Posted by Tina
Hooo dawgees! There’s a whole lot going on at CPAC, the convention for conservative political activists being held in Washington DC. Views of the attendees are many and varied from pro-life and marriage advocates to defenders of gay rights. The keynote speaker this year was Glenn Beck which had to put some observers on on full alert but the big bang that topped off the show was the straw poll result which had to surprise more than a few of the attendees and observers:
“Ron Paul Wins CPAC Straw Poll, Sarah Palin is Third With 7 Percent” – Politics Daily
Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) ran away with the presidential straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference Saturday, with 31 percent of the vote. Paul’s libertarian conservative message has made him a hero to small- government Republicans for years, but this is the first CPAC straw poll he has ever won.
Here are the complete poll results:
Rep. Ron Paul- 31 percent,
Mitt Romney- 22 percent,
Sarah Palin- 7 percent,
Gov. Tim Pawlenty – 6 percent,
Rep. Mike Pence- 5 percent,
Mike Huckabee- 4 percent,
Newt Gingrich- 4 percent,
Gov. Mitch Daniels- 2 percent,
Rick Santorum- 2 percent,
Sen. John Thune- 2 percent, and
Gov. Haley Barbour- 1 percent