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Paul is first, Walker second in CPAC straw vote.
                                     —News reports

Oh, mirror, mirror on the wall,
Just who’s the rightmost of them all?
Yes, CPAC’s survey picked Rand Paul,
But Walker managed to enthrall
A host of cuckoos in that hall.
Can either of them, come next fall,
Retain Big Mo and thus forestall
The latest Bush to be on call?
For he brings with him to this brawl
A signed-up big-bucks cash cabal.

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