Posted on 02/21/2010 7:20:51 PM PST by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A straw poll of US conservative activists saw Texas congressman Ron Paul emerge as the preferred Republican presidential candidate to run against President Barack Obama in 2012.
Some 31 percent of the more than 2,000 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) attendees who participated in the poll voted for the outspoken libertarian.
Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, John McCain's running mate in 2008, came in third with 7.0 percent, some way behind former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney (22 percent), who had won the CPAC poll for the last three years.
There were boos among the crowd as the name of Paul -- a 74-year-old Texan who ran a short-lived presidential campaign in 2008 and is considered unlikely to be a serious contender for the Republican party?s nomination -- was announced.
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That tells me all I need to know about CPAC and its attendees.
What a pile of BS! One straw poll, and suddenly its this Texan idiot.
I don’t know why some FReepers call Ron Paul crazy, when Obama is crazier.
If the numbers were remotely accurate, they would be saying Paul to Romney. If 7% were accurate, it wouldn’t make sense to put a weak fourth place finisher in the headlines.
I suspect that 0% of GOProud voted for her.
>> That tells me all I need to know about CPAC and its attendees.
+1
No, Obozo is dangerous. R-U-N Paul is just crazy.
The MSM is so bitter against Palin the can’t see how politically screwed she is. Ron Paul will be 77 years old in 2012 and most likely will not run. Sarah Palin is supporting Ron Paul’s son, Rand Paul, for congress when nobody else will come within 100 miles of him. I wonder which candidate will be receiving Ron Paul’s support in 2012....
Ron Paul’s an idiot. Conservatives, my patoot!
I won’t vote for him.
The lesser of two crazies is still crazy.
wRong Paul would actually be more dangerous than Obama, but he’s so crazy he will never get elected.
Can’t compare a strict constitutionalist to a socialist muzzie. I like Ron Paul. He’s good for the senate. President? No, not so much.
So about 600 people were polled, that alone tells the story. The news massaging the numbers to make it look as if Paul is the front runner.
This is what happens when somebody stuffs the ballot box.
Meant congressman.
It’s chiefly college-age kids and tinfoil hat types.
The shallow parts of the deep-end are still too deep for me.
I think CPAC has been taken over by Rinos. Two sponsors this year were the Birch Society and GOProud, a gay group.
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