As to “the invitations going out a few months ago,” Fred Thompson got in the race the same week as Alan Keyes, and Rudy Giuliani only accepted their invitation a few days ago. So, those arguments, held up in the light of reality, don’t wash.
I know that I wasn’t surprised when Thompson officially entered the race, but I was when Dr. Keyes entered.
I talked to Dr. Keyes at the Texas Alliance for Life banquet on the 9th, assuming that he would be at this meeting.
Seriously the results were so skewed by the off site voting that they don’t mean anything other than that some of Romney’s and Paul’s people voted on line.
http://frcaction.org/
Here’s the onsite voting results
Mike Huckabee 488 51.26%
Mitt Romney 99 10.40%
Fred Thompson 77 8.09%
Tom Tancredo 65 6.83%%
Rudy Giuliani 60 6.30%
Duncan Hunter 54 5.67%
John McCain 30 3.15%
Sam Brownback 26 2.73%
Ron Paul 25 2.63%