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The cpac poll, straw poll. we all know this is not scientific, but nonetheless, it is the conservative folks who attended. rand paul, 31%. pretty good little one. ted cruz was up from last year. 11%. ben carson, the neurosurgeon from johns hopkins that got so much attention last year. chris chris itty at 9%, and on down the line. so interpret these results for me. >> well, i think everyone knew rand paul was going to win. just like his dad. it is a group stacked with young libertarians who are the most active and influential and the straw poll pretty much was going to go to rand paul as it did...

>> i would venture to say the cpac poll, wild large ly entert is far from relevant. mitt romney, i recall when he was attending, his people really worked the room and tried to work the vote so he could get a bump in momentum from the cpac straw poll. it's not totally insignificant. and obviously these are the, you know, true sort of party conservatives that you want to have energized in your camp if you want to be president of the united states. >> when they're in the off year here and they're not actually in a presidential election year, i assume it's a kind of less intense experience for all...

Christie. this dream of his, i believe, is over. and has been over since the day he gave that big press conference about the bridge. >> yeah, there has been in what we call in politics significant slippage for him. i think you didn't even get into his cpac poll numbers. it's a straw poll. unscientific. >> there's nothing stopping you. >> his 2013 cpac poll, he came in at a paltry 7%. i will submit to you that cpac is the only polling universe on earth where his number will go up this year. and that complements the point you're making, right? most normal voters who have taken a look at this, ev...

Out today asked would chris christie be a good president? only 24% of registered voters said yes. 52 said no. in that same poll a year ago, 37% said he would be a good president. 33% said he would not be a good president. ari, these fox news poll numbers tell the story for chris christie. this dream of his, i believe, is over. and has been over since the day he gave that big press conference about the bridge. >> yeah, there has been in what we call in politics significant slippage for him. i think you didn't even get into his cpac poll numbers. it's a straw poll. unscientif unscientific. >> th...

At the same time he appeals to a little bit of a younger crowd and he's not necessarily -- he's a more effective communicator than his father was frankly. >> your thoughts and who would be the best candidate for the gop and who would be the best candidate for your column. >> for my column, i like the results of the cpac poll because rand paul would be terrific. imagine paul running an isolationist campaign. marco rubio who's holding his own among the conservatives, a much more plausible candidate, but christina's right, it's not completely wide open and some of the most popular figures were on...