Southern Republican Leadership Conference speaker Sarah Palin loses straw poll by to Romney by 6%

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Former Alaska Governor and 2008 Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin speaks at the 2010 Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana April 9, 2010. As many as 3,000 party activists are to attend the four-day Conference, the most prominent gathering of Republicans outside of their presidential nominating conventions. REUTERS/Sean Gardner (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)

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Romney wins Southern GOP straw poll

Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney won a straw poll Saturday at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans.

Romney, who received 439 votes of 1,806 cast - or 24 percent of the ballots - defeated former presidential contender Ron Paul by a single vote.

Sarah Palin came in third, garnering 18 percent of the votes.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/10/romney-wins-southern-gop-straw-poll/?hpt=T2

[JustAnotherGen]

1. Doggone it all

I'd love to see that twinkie try to debate President Obama. Just so we could so how long he could keep a straight face. I'd give him eh? 25 minutes.

[sandnsea]

2. That's just fucking scary

Mitt Romney, Ron Paul or Sarah Palin???

I live in a country where half the population thinks they're Presidential material????

Really???????????

:scared:

[harry_pothead]

9. At least Ron Paul doesn't want to throw me in jail for smoking weed.

[Ishoutandscream2]

3. Wow, they really are fucked up

I like this!

[malaise]

4. 18% of her fellow batshit crazy ReTHUGS

voted for Princess Grifterella Twitler - shakes head. They're all batshit crazy. :shrug:

[MidwestTransplant]

5. Romney actually paid for people to go vote for him. I don't think anybody else did that.

[bluestateguy]

6. That conference is full of Establishment types

Palin was never their girl. Romeny is the Establishment candidate.

[SoxFan]

7. The Dream Team

[LiberalFighter]

8. Did they forget to tell the straw voters that Romney wears holy underwear?

[harry_pothead]

10. Yes they did. Romney's underpants cast forgetfulness spells.