Huckabee Wins 2012 Straw Poll at Values Voters Summit?

This is truly a great Article If Rep. Paul's Straw Poll Victories Translated into a More Popular Base, He Could Be a Frontrunner By Saul Relative PostsWebsiteBy Saul Relative | Yahoo! Contributor Network – Mon, Sep 19, 2011tweet4Share1EmailPrintTexas Congressman Ron Paul won another straw poll, continuing his dominance of the intra-party voting mechanisms.

The libertarian legislator won the California GOP straw poll held Saturday, the Republican Party announced in a statement. It was his second straw poll victory in California (winning the Republican Liberty Caucus Straw Poll in March), his seventh straw poll win (of 17 held nationally to date) overall. According to CNN, Paul took the victory with 44.9 percent of the vote.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry was second, garnering 29.3 percent of the vote. Former Massachusetts Gov.

Mitt Romney placed a distant third with 8.8 percent and Rep. Michele Bachmann slid into the fourth with 7.7 percent of the vote. Paul, a candidate that comedian Jon Stewart rightfully upheld as a legitimate Republican contender for the 2012 Republican nomination that was getting all but ignored by the national media, has made a habit of winning his party's straw polls.

Controlling a faithful base within the party, the Texas congressman began winning the polls in February at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington. He followed that with the aforementioned Republican Liberty Caucus. Since then, he has racked up wins in New Orleans (Republican Leadership Conference), Iowa (Clay County, Iowa Republicans Party), New Hampshire (New Hampshire Young Republicans), Ohio (Cincinnati Tea Party), and now again in California.

Paul also has finished second in three straw polls, including the prominent Ames Straw Poll in Iowa, where he lost to Bachmann by a mere 152 votes after her campaign gave away upward of $180,000 in tickets (necessary to cast votes). His nearest competitor? Atlanta businessman Herman Cain, who has won four of the polls.

But his popularity with those active in the Republican Party has not equated to reciprocating numbers among the GOP electorate, although his national poll numbers have shown a bit of an increase in the last month. Still, he trails frontrunners Perry and Romney by substantial margins, even in his best showing of late (CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll: 12 percent of Republican respondents). Should the fervor that sparks massive fundraising drives on the Internet (called "money bombs") and his victories at conventions, conferences, and rallies take hold, Rep.

Paul could well become a formidable opponent for the current frontrunners.

Its a lead story on Yahoo, and if you want more, then maybe next time it won't be a released story over a weekend. It's partly a matter of timing plus the fact that the slate hasn't gelled yet and money will be a deciding factor if one or another candidate can afford to stay in the race. If Paul seems underfunded, he's out no matter who loves him.

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