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Rand Paul Edges out Marco Rubio to Win CPAC Straw Poll

Mar. 16, 2013 5:38pm Madeleine Morgenstern

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. , speaks at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md. , Thursday, March 14, 2013. (AP)

Sen. Rand Paul narrowly beat out Sen. Marco Rubio to win the Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll, offering an early glimpse of the potential 2016 Republican primary battle three years away.

Paul (R-Ky.) won with 25 percent of the vote, closely followed by Rubio (R-Fla.) with 23 percent. Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) came in third place with 8 percent.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie — not invited to speak at CPAC — was fourth with 7 percent of the vote, followed by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), the 2012 GOP vice presidential nominee, with 6 percent. Nearly 3,000 CPAC registrants voted.

The CPAC straw poll is in no way a predictor of who will win the White House: Mitt Romney won the straw poll last year, breaking two years of dominance by Rep. Ron Paul, father of Rand Paul.

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USALOVER2011
Posted on March 16, 2013 at 8:28pm
Keep on talking Senator Paul,we need someone who is not afraid to speak the truth….God Bless….
And congratulations!!!

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- Newtowns-Third-Law
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 8:58pm
  The best part was when he said we would NEVER give in to Background Check Nazis!
  
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- Gorp
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 9:28pm
  Well there ya go. Paul/Rubio in 2016. That should be a winning ticket.
  
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- TEOTWASWKI
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 10:25pm
  Rand=Ron with more polish and common sense. He maybe a little young but he has a great future…….Go Rand.
  
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- Concerned Green Beret
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 11:21pm
  I am glad to see Rand Win. However, it is disturbing to see Rubio second. Don’t get me wrong, Rubio is a good guy, but he is constitutionally ineligible to be president or Vice President (12th Amendment makes Natural Born Citizen a requirement for VP). He is not a Natural Born Citizen. Jindal and Cruz are not either. Rubio was born in Miami, but his parents were not US citizens at the time of his birth. His parents did not become citizens some 17 years after his birth. Just a shame.
  
  I say it is disturbing because it is so obvious the Republicans are going to blow off the constitutional requirement and are going to put these guys out there who are just like Obama, ineligible to be president or Vice President. Just morally bankrupt Americans with their ends justifies the means!!!!!
  
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- WakingSheep
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 12:23am
  I stand with Rand!!
  
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- sillyfreshness
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 1:33am
  Time_To_Start_The_Paul_Campaign_In_2013
  
  Congratulations and get ride of those worthless RINOS who are only interested in supporting endless wars and worrying about millionaires/billionaires (most of which are hard core Democrats anyway).
  
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- TurboCat
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 2:31am
  Chris Christie got more votes that Paul Ryan???!!!?? What’s wrong with this picture?
  
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- betterpart
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 3:42am
  “Truth” according to whom?
  
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- Wumingren
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 4:19pm
  The freakin’ RINOs voted for Chris Christie. At 7% of 3,000 ballots cast, that would be 210 fools that still think they have a shot at the Oval Office. Are these people Republicans or are they Democrats in disguise? Reagan said someone that agrees with you 80% of the time is your friend, but what if these people only agree with you 20% of the time? At CPAC, they must have held to the shadows, skulking about the edges, like Smeagol (Gollum), hoping yet to keep their “precious.”
  
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uncleherbert
Posted on March 16, 2013 at 8:08pm
Rand is the man!

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- turkey13
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 8:23pm
  It doesn’t make any difference since they will pick the guy with the brownest nose for vice. By not picking Rubio last Nov. they lost the Hispanic vote.
  
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- Hoozdaman
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 8:28pm
  Cruz is the fuse!
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 9:20pm
  Rubio is McCain and Graham on immigration. Hardly conservative. Hardly an America first guy.
  
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- WakingSheep
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 12:24am
  Rand/Cruz 2016!
  
  That is if we survive the Republicrat nightmare….
  
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- Xanderson
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 12:46am
  I Cruz with Ted!
  
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- YOURSENSEI
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 8:18pm
  Mr or Ms WAKINGSHEEP,
  
  This is what you must know:
  
  Rand / Cruz 2016 IS the Republicrat nightmare.
  
  It is so.
  
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Southernsoul
Posted on March 16, 2013 at 7:51pm
Bernbart, you need to go back to the kiddie pool at Huffpo, you can’t make it here in the deep end. See, here you need to back up your statements with facts taken from reality, not make-believe.

Nazi is a contraction of National Socialist Party. The key word there is, Socialist. Socialists are on the left side of the political spectrum. You know, the left side with the Libs and the Communists.

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GoodStuff
Posted on March 16, 2013 at 7:48pm
Hagel-voting Rand vs. amnesty-supporting Marco.

Yeah, no thanks to either.

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- OlefromMN
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 7:54pm
  I swear somebody should write a book “Deep Thoughts by Ron Paul Supporters”
  
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- Libertarian B 4 Libertarians Were Cool
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 8:02pm
  They did OLEFROMMN!
  
  It’s called the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
  
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- OlefromMN
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 8:10pm
  @Libertarian B 4 Libertarians Were Cool
  
  You just made my point.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 8:13pm
  lol
  
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- TEOTWASWKI
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 10:34pm
  Presidents have a right to choose their cabinets, whether we like them or not……. illegal immigrants now there is a deal killer. Until the GOP learns they will lose far more of their “freedom loving” base than they can ever hope to gain from ” freebie loving” Hispanics they are doomed to lose.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 10:54pm
  @TEOTWASWKI
  “Presidents have a right to choose their cabinets, whether we like them or not”
  
  Of course, the constitution says they will be nominated by the president – but that dose not mean they have to be rubber-stamped by congress. What is the point of having congress get involved if they can only vote yes?
  
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- Libertarian B 4 Libertarians Were Cool
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 11:28pm
  OLEFROMMN
  
  Clearly you have no point, just ad hominem attacks and 8th grade debate tactics.
  
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- ASonOfLiberty1776
  Posted on March 20, 2013 at 3:40pm
  Granted on Marco, but there wasn’t much wrong with Hagel unless your sources are John McCain and Lindsey Graham *snicker snort*
  Rand is the man.
  
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Minarchian
Posted on March 16, 2013 at 7:47pm
Santorum coming in 3rd place tells me that those who were at this conference are STILL not serious about winning back our freedoms.

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- WakingSheep
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 12:26am
  They won’t understand individualism until the collective destroys us…..
  
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- Bonnieblue2A
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 2:19pm
  Rubio has already largely sold out to the GOP powers that be with his voting record. Santorium is an authoritarian when it comes to religion and what he wants to impose. Neither are liberty minded.
  
  Ted Cruz & Rand Paul on the same ticket in 2016 is liberty I can believe in.
  
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Bill-C
Posted on March 16, 2013 at 7:22pm
Leadership: Rand Paul on Libya in response to POTUS on the eve of the intervention way back in 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrrV_Txg47Q

How right he turned out to be! President Obama, and his Republican enablers? (McCain, Graham, Rubio et al)? Well if you think Christians being jailed and beaten and murdered diplomats in Benghazi is a course for America then..yeah.
abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/egyptian-christian-died-libya-prison-buried-18718939

Notice the constitutional themes that supported Rand Paul’s filibuster are presaged in the Libya response and how hewing to the Constitution too would have saved us from the mess in Libya.

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- truthnstuff
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 7:47pm
  Rand Paul has the establishment shtizing themselves. Now that he beat Rubio, there latest great RINO hope, in the straw poll, they will start an all out war against him. Rove will start the scorched earth tactics soon.
  
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AUsername
Posted on March 16, 2013 at 7:17pm
You know GOP doesn’t even have to go completely nationalist or libertarian to have a chance, they just gotta stop submitting to zionists donors will to protect an illegal occupation in the middle east that has even attacked our own military.

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- OlefromMN
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 7:22pm
  Who cares, right? Thanks for sharing the productive input.
  
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- AUsername
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 7:31pm
  They need to stop being the party of war because even welfare and food stamps are more desirable than war.
  
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- OlefromMN
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 7:38pm
  “They need to stop being the party of war”
  
  I would argue that the Dems are that. The Dems love pitting one side against another. Look no further than the current foreign policy. Reagan had it right, peace through strength.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 8:40pm
  Dems USED to be the party of war, now it is the republicans…..May switch again in 10 years, if we have that long
  
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- Mil Mom
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 11:51pm
  @AUsername
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 7:17pm
  
  You know GOP doesn’t even have to go completely nationalist or libertarian to have a chance, they just gotta stop submitting to zionists donors will to protect an illegal occupation in the middle east that has even attacked our own military
  ***
  YOU ARE Soooooo RIGHT! They should DEMAND, KERRY TAKE OUR MONEY BACK FROM THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, WHO ARE OCCUPYING EGYPT!!!
  
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- AUsername
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 11:11am
  yep the middle east itself is full of occupations that are not worth supporting.
  
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Mil-Dot
Posted on March 16, 2013 at 7:11pm
Listen up people. They goons have come up with a way to prevent posts that criticize them from showing up. They allow one to posts and then use that target to deny any after that. They have developed a capability to deep six the posts they don’t approve of. Just like communist China does.

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- Grover_Standpipe
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 9:32pm
  If you occasionally posted a comment that contained neither insults directed at other readers nor racist generalizations about African Americans, you might find that these would survive longer than your usual blather.
  
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bernbart
Posted on March 16, 2013 at 7:05pm
lol. Does CPAC stand for Crazy PAc or Clown PAC

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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 7:14pm
  Don’t worry commie cretin, you will have your chance to fight us. It is going to be a hoot. See ya’ ’round.
- OlefromMN
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 7:17pm
  Who cares, right? Thanks for sharing the productive input.
  
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- Grover_Standpipe
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 9:33pm
  Crazy People & Assorted Creeps
  
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ibsoonerfan
Posted on March 16, 2013 at 7:03pm
And who will we get Jeb Bush! what a joke!

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V-MindMeld
Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:59pm
Rand is very good I am happy for him….Carson is good also,,,,ahould he want in,,and them Rubio and Cruz?…wow never thought i would like so many at one time all of the sudden! lol

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- civilwarcometh
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 7:16pm
  How about letting the Constitution decide who is eligible to run first then pick from who is left. Both parents must be U.S. citizens at time of birth to be a Natural Born Citizen. Rubio and Cruz are NOT eligible to hold the office. Rand Paul voted for NDAA and to confirm Kerry 2 reasons to throw him under the bus. Actions speak louder than any words! Either we go back to the Constitution and The Bill of Rights or this is NOT America anymore and never will be. And just who the hell is Carson? Where does he stand and what does he believe? This is why i say this country is screwed…. People don’t even know their own country and how it’s supposed to work anymore….
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 8:14pm
  cross them all out, judge napalitano has what it takes to fix the executive branch. Let Paul/Cruz/Lee fix the legislative branch
  
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- deadline
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 8:53pm
  @CIVILWARCOMETH 6 previous presidents had immigrant parents. Chester Arthur’s father didn’t even become a US citizen until 14 years after Chester was born. The Constitution does not literally define was a “natural born citizen” is, and it’s possible the Supreme Court may have to make a modern definition to this Constitutional phrase.
  
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Bruce P.
Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:51pm
While Rand Paul did win 25% of the vote, old-guard statist anti-liberty candidates won 31%. From all appearances, the future of the GOP, and America, is still very dire.

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barber2
Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:46pm
Since the Democrats have gone Far Left, the Republicans must go farther right. This is not your grandfather’s Democrat Party. We need some serious correction.

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- bernbart
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 7:07pm
  Republicans go any farther right they will be NAZIEs
  
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- AxelPhantom
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 7:14pm
  Bernbart,
  
  National Socialists, that was the name of the Nazi party, socialism is hardly a principle of the American right wing. The left owns both the Commies and the Nazi’s, you must be so proud!
  
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WAKEUPUSA2012
Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:44pm
Its pretty clear, the PAUL family and people who think like they do, are the future. That is, if yall want to win. Its time to kick out the big spending, perpetual war mongers, moss covered Lindsey Ghrams(aka TIME_2) from the party. Its time to lean towards the “libertartian” POV

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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:51pm
  Now who is obsessed with someone WAKEY? Mentioning my screen name in your stand alone posting? I’m flatterered sonny. Graham? Meh.
  
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- sambachico
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 11:40pm
  When Rand mentioned moss covered GOP, he was talking about you time2. A return to personal freedom and economic freedom, not a Rick Santorum supporting Jerry Sandusky goon who would tell you he believes freedom isn’t necessary as the government is capable of instituting morality, versus letting people making their own decisions. I’ll take the latter.
  
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- dissentnow
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 10:18am
  Be cautious when dealing with “Time_2″. He might strangle you with his big hands. Also, he has killed hundreds of people, maybe even thousands! If you don’t believe me, just ask him. He loves to brag about how many people that he’s killed.
  
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- mrsuperpat
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 11:43am
  @time
  Here we go again, Your guy won in 2012. You should be happy.
  
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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 4:27pm
  SAMBA… Nice dance steps…
  
  DISSENT. Lmao…. I do remember telling you I had BIG Irish working man’s hands. I’m almost 6′ 3″… well… maybe just a bit shorter now, but for a guy in his mid 60′s, I’m pretty sure I can still take on a Platoon size element on Ron Paul panty waists. Probably more if you only come at me 10 at a time. S maybe a couple of Platoons of St Pauly Girls for the r3volution? I’m up to the challenge. I waited for you candy @sses at the GOP Convention to make waves… but there weren’t enough of you to be worthy of me breaking a sweat after all the tough talk before hand by you candy @sses.
  
  I DO remember talking about killing Communists and radical Muslims with pride for my country. Don’t have exact numbers for you though. I’ll get back to you on that.
  
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- dissentnow
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 8:36pm
  @Time
  You keep trying to lump me into the “Paul collective”. Its rather silly on your part. Maybe I break the mold of the average “Paulbot”, but i can assure you that you weren’t waiting for me anywhere. I can promise you that. As for your silly challenge; you should save your pride ( and your hip ), old man, and stick to feeding the birds or doing crosswords or watching the Golden Girls or eating dinner at 3:30.
  Get back to me when you figure out exactly how many people you have killed, ok?
  
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KidCharlemagne
Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:31pm
Doesn’t that make it three years in a row now that a member of the Paul family has won the CPAC straw poll?…

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- pauli101
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:40pm
  Paul can win the straw poll, not real polls. Mass Media & Hostile elite are totally behind Marco Rubio.
  
  Rubio is their Puppet this time.
  
  2016 will be between Paul, Rubio, and Sarah Palin. and Paul will go down in flames.
  
  Libertarian Kooksters want their Pot and Gay marriage, not Deep fiscal Cuts and Return to Gold Standard.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:58pm
  Ron Paul won Iowa
  
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- GoodStuff
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 7:46pm
  “Ron Paul won Iowa”
  
  The Soyboob strikes again. Ron “pork king” Paul didn’t win anything.
  
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- Libertarian B 4 Libertarians Were Cool
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 8:09pm
  Hey S%&*-For-Brains PAULI101:
  
  Why don’t you read either: The Case for Gold or End the Fed both by Ron Paul, and then you won’t sound like such a monumental Jack@ss next time!
  
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TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:27pm
Rand Paul is winning the respect of Conservatives. He needs to do some work however. Make his bones.

On the other hand…. his old man got the smoke and mirror vote at CPAC for two years by a mob of socially obtuse miscreants and malcontents.

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- WAKEUPUSA2012
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:39pm
  Hey Lindsey Ghram, aka TIME , shut the hell up. Your total obsession with Paul and his suppoorters show where you really stand in the cause of liberty. Old chicken…hawks like you are not welcome in the new GOP. Its cause of establishment crooks like you we had a chocie of ORommney and Obama.
  
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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:43pm
  WAKEUP(GOBACKTOSLEEP)2012. ‘Nuff said… lol.
  
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- WAKEUPUSA2012
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:44pm
  Its pretty clear, the PAUL family and people who think like they do, are the future. That is, if yall want to win. Its time to kick out the big spending, perpetual war mongers, moss covered Lindsey Ghrams(aka TIME_2) from the party. Its time to lean towards the “libertartian” POV.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:44pm
  WAKE: Now tell us how you really feel !
  
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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:46pm
  Btw WAKEY. Why is that when I write the words socially obtuse miscreants and malcontents you see to show up. Is that phrase like a dog whistle to you? Here boy, here boy… here’s a bacon bit for ya’.
  
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- AUsername
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 7:16pm
  maybe we should support efforts wipe out the existence of our foreign distractions to kill the purpose of top donors, even if its done by one of our own enemies,
  
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- OlefromMN
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 7:20pm
  “Its pretty clear, the PAUL family and people who think like they do, are the future.”
  
  Rand and his father are two very different people. If the Ron fans of this nation continue to try to tie Rand to Ron they will be successful in bringing down the family name even further.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 8:12pm
  @OlefromMN
  And if you/they cant handle a simple truth like that, then let the tyrannical state commence
  
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- Oldmantex
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 11:02pm
  Seems to me if there are so few Ron Paul supporters, who are “Kooks” then his voters should not have had an impact on the 2012 campaign. Apparently there are more kooks out there than the GOP is willing to acknowledge and it WILL and HAS been to their detriment. Either deal with the diversity within the party or shut up and watch it crumble to the ground.
  Either way, stop acting like democrats. Expecting a bunch of lemmings to fall inline with the old guard. Those days are clearly over.
  
  You Republicans ask yourselves one question. Why would a bunch of Pot smokers want to be a part of the GOP? Think about it. If they were really a bunch of panty waste hippies getting high, wouldn’t they fit in the dem. party better? Where they give them what they want for votes. But that is not the case, these people must have something in common with the GOP to hang around and vote with them while constantly taking verbal abuse from the old guard.
  
  You figure that out and how to bring the two together, and the dems don’t stand a chance. But as long as you keep calling them Kooks, you can enjoy your place in obscurity for decades to come.
  
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stopprintn
Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:22pm
Was Palin excluded from the poll?

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- Grover_Standpipe
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 9:26pm
  Nope, she came in 11th with 3% – right in between Bobby Jindal and undecided.
  
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dnlchisholm
Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:18pm
I witnessed an incredible moment at a girl’s basketball game earlier this week that I wanted to share with you all now that the story seems to have some legs. I’ve never witnessed anything so humbling and powerful at a sporting event. Even though it’s not political, I bet you’ll want to share this link with as many people as you can. http://www.rightmichigan.com/story/2013/3/15/132023/218

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- momrules
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 7:36pm
  Thank you for sharing that. These girls are all winners, every one of them.
  
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Simonne
Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:09pm
I prefer Rubio even though I like Rand Paul, I’m not exactly a libertarian. I might like some aspects of it, others not so much. Rubio would have a better chance of winning although this country has gone so far left, I don’t know if it came ever be turned around. We need Latino votes so Rubio would make more sense.

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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:22pm
  just because he is latino doesnt mean he will get their votes. He may be less votes overall because of the anti-immigrant faction
  
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- spirited
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 7:11pm
  “We need latino votes”
  
  –sigh
  Who did Latinos vote for before America was put into Obama-compartments?
  
  8^>Wholly LaRaza
  
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- Hotconchick
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 7:14pm
  Rubio is for amnesty..sorry no thanks.
  
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- truthnstuff
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 8:00pm
  Rubio is for bigger government, and has no real spine. He talks conservative sound bites, but when the chips are down he’s a Boehner/Rove boy
  
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Dushman Kush
Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:08pm
None of these goofballs will ever be President. They represent the Greedy Old Party and the American people have had enough of all of them. Long Live the Communist International !!!

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- DR.SIGMUND-P-FLOYD
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:16pm
  DUSHMAN
  You seem to be repeating yourself. I find that to be a sign of laziness.
  I posted this for another but it also applies in your case so I will use it again.
  
  While observing progressives I have learned that their disorder stems for many different thing.
  First of all they have low self esteem, poor work ethics and a completely void of viable skills or talents.
  Because of this they feel compelled to force others to take care of them.
  
  In our studies the only thing that seem to work was to completely discontinue all help and resources. Although they fuss and have tantrums they eventually start to forage on their own.
  Thus making them a productive citizen.
  
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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:32pm
  KUSH’s first computer… like baby’s first rattle.
  
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slr4528
Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:08pm
Good for Rand Paul. He is going to be on the establishment’s radar. On Friday Fox news pundits were referring to Paul as isolationist…which is not the case. He needs to quickly stop that rhetoric. Just because he doesn’t want to give money to our enemies does not make him an Isolationist. Rand Paul needs to be wary of FOX.

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- CatB
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:21pm
  They all need to be wary of FOX …
  
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- OlefromMN
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 7:12pm
  The “establishment” is fast finding out it’s own irrelevancy (see the story on John McCain backpedaling). The GOP as a whole needs to make some very clear and rapid decisions. People like me (a GOP voter since 18) are at the point of voting outside of party and are fully aware of any perceived doom and gloom.
  
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- GoodStuff
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 7:47pm
  “Good for Rand Paul. He is going to be on the establishment’s radar.”
  
  Rand voted for Kerry, Hagel and Lew. That makes him part of the establishment. Wake up!
  
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TheWhiteFalcon
Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:07pm
Nominating Rubio would be making the same mistake three elections in a row. Nominate a real conservative this time and let’s see what happens.

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- Hotconchick
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 7:15pm
  Amen…
  
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TRILO
Posted on March 16, 2013 at 5:50pm
Why Rubio was even in consideration is beyond me. Just because he has a good story and is not too bad to look at does not make him a good candidate. He is a progressive republican through and through. He even filibustered Brennan to look good then voted for him, thinking the sheeple would not notice his vote. He is for the Dream Act giving amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants. Not to mention the other unconstitutional and dangerous bills he has voted for. It would be nice if people would actually take the time to research his actual votes and not listen to what he says.

Mr Santorum seems like a nice guy but he needs to move on.

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- slr4528
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:10pm
  I somewhat agree. Santorum goes overboard on social issues and then the left makes the election all about emotional social issues.
  
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OlefromMN
Posted on March 16, 2013 at 5:50pm
Ted Cruz keeps on the same trajectory and my money is on him 2015. This year’s straw poll is really irrelevant

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- TXJackrabbit
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:19pm
  I wish Ted Cruz could run for President but he was born in Canada and is not eligible. He would make a great Attorney General then Supreme Court member.
  
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- OlefromMN
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:33pm
  @TXJackrabbit
  
  It appears his mother was an American citizen at the time of his birth but his father may be in question. I would love the left to start talking about “natural born” at this point. Let’s see where the chips fall and I stick with my statement.
  
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The-Monk
Posted on March 16, 2013 at 5:44pm
Don’t tell La Raza…. Hispanics are supposed to win everything now.

Just ask (Hispanic) Pope Francis.

(end sarcasm)

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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:00pm
  Actually, it’s about HONESTY, not race or ethnicity. IF the guy in the WH had any of the qualities of PATRIOTISM, HONESTY, CHARACTER our country and our world would be a much better place. RAND and MARCO are two good men. WHO knows? That might be the ticket in 2016!! One thing for sure:
  like Jesse Jackson reminded us (the only thing he’s ever said I agree with) “GET OUT THE BUSHES”..
  I hope little Jebbie and his trainer KARL ROVE got the idea…ol’ Jeb may be a “Publican” but he’s no Conservative …He would have been a better Pres. over all than GW probably. RIGHT NOW if JEB
  hopes to score any points he can pontificate about the insane and highly threatening threat to all of our schools in this Common Core crap. I hope he’s paying attention. Without a doubt, next to Obamacare..the single most damaging effort against our Patriotic, Free Society: Common Core. Trust GLENN on this one!! Look how many times GLENN has been 100%!! If you are not watching his show, you probably need to. (I don’t have any association with them) . HAPPY ST. PADDY’S DAY!
  
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