And our new president is...
The CPAC has spoken and the new president of the United States will be...wait for it...Ron Paul! Yes, the famously prickly, so-called libertarian congressman from Texas is the darling of these right-wingers. If they had their way, he would be moving to the White House tomorrow. In their straw poll , Paul got 30% of the vote, which may not sound too impressive until you look at how the rest of the vote was divided: Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney : 23% Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson (who, frankly, I'd never heard of): 6% New Jersey Governor Chris Christie : 6% Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich : 5% Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty : 4% Minnesota Representative Michele Bachmann : 4% Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels : 4% Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin : 3% Radio talk-show host Herman Cain (Who???): 2% Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee : 2% Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum : 2% South Dakata Senator John Thune : 2% Former Utah Governor Jon H...