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发帖数: 21627 | 1 Rand Paul wins CPAC straw poll; Rubio close second
By NBC's Domenico Montanaro
CPAC stands with Rand.
“Torch of liberty” scion Rand Paul was the choice of the plurality of
conservatives at the Conservative Political Action Conference, as Paul won
the much-hyped straw poll with 25 percent. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was a
close second with 23 percent.
It shouldn’t be surprising that the Kentucky senator won the straw poll.
This was not a weekend of self-reflection for conservatives. It was one of
standing by principles, and no one more represents standing by principles
than Paul.
Paul last week further endeared himself to conservatives by going through
with a 13-hour filibuster – a modern-day record – of President Barack
Obama’s nomination to be chief of central intelligence. That effort by the
Tea Party favorite prompted Twitter hash tags, signs at CPAC, and even
fundraising emails from the National Republican Senatorial Committee by the
name of Stand With Rand.
Additionally, with 23 people on the CPAC straw-poll ballot, Paul benefitted
from the deepest support for a single candidate because of young
Libertarians, many of whom make up CPAC's audience. In fact, a majority --
52 percent -- of voters were between the ages of 18 to 25, according to
Republican Tony Fabrizio, who analyzed the results for CPAC and made the
official announcement Saturday.
CPAC has always attracted college-age activists, but this is an even higher
number than in past years, according to Fabrizio.
Paul supporters have demonstrated strong organizational skills around straw
polls over the last several years, as they helped Paul’s father, ex-Rep.
Ron Paul, R-Texas, win the 2010 and 2011 CPAC straw polls.
Rick Santorum finished a distant third with 8 percent. Popular New Jersey
Gov. Chris Christie, who was not invited to CPAC, finished fourth with 7
percent; Paul Ryan, the 2012 vice-presidential candidate was next at 6
percent; then Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker 5 percent; neurosurgeon Ben Carson
and keynoter Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, tied at 4 percent; followed by
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and ex-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin percent.
Related: More CPAC coverage from NBC News
Others, including write-in votes for Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, and
Allen West, got 14 percent.
Before anyone makes too much of the results, remember that the last person
to win the straw poll three years before an open presidential election (no
incumbent) was Rudy Giuliani in 2005. While Giuliani led in many national
polls, he only won 1 delegate in the Republican presidential primaries in
2008. And in 2006, the winner was George Allen, the former Virginia governor
, who had his 2006 Senate race sunk by his YouTube utterance of "macaca," a
term he used to describe a Democratic video tracker.
Voting took place throughout the weekend, but voting closed at 1 p.m. ET
Saturday. CPAC organizers said privately they expected up to 8,000 and 10,
000 activists at this year's conference -- 2,930 voted.
The ballroom at the event holds 3,500 seats, and up to 4,000 people when
standing room is included. All voting took place electronically, either
through kiosks at the site in National Harbor, Md., just outside Washington,
D.C., through an app, or online.
This story was originally published on Sat Mar 16, 2013 5:49 PM EDT | C****t
发帖数: 3813 | 2 why does NBC care about Rand Paul?
KY is such a tiny state, so nobody would care about it
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: Rand Paul wins CPAC straw poll; Rubio close second
: By NBC's Domenico Montanaro
: CPAC stands with Rand.
: “Torch of liberty” scion Rand Paul was the choice of the plurality of
: conservatives at the Conservative Political Action Conference, as Paul won
: the much-hyped straw poll with 25 percent. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was a
: close second with 23 percent.
: It shouldn’t be surprising that the Kentucky senator won the straw poll.
: This was not a weekend of self-reflection for conservatives. It was one of
: standing by principles, and no one more represents standing by principles
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