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Sen Ted Cruz (R-TX) delivers an impassioned address to those assembled for the CPAC conference in Washington
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David Ben Hooren (left), publisher of The Jewish Voice, and former GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum at the CPAC conference in Washington, DC.

United States conservatives gathering at their annual conference Saturday, February 28, elected Republican Senator Rand Paul as their top pick for president, for the third year in a row. Israel was a reoccurring topic for many of the speakers. All present showed support for the country and responded positively every time Israel was mentioned.

Dr. Rand Paul is the junior United States Senator for Kentucky. Elected in 2010, he has proven to be an outspoken champion for constitutional liberties and fiscal responsibility, and a warrior against government overreach. Among his first legislative proposals: cutting $500 billion in federal spending and a plan to balance the federal budget in just five years. He has since introduced similar bills with growing support. In the Senate, Rand serves on the Foreign Relations, Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Homeland Security and Government Affairs, and Small Business Committees.

A graduate of Duke University School of Medicine, Rand was a practicing ophthalmologist in Bowling Green, Ky., for 17 years.

In 1995, he founded the Southern Kentucky Lions Eye Clinic, an organization that provides eye exams and surgery to needy families and individuals. Today, even as a U.S. Senator, he continues to provide pro-bono eye surgery to Kentuckians in need of care.

Rand has been a vocal advocate for term limits, a balanced-budget amendment, a Read the Bills Act, and an audit of the Federal Reserve. He has gained prominence for his independent positions on many political issues.

In the Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll, Wisconsin governor Scott Walker came in a close second. This is a reflection of the Walker’s increasing popularity among the party’s most ardent Tea Party conservatives ahead of the 2016 elections.

The libertarian-leaning Paul, son of former congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul, led CPAC’s field of 17 hopefuls with 25.7 percent, compared to Walker’s 21.4 percent.

Scott Walker is the only Republican to ever serve as Milwaukee County Executive. After the special election in 2002, the voters honored him with full terms in 2004 and 2008. In his last election, Scott received nearly 60% of the vote in a county that President Obama carried with about two-thirds of the vote.

On January 3, 2011, Scott Walker was inaugurated as Wisconsin’s 45th Governor.

Since that day, he has proposed bold reforms that have eliminated the state’s $3.6 billion budget deficit without raising taxes and gave school districts and local governments the tools to balance their budgets without the massive layoffs seen in other states. To date, these profound changes have saved Wisconsin taxpayers some $3 billion.

Governor Walker has also cut taxes by $2 billion for individuals, families, farmers, seniors, and small businesses since taking office. In fact, after skyrocketing by 27 percent in the decade before Governor Walker took office, property taxes on a median-valued home will actually be lower in 2014 than they were in 2010.

Governor Walker set an aggressive goal to help Wisconsin’s private sector create 250,000 jobs and he stands by it. We’re not there yet, but we’re on our way. After years of record job loss, Wisconsin has created over 100,000 jobs during the Walker administration.

In fact, more jobs were created in Scott Walker’s first three years than in former Governor Jim Doyle’s first three years, more jobs were created in Scott’s first three years than in Doyle’s first four years, more jobs were created in Scott’s first three years than in all eight years of Jim Doyle’s time as Governor. Nearly twice as many jobs were created during Scott Walker’s first three years as were created during the three years Mary Burke worked for Governor Doyle.

In the annual survey of job creators from the state’s chamber of commerce, 95% said Wisconsin is headed in the right direction (compared to just 10% who said the same thing in 2010). Chief Executive Magazine’s ranking of the best state for business moved Wisconsin up from 41st in 2010 to 14th in 2014.

Governor Walker’s number one priority is helping the people of this state create jobs. He will keep that focus so that everyone who wants a job, can find a job.

On June 5, 2012, Scott Walker became the first governor in American history to win a recall election. He won the election with more votes and by a higher percentage than he had won in 2010. Since then, he has continued to push bold reforms that keep power in the hands of the hard working taxpayers of Wisconsin.

In third, was Senator Ted Cruz with 11.5 percent; slightly ahead of Dr. Ben Carson, a neurosurgeon who has emerged as a powerful conservative voice in recent years, who received 11.4 percent.

In 2012, Ted Cruz was elected as the 34th U.S. Senator from Texas. A passionate fighter for limited government, economic growth, and the Constitution, Ted won a decisive victory in both the Republican primary and the general election, despite having never before been elected to office.

Propelled by tens of thousands of grassroots activists across Texas, Ted’s election has been described by the Washington Post as “the biggest upset of 2012 . . . a true grassroots victory against very long odds.”

National Review has described Ted as “a great Reaganite hope,” columnist George Will has described him as “as good as it gets,” and the National Federation of Independent Business characterized his election as “critical to the small-business owners in [Texas, and], also to protecting free enterprise across America.”

Ted’s calling to public service is inspired largely by his first-hand observation of the pursuit of freedom and opportunity in America. Ted’s mother was born in Delaware to an Irish and Italian working-class family; she became the first in her family to go to college, graduated from Rice University with a degree in mathematics, and became a pioneering computer programmer in the 1950s.

In recent years, Cruz fragmented his own party when he helped push the U.S. government into shutdown over budget fights, and for opposing Republican leadership on a series of issues.

Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, the Republicans forth pick, is an emeritus professor of neurosurgery, oncology, plastic surgery, and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and he has directed pediatric neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center for over 39 years. He became the inaugural recipient of a professorship dedicated in his name in May, 2008. He is now the Emeritus Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., M.D. and Dr. Evelyn Spiro, R.N. Professor of Pediatric Neurosurgery, having retired on June 30, 2013.

Some career highlights include the first separation of craniopagus (Siamese) twins joined at the back of the head in 1987, the first completely successful separation of type-2 vertical craniopagus twins in 1997 in South Africa, and the first successful placement of an intrauterine shunt for a hydrocephalic twin. Although he has been involved in many newsworthy operations, he feels that every case is noteworthy – deserving of maximum attention. He is interested in all aspects of pediatric neurosurgery and has a special interest in trigeminal neuralgia (severe facial pain) in adults.

Dr. Carson holds more than 60 honorary doctorate degrees. He is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, the Horatio Alger Society of Distinguished Americans, and many other prestigious organizations. He sits on the board of directors of numerous organizations, including Kellogg Company, Costco Wholesale Corporation, the Academy of Achievement, and is an Emeritus Fellow of the Yale Corporation, the governing body of Yale University. He was appointed in 2004 by President George W. Bush to serve on the President’s Council on Bioethics. He is a highly regarded motivational speaker who has addressed various audiences from school systems and civic groups to corporations and the President’s National Prayer Breakfast.

Former governor Jeb Bush came in fifth. Jeb Bush is the 43rd governor of the State of Florida, serving from 1999 through 2007. He was the third Republican elected to the state’s highest office and the first Republican in the state’s history to be reelected.

Governor Bush remained true to his conservative principles throughout his two terms in office – cutting nearly $20 billion in taxes, vetoing more than $2.3 billion in earmarks and reducing the state government workforce by more than 13,000. His limited government approach helped unleash one of the most robust and dynamic economies in the nation, creating 1.4 million net new jobs and improving the state’s credit ratings, including achieving the first ever triple-A bond rating for Florida.

During his two terms, Governor Bush championed major reform of government, in areas ranging from health care and environmental protection to civil service and tax reform. His top priority was the overhaul of the state’s failing education system. Under Governor Bush’s leadership, Florida established a bold accountability system in public schools and created the most ambitious school choice programs in the nation. Today, Florida remains a national leader in education and continues to enjoy rising student achievement.

After leaving office in 2007, Jeb returned to the private sector, where he reestablished his career as a successful businessman, entrepreneur, and investor.

He has also maintained his passion for improving the quality of education for students by founding and serving as the chairman of one of the nation’s leading conservative education reform organizations, the Foundation for Excellence in Education. The 501c3 non-profit works with state and education leaders, teachers, and parents to develop and implement reforms that lead to rising student achievement.

But the likely center-right candidate received a mixed reception, including heckles, when he courted CPAC’s conservative attendees Friday.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, whose approval ratings have suffered a dramatic slide in recent months, placed a dismal 10th with 2.8 percent.

A total of 3,007 votes were cast between Wednesday and Friday at CPAC, according to a tally by The Washington Times, which helped organize the poll.

The vote is watched closely, not necessarily as a prediction of exactly who will emerge as the Republican presidential nominee, but as a barometer of how the party’s core conservatives see those who might end up on the ballot.

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