THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: Sarah Palin has come third in a Republican "beauty contest" of presidential hopefuls.
The first contest for Republicans seeking to battle Barack Obama for the White House was won by Ron Paul, a libertarian Congressman who is barely considered a member of the party.
In a straw poll taken at an annual conference for conservative activists, 31 per cent supported Ron Paul, a maverick fringe contender in the past who proposes isolationism in foreign policy and abolition of the Federal Reserve Bank. >>> Alex Spillius in Washington | Sunday, February 21, 2010
