Mitt Romney Wins CPAC Straw Poll. Ron Paul Ties Palin For Second

Republican stand-out, Mitt Romney got the longest straw at CPAC yesterday, which means that conservatives see him as the front-runner so far in the 2012 Presidential Campaign. He beat out Bobby Jindal and even everyone's folksy, gorgeous darling, Sarah Palin, for the honor. What is interesting is that Ron Paul actually tied with Sarah Palin for second place with 13%. This is actually no big deal since this is the THIRD TIME IN A ROW that Romney has been picked and of course he has yet to attain a GOP nomination in an actual election. What is also interesting is that conservatives seem to early on pick someone who is just right of center and good with business skills, what seems like a rational pick. But when the actual election starts they realize they need the hardcore, grass-roots evangelical base to do all the grunt work for them. So they end up having to pander to them with a VP pick like Sarah Palin or through having high-profile far right-wing figures endorse them; or by advocating far right ideas themselves, which ruins the front-runner's chances. The simple fact seems to me that the Republicans just don't have enough people out there to win a national presidential election anymore. No wonder they are hoping Obama fails miserably because the only chance they have is on riding the reverse coat-tails of someone else's failure. Oh wait, did Obama do that with Bush?

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