Newt, Christie, and Romney get the most applause at California GOP convention

The Sacramento Bee on the California GOP's convention luncheon today, at which there were "hundreds of people":

While advising Republicans on how to use political language, Luntz conducted an informal applause poll among the crowd on the possible GOP presidential candidates.

Those winning the loudest applause were former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin also received a good amount of applause. Other names such as Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, who will address the convention tonight, and Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels received less applause.

Jack Chang added this to the story:

UPDATE: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie received one the loudest -- if not the loudest -- rounds of applause in the informal poll. However, Christie has said repeatedly that he won't run for president in 2012.