We'd like to bring attention to two articles in a local paper, the Johnson City Press, about Mike Huckabee and his supporters.
Read them and spread them!
Here is a video of a press conference where Governor Huckabee discusses his "controversial" Christmas ad, commutations and pardons, and Governor Romney's vicious and disingenuous attacks against his record.
Huckabee surprises Drudge? Check out the screenshot showing Drudge featuring a link to a recent poll showing Huckabee with excellent numbers in Iowa. While Drudge was surprised by this, I most certainly was not.
Drudge featured a headline outlining Governor Huckabee's excellent numbers in Iowa. Drudge refers to a CBS/New York Times poll that shows Huckabee in second place and within striking distance in Iowa. The poll for the Republican candidates broke down thusly:
This is excellent news for Governor Huckabee.
Boston Globe columnist Scot Lehigh joins the club of folks who say that Huckabee is out of the second tier. He writes:
In a field where the leading candidates have thus far proved unpalatable or unconvincing to the Republican base, Huckabee is a true believer, a committed, consistent conservative. Now that he's outrun his second-tier rivals, don't be surprised to see his candidacy take off.
Of course, Huckabee supporters have known this for a while. The fact that it is starting to be said in the media is very good for Huckabee. What we are likely to see in the weeks and months ahead is the pundits trying to rewrite the history of this race by claiming they knew Huckabee had a chance the whole time. Those of us who know the facts, however, know better. We have known Huckabee had a chance the whole time, and the Media has been, quite literally, in left field.
Today, Dick Morris writes in an article for RealClearPolitcs that Mike Huckabee is "an articulate, principled, knowledgeable, conservative Christian[.]"
Mike Huckabee is beginning to generate national attention, and he has done it the old fashion way. He has not bought his way into contention; he has simply articulated a message and a vision, and folks are lining up behind him. Now if we could just get those pesky "Evangelical Leaders" to back him...
Tony Beam discusses Huckabee in a column for Christianity Today. The bottom line:
As long as Governor Mike Huckabee is in the race thank God we don’t have to compromise. We don’t have to hold our nose and vote. We can march into the voting booth, vote Huckabee, and know beyond the shadow of a doubt that we have stood by the things that matter most.
If Huckabee can continue to generate this sort of sentiment, watch out over the next few months. Huckabee may not have a lot of money, but he has something much, much better: a message.
