Jen Rubin captures the most important dynamic leading into South Carolina: Thompson gave himself an opening in South Carolina and gave conservatives a place to jump from the Romney leaking ship. He may have scuffed up Huckabee sufficiently to allow either himself or McCain to win SC. If the latter Read more…
No one touched John McCain. No one. Fred Thompson whacked Mike Huckabee a couple of times. Mitt Romney was nowhere to be seen. McCain wins as the untouched front-runner. Fred for showing life. And Huck for handling some tough questions with grace.
(cross-posted from Redstate) I just finished a Mitt Romney townhall in Nashua, NH. He had around 400 people, according to the campaign. I had just come from a similar event in Windham, just down the road, where Mike Huckabee had over 600. The Huckabee event clearly had more energy than Read more…
Yesterday, we saw Mitt Romney, the candidate of the establishment, the lobbyist class, the interest group class, etc., get rejected by the people of Iowa. David Brooks understands the broader implications, which I have also talked about: On the Republican side, my message is: Be not afraid. Some people are Read more…
Cross-post from Redstate. I am posting there primarily, but I will try to cross-post here more. Mike Huckabee’s stunning victory in Iowa will have a number of consequences in New Hampshire, where I am now. Last night John McCain flew from Iowa to New Hampshire for his caucus-watching party. At Read more…
But it sure is interesting: OTTUMWA, Iowa–Last night, I attended a Mike Hucabee event at the Bridge View Center here and made the conservative estimate that he drew a crowd of 400 to 500 inside an auditorium that held 650. When I noticed that Mitt Romney had an event at Read more…
Trust Huckabee, the somewhat controversial pro-Huckabee 501(c)(4), has gone up on the air with a pro-Huckabee ad and launched an anti-Romney site. No news yet about the size of the buy. It does strike me that, at this point, Mike Huckabee is more likely to lose votes to someone else Read more…
Bob Novak, no friend of Mike Huckabee, wrote about Huckabee and the conservative movement (aka "conservative resurgence") in the Southern Baptist Convention. We focused on interviews with two of the leaders without that movement, Richard Land and Judge Paul Pressler: The warmth in Texas and hostility in California reflects the Read more…
You won’t believe this. Drudge is attacking Mike Huckabee for having a floating cross in his ad. Dude. It is a Christmas ad. He says "Christ." Silent Night is playing in the background. Huckabee stops speaking when the hymn comes to "mother and child." It ain’t subtle. Please tell me Read more…
New ads are up. The verdict is in. Huck wins the exchange. I do agree that the crime and ethics issues are what ought to hurt Mike Huckabee. One of the big questions was how people were going to handle ads around Christmas. Huckabee has managed to come up with Read more…