When they get a chance to listen to Mitt Romney, not just the detractors, conservatives like him.

Presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney yesterday won a straw poll of conservative political activists gathered in Washington, a very early indication of how an important Republican constituency might vote.

Romney was the first choice for the GOP nomination, with 21 percent of the 1,705 activists who voted at the 34th annual Conservative Political Action Conference. Former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani came in second with 17 percent, and Sen. Sam Brownback (Kan.) was third with 15 percent.

Mitt Romney didn't even register on the radar screen last year. He has now jumped out front. This is how a grassroots campaign works, and bodes well for the future.

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