Tuesday, December 13, 2011
The Cedar Valley tea party met Tuesday night to cast their ballots.
Ron Paul emerged as the clear winner in the Cedar Valley Tea Party Presidential Straw Poll on Tuesday evening. The event drew 60 participants, and of that Paul took 37 votes. Rick Santorum trailed behind with nine votes and Newt Gingrich with five. Michele Bachmann and Jon Huntsman got three votes each. Mitt Romney got two and Rick Perry had just one. "I think I was an unknowing member of the tea party before it was a movement," said Greg Radke, of Waterloo, who spoke for Paul's campaign. "Ron Paul epitomizes the three principles of the tea party: constitutional principles, fiscal responsibility and free markets." Are you a tea party member? Who will you be voting for? Tell us in the comments section below. Judd Saul, a local tea party …
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The Cedar Valley Tea Party will hold a straw poll tonight at the Pipac Center.
The Cedar Valley Tea Party will host its first Presidential Straw Poll tonight, and just like in the actual caucus, it's anybody's guess who will win. Organizer Judd Saul said local Tea Party members are divided on who to support. Among regular attendees of monthly group meetings, there are a few Michele Bachmann supporters, some are in favor of Rick Santorum, others prefer Ron Paul, and a few like Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich, he said. "It's probably an even keel, with a little more in Ron Paul's favor," he said. Saul said the Cedar Valley group will not endorse any candidate; they just want to have the straw poll, "To get people to participate, have fun and partake in politics," he said. Are you a Tea Party member? Who will you be …
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Friday, December 2, 2011
The voter base that gave Huckabee an Iowa victory in 2008 is considering whether electability trumps values.
In the past, Newt Gingrich was not always the most pro-life of politicians. He has stated he wouldn't ban abortion in cases of rape, incest or when the life of the mother is at risk, and he has also supported providing federal money for embryonic stem cell research. And even without the abortion question, Gingrich is not your typical family-man candidate for evangelicals, with his history of mulitple marriages and affairs. What means more to you, values or electability? Tell us in the comments section below. But Gingrich has been reaching out to the Christian right. He attended a Family Values forum and remains in play as one of four viable candidates being considered for enorsement by The Family Leader, a prominent Iowa Christian group…
jenny
4:58 pm on Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Kenny Pape....so glad that you are willing to drive from NJ to Iowa to vote in the caucus for Ron Paul. I'll be thinking of you when I'm casting my vote and wish that I could throw in a vote for you too. A vote for Ron Paul is a vote for Freedom! more ›