Eyewitness Report: Jefferson County Republican Party Straw Poll

I just came back from the Jefferson County Republican Straw Poll and Paul won a stunning 57 percent of the vote. Jefferson County is where Birmingham (the largest city in Alabama is located) and several leading local GOP politicians were on the list of speakers. This was clearly intended to be a gathering of the Republican establishment.

Given this, the lack of enthusiasm for the other candidates, especially Alabama native son Fred Thompson, was striking. They just seemed to be going to through the motions. By contrast, the Paul supporters most of whom seemed to be under age twenty-five were very pumped up and exuberant. If Thompson's backers can't win in this venue, how can they possibly hope to take on Hillary?