It's the day after the Iowa straw poll in Ames and all is calm. (At least we hope that little town of 50K will return to a state of normalcy in the very near future.)

If you haven't yet read up on the results, look to these fine posts for all of the analysis of what it means, or doesn't mean for our pool of candidates:

1. Captain's Quarters: Ames Poll Produces Winner -- And It May Not Be Romney
2. Marc Ambinder: AMES: The Romney Victory
3. Chris Cillizza: Analysis: Huckabee's 2nd-Place 'Win' in Ames
4. Soren Dayton: Romney Wins; conservatives split
5. Patrick Ruffini: Huckabee!

As expected, Romney won - and won big. Huckabee pulled out a surprise "win" by pulling second place with little resources. Ron Paul, Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson, and John McCain barely made an impact.

Are we looking at a Romney/Huckabee ticket or was this little exercise inconsequential? Time will tell.