While way to much attention is often paid to the CPAC poll (as evidence one needn't look further than Ron Paul's 2008 victory, it is anticipated by some writers that Rep. Paul will win again:
Paul's Campaign for Liberty, the a 501(c)4 organization he founded after ending his '08 campaign, has in fact put together an extensive, and expensive, campaign for the conference. A source close to the conference said the Paul group bought 1,000 tickets to the conference, and a Paul aide told another Republican that they'd recruited at least 700 supporters to vote for him.I love this. And I also love when GOP establishment apologists like Sean Hannity dismiss Rep. Paul. Sure, he hasn't won any primaries, but one would think that the GOP would at least attempt to tap into some of his support, energetic as it is, but at this time the "establishment" appears reluctant to do so. That worked out real well for them in 2008.
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