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Romney favored among conservatives in straw poll

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posted by Hhhhh 627 days ago | status: queued

"Mitt Romney won the most support for the Republican presidential nomination in a Saturday straw poll of GOP activists attending an annual conference." I'm surprised, this is an interesting turn of events.

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The GOP's "grass roots" are always very conservative, and the early straw polls consistently throw support to the candidates viewed as most conservative. Heck, Pat Buchanan has been winning early straw polls for years ('92, '96, '00), but the GOP leadership would never give a candidate like Buchanan the time of day--too rightist, too polarizing, they think. Now, among the field of likely '08 contenders, the only one that even APPEARS conservative is Romney. But his conservative credentials are questionable at best. So, as long as the grass roots think he is conservative, it does not surprise me that he draws support from them. Time will bear out the truth, however, that Romney is not a solid conservative candidate. The Party Machine will do whatever they need to do to placate conservative members, make promises, include platform items, etc., just long enough to continue getting people to vote for lukewarm, crummy candidates, such as Bush Sr., Bob Dole, and Bush Jr. I hold no illusions that the GOP will present a truly conservative candidate in '08 and therefore find myself needing to look elsewhere, unless someone like Ron Paul shocks us all and gets the GOP nomination (as if!). I am done with the GOP after too many years of seeing the conservative base abused and used, and then treated like the crazy aunt you keep in the attic, once it comes time to elect a candidate.

written by frozenchosenAK 625 days ago

Maybe Buchanan is too rightist and too polarizing. I realize I'm not coming from your end of the spectrum, but I have a hard time seeing a centrist with a strong faith in God as a bad thing.

written by Doc 624 days ago

Faith in God, good! Faith in failed social policies and no real stand on important issues, not so good!

written by frozenchosenAK 624 days ago

frozenchosenAK, I tend to agree with you. That's one of the reasons I cannot identify myself with the GOP.

written by Hhhhh 625 days ago

Hhhhh: I wonder who the Constitution Party will nominate. I voted for Peroutka in 2004, but that party seems to have split into factions lately (oddly enough, based on a "Mormon problem"), and I fear it will go the way of the Reform party.

written by frozenchosenAK 625 days ago

There's been some buzz about the delegates that Romeny sponsored being 'bought and paid for', as in being students who were put up in a strategic attempt to win this straw poll.

BTW... I think that Romney will be kept out of the nomination by hook or by crook. We're more than welcome to play in the political sandbox, but there's no way in this century that the WASP establishment and their religious right lackeys will accept a Mormon president.

Much the same to Hillary and Obama.... I think they'll split the vote and a 'moderate' Democrat, of the white and male variety will take the nomination.

written by canadiancynic 624 days ago

Another Mormon alternative at http://oddbits3.blogspot.com/2007/02/2008-election-history-in-making.html :-)

written by TedB 622 days ago

Romney favored among conservatives in straw poll

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