Ron Paul wins California GOP straw poll

Originally posted by 27jd
Results of mid-September USA Today/Gallup poll:

31% - Perry
24% - Romney
13% - Paul
5% - Bachmann
5% - Gingrich
5% - Cain
2% - Santorum
1% - Huntsman

Results of mid-September 2007 USA Today/Gallup poll:

30% - Guiliani
22% - Thompson
18% - McCain
7% - Romney
4% - Huckabee
4% - Paul
2% - Brownback
2% - Hunter
1% - Tancredo

A little perspective for those who say he isn't polling high enough off the internet, to have a chance.

McCain got the backing of the GOP, whereas Ron Paul the fringer will never get it so your comparison is wrong.

Also Romney won't be dropping out with his warchest and Perry appears to be the favorite of the core party supporters. It is a battle between them two for the full GOP backing and when one becomes the clear favorite the other will likely nod out supporting the other, leaving Ron Paul still hovering about 10% plus or minus a few pts.

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For some reason I thought the people chose the primary winner. I didn't know the GOP could override the voters, kinda seems silly to even have elections then, doesn't it?

Originally posted by 27jd
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For some reason I thought the people chose the primary winner. I didn't know the GOP could override the voters, kinda seems silly to even have elections then, doesn't it?

Tell that to Hillary Clinton.
You know she had the popular vote over Obama right?

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Ron Paul has been getting quite a few GOP endorsements over the past couple days. Here's the latest endorsement..

The GOP chairwoman and co-chairman in Clay County have endorsed Texas’s Ron Paul for president.
caucuses.desmoinesregister.com...

Originally posted by 27jd
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Ron Paul has been getting quite a few GOP endorsements over the past couple days. Here's the latest endorsement..

The GOP chairwoman and co-chairman in Clay County have endorsed Texas’s Ron Paul for president.
caucuses.desmoinesregister.com...

Well, that is the kind of stuff he needs to do, these polls and strawpolls at this early in the game are useless.
It is just one obscure county in Iowa but it is real and tangible at least for once. Nothing to go fanatical about.

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It's more than Iowa.

2012 Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul will receive the endorsement of New Jersey State Senator Michael J. Doherty (R-23) on Monday, September 26th at a noon press conference on the steps of the New Jersey State House, located in Trenton.
www.ronpaul2012.com...

GRAND RAPIDS - U.S. Rep. Justin Amash has endorsed fellow U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, for the GOP presidential nomination, continuing a mutual admiration that dates back to 2010.
www.usnews.com...

Originally posted by 27jd
reply to post by TinfoilTP

 

It's more than Iowa.

2012 Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul will receive the endorsement of New Jersey State Senator Michael J. Doherty (R-23) on Monday, September 26th at a noon press conference on the steps of the New Jersey State House, located in Trenton.
www.ronpaul2012.com...

GRAND RAPIDS - U.S. Rep. Justin Amash has endorsed fellow U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, for the GOP presidential nomination, continuing a mutual admiration that dates back to 2010.
www.usnews.com...

State Senator? Where are the US Senators, State Senators are mighty low on the totem pole of National politics, if you want to go to state level the smallest endorsement that matters is a Governor. Then you got some guy who was already in the bag for him in Grand Rapids, I assume that is from the State of Michigan which Obama also has in the bag. A lot of ho hum, no reason for anyone to get excited about.

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He could get an endorsement from Jesus and you would shrug it off, I'm sure.

A more complete list of endorsements....

The Ever Expanding List Of Ron Paul Endorsements

Official Endorsements

Cory Adam, Story County GOP’s

Justin Amash, Congressman

Patrick Byrne, Overstock.com CEO

Gerald Celente, American Trend Forcaster, Author, Business Consultant

Josh Davenport, Clay County GOP co-chair

Michael Doherty, N.J. Sen.

Christine Ebersole , Actress

Marc Emery, Activist

Don Garlits, Professional Race Car Driver

Charles Goyette, NY Times Bestselling Author

Arlo Guthrie, Legendary Folk Singer-Songwriter

Daniel Hannan, Conservative MEP

Glenn Jacobs, WWE Wrestler

Penn Jillette, Magician, Comedian, Best Sellling Author

Gary Johnson, Former Governor of New Mexico

Alex Jones, Radio Talk Show Host

Walter Jones, Congressman

Adam Kokesh, National Talk Show Host

Dennis Kucinich, Congressman

Karen Kwiatkowski, Air Force Colonel, Author, Pentagon’s Near East and South Asia Directorate, Activist, 2012 Congressional Candidate

Barry Manilow, Grammy Award Winning Singer

Glenn Massie, Iowa Representative

Judge Napolitano, Senior Judicial Analyst and Host of FreedomWatch on the Fox Business Network

Robert Novak, Conservative Political Commentator

Rand Paul, U.S. Senator from Kentucky

Kim Pearson, Iowa State Representative

Dylan Ratigan, MSNBC Host

Lew Rockwell, Political Commentator, Activist, Chairman of the Ludvig Von Mises Institute

Joe Rogan, Comedian

Jim Rogers, Investor

Peter Schiff, Financial Advisor

Jason Schultz, Iowa Rep.

Doug Stanhope, Comedian

David Stockman, Ronald Reagan’s "Budget Guru"

Andrew Sullivan, Columnist for The Atlantic

Kris Thiessen, Clay County GOP Chair

Doug Wead, Presidential Historian, Bestselling Author and Former Presidential Advisor

Tom Woods, New York Times Bestselling Author of 11 Books

Jimmie Vaughn, American blues guitarist, singer and former member of the the Fabulous Thunderbirds (older brother of Stevie Ray Vaughan)

Vince Vaughn, Actor

Jesse Ventura, Former Governor of Minnesota



Groups and Organizations (from Ron Paul’s congressional website)

American Patriot Award from Freedom America

Texas Association of Business and Commerce PAC

Texas Society of Professional Engineers PAC

Reverend Louis P. Sheldon of Traditional Values Coalition

Texas Right to Life

Texas Eagle Forum

Texas Home School Coalition PAC

Texas Association of Realtors TREPAC

Texas Hospital Association PAC

National Federation of Independent Business PAC

Texas Medical Association PAC

The Patrick Henry Democratic Club of America

Veterans of Foreign Wars PAC

Texas Board of Realtors

Wholesaler-Distributor PAC

Texas Hospital Association

ALIPAC (Americans for Legal Immigration PAC)

The Baytown Sun

The Brazosport Facts



Unofficial and Past Endorsements

Ann Coulter, Neo-conservative personality

David Letterman, National Television Talk Show Host

Bill Maher, Stand-up Comedian, Television Host, Political Commentator, Author and Actor

Ronald Reagan, Former U.S. President – "Ron Paul is one of the outstanding leaders fighting for a stronger national defense. As a former Air Force officer, he knows well the needs of our armed forces, and he always puts them first. We need to keep him fighting for our country."

Howard Stern, Shock Jock Radio Personality

Jon Stewart, Host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central

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Originally posted by BeyondPerception
reply to post by dragonridr

 

Is there anything Ron Paul can accomplish that wouldn't leave you in a position to only try and discredit him?

For many of those in your set of shoes, it seems the only answer here is 'no', so why do you even bother.

It's not a question of discrediting Ron Paul. I don't care about him really. It's a question of reality. The political reality is the GOP will never nominate him no matter how many polls he wins.

Sorry if that breaks your heart but that's the system.

The main stream media will hardly even acknowledge Ron Paul's existence. yet hes clearly the peoples choice. This media black out on the success of his camping just goes to show the power of the rich. they own all the media and finance all the other candidates. Ron Paul is not allowed to be president. George Carlin was right theses people "OWN YOU."