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Being behind liberal lines, you’ve obviously become brilliant. I think Ithaca has stolen your brain. Just take a gander at the prescient 2007 CPAC straw poll and see what they predicted. *Snickering*: http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/cpac_straw_poll/

It’s not the first time Ron Paul won a straw poll (he won a few in 2007, including online polls), but that doesn’t mean he is going to win an actual GOP primary, much less the presidency.

Take a look at the list of winners of CPAC straw polls since 1976. Tthey got a couple of candidates right (Reagan in 1980 and 1984, Bush in 2000), though they picked the wrong candidate much more often, demonstrating that the CPAC straw poll isn’t a good indicator of which candidate will really win the nomination and presidency. As for Tim Pawlenty, Michelle Bachmann, and Mitch Daniels only getting 1% more votes than Sarah (who didn’t embrace the CPACers with her presence nor offered to host a party and buy a drink for the 11,000 attendees like Michele Bachmann did), this event isn't a big deal at all and will most likely be forgotten by next weekend.

1976 Ronald Reagan
1980 Ronald Reagan
1984 Ronald Reagan
1986 Jack Kemp
1987 Jack Kemp
1993 Jack Kemp
1995 Phil Gramm
1998 Steve Forbes
1999 Gary Bauer
2000 George W. Bush
2005 Rudy Giuliani
2006 George Allen
2007 Mitt Romney
2008 Mitt Romney
2009 Mitt Romney
2010 Ron Paul
2011 Ron Paul