Ron Paul comes in 2nd in FOX News Poll

[Quixote1818]

I think a lot of Republicans see Paul as a way to give the Republican Party credibility again. They also know most Americans are in line with Paul. What this tells me is that following Bush might lead all these guys right off a cliff leaving Ron Paul the only viable option for Republicans.

Link: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,272493,00.html



You Decide GOP Primary Poll Results

— 29% Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney

— 25% Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas

— 19% Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani

— 8% Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee

— 5% Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif. Hunter

— 4% Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.

— 3% Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo.

— 1% Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan.

— 0% Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore

— 0% Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson

The poll was conducted between 9 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, May 15, 2007, and 12:30 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, May 16, 2007. The poll reflects the opinions of those who choose to participate and may not reflect a scientific sampling of the population.

[Jacobin]

1. Lots of republicans are against the war

That's a good thing.

Paul is of course a libertarian and has views on what the government should and should not do that are radically different from democrats, but I'm with him on IraqNam and to his credit he was railing against the invasion before it started

[davidwparker]

2. when you finish behind, Duncan Hunter, you know it's time to exit the

race.

[valerief]

3. Wow. Are we to believe a lot of super-rich people voted for Romney?

Or are we to believe the poll was rigged? Hmm. What is most probable?

[whistle]

4. Wow, pretty amazing about Ron Paul....does anyone agree with me that

....next to the present occupiers of the White House Mitt Romney would be the next most dangerous US President?

[bunkerbuster1]

5. Romney's burnishing his "kill/torture the Muzzies" image

I see that's working well for him.

[WI_DEM]

6. I'm more and more thinking that Romney is going to be the GOP nominee

[Quixote1818]

9. Me too

I came to that conclusion last week. If you listen to Hannity and Rush, it sounds like the fix is already in. They have been pushing him on all there callers. He seems to be the chosen one.

[Benhurst]

10. With Doro and the Bush Crime Family out raising money for him,

I'm betting they are going to put Jeb on the ticket as vice-president.

[Virginia Dare]

13. Me too...

and I've said this before here, and more than a few people called me crazy. I can easily see it happening.

[Virginia Dare]

12. I've thought this for a few months now...

the bushco crime machine is quietly chugging away on his behalf.

[Raksha]

25. That wouldn't be bad--he'll get the control freak vote,

and ONLY the control freak vote. I can't wait to see Romney start trying to sound like a "moderate" to make some kind of headway in the general election. That's going to be funny to watch.

[IronLionZion]

35. Do you realize how easy it will be to beat that yankee mormon?

If we nominate a good Southern superstar like Gore than we're getting into Reaganesque landslide territory. Oh this is going to be fun!

Any of our Dems can beat any of their guys.

[Philosoraptor]

7. HA! Ron Paul? They CAN'T HANDLE Ron Paul...!

[AlCzervik]

8. Romney won them over with "I fought to bring back the death penalty and i would double the Gitmo"

Things you would only hear in a republican debate.

[Crabby Appleton]

11. Then there's this theory

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=3165894&page=1

[Virginia Dare]

15. I don't know..

my fundie wing-nut die-hard repuke neighbors donned a Ron Paul bumper sticker recently, so perhaps there is a groundswell of fed up repukes out there ready to support him.

[Quixote1818]

18. 12,000 people on My Space can't muster up 100,000 needed

to win a FOX news poll that you only get one vote in. Most online polls only let you have one vote. I don't know what ABC is talking about by saying you can vote many times on the same poll??

[Virginia Dare]

14. When do they start swiftboating Ron Paul?...

I suspect there will be talking heads all over the Teevee starting the whisper campaign about his "mental fitness" for office.

[hvn_nbr_2]

21. CorpoPravda will never allow Paul to be the Puke nominee.

If he starts getting any traction, the character assassination will begin. "He was a Republican before he was a Libertarian before he was a Republican. Why, he's John Kerry's long-lost brother, dontcha know," for starters. Many of his "no" votes on constitutional original-intent grounds will be drug up, without any explanation of the reasons; he'll be against the troops and Lord-knows-who else, supporting Al Quada and God-knows-who else, and on and on. They will NEVER allow him to get a foothold.

[rasputin1952]

16. Big ? is, how many vored in poll and were there dupe votes

and was the poll pushed over by people voting like we do occasionally...:evilgrin:


Taking all things into account however, w/the "war president" in the tank, people pissed off about the war, the push for both Romeny and McCain to "win", and the incredibly early start of this cycle, almost anything is possible.

The primaries are so far off, it would not surprise me if all of these people were off the ballot simply because people are sick of them...:D

[Hamlette]

17. Ron Paul made 2 excellent points about blowback and torture

I about cheered when he mentioned the US installing the Shah in 1953 causing blowback. Rudy looked an idiot in the exchange.

It would be wonderful if it would start a discussion about what we did.

Hey, a girl can dream.

(Yes, I know Ron Paul is a nut case but he does seem to have more intelligent positions than the rest in the field.)

How many more debates? Will they call them off if Paul keeps winning? (or doing better than the powers that be say he should)

And how the hell can anyone like that empty suit Mitt?

[NashVegas]

19. He Could Be Their Howard Dean

Wait for the scream.

[krispos42]

20. ANOTHER Texan???

Um, haven't we learned?

[IronLionZion]

26. um? I think we've learned NOT to be bigoted about these things.

[krispos42]

28. Sorry, but they all seem be oil-hungry when they get into office

It's like it permeates the blood or something. Like playing the Texas political field for decades imprints itself on the brain.

[IronLionZion]

29. Would you rather have a Californian like Reagan?

Both Bushes were from Connecticut. I really want the Repubs to nominate a yankee from NYC or Massachusetts. I want this. We can beat these guys.

[krispos42]

31. I'd rather have a Midwesterner.

Tim Johnson works for me. Or Dean...

I miss Dean.

And the people of Connecticut (of which I am part) are working very hard to make the world forget that Bush was born there!

Not exactly a shining moment, what with the WW2 Nazi money-laundering by Bush's relatives and all.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

22. that's only 94%. where's the other 6%?

oh, it's fox.

[CGowen]

33. they probably took it away from Ron Paul to make it look better

[unlawflcombatnt]

23. 1st in a lot of polls

:kick:

and Recommend

[krkaufman]

24. wow. McCain's down to margin-of-error territory. n/t

[Freddie Stubbs]

27. What is the margin of error for this 'poll?'

:shrug:

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

30. It seems that the GOP can't handle Ron Paul and there is a movement to ban him from future

debates.

[Swamp Rat]

32. LOL!!!!!!! Ron Paul spilled their Kool-Aid during the debate.

:rofl:

Ron Paul = a wedge to split the GOP in two. ;)

:kick:

[BluePatriot]

34. wow, that's...surprising

I guess the rank and file must be tired of neocon/Moral Majority-ish folks.

edit: typo. "Noral Majority" LOL