For what it’s worth:

If those attending the Dorchester Conference in Seaside this weekend had a chance to vote for a Republican presidential candidate, 30 percent would cast their vote for Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels.
Daniels was praised for being fiscally conservative, running a state government with a budget surplus and having “core moral values.”
Another 23 percent would vote for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and 18 percent would put a check next to the name of Sarah Palin, former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate…
Others nominated for consideration during the conference included former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who garnered 10 percent of the vote; former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich, 6 percent; U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, (R-Texas), 5 percent; former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, 4 percent; Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, 2 percent; and American business magnate Donald Trump, 2 percent.