Romney wins The Washington Times/CPAC Straw Poll

[onehandle]

Mitt Romney won The Washington Times/CPAC Presidential Straw Poll on Saturday, and also nipped Rick Santorum as the top choice of conservatives nationwide, according to a new version of the poll conducted for the first time this year that suggests Mr. Romney retains strong support among self-identified conservatives.

Mr. Romney won 38 percent of the straw poll, which counted the votes of 3,408 activists gathered for the Conservative Political Action Conference, which ran from Thursday through Saturday at a hotel in Washington.

Mr. Santorum was second with 31 percent, Newt Gingrich was third with 15 percent and Rep. Ron Paul was fourth with 12 percent — far below his showing the last two years, when he won with 31 in 2010 and 30 percent in 2011.

In the national survey, meanwhile, Mr. Romney barely topped Mr. Santorum 27 percent to 25 percent, with Mr. Gingrich in third place at 20 percent and Mr. Paul again trailing at 8 percent.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/feb/11/romney-wins-washington-timescpac-straw-poll/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS

The fix is in.

[Cooley Hurd]

1. "Romney wins The CPAC Straw Poll"-Headline I NEVER EVER thought I'd see...

I believe an arctic snap has hit Hell!

[oberliner]

2. Wow

This whole primary is just all over the map!

[DippyDem]

18. Wow is right! I thought it was anyone but Mitt. n/t

[RZM]

3. Not surprised at all

Romney has a modest but noticeable bedrock level of support. And even some of the most dyed-in-the-wool hardcore conservatives know deep down that Lil' Ricky doesn't stand a chance.

And LOL. Newt at 15 percent. Wonder who he's going to blame that on?

[JoePhilly]

8. Clearly, the Liberal wing of CPAC!!

[MarkCharles]

4. A bunch of conservatives getting a free trip to DC and

2% to 7% separated the top three from each other?

This is not news, this is what we called in the journalism business MADE-UP news.


Really, there's what 2000 people there? 3000? Less than 1/100th of one percent of Americans there?

And between them 7% difference in the first 3 candidates?

That comes down to about 200 votes from first to third place.


And how many of those 200 were black, gay, women, poor?

Let's be real.

[Gore1FL]

15. How many GOP voters

are black, gay, women, or poor?

[MarkCharles]

26. probably less than 3000

or maybe 5000 at most.

None of which were at this convention, I assure you.

I bet there were 0 gay people there, for sure.

[Tx4obama]

5. They announced that this year the vote was done ONLINE. So, no paper back-up ;) n/t

[stockholmer]

6. typical eh? I do not see any integrity left in most of the voting process

There has been so much mud thrown in the water since 2000 that no one can see the true bottom.

[SoapBox]

7. Around and around the GOPathetic/Bagger Clown Car goes...

and where will it finally stop?

Who knows.

Who the HELL cares!

...the final one to crawl out will be a loser anyway.

[CAPHAVOC]

9. Go! Mitt Whigney!

[book_worm]

10. Again the establishment wants Romney not the rank and file

The establishment wants to get this primary over and get on with the campaign against Obama and so they are willing to swallow Romney to do it.

[angrychair]

13. Ughhhhh

have to do it....can't help self....resist I can not....

I'm sure some of them are willing to swallow Santorum

[CAPHAVOC]

22. Are you sure?

The GOP looks so bad it looks like they are taking a dive. They may be trying to lose. Even lose the house. Could this be a trick? Maybe they see the collapse coming and don't want the blame. If they are not taking a dive they are really pathetic.

[jberryhill]

11. Majority votes against Rmoney again

[CAPHAVOC]

14. Mitt Monmey?

[DemocracyInaction]

12. only two votes count!

This marathon bullshit parade of America's sickest puppies rests on two votes : the Nazi brothers Koch...

[whistler162]

16. On to the wheat poll then the barley poll!

[Cognitive_Resonance]

17. Only 38% in a four way race. Weak. nt

[rocktivity]

19. Yum!

The CPAC poll isn't surprising, but the national poll being a wash IS.

It's official now -- R-money does NOT have GOP voter love, and is in BIG trouble.


rocktivity

[CAPHAVOC]

20. If Paul wins Maine there will be the sound of silence. From the GOP.

[sofa king]

21. How'd they keep out the moRons this time?

[jaysunb]

23. Let It Be (Romney)

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[underpants]

24. Way to fall completely in line chattle

Appaerently Rush Limbaugh has NO influece any more.

[tfrey1225]

25. I see the GOP

eventually settling on Mitt Romney despite the recent Santorum surge. However I don't think enough people would be enthused enough about Romney and the turnout will be really low on the GOP side.

[NeonDog]

27. Proving CPAC members can't live up to their own (sleazy) standards...

In their effort to defeat the "black man"...CONservatives prove how weak their ideology really is...of course they've always compromised with the bigot so this should come as no surprise...

[ProgressoDem]

28. As asinine as CPAC is, they're still not as moronic as Republican voters at large.

Thus why I think Santorum will be the GOP nominee --- or mortally wound Mitt in his attempt.

[Major Hogwash]

29. This makes Ron Paul the kingmaker of the GOP presidential campaign.

If Ron Paul drops out and his supporters split with half of his supporters going for Santorum, and the other half go for Gingrich, Santorum will effectively tie with Romney in a "winner takes nothing" campaign that stretches out the GOP presidential candidate nominating race until their convention.

As it is now, Romney can't get above the 40 percent approval rating of his own party. Nearly guaranteeing a long campaign battle to become the nominee.

Michael Steele said the other day that this was to be expected this year when the GOP changed their rules for the nominating process last year. He acted like it was all planned this way by design.
He also said that this year's format was to provide the GOP party with more transparency.

Thus proving for all time that Steele is a frickin' moron because the GOP party does not work well with transparency.
They work better when they go behind closed doors in their caucuses and come out of the room united, rather than doing their political infighting in the public arena for all to see.