…Huckabee came within 30 votes of upsetting him and, per Byron York, Huck actually crushed the field among people who attended the conference. York thinks that’s significant but I’m not sure why. Yes, Huckabee’s an impressive speaker and there’s obviously a lot of affection for him among social cons. No, he’s not going to be the nominee and he probably doesn’t have enough support to sustain a third-party candidacy. What this does, maybe, is make him the money VP pick.

Rudy finished ninth overall but, interestingly, fifth among conference attendees, suggesting that this morning’s speech did him a little good. The big loser: Fred, who finished behind Mitt and Huck in both polls.

Update: David Brody says it’s no surprise that Huckabee won big among attendees. His speech was reportedly spectacular.