If you didn't happen to catch the straw poll announcement at CPAC, you missed an odd occurrence. When Ron Paul was announced as the winner, we heard a smattering of applause and cheers that were quickly drowned out by loud boos, but when 2nd place Mitt Romney's name was announced, the crowd cheered loudly. Go figure.. The breakdown of the vote is as follows…

• Paul 31%
• Romney 22%
• Palin 7%
• Pawlenty 6%
• Pence 5%
• Huckabee 4%
• Gingrich 4%

I know that in the past, CPAC was dominated by the GOP establishment types, but why do so many of them hate Ron Paul? I don't get it. I don't always agree with Paul on Foreign policy issues, but why do so many neocons label him a kook? The press and blogs, on both the left and the right, including Fox News, are complicit in propagating the notion Paul is somehow out of touch. I don't think he's a kook. I think he's right on about 90% of the issues.

There were more boos in the crowd when Paul's name was announced -vs- cheers when Romney's name was announced. Yet, 31% of the voters in the poll supported Paul. There is a definite disconnect here and a clear split that is hard to explain.

I'm not saying that I would support Paul for president but do I prefer him over Romney. Romney is just another progressive GOP establishment puppet and he's about the last person I'd support for president.

Romney is just another Obama style politician who will say or do anything to get elected. He's the same progressive who brought a failed universal heath care "mandate" to Massachusetts. He dramatically raised government "fees" to pay for all the spending, while claiming he didn't raise taxes (fees -vs- taxes). Doesn't that sound like the same old BS we see all the time from our politicians?

I don't see how putting the same establishment politicians back in office is going to change anything. Is Romney kind of person real conservatives and those in Tea Party movement can get behind? I hope not.

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