Dr. Paul took 3rd in an Illinois GOP strawpoll of not quite a thousand people today at 19%, behind Romney at 40% and Fred at 20%.
The most interesting part of the story is that Romney's Illinois campaign chairmain, Illinois state senator Dan Rutherford apparently either knocked or tore a Ron Paul sign from the hands of a Paul supporter, threw it to the ground and stepped on it, and stood there, refusing to allow the Ron Paul supporter to pick up his sign.
This was [partially]
caught on video. Skip to the 5:46 mark.