Paul got 30%. That means 70% voted against him. So that straw poll can be looked at a lot of different ways. Paul will always have his fanatic adherents, but never enough to win anything real.
I agree with you about polls. To me, politics has become too driven by them. With over 50% going to paul and mitt, I seriously question who was there and why.
It would be great if Paul and the regular Pubbies could come to agree enough on future foreign policy direction to bring the Paulites into activist Republican fold.