Cruz the overwhelming favorite in conservative straw poll

[spanone]

Though his approval rating may be slipping nationally, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz received an overwhelming nod of confidence from conservative activists on Saturday with a decisive victory in the Values Voter straw poll.

The Texas firebrand received a whopping 42 percent of the vote at the gathering of social conservatives, garnering more than triple the amount of support of second place finisher, conservative activists Dr. Ben Carson, who got 13 percent. Former presidential candidate Rick Santorum came in a close third, also receiving 13 percent of the vote. Sens. Rand Paul and
Marco Rubio rounded out the top five, receiving six and five percent of support, respectively.

Tony Perkins, head of the Family Research Council President that sponsored the summit, said Cruz was “very grateful to know that there are Americans across the country who are standing with him as he stands for your values in Washington, D.C."

All of the top five finishers addressed the summit, which is a common stop for conservatives mulling presidential runs. Notably absent was New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who Perkins said was not invited because he does not routinely work with the group.

http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/12/20936417-cruz-the-overwhelming-favorite-in-conservative-straw-poll?lite

[whttevrr]

1. W... T... F... ?

[spanone]

2. some scary shit, eh?

[Sunlei]

5. yes he is scary looking. He needs a total face job. spray paint him! $uit'$ nice though.

That charity dresses their people very well.

[whttevrr]

6. The only silver lining is the GOP Clown Car Parade Primary...

Stock up on the popcorn now... There is no telling what these knuckle draggers are going to do to our economy...

[spanone]

7. their only goal appears to be destroying the government and replacing it with teashits

[trumad]

3. Good

[Sunlei]

4. R political 'charity'push poll preaches to the choir!

headline r manufactured 'news' , send out the press releases!

[BeyondGeography]

8. Christie is toast

Burnt toast. There's is no energy at all on his side of the equation. And if he even tries, Romney's failure will be used as proof positive that only an uncompromising true believer should be the standard-bearer, no matter what the outcome of the present drama.

[Benton D Struckcheon]

11. Maybe not.

I don't think these guys are the Rep rank & file. Presumably there's more than a few Reps out of work because of the gov't shutdown. The primaries may be a bit of a surprise for these folks.

[gulliver]

9. He is a dream candidate for the Dems

I hope he wins the Republican primary.

[Stinky The Clown]

10. No surprise. Crazy-as-a-shithouse-rat people voting for a shithouse rat.

[dballance]

12. So around 2000 religious whack-jobs associated with the FRC voted for Cruz - thats not news

Really people. You get around a couple thousand FRC whack-jobs together and they vote, once again, for the biggest whack job available. In the prior two years they voted for Ron Paul, and Mike Huckabee. Their record isn't very good.

Actually, I hope Cruz goes the same way as did their prior two picks.

[TlalocW]

16. Well, it is for Cruz

It just feeds his ego and fantasy world where he's the savior of all, "right-thinking 'Muricans," which will make him even more insufferable.

TlalocW

[MrScorpio]

17. ^^THIS!!^^ nt

[Buns_of_Fire]

13. Cruz/Gohmert 2016!

Here, O teabagged ones, I'll seat the final nail for you. Now you go ahead and hammer it in nice and tight, y'hear?

[UTUSN]

14. R#4 & K for, *excellent* choice for them!1 Just the one to lead them to their abyss n/t

[NightWatcher]

15. Birth Certificate!!!!, Damn Canuck trying to come down here and ....

[surrealAmerican]

18. They're already loading up that clown car.

Any one of these people will drive it right over a cliff. I hope he does win the nomination.

[warrior1]

19. how did that work out for the last crazy

the put up to represent the republican'ts?