http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/532523/print
The good news from the Conservative Political Action Conference -- and it really is very good news -- is that the assembled activists have identified as their preferred choice for the presidency a militant opponent of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq who has voted against the Patriot Act, opposed free-trade deals, condemned the expansion of executive power and warned about collusion between "too-big-to-fail" bankers and the government regulators who are supposed to keep an eye on them.
No, the CPAC crowd did not name Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold as their preferred pick to oppose President Obama in 2012. But they did vote, rather overwhelmingly, for the one Republican who shares the views of Feingold -- and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders -- on the aforementioned issues.
The CPAC presidential straw poll, in which a record 2,400 conservative conferees voted, was won with ease by Congressman Ron Paul, the Texas Republican and 2008 presidential candidate whose backers like to refer to their campaign as a revolution.
Cheers, ken hanly
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