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Saturday, February 12, 2011

The Re-rEVOLoution?

At the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Texas Rep. Ron Paul won the straw poll for presidential candidates by a more-than-slim margin. Our very own visitor, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, was the runner-up in the vote.

All that being said, the author noted:

"Fifty-six percent of those surveyed said they were generally satisfied with the field of potential candidates and 43 percent said they wished the GOP had a better field of potential candidates."


And now, the moment you've been waiting for... The list of winners:
Texas Rep. Ron Paul: 30 percent
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney: 23 percent
Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson: 6 percent
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie: 6 percent
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich: 5 percent
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty: 4 percent
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann: 4 percent
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels: 4 percent
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin: 3 percent
Former talk show host Herman Cain: 2 percent
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee: 2 percent
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum: 2 percent
South Dakota Sen. John Thune: 2 percent
U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman: 1 percent
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour: 1 percent
Others: 5 percent
Undecided: 1 percent

Read the full story at
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/12/rep-ron-paul-wins-cpac-straw-poll/

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