{"id":3453,"date":"2007-09-23T13:37:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-23T13:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/09\/romney-wins-michigan-staw-poll.html"},"modified":"2007-09-23T13:37:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-23T13:37:00","slug":"romney-wins-michigan-staw-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/09\/romney-wins-michigan-staw-poll.html","title":{"rendered":"Romney Wins Michigan Staw Poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/news\/world\/middle_east\/article2512380.ece\">Thompson finished behind Ron Paul<\/a>.  Pretty pathetic:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney used his Michigan connections to good advantage over the weekend in easily winning a straw poll of registrants to the Michigan Republican Party&#8217;s biennial island conference.<br \/>\nRomney, a Michigan native and son of a former governor, pulled in 39% of the vote open to delegates to the conference who were also Michigan residents. Arizona U.S. Sen. John McCain, who has been fighting organizational woes in Michigan and elsewhere, was a relatively strong second, with 26.5%.<br \/>\nTexas Congressman Ron Paul, whose Internet-fueled insurgency campaign was second only to Romney&#8217;s in visible presence at the conference, finished third with 10.8%, edging former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani at 10.6%.<br \/>\nFormer Tennessee U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson was at 7.2%, with other candidates in low single digits. The straw poll, conducted by The Hotline, a Washington D.C.-based online political newsletter, for the state GOP, ran all weekend, drawing 979 of the approximately 2000 party activists in attendance. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Probably didn&#8217;t help that he gave such a bad speech.  He is throwing away his chance to give us a real conservative in this race!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thompson finished behind Ron Paul. Pretty pathetic: Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney used his Michigan connections to good advantage over the weekend in easily winning a straw poll of registrants to the Michigan Republican Party&#8217;s biennial island conference. 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