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Romney wins straw poll among conservatives

Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor February 9, 2008 05:49 PM

Mitt Romney suspended his presidential bid at the Conservative Political Action Conference, but he won the straw vote among activists there anyway.

In results posted today on the conference website, Romney won 35 percent to John McCain's 34 percent. Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul each received 12 percent.

It appears if he hadn't withdrawn on Thursday, the former Massachusetts governor would have won by an even bigger margin. Three-fourths of the 1,558 ballot were turned in after his speech -- and his support dropped from 44 percent in pre-speech ballots to 32 percent afterwards.

Ironically, however, that conservative support didn't translate strongly enough in primaries and caucuses to keep Romney in the race. He dropped out after Super Tuesday's results left him about 400 delegates behind McCain.

4 comments so far...
  1. Folks, you just missed the best chance you will have in your lifetime to have an amazing conservative president who is brilliant, focused and capable. You allowed the press to focus you on his religion--"He's a Mormon" they opined in over 50% of the articles in the press while "He's graduated at the top of his class in MBA/Las at Harvard, has run businesses that have created massive wealth for American families (70K jobs from Staples alone) and can make this economy prosperous" was only mentioned in less than 5%.

    You Huckabites with your religious bigotry should be especially ashamed!!! This is America you guys--not medieval Europe.

    Romney, who led Huckabee by MANY delegate votes going into the CPAC, cares about the good of the country and dropped out so the party could coalesce and beat Obama (who is left of Lenin) and save the military strength of our country in November.

    Huckabee is so selfish! So small and egocentric that he cares nothing for the
    good of the country--only loves to hear the cheers of the Bible Belt Bigots and his
    Ministerial Minions ringing in his ears for a little bit longer.

    In the future you will all wish we had Romney, who gained a major portion of his wealth through negotiation skills as President in dealing with Putin and his ilk. (I suppose McCain will just swear at him and turn red--if Huckabee were there he would probably find Putin is not impressed by his playing the guitar and cracking one liners).

    As the economy tanks, we will wish we had the turnaround specialist, Mitt Romney there to save us. When McAmnesty decides that he should go along with his buddy and campaign outreach chair Juan Hernandez and go for NO BORDERS with Mexico--just a "Southern Region" and yet more immigrants come flooding in until we too are a second rate country, we will wish we had figured out earlier on the quality and integrity of Mitt Romney who would close our borders. Remember the immense security operation he oversaw at the Olympics right after 9/11? He gets it about Islamic Terrorists.

    THE SADEST WORDS OF TONGUE AND PEN ARE THESE FEW WORDS, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. THINK WHAT YOU LOST IN YOUR NARROW MINDED REFUSAL TO GIVE MITT YOUR WHOLE HEARTED AND EARLY SUPPORT THOUGH HE STOOD FOR EVERY VALUE YOU CONSERVATIVES SAY yOUHOLD DEAR!

    If you didn't vote for this man because he was a Mormon. SHAME! The Bible says by their fruits ye shall know them. Look at him and his accomplishments. He has a very fine family, has been loyal to his wife for 37 years, has five accomplished and charming sons--all married (not shacked up) and with adorable grandchildren who love him). He served as a "minister," though I don't think Mormons call it that, for more than 8 years in large congregations--he never passed a collection plate--never got a dime in pay and spent countless hours of service for FREE! He has never had a complaint against him for ethics violations--look at Huckster Huckabee with 14 ethics violations (great example of a Christian) and being called by Judicial Review, "One of the top ten most wanted corrupt politicians of 2007."

    As the Brits put it: "SHAME! SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!"


    Posted by marie thomson February 9, 08 09:20 PM
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  1. Mitt Romney 2012

    Posted by Hunter Swift February 9, 08 11:20 PM
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  1. Marie Thomson

    How right you are. You've said it all!

    Posted by Lori February 11, 08 02:01 AM
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  1. If the American people would do real research not just read the front page of NYT, or USAtoday, or even worse, listen to the Colbert report, you may have learned about a good man, when you are given one. I second what Mitt did in his private time. Mormons do NOT use their pulpits to politic by, there is no paid ministry, and they vounteer COUNTLESS hours being usually, "the first ones on the floor"
    when America has a disaster. (That includes Mitt) They roll up their sleeves, put their time, money& talents where their mouth is. This is the character of man America, threw over. Huckabee talks of "disenfranchising" voters, what he really means is " I want the notoriety, and acclaim" McCain is only running on the "war hero" mantra, Ron Paul, who talks some sense, just does not have that innate ability to lead men in a time of crisis. 3) Flip-flop? What? realize that a women, with her right to choose, does not outweigh killing babies, for stem-cell research is not a good reason to weigh something out in your mind, and say that is wrong? He always said personally, abortion was wrong, but when you are the elected gov of as state, you follow the law.Gay marriage is wrong as he believes, but the gays have legal rights just as those of not gay have. He followed the law. It is time for America to do some real research and not have the "cliff notes" in all situations. Too bad the majority of conservs where too scared to see Mitt , till it was too late.

    Posted by denise February 11, 08 07:58 PM
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