Hooray! Ron Paul won the Emmy for President of California Republicans! Ron Paul won the California state GOP straw poll with 44% of the vote for the bargain bin price of $25,000, compared to second-place loser Rick Perry who spent nothing, did not show up and got 29% of the vote just for being an alien space monster sociopath with the same initials as RON PAUL, because Perry is a mooch. The saddest loser was Michele Bachmann, who also showed up and gave a hated keynote speech that convinced 64 straw poll voters (7.7%) all named "Marcus Bachmann" to cast a vote in her favor.
Here are the official results, from the LA Times:
Congressman Ron Paul (374, 44.9%)
Governor Rick Perry (244, 29.3%)?
Mitt Romney (74, 8.8%)
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (64, 7.7%)
Jon Huntsman (17, 2.0%)
Herman Cain (15, 1.8%)
Newt Gingrich (14, 1.7%)
Thad McCotter (7, 0.8%)
Rick Santorum (7, 0.8%)
Gary Johnson (2, 0.2%)
Fred Karger (1, 0.1%)
Write-ins (15, 1.8%)
And this amazing description of Ron Paul's speech at the straw poll:
Raucous cheers and whistles and whoops and screams -- one could be forgiven for wondering....
...if they were for an elderly 11-term House politician or Justin Bieber -- announced Paul's presence outside the doors. He then entered to another round of cheers and camera flashes.
Ron Paul/Justin Bieber 2012!!! [ LA Times / San Francisco Chronicle ]
Yes.
This is bad news for Donald "The" Trump. He endorsed Jim Perry but that dude didn't get a single vote.