9-20-2007 - Huckabee Wins SC Straw Poll,Ron Paul A Close 2nd

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee won the Palmetto Family Council Straw Poll Thursday night, September 20 2007 held in Columbia,South Carolina. He and Duncan Hunter,Daniel Gilbert and Hugh Cort were among the candidates actually appearing in flesh to meet,greet and speak to the crowd. The three-hour event at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center saw close to 600 people attend. The area around the center,located in Columbia's downtown, was covered with signs for Paul and Romney. Ron Paul clearly had the most vocal support group on hand,however. Huckabee got 206 of the 539 votes cast. He edged U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, who got 179 votes.Former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., had 43 votes to finish third. He was followed by U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., with 29; U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif, with 25; former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney with 14; North Carolina businessman Daniel Gilbert had 12; U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., with 10; Hugh Cort, an Alabama doctor, with seven, and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani with five. Guiliani was notably not in attendance, and did not even bother to have any presence at all in Columbia S.C. He was booed when mentioned by name. Guiliani's campaign said he skips events linked to straw polls. Several Republican presidential candidates,including Ron Paul,John McCain and Fred Thompson spoke to the Palmetto Family Council's stump and straw poll crowd by telephone or video. Mitt Romney spoke via video, saying he was out raising money. The Palmetto Family Council has been one of the most politically influential groups in South Carolina in the last few years and is considered a strong indication of what the conservative right is thinking in the state. Online links: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gYBVuR0GJiNUP4iyybOum29jIxaQ http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=53779 http://campaignsandelections.com/SC/articles/?ID=688 Video: FOX Carolina Morning News http://www.foxcarolina.com/ FAIR USE NOTICE: We are making this material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a "fair use" of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. posted online by OFUMedia.

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