The battle being set on the right

One way of viewing the result of the straw polls is how it re-organizes the field. For a while, at least, Mike Huckabee can claim a pseudo first-tier status, compared in the same breath as the big-4. The Wall Street Journal presented this this way: Should Mr. Huckabee capitalize on Read more…

Romney wins; conservatives split

Marc Ambinder has the results: Romney 31.5% Huckabee 18.1% Brownback 15% Tancredo in 13.7% Ron Paul with 9% The rest were single digits. My read is that social conservatives are split, and immigration is really important. The fact that Huckabee + Brownback is greater than Romney will be noticed. At Read more…