Gingrich beats Paul 48-43 in (Nevada) Republican straw poll, ... fails to get two-thirds needed

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Source: Reno Gazette-Journal

Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., beat U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, in the straw presidential poll voting of the Nevada Republican Assembly on Saturday in Reno, giving his campaign an early polling victory with a group that bills itself as a Reaganesque “Republican Wing of the Republican Party.”

Gingrich beat Paul, 48-43. Paul won the NVRA’s presidential straw poll four years ago.

The NVRA straw poll was a fundraiser for the group. Votes were $10 each. Voters could buy as many votes as they wished.

Gingrich also outpolled all other candidates in a vote for endorsement but did not gain the two-thirds-vote necessary to gain the group’s endorsement.

Read more: http://www.rgj.com/article/20120107/NEWS19/120107015/Gingrich-beats-Paul-48-43-Republican-straw-poll-leads-endorsement-vote-fails-get-two-thirds-needed?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

[Lil Missy]

1. Gingrich bought his votes no doubt. n/t

[Skip Intro]

2. Votes for sale. Rich man buys most of them.

Keep on rockin' in the free world...

[madrchsod]

3. i suppose this will be big news for at least one day and maybe two...

[SixthSense]

4. that's not a straw poll

that's a fundraising scam

[JoePhilly]

6. Correct - scam all the way.

[James48]

5. republican: noun--to buy power

"Votes were $10 each. Voters could buy as many votes as they wished."

Yeh, right.
How republican of them.

I guess Newt decided to purchase a winning amount, eh?

[Tanelorn]

7. Reno-- were they on the way to slots when they "donated'

Somehow a $910 fundraiser seems a few million short of a campaign