The potential presidential candidate also dismissed his second place finish to Ron Paul in last month’s Conservative Political Action Conference Straw Poll, which he chalked up to libertarian collusion. Paul’s win broke Romney’s three year winning streak in the straw poll.
“The good thing about libertarians is that when they are called to show up somewhere they do, and when they get a call in the night saying, ‘Hey, we need you to show up at CPAC or show up at a straw poll or show up at an event,’ they will show up, and you’ve got to congraultate them for that,” he said.
“But I don’t think there is a growing portion of Americans who are, if you will, Ron Paul devotees, but he has an influence, and we welcome his participation in the party. It’s a big tent party.”
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