according to an email blast just sent out by Politico:
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul eked out a narrow victory in the Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll Saturday, with 25 percent of votes to Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's 23 percent. The runners-up were as follows: former Sen. Rick Santorum, 8 percent; New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, 7 percent; Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, 6 percent; Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, 5 percent; Ben Carson, 4 percent; Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, 4 percent; Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, 3 percent; former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, 3 percent. Other candidates received a combined 14 percent.
So Paul Ryan, Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin - all of whom spoke - ran behin Chris Christie, who wasn't even invited, and Rick Santorum only beat him by one point.
IIRC Ron Paul used to do well at this.
Am hearing that attendance was way down this year.
Take all this anyway you want.