Mitt Romney somewhat avenged his loss to Ron Paul in C-PAC's straw poll by besting the Texas Congressman by one vote in the Southern Republican Leadership Conference's Straw poll:
The former Massachusetts governor came in first with 439 votes, one more than Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, followed by Sarah Palin with 330 and Newt Gingrich with 321. Also on the ballot: Mike Huckabee, Tim Pawlenty, Mike Pence, Rick Santorum and Gary Johnson. Over the three-day conference, 1,806 ballots were cast.
