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Whackadoodle libertarian Ron Paul, whose supporters swarm CPAC every year, has unsurprisingly won the convention's 2012 presidential straw poll for the second year in a row. However not to be dismissed in Paul's win is the effect of the absence of the several major conservative groups who boycotted this year over GOProud. Sarah Palin only got 3%.
Labels: 2012 elections, CPAC, GOP, libertarians, Ron Paul