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Straw poll: Rand Paul tops among Mich. GOP activists
Chad Livengood, and Melissa Nann Burke 11:04 p.m. EDT September 19, 2015
(Photo: Charles V. Tines / The Detroit News)
Mackinac Island — Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul won the presidential straw poll at this weekend’s Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference, capturing 22 percent of the vote among a field of 16 candidates.
Former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina came in second place with 15 percent of the vote, followed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich in third place and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz finishing fourth in The Detroit News/MIRS
Well obviously this straw pole was a joke and/or Mackinaw Island was bamboozled by Paulites <sarcasm> ... Or we just won't hear anything about it in the news cycle; and I live here in Michigan.
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yeah, sort of fascinating“With the exception of Fiorina, the results are almost the inverse relationship to the results of recent polls of likely Republican Party primary voters — which is sort of fascinating,” Mitchell added.
Yeah
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Well too bad the weather was too bad for Walker to get up there, otherwise... Whoa, Walker would had walked over the rest of the competition <sarcasm>
As I said in the other thread, there was no concerted effort by CFL to get the Paul forces way up north to support him so it's possible that his speech (tonight) carried the day amongst the attendees. Just show up, speak and drive/win!
Yeah, and two months ago Walker could walk on water. Things can change very quickly.
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Rand Paul wins Michigan straw poll
Scott Walker finished with 2 percent. Walker, did not seriously compete in the straw poll. The Wisconsin governor had been scheduled to deliver a Saturday morning speech but cancelled because, his campaign said, inclement weather interrupted his flight plans.
Yeah, probably knew the writing was on the wall. Or in the ballot box
huge.
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Send the Politico article to Drudge as news to get the news out there, I did.
If Rand does not win the Republican nomination, he should buck the controlled two party system and run as an Independent for President in 2016 and give Americans a real option to vote for.
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Exactly, I mean when you literally can walk on water, a quick jog up the Lake Michigan coast line and through the Straights of Mackinaw shouldn't had been a problem
Walker didn't even poll enough to get 1% in the CNN poll recently done. I heard he is packing it up nationally and his campaign is going into Iowa in an attempt to make a comeback. Santorum lived there too for a while and was the media's replacement for Ron. We shall see Walker's outcome...
If Rand does not win the Republican nomination, he should buck the controlled two party system and run as an Independent for President in 2016 and give Americans a real option to vote for.
We are all born libertarians then something goes really wrong. Despite this truth, most people are still libertarians yet not know it.
Well of course we heard all about Mackinaw Island in the media. Every network talked about how Fiorina was being mobbed by the plebes like a celebrity.
Or were you talking about who won? No, of course not.
The Sunday Morning blather shows were all sticking forks in Walker to see if he's done yet.
So how did this thing work? Does it show organization skill or what? If the ground game is working then this is good news.
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dunno, but for reference purposes: Ron got 3rd in 2007 and 4th in 2011.
MIchigan was a big deal in 2008, because the state party chair had aspirations for RNC chair, and had 0 tolerance for Ron Paul people. In 2012, even though they were running away with the nomination, Team Mitt considered it a must-win. As a consolation, that 2008 state party chair got crushed in his reelection for his RNC seat, and whatever national hopes he had went along with it.
Yea I'm sure these straw polls and trying to get them on Drudge will have as much of an impact on the election as it did for Ron Paul.
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Yeah, this win is no-joke. This is not mobs of college kids stuffing the ballot box. It's GOP insiders.
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This is the same straw poll McCain used as a launching pad for his campaign, and I think Romney won it last time.
Yes, a category 3 $#@!storm.
If he won because he turned the attendees that were already there (rather than bringing in his own grassroots), even better.
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