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And it's one that Ron Paul didn't win, either. (In fact, he didn't even come close.)
Last Sunday (December 18th), the Tea Party Patriots held a tele-forum town hall conference with over 23,000 people nationwide participating. An introduction was provided by Emery McClendon, Julianne Thompson, Herman Cain, and Steve King. Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Michele Bachmann, and Rick Santorum were all on the call and answered a series of identical questions. (The links, by the way, are to the audio of the introduction and of each candidate's participation.)
Apparently, toward the end of the forum, a poll was conducted (in which 4,000 of the listeners participated). The results are . . . interesting.
Kim Jorns is the current Executive Director of the Michigan Republican Party. Earlier this week I received a couple of e-mails from her with regard to this event:
