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From http://www.historyguy.com/politics/2010_political_news.htm
The Presidential Straw Poll taken at the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) conference in February, 2010, ended up with a somewhat surprising winner: Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul, who in many respects is the philosophical godfather of the Tea Party Movement. In a sense, his win should not be a total surprise given the very high anti-tax, and anti-Big Government feeling in Conservative circles these days. The Social Conservaties like Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee are now in the backseat. Economic conservatism has often been the bedrock philosophy that the conservative movement goes back to when faced with a liberal, big-government president and (in this case), an even more liberal and left-leaning Democratic majority in Congress. The full poll results are:
Texas Rep. Ron Paul – 31 %
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney — 22 %
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin — 7 %
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty – 6 %
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich – 4 %
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee — 4 %
Indiana Rep. Mike Pence – 5 %
South Dakota Sen. John Thune — 2 %
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels — 2 %
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum — 2 %
Mississippi Gov. Hailey Barbour – 1 %
Other – 5 %
Undecided – 6 %
Critics of President Obama decry his miscalculation on trusting the media to keep a traditionally off-the-record chat time actually off-the-record. While preparing to tape an interview, Obama made conversation with the reporter and, accurately, it can be said, called Kanye West a “jackass” for his rude behavior at the MTV Music Awards.
The question is: If Obama miscalculates on a comment like this, and cannot control his mouth, what happens when he comments on something serious, like his opinion of friendly foreign leader or some other notable? Remember his comments about the Yale professor and the police officer? That caused at best a major distraction for him, at worst, it showed that he does not always think well on his feet. A criticism he faced in the presidential campaign was that he was an excellent speaker with a prepared speech, but not as good at off-the-cuff remarks.
Given all the heat regarding President Obama’s upcoming speech to the Nation’s students, it is a good time to reflect on how past presidents have communicated to American Youth. Take the first President Bush for example; he spoke to students at Alice Deal Junior High School in Washington City back in October of 1991. Did Democrats raise a fuss? And this right before the ‘92 election season. For the video and full transcript of President George H. W. Bush’s talk to students, kindly go to: http://www.historyguy.com/biofiles/president_bush_speech_to_school_kids_1991.htm
Sources:
Bush Public Papers-1991-October–From the Bush
Presidential Library and Museum
On eve of 1992 campaign, Bush 41 pitches education plan in televised classroom speech–DailykosTV
Barack Obama is not the first president to address school children –PolitiFact.com
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/9/3/776393/-Another-wingnut-meme-goes-down-the-drain
On July 3, 2009, Sarah Palin announced she was resigning as governor of Alaska on July 26. Speculation immediatly centered on Palin’s presidential ambitions. Not being tied to Alaska for the next few years will free her up to…http://www.worldbiography.net/palin_sarah.html
