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Current Events => Archives => Politics => Election 2012 => Topic started by: formerlurker on August 02, 2011, 04:19:46 PM
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Ron Paul, Ames Contender
The campaign has laid the groundwork for an impressive showing.
Is Ron Paul the candidate to beat at Ames this year?
The Texas congressman may be sixth in the national polls, according to the RealClearPolitics average, but when it comes to winning straw polls, no one is better. Smart organizing and an especially dedicated base propelled Paul to victory at the CPAC straw poll in both 2010 and 2011. More recently, Paul won the straw poll at the Republican Leadership Conference this June, beating a crop of popular GOP candidates, including Michele Bachmann and Herman Cain. While attention is focused on the Bachmann–Pawlenty rivalry (and how many write-in votes possible candidate Rick Perry can score), Paul may just swoop in and be in the top three — or win outright.
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/273324/ron-paul-ames-contender-katrina-trinko
No words for this.
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The fellating that goes on in that article is nothing short of disgusting.
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IIRC, he did well in 2008 also.
The Ames straw poll is really a joke. The campaigns buy tickets to the "event", and that's essentially how you get your votes.
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IIRC, he did well in 2008 also.
The Ames straw poll is really a joke. The campaigns buy tickets to the "event", and that's essentially how you get your votes.
I got a mailer to participate in one straw poll or another. It was $25 per vote with the money going to the RNC.
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We're gonna have to put up with this shit for another 6-8 months?
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We're gonna have to put up with this shit for another 6-8 months?
Didn't the gnome say he wasn't going to run for re-election?
Or was that McCain?
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Didn't the gnome say he wasn't going to run for re-election?
Or was that McCain?
Paul isn't running for reelection, but that is only so he can run for president full out.
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Didn't the gnome say he wasn't going to run for re-election?
Or was that McCain?
That was Dr. Nutz. He SAYS he's not going to run. I'll believe it when I see it. He also said he was only going to serve a couple of terms when he was elected to the House. He's on term #12 now, IIRC.
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How is it the Republican's crazy uncle version of the evil elf always wins these polls when he doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning?
Cindie
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How is it the Republican's crazy uncle version of the evil elf always wins these polls when he doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning?
Cindie
Because of his grass-roots popularity. :whatever:
Paul: Fourth or fifth in Iowa straw poll would be sad (http://caucuses.desmoinesregister.com/2011/08/02/paul-fourth-or-fifth-in-iowa-straw-poll-would-be-sad/)
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul said today in Iowa City that he would be “rather saddened†if he doesn’t finish in the top three in the Iowa GOP straw poll in Ames.
Paul, a Texas congressman, drew over 100 people to his stop at the Sheraton hotel in Iowa City. He also has an event over the noon hour in Davenport today.
Paul said his fifth-place finish in 2008 “wasn’t anything to brag about.†If he ends up in fourth or fifth place this year, “I’m not going to be all that excited. I’m going to be rather saddened,†he said, to laughter from the audience. “I hope you won’t let me go to Ames to be saddened.â€
Paul heavily emphasized straw poll attendance during his speech. At one point, he characterized it as “a vote for sanity in government.†Although the straw poll has no legal significance, he said, it “sends a powerful message.â€
“It’s a good bellwether for what people are thinking and how well they are motivated,†he said. “It represents the people who are motivated, more than what you’d find in a general election, so to me that’s very important.â€
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Because of his grass-roots popularity.
Yep. With paulbots, it's all about the weed, man.