Ron Paul has ended Mitt Romney's three-year run as conservatives' favorite for president, taking 31 percent of the vote in the Conservative Political Action Conference's annual straw poll.
Paul, a Republican congressman from Texas known for his libertarian views, ran for president in 2008 but was never a serious contender for the GOP nomination.
Romney, former Massachusetts governor and a 2008 GOP candidate, has won the last three presidential straw poll at the annual conference.
The straw poll is not binding -- and not necessarily a good forecaster, given that in 2008, John McCain went on to take the party's nomination over Romney.
Results of this year's poll were announced just as the crowd prepared for the conference's keynote speaker, Fox News host Glenn Beck.
Constitution party or whatever, we can get him on the ballot anywhere. The repukes will never give him the mantle.
The straw poll is not binding -- and not necessarily a good forecaster, given that in 2008, John McCain went on to take the party's nomination over Romney.
What's REALLY gonna be funny is Glenn Beck speaking AFTER RON PAUL wins the poll.
LOL
Morning Joe just tweeted this:
JoeNBC - The Revolution Lives. Ron Paul wins the CPAC poll.
Just had to throw that in there...
watch it live there going to do it live....
crowd is going to go nuts!!!!
How perfect is it that the winner of the straw poll is Ron Paul and this is announced just before Glenn Beck takes the stage as the keynote speaker?
Are they going to announce it on CSPAN?