DC Values Voter Summit: Ron Paul wins Straw Poll

[sailingaway]

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EASTON, Md., October 8, 2011 — The crowds at the Values Voter Summit in Washington DC loved Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas), the libertarian maverick, proving once again that he has the right stuff as far as conservatives are concerned.

He left the rest of the field in the dust, getting 37 percent of the vote in the Summit’s straw poll. Florida businessman Herman Cain came in a distant second with 23 percent and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum took 16 percent.

Texas Governor Rick Perry garnered only a measly 8 percent and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and Congresswoman Michelle Bachman (R-Minn.) were at the back of the pack with 4 percent.

http://media.washtimes.com/media/community/photos/blog/entries/2011/10/08/ron-paul-640_s640x427.jpg?73b8e21685896c3f2859310aaa5adb253 919b641

It's a Washington Times Community blog, but click and reward, sez I...

[king_nothing_]

You linked to the picture.

[bluesc]

Can you fix the link? It links to a good picture of Ron :p

[InTradePro]

http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/ad-lib/2011/oct/8/value-voters-summit-ron-paul-wins-straw-poll/

Bump. Good article.

[freejack]

Finally a decent article.

[bluesc]

http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/ad-lib/2011/oct/8/value-voters-summit-ron-paul-wins-straw-poll/

Bump. Good article.

Thanks!


For now, Congressman Paul is in the catbird seat. It will be interesting to see how he parlays this grassroots enthusiasm into boosting his poll numbers among Republican voters. So far he hasn’t ignited them.

But his supporters are true blue, and if the Values Voter Summit is any indication, they are ready to start a prairie fire of support to get their man to face off against President Obama.

This is key. Many "experts" and reporters talk about how he is strong with his current support, but needs to be using it to pick up more support, as his poll numbers have not been growing.

It's about time to start more meetup groups and get out there campaigning.

[nelsonwinters]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtl2ZuJpG9M

[bluesc]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtl2ZuJpG9M

+rep!

I thought of this video the second I heard that he won.

[klamath]

Oh great we are going to get all the news stories about how RP is surging like cain got after florida......Yeaw right.