Republican Poll

Ron Paul — advocate of the un-Republican policies of free markets, sound money, non-intervention — won the CPAC straw poll, beating Romney (who had typically spent a bunch to win.)

Ron Paul – 31%
Mitt Romney – 22%
Sarah Palin – 7%
Tim Pawlenty – 6%
Mike Pence – 5%
Newt Gingrich -4%
Mike Huckabee – 4%
Mitch Daniels – 2%
Rick Santorum – 2%
John Thune – 2%
Haley Barbour – 1%