News POLL: Who should be the leader of the Tea Party, Rand Paul or M. Rubio?

[sailingaway]

h xxp://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/todaysbuzz/friday/sfl-tea-party-leader-buzz-11052010,0,2877644.story

I don't like how they frame the question, but vote! Right now Rubio is winning, 59% to 41%

[specsaregood]

Right now Rubio is winning, 59% to 41%

As one would expect from an FL newspaper.

[jdmyprez_deo_vindice]

voted

[TheTyke]

Voted. This is where the battle begins for real folks... we cannot let Rubio speak for the tea party.

Perhaps this should be posted in the general forum... traffic is dying down here.

[sailingaway]

Voted. This is where the battle begins for real folks... we cannot let Rubio speak for the tea party.

Perhaps this should be posted in the general forum... traffic is dying down here.

OK

[DeadheadForPaul]

While I hope they work together, the battle over the future of the GOP will involve Rubio, Rand, and Jindal

[sailingaway]

While I hope they work together, the battle over the future of the GOP will involve Rubio, Rand, and Jindal

Check out the donor amounts and types for each.... Rand is the only 'of the people' candidate in that group.

[LibertyEagle]

Voted.

[DeadheadForPaul]

Check out the donor amounts and types for each.... Rand is the only 'of the people' candidate in that group.

My bad - I left out a few very important words
I meant to say that I hope they work together BUT the battle over the future of the GOP will involve those 3 as competitors for the leadership of the party...so they will probably be at each other's necks eventually

[CheezItsRule]

Voted for Rand!

[sluggo]

Rand Paul. He is much more into open tea party rhetoric than Rubio, and if the tea party wants somebody loud who is going to get attention, Rand Paul is their man.
Marco Rubio. Rubio believes in tea party principles, but he doesn't come across as an extremist. He could help to give the tea party a more mainstream image.



What a stupid poll.

Voted for Rand, of course.

[rich34]

Voted!

Might be stupid but perception is everything. We really need Rand to take the teaparty by its horns and when the time is right Rand can come out in open support of his father for president. Hopefully by that time, Rand's favorables among those people will be in the stars and his open support of his father will amount to 5 to 10 primary percentage points! Who knows it's happened to some of the candidates that Palin threw her support behind if Rand is viewed as the leader maybe it'll have the same affect for Rand and Ron? Time will tell, but I think Mr. Matt Collins should pass this idea along. Might already be the strategy, but if not it should be given a though..

[yatez112]

And Rand is in the lead....:)

[Brian4Liberty]

Unfortunately, the media has been successful at painting Rand as the radical, especially among those who only get their vague impressions from the media.

On the other hand, they paint Rubio in a good light. Many are now saying Marco is Presidential material.

The media's propaganda is usually not effective on the well informed. But it works very well on the other 95% of the people.

[Matt Collins]

Florida paper, I am willing to bet Rubio might win this.

[JS4Pat]

On the other hand, they paint Rubio in a good light. Many are now saying Marco is Presidential material.

He is 100% Neo-Con.


Still supports the decision to attack, invade and occupy Iraq.

Won't rule out a pre-emptive strike on Iran.

Israel Firster

Okay with sending more troops in Afghanistan

Federal Reserve is not even on his Radar Screen

Supports the Patriot Act

Supports funding the Federal Department of Education

Would not sign the 10th Amendment Pledge


I would be cautious with this alliance...

[Live Free or Die]

Voted for the only man in the poll who spoke at the ORIGINAL small government Tea Party event back in 2007.

Rand introduced at 1:57:
YouTube - Ron Paul | Boston Tea Party Rally | Rand Paul (5/22) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cflovYEoEu0)

[BuddyRey]

Voted!

[phill4paul]

64% Rand over 36% Rubio. We still pwn the internetz. lol

[K Elaine]

A figurehead for the tea party is not necessary.

[Agorism]

Win

[jmdrake]

Florida paper, I am willing to bet Rubio might win this.

Naw. We own the Internets. We could beat Obama in a Chicago Tribune poll.

[rprprs]

voted

[sailingaway]

Rand Paul 66.2%

Marco Rubio 33.8%

Yea, us!

[DutchLiberty]

Rand Paul 35%

Marco Rubio 65%

Not good....

[CaseyJones]

voted and moved to General

[moostraks]

Why don't we let "them" have their Tea Party it is poisoned anyway. Let them spend the next two years making it the party of Israel firsters (such as Palin and Rubio) and make Rand the one of the spokesmen of the Liberty movement which properly stated will reach people from all walks of life???

The Liberty movement needs to embrace the terms of self determination and self responsibility and let the Israel firsters who have co-opted the term Tea Party seem like the irrational war mongorers that they are. By using the term Liberty anything that would be contrary to the concept of personal liberty could be easily dismissed as opposed to Tea Party which was just too ambiguous imo.

[Kýrie eléison]

go Rand, go! lol

[pcosmar]

Tea Party??
What Tea Party,,who's Tea Party?

The neo-con Tea Party. or the original (ours).

In Michigan, Dan Benishek was "the Tea Party candidate". And he won the 1st District.

He was not and is not a liberty candidate.
I'm not partying with them, their tea sucks.
:(

[lynnf]

Results now:


Who should be the leader of the tea party: Rand Paul or Marco Rubio?

Rand Paul. He is much more into open tea party rhetoric than Rubio, and if the tea party wants somebody loud who is going to get attention, Rand Paul is their man. (623 responses)

36%

Marco Rubio. Rubio believes in tea party principles, but he doesn't come across as an extremist. He could help to give the tea party a more mainstream image. (1090 responses)

64%

1713 total responses

[pcosmar]

The "Tea Party" will evaporate now that the R's had a win. Just like the Anti-war left evaporated when Obama won.

The R3VOLution continues.
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