RLC straw poll results?

[PaulConventionWV]

Why are you guys so excited about winning the straw poll? We won it in a room full of, mostly, our own supporters. It didn't win us any new voters or support....

Why are you such a negative nancy?

 

[rp08orbust]

DON'T use that one, look at the language at the top "interesting not binding or even instructive', talk about dismissing it!

Just drudge bomb that Ron won and look for a better headline.

With 40%.

 

[BUSHLIED]

We didn't win. We walked away having made more enemies.

How's that?

 

[TruePatriotFreedomLover]

rockandrollsoulds way to be a buzzkill. It's not just RP supporters who were booing, I watched many others who were booing and whatnot..
RP won and by a landslide, this is positive news please don't be a downer

 

[mpdsapuser]

Anyone who dislikes Ron Paul now because of winning the Straw Poll already disliked him and preferred their failure candidates. Not a big deal. Just because some uptight old folks are mad doesn't matter.

What is telling is that the person who runs this conference said the winner of this event would be an indication of who the GOP and the donors would be supporting. Then he says "this is why you dont follow straw poll" results... These people are hypocrites.

 

[parocks]

drudge bomb?

Why did Huntsman do so well?

Huntsman, like Romney, is a Liberal Mormon. Romney did not participate in this one. His people had already gotten their tickets, or the Romney people had purchased the tickets. So, the Huntsman people are Romney people.

Romney plus Huntsman is still less than Paul.

 

[Paulatized]

If you want to be a downer, please come back a little later while we enjoy this win. This was pretty much a spontaneous win. Very little promotion from the official campaign or the forums. It shows RP has a following that is not dependent on the forums, it real and its out there and it's growing!

 

[BUSHLIED]

Romney is trying to avoid any bad press...he wants to skate right to the NH primary without dealing with anything...Paul must come out and criticize Romney's healthcare credentials etc...we have him on the ropes.

This is a positive development for Paul BUT I hope it doesn't give the campaign false confidence. Paul has got to work on his speeches!

 

[emr1028]

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_new...aul-wins-rlc-straw-poll-romney-fades-to-fifth

msnbc coverage

Remember what Ron said yesterday people-- no long faces. Even articles dismissing our wins will still force people to acknowledge that we're making them. Cherish our progress.

 

[reduen]

We didn't win. We walked away having made more enemies.

Originally Posted by rockandrollsouls

"Why are you guys so excited about winning the straw poll? We won it in a room full of, mostly, our own supporters. It didn't win us any new voters or support...."

I am confused.... Which one is it...?

 

[Paulatized]

What is telling is that the person who runs this conference said the winner of this event would be an indication of who the GOP and the donors would be supporting. Then he says "this is why you dont follow straw poll" results... These people are hypocrites

I think he meant that it was a hard act to follow on stage not that he didnt follow straw polls. I ran it back and listened again to be sure.

 

[king_nothing_]

What is telling is that the person who runs this conference said the winner of this event would be an indication of who the GOP and the donors would be supporting. Then he says "this is why you dont follow straw poll" results... These people are hypocrites.

Was that the guy who runs it?

 

[parocks]

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20072266-503544.html
Ron Paul wins Republican Leadership Conf. straw poll; Jon Huntsman second

 

[Maximus]

I see Thadeus McCotter and his mom attended the straw poll.

 

[king_nothing_]

I think he meant that it was a hard act to follow on stage not that he didnt follow straw polls.

Hmm. I took it as a shot at RP. You may be right, though. I'm not sure.

 

[Freedomluvinmamma30]

I swear the best enemies RP has is his own supporters. Being Positive is the key. Any victory is fine with me. Hell, it is a victory that the own establishment is discounting its own polls and calling its voters quacks. I know from my experience there is a lot more supporters out of the mainstream coming RP way. I am in this to win it with RP and that is the attitude all supporters should have. Having worked on other campaigns (Ugh Bush I would like forgiveness for that one) it was an up beat go hard or go home campaign and any negative was spun into a positive. SO cheer up no one said this was going to be easy.

 

[emr1028]

Here's some inspiration for those of you with long faces. The press that this poll gets us is far more important than the reactions of some old ladies in the room. YES WE CAN.

 

[mpdsapuser]

I have no doubt the usual suspects will marginalize this victory as non-important and will continue beating the drums for Romney or Bachmann. Even though had Romney won this, the Bill O'Reillys of the world would've gloated.

 

[Patrick Henry]

It shows RP has a following that is not dependent on the forums, it real and its out there and it's growing!

"He's catching on, I'm tellin' ya"

 

[Paulatized]

Hmm. I took it as a shot at RP. You may be right, though. I'm not sure.

I ran it back because at first I thought the same thing. But he just meant that coming out after the strawpoll announcement was a hard act to follow.