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Romney Wins Straw Poll by Single Vote Helped by Evangelicals for Mit
Posted on 04/10/2010 5:59:09 PM PDT by GeorgeSaden
Mitt Romney, the once and likely future presidential candidate, didn’t show up to address the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, but that didn’t stop him from walking away with the big prize from the gathering.
The former Massachusetts governor bested the competition in a straw poll conducted here over the past two days. Romney received 24 percent of a total of 1,806 ballots cast when voters were asked to name the candidate they would support if the Republican primary for president were held today.
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A group whipping votes for Romney, Evangelicals for Mitt, spent the day handing out plastic pink piggy banks with a plea to “elect a president who won’t break the bank” emblazoned on the side.
That same group of evangelical supporters helped push Romney to a second place showing in this same straw poll four years ago at the 2006 Southern Republican Leadership Conference in Memphis, Tenn.
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Bush was selected by Evangelicals to represent the Republican party in 2000. I wonder if they'll have as much luck with Romney in 2012.
To: GeorgeSaden
and it means nothing, and he knows it
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posted on
04/10/2010 6:00:46 PM PDT
by
The Wizard
(I support Madam President, the only President in America today)
To: GeorgeSaden
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posted on
04/10/2010 6:01:47 PM PDT
by
deport
To: deport
To: GeorgeSaden
Who are these so called evangelicals?
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posted on
04/10/2010 6:03:05 PM PDT
by
o_zarkman44
(Obama is the ultimate LIE!)
To: The Wizard
Yes, it means nothing, and yes, he knows it. But he keeps it up, which puts him in the category of Ron Paul. What a place to be.
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posted on
04/10/2010 6:03:38 PM PDT
by
Bahbah
(Only dead fish go with the flow)
To: GeorgeSaden
Most of the Evangelicals I know are against Romney because they believe Mormanism is a cult.
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posted on
04/10/2010 6:04:59 PM PDT
by
FrdmLvr
( 0bama: Our first AINO president)
To: GeorgeSaden
What is an “evangelical”? Romney wont win the primary because he is a damned liberal.
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posted on
04/10/2010 6:05:18 PM PDT
by
svcw
(Religion is like giving someone who is dying of thirst mouthwash.)
To: FrdmLvr
Are you sure? Or is it because he is a liberal?
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posted on
04/10/2010 6:05:58 PM PDT
by
svcw
(Religion is like giving someone who is dying of thirst mouthwash.)
To: o_zarkman44
Who are these so called evangelicals? The same people that made Bush the pick for the Republican Party?
I would have thought they'd go with Huckabee, though, since his Southern Baptist history puts him a little closer to evangelical Christianity.
To: GeorgeSaden
Mit will be the one that the GOP will try to force down our throats in 2012.
He's far too 'squishy moderate' for me.
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posted on
04/10/2010 6:07:48 PM PDT
by
Washi
To: GeorgeSaden
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posted on
04/10/2010 6:08:16 PM PDT
by
dubie
(The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.)
To: GeorgeSaden
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posted on
04/10/2010 6:08:17 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: GeorgeSaden
No, that’s just a Romney front group paying to bus in people to vote for him. His handlers may have decided Mormons for Romney wouldn’t go over as well at the SRLC.
To: Washi
Mit will be the one that the GOP will try to force down our throats in 2012.
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Yep. He would be sure to fail too.
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posted on
04/10/2010 6:09:02 PM PDT
by
Psalm 144
(What is a slave, but someone robbed of his labor to sustain the idle?)
To: GeorgeSaden
To: Washi
Mit will be the one that the GOP will try to force down our throats in 2012. The whole reason why I still won't donate ONE THIN DIME to the GOP.
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posted on
04/10/2010 6:11:17 PM PDT
by
bayliving
(What are YOU prepared to sacrifice in order to preserve freedom?)
To: GeorgeSaden
Mitt is protected from being the biggest Arse only because Huckleberry continues to NOT Grow UP and Face the fact that he is the supreme Putz!
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posted on
04/10/2010 6:13:44 PM PDT
by
True Republican Patriot
(May GOD Continue to BLESS Our Great President George W. Bush!!)
To: True Republican Patriot
BUT THE NEWS of this story is that in 2nd place, 438 votes, just one vote behind Mitt is our good ole Texan Ron Paul... got 438 and Mitt got 439.. Mitt has nothing to write home about, More evangelicals voted for Ron Paul, Mormons voted for Mitt.
To: GeorgeSaden
Bush was selected by Evangelicals to represent the Republican party in 2000. I wonder if they'll have as much luck with Romney in 2012.
I've got news for you, those aren't Evangelicals, and what's with the knock anyway on Evangelicals, they are part of a reliable faction of the base.
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