The Conservative Political Action Conference wrapped up its three-day meeting by giving Mitt Romney an edge over Rudy Giuliani in a straw poll of some 1700 conference participants. Here's Romney on the state of conservatism in America today. The results: Romney - 21% Giuliani - 17% Brownback 15% Gingrich 14 % McCain - 12% At last year's conference, then-Virginia Senator George Allen won the straw poll with 22 percent of the vote. His presidential plans have since changed.