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Romney won 38% of the straw poll votes, 3408 that gathered here for the convention. mr. santorum was second at 31%. newt gingrich was third. ron paul who won last year fourth with 12%. so there you have it. a bit of a surprise given the momentum that rick santorum had coming into the convention with three victories. mitt romney pulls off a victory at cpac gathering. gregg, back to you. >> gregg: 38% for romney, 31%, 13% nor newt gingrich, do i have those figures right. >> 38% for mitt romney, 31% for rick santorum, 13% for newt gingrich? >> that is correct. >> ron paul gets? >> 15% for gingric...

Solutions, greta, for our economy, a based on time-tested truths and common sense, and true economic principles that will work. herman cain is a good example of a connection with the voters, and why his message, good messenger, he's resonating with the people. >> greta: it's interesting about, you know, in watching the straw poll votes in florida that you were talking about, herman cain winning by -- he trounced basically governor perry and governor romney, the two supposed frontrunners, is that the media was so shocked, that they seemed so surprised. i'm sort of curious as to what extent, you...

What he proposes in terms of solutions, greta, for our economy, are based on time-tested truths and common sense, and true economic principles that will work. herman cain is a good example of a connection with the voters, and why his message, good messenger, he's resonating with the people. >> greta: it's interesting about, you know, in watching the straw poll votes in florida that you were talking about, herman cain winning by -- he trounced basically governor perry and governor romney, the two supposed frontrunners, is that the media was so shocked, that they seemed so surprised. i'm sort of...

>> reporter: there are about 250 people in the audience and they are all selected by linkedin. we're told that they are either linkedin employees or members of linkedin who submitted questions and all those questions were chosen by linkedin itself. some of them will be asked by audience members and some of them will be asked by the ceo of linkedin who will be there with the president. >> jessica, we know that obviously mr. obama, he relied quite a bit on social media and turned to social media quite a bit in 2008. is this a sign do you think he's planning to do the same thing for 201...