tennessee woman sends her son back to russia alone. gregg: but we began with news out of new orleans where the leadership conference. michael steele is expected to address the crowd in the next hour or so. also a bit later on, we re going to learn the results of the straw poll which will gauge support for nine potential candidates or contenders for the 2012 gop presidential nomination. carl cameron is live in new orleans. give us a rundown of what is going on there. behind me, ron paul, likely presidential candidate for 2012 has the southern republican leadership pretty revved up. he came with a poster, legalize freedom. he is playing for the straw poll trying to get as many votes as he possibly can here. it s a big test of presidential