A conservative activist and former presidential candidate says the recent straw poll among a gathering of conservatives indicates that the movement is still divided in the wake of last year's election debacle.
The straw poll was taken among the little over 1,750 participants at the recent Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, DC. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney received 20 percent of the vote, with Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal finishing second with 14 percent. Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and Texas Congressman Ron Paul were tied for third with 13 percent each, and fifth place went to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich with 10 percent. Gary Bauer, chairman of American Values, says there is no clear GOP standard-bearer right now. "Twenty percent is not a very significant number. Voters at CPAC were obviously deeply divided between the candidates that they would be inclined to support," he points out. "I do think that if Barack Obama continues to pursue the policies that he is pursuing that he could very well become a one-term president. So who gets the Republican nomination becomes very important indeed." However, Bauer believes conservatives have a long way to go before that question begins to sort itself out.
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