Ron Paul Wins 2010 CPAC Straw Poll

[spike]

Libertarian darling Ron Paul won the CPAC straw poll tonight, taking 31% of the vote in the multi-candidate field. Mitt Romney came in a distant second place. Sarah Palin came in third, drawing single-digits.

Only 2,395 straw poll votes were cast by what organizers said was 10,000 attendees at this year's CPAC.

Results from the full field, and a link to the complete poll after the jump.

Haley Barbour: 1%

Mitch Daniels: 2%

Newt Gingrich: 4%

Mike Huckabee: 4%

Sarah Palin: 7%

Ron Paul: 31%

Tim Pawlenty: 6%

Mike Pence: 5%

Mitt Romney: 22%

Rick Santorum: 2%

John Thune: 2%

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/02/straw-poll-results-post.php?ref=fpa

 

[valkyrie]

...CPAC....

Isn't that the thing one wears on one's face if one has a bad case of sleep apnea?

 

[MrBishop]

Conservative Political Action Conference - the people who just got slammed for bringing the gay-rights group into CPAC.

Guess Sarah doesn't have the vote from the right, eh.

 

[valkyrie]

I was thinking of this...

... which is a CPAP machine.

Anyway... Sarah Palin isn't going to get elected in 2012. I doubt that she will even be a nominee for the Republicans unless they are sure they are going to lose to Obama and don't have a chance in hell.

 

[catocom]

Anyway... Sarah Palin isn't going to get elected in 2012. I doubt that she will even be a nominee for the Republicans unless they are sure they are going to lose to Obama and don't have a chance in hell.

no she won't get elected, and yep, if they run her, they will lose again,
but I'm not so sure O will get it then either.
The ball game is changing, but not like Obama thought.

 

[Gotholic]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfY1wXo_Sz0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahQM0tITG4U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqRo4QAntpc

 

[MrBishop]

no she won't get elected, and yep, if they run her, they will lose again,
but I'm not so sure O will get it then either.
The ball game is changing, but not like Obama thought.

Kinda like what we did to our Kim Campbell.

 

[spike]

It is encouraging that Ron Paul got the most support. I like Paul. I doubt I'd ever vote for him but a lot of his positions are spot on. Maybe some sanity is returning when you see him beat out Romney and Palin by such margins.

 

[valkyrie]

Ron Paul says some wacky shit. Occasionally he makes some sense. It's hard to tell what's gonna come out of his mouth next.

 

[Gotholic]

I am totally for Ron Paul. I like no one else at the moment.