Hunter wins - Paul 3rd

Elwar said:
A Hunter bump is great. Any bump to the lower tier war hawks is good for Ron Paul.

Spread that vote more.
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Thanks ! You understand the route to a RP victory. Nine fear/warmongers split the chickenhawk votes and RP wins delegates in every state with 20+ % of the vote. We don't need anyone to drop out until Feb. 6 !!!

If APP ST can defeat Michigan @ football in the big house...Ron Paul can be our next POTUS !!!!!!!!:D :D :D :D :D :D :D
 
I was disappointed and of course allowed myself a little feeling of "is it real or is it retouched?" However, I think of other polls and a little of what they tell us. In Iowa, Huckabee was the surprise with second. However, that didn't persist in other polls. Even Romney's lead hasn't persisted throughout the nation. This is Duncan Hunter's only first place ranking. However, Ron Paul is consistently in the "top tier" like none of the others. We must keep on doing what we're doing, and contributing what we can when we can.
 
Wow, look at how bad so called "front runners" Giuliani, Romney & McCain did.. barely 10% combining all 3 of them..
 
Ray McKinney: 28
John Cox: 10
John McCain: 8
Sam Brownback: 6
Tom Tancredo: 6
Hugh Cort: 3

If anything this shows that it's time for McCain to give up. I still don't understand why they still call him Top Tier.
 
nullvalu said:
Wow, look at how bad so called "front runners" Giuliani, Romney & McCain did.. barely 10% combining all 3 of them..
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I know, it's hilarious that the crooked MSM and the crooked pollsters create this circular "frontrunner" logic between themselves and it bears no relation to the reality on the ground.

If Giuliani is "top tier," how come he keeps doing so badly in virtually every single straw poll? Divergent realities.
 
I'm down the street at bennigan's if anyone wants to come have a beer and talk about how things went today. Cindy Sheehan was lurking outside today and I have an unconfirmed report that Ron Paul went over and spoke with her.
 
kylejack said:
I'm down the street at bennigan's if anyone wants to come have a beer and talk about how things went today. Cindy Sheehan was lurking outside today and I have an unconfirmed report that Ron Paul went over and spoke with her.
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So how about a first-hand report of the event?
 
16.7% is a great result

I'm very impressed Ron Paul got 16.7% from hard-core Republican Party insiders, officials and delegates. That is awesome.

I think the huge rallying and support for Ron Paul is making an impact on Republican insiders and they are responding.

$102,000 collected in one day! Wow! And coming on the heels of the previous best day of fundraising before the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa, the momentum continues to build, on the streets and with the $$$$.

McCain and Giuliani, repudiated once again!

Third is never an insult at this stage. I think Texas will be a big primary win for Dr. Ron Paul. By then Duncan Hunter will be out, and Dr. Paul's momentum is going to keep building.

I was very heartened by everything that happened this weekend at the Straw Poll in Texas, the news is all great! Yay!

The full results
Texas Straw Poll results

Candidate.......................... Votes.......................... Percent
Duncan Hunter....................534.......................... 41.1%
Fred Thompson ................. 266.......................... 20.5%
Ron Paul............................ 217 .......................... 16.7%
Mike Huckabee....................83.......................... 6.4%
Rudy Giuliani........................78.......................... 6.0%
Mitt Romney.........................61.......................... 4.7%
Ray McKinney.......................28.......................... 2.2%
John Cox .............................10 .......................... 0.8%
John McCain.......................... 8 .......................... 0.6%
Tom Tancredo........................6 .......................... 0.5%
Sam Brownback.....................6.......................... 0.5%
Hugh Cort.......................... ...3.......................... 0.2%
 
Couple of points:

- If you account for the facts that Duncan Hunter is broke and is struggling to make it to the primaries, AND Fred Thompson isn't officially in the race yet (or is he?), Ron did farely well considering he's not in the MSM anywhere as much as the others.
- The supposed top-tier, and even those close to it, were basically crushed in this poll of ACTUAL delegates in Texas, and they are basically shunning Texas as they did Iowa by not showing a major presence. Iowans and Texans will not forget this in the primaries.
 
I just don't understand how Duncan Hunter could muster so much support- I mean, he won by a pretty large margin. That's the question of the day, why did Texas delegates decide to throw their weight behind Hunter?

I don't know how much money Hunter spent, but did they actually pay $50 to $75 just to make a statement or was Hunter making a gamble with this poll, or are there people geniunely attracted by Hunter's message?

It just doesn't make any sense.
 
Texas got hijacked by the neocons in the 80's...so it's pretty impressive that the antiwar candidate gets so many votes from the -delegates-.
 
Ron Paul signs were 60 percent of the crowd, Hunter 30%, 10% assorted. Remember that jerk who said Ron Paul was "done" after the spat with Rudy? He introduced the first two candidate speeches but "had to go" just before Ron Paul's speech, so someone else introduced Ron. Good Ron energy throughout the event. Ron Paul supporters booed Cheney on a video and Republican Party people started shrieking that they were shameful and to go across the street (anti war protest). Very hostile. Overall, a fun event.
 
Razmear said:
Ray McKinney: 28
John Cox: 10
John McCain: 8
Sam Brownback: 6
Tom Tancredo: 6
Hugh Cort: 3

If anything this shows that it's time for McCain to give up. I still don't understand why they still call him Top Tier.
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The MSM calls McCain "top tier" so they can focus on three big name neo-cons and ignore the rest of the candidates - including RP. With Thompson soon to join, the Big 3 will become Rudy, Mitt and Fred - with the rest, including RP, being ignored.

NO PROBLEM! NONE of them have the grassroots we have, and as I just posted - they will carve up the pro-war/neo-con vote between them, and give RP a great in with his unique message.

The key is to do well enough in the Iowa Caucus and to win or come in 2nd in New Hampshire. Then, it will be very hard for the MSM to ignore RP, but I would not put anything by them. A win in NH would be key. The MSM could NOT ignore that.

The more I think about this straw poll, the more I realize it was "legally" rigged with delegates voting for Hunter to try and make RP look bad.

We all know the GOP does not support RP, and NOW we know the GOP is scared of RP. He is a real threat to win a lot of votes and they don't control him! If the Texas delegates just voted for whoever they wanted, votes would have been split between a lot of candidates and RP WOULD have won.

WE control our own destiny through RP. I'm pumped to fight even harder! How DARE the GOP strategize to manipulate straw poll results! THIS is exactly why government is so corrupt - they feel they can do whatever they want.

It is TIME to show the establishment in the press and in government that the people do matter. Let's stay pumped, focused and work even harder for RP!
 
Brasil Branco said:
I just don't understand how Duncan Hunter could muster so much support- I mean, he won by a pretty large margin. That's the question of the day, why did Texas delegates decide to throw their weight behind Hunter?

I don't know how much money Hunter spent, but did they actually pay $50 to $75 just to make a statement or was Hunter making a gamble with this poll, or are there people geniunely attracted by Hunter's message?

It just doesn't make any sense.
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I was there. There was a group of about 5 Hunter supports (they appeared to be paid) holding up signs in a corner. There were 500+ Ron Paul supporters.

I agree though, wouldn't these die-hard delegates have voted for Giuliani or Romney? Something is fishy.
 
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