Rep. Ron Paul Speech at Southern Republican Leadership Conference
Allison Bricker
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – The Republican faithful gathered at the Riverside Hilton hotel in New Orleans for their quadrennial conference SRLC 2010, to discuss election strategies, attend workshops and listen to the Republican party’s s most public figures. Further, the conference’s most highly covered event the straw poll, featured a tie for first place this year between former governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney and Texas Congressional Representative, Ron Paul both receiving 24% of the vote.
2010 SRLC Straw Poll Results |
|
| Mitt Romney (439) |
24% |
| Ron Paul (438) |
24% |
| Sarah Palin (330) |
18% |
| Newt Gingrich (321) |
18% |
| Mike Huckabee (80) |
4% |
| Mike Pence (58) |
3% |
| Tim Pawlenty (54) |
3% |
| Rick Santorum (41) |
2% |
| Gary Johnson (3) | 1% |
| Source: Wilson Research Strategies | |
Representative Paul who failed to place whatsoever in the previous conference in 2006 and who was widely mocked by the Republican status-quo during the 2008 Presidential campaign is finding an ever-growing audience due to his consistent promotion of Constitutionally limited government as well as his dedication to a humble foreign policy more in line with that of the Founding Generation.
This is Representative Paul’s second straw poll victory having placed first by a wide margin during the CPAC conference held this past February. He credits the growing acceptance of the message to both the explosion in information via the internet and the energetic youth who see that their economic liberty is on the hook thanks to promises made by the federal government regarding Social Security, Medicare, continuing imperial wars, and the new massive health care bill signed into law by President Obama.
Nevertheless, even as Representative Paul and the message of Liberty continue to gain momentum, the old-media as the LibertyMaven points out(1) is none to thrilled and spare no chance to minimize the statesman or the prospect of greater Liberty in our lifetime.
Rep. Ron Paul Speech at SRLC 2010 |
| Video Courtesy: Minnesota Chris |
Source(s):(1)Liberty Maven “Straw Poll Media Bias: Ron Paul vs. Mitt Romney” by: Marc Gallagher, published April 10th, 2010 • MinnesotaChris YouTube Channel






















