[Quicksilver]

No, the story is that among actual conference votes, a so-called second-tier candidate absolutely trounced all three guys who are ahead in the polls — including my candidate and your candidate. Romney (and Paul) undoubtedly achieved some damage control with online votes, but it’s still a rout for everyone but Huck.

It's not clear how many attendees voted onsite vs. online. I would say that the significance of the onsite totals is much less than it originally appeared to be.

[ellery]

If any candidate counseled actual conference attendees to vote online instead of in-person, that would be a very serious mis-step. To me, it's kind of a given that a vote cast in-person is much more weighty than one cast online. For people to vote in-person, they had to pay $95 (I think it was), plus take the time and expense of traveling to the concert. It took $1 and an internet connection to instantly vote online. It's obvious which vote is going to be meaningful.

Trust me, I'm not by any means a Huckabee booster -- but I think an objective person has to credit him with a huge win here.