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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (361195)	12/3/2007 2:19:30 PM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 1588471

Nope, but his name seems to keep popping up in the media lately. I heard on the radio that in a new national poll he was just a few points behind Julie and Romney. He may just take this thing if he can keep it together... Poll shows surge for Huckabee in Iowa REPUBLICAN PARTY By ADAM NAGOURNEY The New York Times DES MOINES, Iowa -- Mike Huckabee of Arkansas spent the weekend in New Hampshire, where he saw something he had rarely seen during his two years as a Republican candidate for president: people. Lots of them. Living rooms and halls packed with voters, campaign aides, reporters and jostling television crews. "We've been waiting a long time for this to happen," Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor, said Sunday, a note of incredulity in his voice. "It's everything we've been working for." Huckabee's ascendance in Iowa -- a poll published Sunday in TheDes Moines Register showed that support for him had surged since early October -- sent rumbles across a presidential field already in flux and raised concerns in the camp of rival Mitt Romney, a former Massachusetts governor. Huckabee's gains are powered to no small extent by support he has among Christian conservatives, who appear to be responding to his message that he is the true social conservative in the race. Still, if Huckabee has emerged in recent days in Iowa and across the nation as a powerful force in the Republican political calculation, he still faces substantial hurdles as he heads toward the Iowa caucuses Jan. 3. He confronts, in Romney, a wealthy opponent who has vastly outspent him and has the resources to continue doing so. Even if he should make a strong showing in Iowa, Huckabee would face tough challenges throughout January and up to Feb. 5, when there are primaries in more than 20 states. Huckabee has yet to send a mailing, broadcast a television advertisement or buy significant radio time in any of the major states that will vote soon after Iowa does. Iowa, given its heavy Christian conservative base, is a particularly amenable state for Huckabee, a Baptist minister with strong ties to the religious community. The Des Moines Register poll found that support for Huckabee had jumped from 12 percent in October to 29 percent today. That and other recent polls suggest that Huckabee and Romney are in an extremely tight contest, despite Huckabee having been hugely outspent by Romney on television. South Carolina Republican Chairman Katon Dawson said Huckabee has a powerful natural appeal in his state as a southerner and a Baptist minister. But he said it would be hard for him to win there or elsewhere without money. "George Bush spent a lot of money in South Carolina to get the nomination," he said, referring to the 2000 campaign. "I don't think it's possible to win without a major television buy."