Giuliani woos religious right but loses poll

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Giuliani woos religious right but loses poll
Sat Oct 20, 2007 7:52pm EDT

By Ed Stoddard

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Massachusetts Gov.
Mitt Romney narrowly won a Republican presidential
straw poll of Christian conservatives on Saturday,
while Rudy Giuliani persuaded few to look past his
support of abortion rights.

The poll at a summit of self-styled values voters was
largely symbolic but highlighted the continuing failure
of ardent anti-abortion social conservatives to rally
behind a single Republican candidate in the 2008 White
House race.

Romney took 27.6 percent of almost 6,000 votes cast,
just ahead of Mike Huckabee, the folksy former governor
of Arkansas, who gained 27.1 percent at the conference
organized by the Family Research Council.

Maverick Texas Congressman Ron Paul was third with
almost 15 percent while former Tennessee Sen. Fred
Thompson got under 10 percent, a major disappointment
for his campaign.

Giuliani was eighth with 107 votes -- under 2 percent.

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[NI4NI]

1. IF (and I do mean a big IF) Ghouliani wins the nomination

I'm sure that the "value voters" will be deeply deeply disappointed, and depressed, but never to the point of failing to continue shoving their morals on others, along with creating a third political party (The G O D) in 2012