article_snippet: Winning CPAC once meant little, but are Rand Paul's multiple wins just the ticket?
article_snippet: Rand Paul won Rand Paul third consecutive CPAC presidential straw poll this weekend, and most political journalists yawned -- and understandably so.
article_snippet: There have been 20 previous CPAC straw polls, and only in four of those cases has the winner ended up as the Republican presidential nominee.
article_snippet: Rand Paul's in a tie for CPAC wins (three) with Ronald Reagan and Jack Kemp.
article_snippet: Rand Paul is the all-time leader with four CPAC wins.
article_snippet: The Pauls -- Rand and Ron -- are the only two men with at least two CPAC wins who have not appeared on the GOP ticket.