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Boos as Ron Paul wins CPAC straw poll
Politico ^ | Feb 20, 2010 | JONATHAN MARTIN & JESSICA TAYLOR

Posted on 02/20/2010 6:56:45 PM PST by SmartInsight

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1 posted on 02/20/2010 6:56:46 PM PST by SmartInsight
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Egg on Romney’s face?


2 posted on 02/20/2010 6:59:00 PM PST by Sybeck1 (POTUS : Punk of the United States)
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I wonder why only 30% of all attendees bother to vote and it seems like that is the norm or worse.

Ron Paul won it fair and square, he spoke at the meeting and got a good reaction.


3 posted on 02/20/2010 6:59:56 PM PST by Steelers6
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I’m not a Paul fan and don’t see him as a serious presidential contender but I agree, he won this fairly.

I see his win as more of a repudiation of the same old crap.


4 posted on 02/20/2010 7:02:53 PM PST by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin!)
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Better Paul wins the straw poll than Romney...not that I'll vote for either.
5 posted on 02/20/2010 7:03:06 PM PST by highlander_UW (Obama has lost or not saved over 4 million jobs!)
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I wonder why only 30% of all attendees bother to vote and it seems like that is the norm or worse.


I think that number is in error as it appears they have transposed the nine and three. The CPAC website uses 2395 as the number voting which makes the voting percentage even lower.


6 posted on 02/20/2010 7:03:21 PM PST by deport
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Gotta' love it.

The mainstream media will report this as the Republican party being in "disarray".

7 posted on 02/20/2010 7:03:35 PM PST by elkfersupper (Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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Absolutely, the supporters of the other Candidates can’t handle it though.


8 posted on 02/20/2010 7:03:55 PM PST by world weary
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9 posted on 02/20/2010 7:03:58 PM PST by davidlachnicht ("IF WE ARE ALL TO BE TARGETS, THEN WE ALL MUST BE SOLDIERS.")
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Good grief the GOP hates us.


10 posted on 02/20/2010 7:04:23 PM PST by Krodg
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I just find this funny.


11 posted on 02/20/2010 7:05:31 PM PST by Soul Seeker (?)
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The big CPAC question is “Why is Romney invited?”


12 posted on 02/20/2010 7:07:03 PM PST by MrBambaLaMamba ("Cadillac" Insurance Plans are racist)
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Gotta agree there.


13 posted on 02/20/2010 7:07:07 PM PST by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin!)
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about as meaningful as an internet poll


14 posted on 02/20/2010 7:07:18 PM PST by woofie
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To: SmartInsight

I don’t know who took the poll, but I got news for you. At the precinct GOP caucus I attended last Saturday Ron Paul came in dead last with only 2 votes in the straw poll take at the door. Way ahead and in first place was Palin with around 25, and coming in second was Mitt, and Huckabee followed by another six or seven names including McCain. Ron Paul was dead last and lower than McCain, thats how bad he did.


15 posted on 02/20/2010 7:09:52 PM PST by NavyCanDo
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Glad to see Romney kicked in the groin.


16 posted on 02/20/2010 7:12:21 PM PST by Rodebrecht (No army can stop an idea whose time has come.)
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I see it as stuffing the hall with Paulbots and making sure they all vote in this thing.

I think Ron Paul is the Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz. He wins all the straw votes and his fans use strawmen in their arguments.

Perhaps someday the wizard will give him a brain.


17 posted on 02/20/2010 7:14:00 PM PST by AmishDude
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why? It was two Conservative vote getters and then the field.


18 posted on 02/20/2010 7:14:47 PM PST by byteback
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Simple explanation: Your straw poll wasn’t high-profile enough to be overrun with Paulbots.


19 posted on 02/20/2010 7:15:18 PM PST by AmishDude
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I wonder why only 30% of all attendees bother to vote

Actually about 2395 out of 10,000 that didn't vote. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

I asked this question a dozen times on another thread, and no one that was sober would touch it:

Why if other candidates could be voted for, and were on the agenda, why did the huge majority fail to vote?

20 posted on 02/20/2010 7:21:16 PM PST by dragnet2
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