Posted on 04/23/2007 12:15:48 PM PDT by Smogger
BREAKING: Officials with the California Republican Assembly released the results of their presidential preference straw poll which occurred during their Spring convention in San Bernardino County.
The California Republican Assembly is California's largest GOP volunteer organization and works to uphold conservative values and principles in public policy. The organization is often called the "conscience of the Republican Party."
Despite not being an officially declared presidential candidate (or having an active presence at the Republican gathering), former US Senator Fred Dalton Thompson of Tennessee scored a huge upset, netting the votes of 28 CRA delegates. Tied for second place with 22 votes were California Congressman Duncan Hunter and ex-Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.
The following are unofficial results, provided on-site from the convention location by CRA activists Bob Rego and Scott Folkens of San Bernardino County:
1. Fred Thompson: 28 votes
2. Duncan Hunter: 22 votes
2. Mitt Romney: 22 votes
3. Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX): 14 votes
4. Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO): 9 votes
5. (tie) Former US House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA): 8 votes
5. (tie) Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani: 8 votes
6. US Senator Sam Bownback (R-KS): 3 votes
US Senator John McCain, Former Cabinet Secretary Tommy Thompson, ex-Arkansas Guv Mike Huckabee all recieived zero votes in the CRA straw poll. Organizers failed to include former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore.
The California Republican Assembly is expected to soon issue a press statement on the results of their convention and the non-binding presidential straw poll.
:)
Fred is also going to be speaking to the Virginia Republican’s at the annual dinner on June 2!!!
He is our guy, folks. Go Fred go.
Rudy did badly somewhere? All I still see in the MSM is how he’s the only savior of the conservatives everywhere....even among evangelicals. (rolleyes)
Talk about the MSM fluffing him up non-stop.
Big negative Rudy-news....”Rudy stays in swanky hotel suites” (like the rest stay at Motel 6).
Scroll to the top of the story.
Organizers failed to include former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore.
--Stern: "With the 20th pick, the New York Knicks select ... Renaldo Balkman."
(Crowd explodes in horror.)
--Stern (over the boos): "Renaldo is not here."
--Patrick (without missing a beat): "And it's probably a good thing."
(Shot of a beaten-down Spike Lee laughing hysterically.)
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/060629
Or how about- President F. Dalton Thompson . . .
Shouldn’t areafiftyone be on your ping list ;)
I keep thinking of that line from the movie “Back to Future”, where Doc speculates “in the future, only actors become president” because of TV, or something to that effect.
It was meant to be a joke about Reagan.
“They’re ALL irrelevant.”
Apparently not to everyone.
I think that would be great.
Not when someone who might really be considered conservative is doing well and the liberal is way, way down the list.
Interesting that Thompson even beat out Duncan Hunter on his own turf
Really? Was there a "mass banning" over the weekend?
Run Fred Run!!
LOL!
I don’t really have a list...I just rattle off a few that I know will ping everyone else..:)
From the sounds of him, it seems that McCain's health is deteriorating. Since he is closer to Fred than any other candidate (in terms of past associations and personal relationships), we may see John endorse Fred sometime before super Tuesday.
“DJ - this is going to be a sports reference. I’m sorry.”
=pulls out lawn chair=
=grabs pair of binoculars=
=sits down=
=watches as sports reference flies over my head amidst a flock of geese=
=looks back at the camera blank-faced=
;-)
my tag line says it all.
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