WHOA! CNN TV cites the ONLINE poll from the FRC

[Starks]

Just on TV.

[Starks]

They had Ron Paul listed as 3rd in the graph they put up.

[Starks]

Bill Scheider: "Thompson losing out to Ron Paul is an embarrassment..."

[Karsten]

Congradulations to our bronze medalist.

[davidhperry]

Just on TV.

This must be coming from an AP story or something because I'm listening to the radio and heard ABC News mention that Ron was third on the poll.

Pretty sweet.

[ItsTime]

who is first and second?

[RP4ME]

i dont think that is sweet? He should be first or second..Im sure huckabee was first

[steph3n]

romney, huckabee, paul

[CasualApathy]

Bill Scheider: "Thompson losing out to Ron Paul is an embarrassment..."

:mad:

How about: "Ron Paul beating Thompson is amazing"

[foofighter20x]

romney, huckabee, paul

A.K.A.

"I'm in massive debt to myself", "I'm Broke", and "I'm LIQUID, baby!" ;)

[Seth M.]

woohooo

[davidhperry]

i dont think that is sweet? He should be first or second..Im sure huckabee was first

Yeah, I want him first in everything too but it's progress - at least he's being mentioned frequently now and is being taken seriously. The trajectory is good - especially when you remember that over 70% of the population doesn't even know who the guy is.

[stevedasbach]

If Ron had come in first, do you think they would have said anything about the online poll? I don't.

Oh, and any references to Romney "spamming" the poll? I didn't so. Grrrrr. I hate double standards.

[scudiac]

anyone have the video link for this?

[Mark]

.

politicalticker. blogs.cnn.com /2007/10/20/romney-wins-in-conservative-voters-poll/ (add ~~ http:// and connect url)


October 20, 2007
Romney wins in conservative voters poll

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

(CNN)–Mitt Romney scored a narrow victory Saturday, in a straw poll conducted with Christian conservative voters at the Family Research Council's Voters Values Summit.

With 5776 total votes cast,

Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, garnered 1595 votes, 28 percent of the vote.

Former Arkansas governor, Mike Huckabee, came in a very close second with 1565 votes, 27 percent of the vote.

Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, had 15 percent of the vote with 865 votes,[/b]

and former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson had 10 percent of the vote with 564 votes.

The straw poll was the culminating event of the two day gathering in Washington, D.C. All the GOP presidential candidates addressed the summit.


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Filed under Fred Thompson, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul
Posted 10/20/2007 04:30:06 PM 3 Comments

That's the onsite + online poll, hence skewed by the RP crowd…. <------

Actual numbers onsite:


Onsite Straw Poll Results

Mike Huckabee 488 51.26%
Mitt Romney 99 10.40%
Fred Thompson 77 8.09%
Tom Tancredo 65 6.83%%
Rudy Giuliani 60 6.30%
Duncan Hunter 54 5.67%
John McCain 30 3.15%
Sam Brownback 26 2.73%
Ron Paul 25 2.63%
Undecided 11 1.16%
Not Voting 7 0.74%
Barack Obama 5 0.53%
Chris Dodd 2 0.21%
DennisKucinich 2 0.11%
Joe Biden 1 0.11%
Total 952 100%

Posted By Randy, Menomonee Falls, WI : October 20, 2007 3:49 pm


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So, of those who actually were there, 51% voted for Mike Huckabee, five times as much as any other candidate.

Posted By Randy, Menomonee Falls, WI : October 20, 2007 3:50 pm

.

[steph3n]

most of us not there did watch it on cspan however :) Hunter the war machine was before Dr Paul :D

[Keith]

I guess this is news because it is the first online poll that Ron Paul has not completely dominated. If Ron Paul had won 80% of the vote it would never have been reported. I am convinced of that.

[jj111]

Duncan "my son is fighting in Iraq" Hunter
whose main motivation is to get his son so much publicity that his son can have a political career ahead of him....

[steph3n]

huckabee spammers!!!! check them on cnn blog :D

[Starks]

Duncan "my son is fighting in Iraq" Hunter
whose main motivation is to get his son so much publicity that his son can have a political career ahead of him....

Duncan kinda deserves to pimp out his son's service. He's the only candidate with a kid in Iraq.

[Sean]

At least Duncans family is willing to put themselves in danger. I can at least respect that.

[Starks]

At least Duncans family is willing to put themselves in danger. I can at least respect that.

Yeah, and the public will rightfully eat it up too.

The problem is that there is far more to being a good politician than having a son in Iraq for whatever reason we are there.

[gagnonstudio]

I think Biden has a kid over in Afghanistan or Iraq, I can't remember where.

[LibertyEagle]

A.K.A.

"I'm in massive debt to myself", "I'm Broke", and "I'm LIQUID, baby!" ;)

heh. :D

[lonestarguy]

At least Duncans family is willing to put themselves in danger. I can at least respect that.

Why sir is it conceivably enduring that someone is willing to put themselves in danger. Duncan's son is not protecting our liberty, rights or freedoms of any American and he is definitely not protecting this country. Quite the contrary, we are sitting ducks and we are seen as occupiers not liberators. U.S. occupation is simply feeding the growing animosity to our country. Bring them home, now!

[Starks]

Why sir is it conceivably enduring that someone is willing to put themselves in danger. Duncan's son is not protecting our liberty, rights or freedoms of any American and he is definitely not protecting this country. Quite the contrary, we are sitting ducks and we are seen as occupiers not liberators. U.S. occupation is simply feeding the growing animosity to our country. Bring them home, now!

But shouldn't we respect one's service regardless of how wrong the reasons for being Iraq actually are?

[robatsu]

I'm sort of surprised that Paul didn't dominate this thing, although I agree w/posters that if he had gotten his usual 70/80 percent, the story might not have been covered.

[Eli]

I don't get it!
How did we loose?!?!

http://www.frcaction.org/ (by only 730 votes for first, we even lost to huckabee for f**ck sake)

We preached over and over that just the people on this forum could easily throw that vote. I wouldn't of wasted a dollar if I had known everyone else would have pussed out. I'm sorry, as much as I love all rp supporters, I'm going to have to give the middle finger right now to those two-three people who flooded every thread on this straw poll with rhetoric on why people shouldn't vote in it. Dr. Paul could of been the media talk of the day if it wasn't for those jerks' need to push their apathy on others.

Sorry I'm kinda pissed about this. WE SHOULD HAVE WON!

[wgadget]

Hmmm....According to the FRC website, less than half of the 2000 people in attendance voted.

Wonder why that is?

[steph3n]

Hmmm....According to the FRC website, less than half of the 2000 people in attendance voted.

Wonder why that is?

it was a two day conference, some onsite voted online from hotels :D

[ronpaulitician]

You know, Paul NOT coming in first may actually help him, because that way the results aren't automatically dismissed as spam.

[Lord Xar]

Bill Scheider: "Thompson losing out to Ron Paul is an embarrassment..."

you know what i find very telling and disheartening, is that the ONLY candidate that doesn't dance to special interests, a man of principle, a man who wants to do what is best for America and just pretty much a man of integrity.... and public figures see him as embarassement - and men who are flipfloppers, lack integrity and are shills for special interests are viewed as viable leaders... it is beyond me how far we come to a brainless voting public.

[fj45lvr]

you know what i find very telling and disheartening, is that the ONLY candidate that doesn't dance to special interests, a man of principle, a man who wants to do what is best for America and just pretty much a man of integrity.... and public figures see him as embarassement - and men who are flipfloppers, lack integrity and are shills for special interests are viewed as viable leaders... it is beyond me how far we come to a brainless voting public.

AMEN!!

This country doesn't need to find any "phantom" enemies...they just got to look in the mirror (if they could break themselves free from their trance).....really sucks to be in the same sinking ship with morons.

[JosephTheLibertarian]

At least Duncans family is willing to put themselves in danger. I can at least respect that.

I bet he never sees any combat. hmmm I wonder where he's station :rolleyes:

[Mister Grieves]

you know what i find very telling and disheartening, is that the ONLY candidate that doesn't dance to special interests, a man of principle, a man who wants to do what is best for America and just pretty much a man of integrity.... and public figures see him as embarassement - and men who are flipfloppers, lack integrity and are shills for special interests are viewed as viable leaders... it is beyond me how far we come to a brainless voting public.

Man, you articulated to a "T", the same question I ask myself almost constantly.

Well done.

[Starks]

I bet he never sees any combat. hmmm I wonder where he's station :rolleyes:

Combat or non-combat, the kid is in Iraq. We should honor his service, even if the war is under false pretenses.

[speciallyblend]

ANYONE HAVE A DIRECT LINK TO THE AP ARTICLE,we should all send this to every media outlet radio/newspapers/tv,in hopes they run with this AP STORY,it definetly helps RON PAUL:)

[speciallyblend]

You know, Paul NOT coming in first may actually help him, because that way the results aren't automatically dismissed as spam.

Yes,anyone have a AP LINK ,we need to send this out all over the web and media