cswake
06-10-2010, 10:28 AM
Starting at the middle:
http://www.economist.com/node/16317345?story_id=16317345
Take me to your leader
Republican activists have had two chances this year to choose a favourite in straw polls. They voted in February at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, DC, and in April at the meeting in New Orleans. At CPAC Ron Paul, the father of Rand, came top with 31% of the vote and Mitt Romney, a presidential hopeful last time, second with 22%. In New Orleans their places were reversed: Mr Romney beat Mr Paul by a single vote (439 to 438). But these results, based on a few thousand votes by self-selecting activists, are not much of a guide. And neither Mr Romney nor Mr Paul is an obvious Obama-slayer.
Links help. :)
http://www.economist.com/node/16317345?story_id=16317345
Take me to your leader
Republican activists have had two chances this year to choose a favourite in straw polls. They voted in February at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, DC, and in April at the meeting in New Orleans. At CPAC Ron Paul, the father of Rand, came top with 31% of the vote and Mitt Romney, a presidential hopeful last time, second with 22%. In New Orleans their places were reversed: Mr Romney beat Mr Paul by a single vote (439 to 438). But these results, based on a few thousand votes by self-selecting activists, are not much of a guide. And neither Mr Romney nor Mr Paul is an obvious Obama-slayer.
Links help. :)