Rubio is an ethnic-pandering amnesty promoter. Why would you want him? Because he gives slick speeches that mask his ties to the GOP elite?
I'm not sure he reaches that threshold (reference please). He speaks very well of LIBERTY which is sorely lacking in today's elected officials, but regardless, he's not a Natural Born Citizen. So it's a moot point.
” - - - Rep. Paul D. Ryan, the GOP’s vice presidential nominee last year, was fifth with 6 percent. - - - “
Keep your House job Ryan, as we don’t want no more GOP Elites running for POTUS !
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