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Friday Fun: Marco Rubio Wins CPAC Chicago VP Straw Poll

James165 Wrote: Jun 10, 2012 9:58 PM
never received any special treatment. As for paying taxes, etc.,etc., you haven't been reading: Any jobs or education they receive will be AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR OWN KIDS. Just because you want a DREAM Act for these undeserving people does not mean that EXTRA college spaces are open for them, nor are there EXTRA JOBS that automatically open up. They take from our kids, and I will never stand up for that. As I said before, there are many, many people in this country who have sob stories. You cannot make special cases of all of them. And especially if they are foreign nationals and not Americans. Go on and pay for their education yourself if you are so moved.

And the results are in.

If a gathering of conservatives near Chicago had their way, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio would be Mitt Romney’s running mate.

Rubio won the vice presidential straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Rosemont, Illinois, Friday evening.

The first-term Republican senator won with 30% of the vote. Trailing him were New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie at 14%, House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan at 9%, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul at 8%, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal at 7% and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum with 5%. Rubio did not attend the gathering. Four...

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