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Poll: Huckabee Holding Solid Lead In Iowa; Religion Driving Voters
Another poll, this one from WaPo/ABC News, finds that Mike Huckabee is holding his lead in Iowa over Mitt Romney. He's beating Mitt 35%-27% among those likely to caucus.
And check out this number in the poll, which shows the extent to which his support is driven by evangelicals, who make up almost four in 10 likely caucus goers: They are choosing Huckabee over Romney by the astonishing margin of 57%-19%.
Full poll here.
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What's the Huckster going to do when he has to campaign around people who aren't so God fearin'?
December 19, 2007 6:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Has anyone heard or read the item about Huckabees son and what he is purported to have done when he was a boyscout concerning the family pet.
Is it just a rumor?
December 19, 2007 6:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
Lisa, regarding Huckabee, I think this is what you had in mind:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/78241
Not that it isn't fairly easy to meld details from the above story, with those of the wholesome Romney family and their terrified family dog -- whose carrier they strapped to the roof of their car for a long road trip.
December 19, 2007 7:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
EvanR
Thanks for the article
December 19, 2007 7:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
hmmm...Jesus's choice may win as the rest of us will be struck by lightening as we stand in line to vote.
December 19, 2007 7:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
America has a majority of folks who admit to being Christian, although none of us know the level of that commitment. Huckabee is seeking the nomination for a party that has sold itself for decades as the moral party and the religious party. It should not be a surprise that he is doing so well.
But we can all sit back and watch the blogs implode with the anti-religion sentiment that the left is constantly tagged with. It is a tactical error, IMHO and costs us elections. But, then we have freedom of speech and we can allow anyone to say darned near anything. So have at it.
December 19, 2007 8:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Unfortunately, I'm on my cell and check the drill-down on this poll . . . Did the pollsters inquire whether the Iowan Republicans choosing Huckleberry are doing so because they are narrow-minded religious bigots or is it that they can't be bothered to pay attention beyond the resume line that declares the Huckster a Baptist Minister?
December 20, 2007 12:24 AM | Reply | Permalink
Many have doubted Huckabee would ever make it this far yet here he is in the lead in Iowa. He is proving to have quite a bit of political skill; taking so many hits yet still rising (almost Christ like...sorry too tempting).
If he will, in the near future, start to put some meat on his populist themes I could see him as the nominee. He would then be an official Washington outsider, officially untrusted by the republican establishment. Bryan, Buchanan, now Huck could this finally work?
He does appear to have won over one incredibly potent group, the media. Almost everyone likes Mike, except Ann Coulter but she doesn't seem to like anyone to the left of Attila the Hun.
For the most part the media has given Mike their blessing (oops...).
December 20, 2007 2:10 AM | Reply | Permalink
Why is Huckabee running on the fact that he is a Rev.? What ever happened to separation of church and state? I thought that we didn't want a theocracy in Iraq and its specifically called out in our constitution not to mix the two. Its fine if candidates go to church and believe in God, but that should not be part of the debate and definitely not something to run on.
The current president is supposed to be a God fearing man but the endless scandals each worse than the last is giving us Christians a bad name. Seriously how do you protect stem cells and destroy Iraq killing anywhere from 50,000 to 1million people, depending on the study, and the fact that they will not even count civilian deaths is sickening. We need to move away from this "compassionate conservatism" move toward a humanitarian perspective. Besides didn't Christ have a chance to start a revolution, but instead choose to be no violent?
Do these people even read the Bible or are they like Paris Hilton who read the Bible in prison and cant name a single verse? How about asking the candidates to name the 10 commandments next debate and which ones have they broken while hooked to a lie detector, talk about reality TV.
December 20, 2007 2:52 AM | Reply | Permalink
I'm wondering when someone is going to ask Mitt Romney some tough questions about his beliefs. We've heard him say he believes the Bible to be the world of God, but what else does he believe to be the word of God? Here's a question no one has asked him: Do you, Mr. Romney, believe that if you live the principles of Mormonism that after your death and exaltation to the highest degree of glory in the hereafter you will have multiple wives in the afterlife?" The anwer, if he truly believes in the "faith of his fathers," as he has said he does is YES. The Mormon Church stopped practicing poligamy in the 1890's, but they still believe it is a commandment from God to do so. They quit the practice in order to avoid further harrasment from the federal government and so Utah could become a state. But, the "Divine and Everlasting Covenant," which is found in the Doctrine and Covenants, a book that contains the revelations from God to Joseph Smith, poligamy is a commandment from God and it will be practiced in the after life. The Doctrine and Covenants is equal to the bible in Mormonism. Ask Mitt and he'll tell you that if he "lives the faith of his fathers," the New and Everlasting Covenant, a.k.a. poligamy, which Mitt believes is the word of God just as the Bible is, dictates that he will be married in the hereafter to many women. Mitt will become a God himself and he, with the help of his multitude of wives, will father the spirits of the inhabitants to be born on the worlds he creates. Ask him!
December 20, 2007 3:00 AM | Reply | Permalink
I'm from Iowa and I will always support someone who supports rapists
December 20, 2007 1:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Am I living in Dreamland or was there not a time in American politics when a 'reverend' like Hucklebee would abjure from politics purely on the grounds of separation of church and state?
Remember the good old days when "no religious test" meant, indeed, no religious test for government service?
But it's OK if the candidates are full steam ahead in rolling over the Constitution. That's their prerogative. It's not OK that the media don't jump up and cry "foul!" It is the responsibility of the fourth estate, not to be "transcribers," but to honestly report the news. And the news on the separation of church and state is not good.
December 20, 2007 2:20 PM | Reply | Permalink