Posted on 10/12/2013 1:52:15 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
Sen. Ted Cruz trounced the competition in the presidential straw poll at the 2013 Values Voters Summit, with Dr. Ben Carson and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum coming in a distant second and third places — highlighting how Mr. Cruz has become a rock star with grassroots conservatives.
Tony Perkins, the head of the Family Research Council, which hosted the three—day event, announced that Mr. Cruz won 42 percent of the vote, while Mr. Carson and Mr. Santorum each captured 13 percent.
“I just spoke with Senator Cruz and he wanted me to convey to you his deep appreciation for your enthusiastic and warm welcome yesterday — and that he was very grateful to know that there are Americans across the country who are standing with him as he stands for your values here in Washington, D.C.,” Mr. Perkins said.
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Mr. Paul finished in fourth place in the straw poll with 6 percent of the vote and Mr. Rubio finished fifth with 5 percent of the vote.
“Right now, Ted Cruz is really the leader of the conservative movement,” said Mason Griffin, 17, of Arkansas. “He is trying to push forward and get Obamacare out and get conservative back and strong.”
Others called the Texas Republican “Reaganesque” and applauded the way that he has stood his ground against Republicans and Democrats. “He is not backing down,” said Edward Szeto, 46, of Virginia. “He is standing firm on what he got elected on.”
The straw poll is one of the main events of the conference, taking the temperature of the thousands of social conservatives that turn out. It also found that those in attendees were most concerned about protecting religious liberty, supporting pro—life policies and repealing Obamacare.
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0% chance Palin runs.
Ted Cruz 42%, Ben Carson 13%, Rick Santorum 13%, Rand Paul 6%, Marco Bubio 5%, Paul Rymney 4%, Mike Suckabee 4%, Peter King -10%.
Attendee’s were definitely not RINO’s apparently
...there’s not going to be anything left in 2016 to fight over....
How did Peter King and Jeb Bush do?
Jebbie must be the second choice of all of these!
But but but... he is evil and people hate the GOP because of him.
I don’t know why Jeb wasn’t included, maybe it was at his own request to avoid a poor finish, he’s done that before. Christine the Hutt wasn’t included either.
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