Ron Paul wins Conservative Leadership Conference Straw Poll

[BrianH]

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-13-2007/0004681331&EDATE=

RENO, Nev., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Republican presidential
candidate Ron Paul has won the inaugural Conservative Leadership Conference
straw poll. Despite not appearing at the conference, Paul won convincingly
with 33% of the vote. Mitt Romney, who addressed the conference in a town
hall meeting and during a general session, finished second with 16%. Duncan
Hunter, who also delivered a major address during the three-day event,
finished third at 15%.
Full results are available at http://www.politicalderby.com
The poll was sponsored by PoliticalDerby.com and 411Communications. It
was executed onsite by Jason Wright and Stephen Fountain of
PoliticalDerby.com.

[0zzy]

how many people voted?

[ItsTime]

Mitt draws crowds of 1000s right? (sarcasm)


how many people voted?

[Cliff]

Sweetness!

[BrianH]

how many people voted?

http://www.rgj.com/blogs/inside-nevada-politics/2007/10/conservative-leadership-conference.html



Saturday, October 13, 2007
Conservative Leadership Conference straw poll results

The fine folks over at PoliticalDerby.com ran a Republican presidential straw poll at the Conservative Leadership Conference this weekend. The conference drew about 500 attendees, reflecting mostly a libertarian-leaning conservatism.

The results of the poll:

Ron Paul, who had the largest contingent of volunteers at the conference: 33 percent.
Mitt Romney, who spoke Friday: 16 percent.
Duncan Hunter, who spoke Saturday: 15 percent.
Undecided: 11 percent.
Fred Thompson: 8 percent.
Rudy Giuliani: 6 percent.
Alan Keyes, who spoke Friday night: 4 percent.
Mike Huckabee: 3 percent.
Tom Tancredo: 1.6 percent.
John McCain: 1 percent.
Sam Brownback: less than 1 percent.

[michaelwise]

That is amazing, given that he did not even show up for it, no wait a minute, I'm not surprised.

[kylejack]

Despite not appearing at the conference, Paul won convincingly
with 33% of the vote. Mitt Romney, who addressed the conference in a town
hall meeting and during a general session, finished second with 16%. Duncan
Hunter, who also delivered a major address during the three-day event,
finished third at 15%.
Hahahaha

[Trassin]

Haha, so awesome! He doesn't even show up and still has more supporters.

[FluffyUnbound]

how many people voted?

Apparently 500 people attended. I can't find a vote count, but it was probably in that range.

[njandrewg]

any videos of Romney's reaction when he found out he got 2nd?

[FluffyUnbound]

It looks like this was a Reno event.

Hopefully Paul can snare some Nevada press coverage out of it. I have been thinking that Nevada and Wyoming might end up being more important than people realize right now.

[undergroundrr]

Could it be blowback for the attorney war consultation thing?

[austin356]

only 30% out of 500?

NV you guys need to step it up. :) :) :) :) :)

[me3]

This wasn't a little event. It was a 3 day conference.

http://www.clc07.com/index.html

[Hook]

I lived in Nevada for a while. It is a pretty much "leave me the hell alone" kinda state. No income taxes or sales taxes on food. Aaron Russo got like 15% of the vote there a few years ago.
A good state for Paulanteers to work on.

[steph3n]

Romney spoke here, I think I saw a video, he was asked about the CFR and said he is NOT a member during the Q&A session.

[quickmike]

Alan Keyes beat the Huckster by a percent?????

HAHAHA

[ValidusCustodiae]

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-13-2007/0004681331&EDATE=

RENO, Nev., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Republican presidential
candidate Ron Paul has won the inaugural Conservative Leadership Conference
straw poll. Despite not appearing at the conference, Paul won convincingly
with 33% of the vote. Mitt Romney, who addressed the conference in a town
hall meeting and during a general session, finished second with 16%. Duncan
Hunter, who also delivered a major address during the three-day event,
finished third at 15%.
Full results are available at http://www.politicalderby.com
The poll was sponsored by PoliticalDerby.com and 411Communications. It
was executed onsite by Jason Wright and Stephen Fountain of
PoliticalDerby.com.

HAHAHA!!!
RON PAUL IS THE WIN MASTER! =) LOL

[torchbearer]

Is that two blow-outs in one day?

[Adamsa]

Romney was in the room? Sweet.

[undergroundrr]

Anybody send this to Wastler & Harwood yet?

[quickmike]

Romney was in the room? Sweet.

Id pay 1000 bucks to be a fly on that wall.

[Adamsa]

Was this an organized Paul fan thing or was it really just his debate performance?

[Ibgamer]

Awesome!

[Cap]

There is an active thread over on Free Republic. The "freepers" are in disbelief. There is a very informed poster supporting Ron Paul and is really making some great arguments for Dr. Paul. Old 300 and he is heads above the rest over there. He's really kickin it.

This has been a really great weekend for Dr. Paul.

[constituent]

any videos of Romney's reaction when he found out he got 2nd?

"I knew we should have held this thing in Idaho or Utah."

[TexMac]

Here's the press release I got on it:




Nevadans for Ron Paul

Nevada4RonPaul.com



PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



Ron Paul Wins CLC Straw Poll in Northern Nevada


SPARKS, NV, October 13, 2007---Presidential candidate Ron Paul has won the straw poll conducted by PoliticalDerby.com at the Conservative Leadership Conference this weekend in northern Nevada. Paul finished with 32.8% of the vote, more than double his nearest contender, Mitt Romney. Despite personally addressing the conference, Romney came in second with only 16.13% of the vote. Duncan Hunter, who also spoke at the conference, came in third place with 14.52%. Over five hundred people attended the CLC Rightoberfest, which was held October 11-13 at John Ascuaga's Nugget in Sparks, Nevada, and boasted such speakers as Mitt Romney, Duncan Hunter, and Alan Keyes.
Local Ron Paul supporters were ecstatic to hear the straw poll results. "This is wonderful news for Ron Paul," said Dr. Wayne Terhune, a local Ron Paul supporter. "And this wasn't spammers, this was a public vote." Ron Paul did not personally attend the conference, but the campaign rented a booth in the CLC exhibition hall that was run by a number of enthusiastic local volunteers. According to local media, Ron Paul had the largest contingent of supporters at the conference. Ron Paul signs stood conspicuously in almost every corner around the conference hall.
The unpaid volunteers handed out literature and bumper stickers, while continuously playing videos of Ron Paul's speeches and interviews. They talked to anyone who would listen about Ron Paul's message of freedom, prosperity, and peace.
Ron Paul's win at the CLC straw poll is yet another triumph in the month of October that has already been very kind to the Texas congressman. Ron Paul made major headlines earlier this month when it was announced that he had raised over five million dollars in the last quarter. Ron Paul has had more media attention since that announcement than in the previous nine months of his campaign. Ron Paul won this weekend's CLC straw poll overwhelmingly, despite personal appearances by rival candidates; and his local volunteers made sure everyone who attended the conference were aware of the strong Ron Paul support in northern Nevada.

For more information on Congressman Ron Paul, please visit: http://www.RonPaul2008.com (http://www.ronpaul2008.com/)


Nevadans For Ron Paul is a group of concerned local citizens who want to get Ron Paul elected as President of the United States in 2008. Their website is: http://Nevada4RonPaul.com (http://nevada4ronpaul.com/). The UNR Ron Paul Pack also maintains a web page on that site, which can be found at http://Nevada4RonPaul.com/students (http://nevada4ronpaul.com/students)


Robert Terhune, Asst. Organizer of Nevadans for Ron Paul, can be reached at
(775) 741-9180 or robert@Nevada4RonPaul.com (robert@Nevada4RonPaul.com)


This is big, folks. Major neocons and socons were speakers. (http://www.clc07.com/) Heck, Grover Norquist was a speaker. Neocon bloggers like Captains Quarters Ed Morrissey were speakers. Romney, Hunter and Keyes addressed the event.

[squirrelbrewer]

Our local talk radio afternoon host spoke at this event. He went off on Glenn Beck the day Beck had had a bunch of Paul supporters call. Anywho, he said there were quite a few heavyweight conservatives that would be attending this conference.

[DJ RP]

This is awesomeness itself. Hahahhaha. Fuck you romney

[Natalie]

There is an active thread over on Free Republic. The "freepers" are in disbelief. There is a very informed poster supporting Ron Paul and is really making some great arguments for Dr. Paul. Old 300 and he is heads above the rest over there. He's really kickin it.

This has been a really great weekend for Dr. Paul.

link?

[torchbearer]

link?

+1

[cswake]

Think this the one he was referring to:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1911010/posts