THAT STRAW POLL – AT 7:29 P.M. ET:  There's much buzz on the internet, and much revulsion, over the fact that certifiable nutbag Ron Paul won the straw poll for president at the CPAC convention in Washington.

However, reader Bob Gilkison points out, and others confirm, that only about 25% of the participants in the convention actually voted in the poll, which eases the pain of the result.   

However, let me stress that things like this poll, even when correctly explained, still do damage.  We're not playing on a level field.  The mainstream media will cover for the lunatic fringe on the left, but it will magnify the off-kilter types on the right.  We just have to be more careful than the other side.

February 21, 2010