Can former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee transform Iowa straw poll success (second place in a watered down GOP field) into serious viability on the first-in-the-solar-system primary stage? Maybe, maybe not but give the personable and quotable Huckabee preacherly credit for striking the right tone by talking about how the other man from Hope, Ark. (a former Arkansas Governor and President named Bill Clinton), despite their political differences, genuinely had a political gift for making connections. It’s a political trick of the trade that Huckabee would like to revive. He has caught on with one tactic -- trash the NH front runner. Hello, Mitt Romney, how does the latest bulls eye feel? And, if you’ve ever wondered how primary media darlings emerge from the pack, just watch how the pundit herd feeds off each other to create a “discovery.” The latest pundit fawning on Huckabee is a real-time case study on such media phenomenons.
Read more about the Huck factor by:
Blogger Chris Stewart, aka the Monday Morning Clacker: The Huck Media bandwagon
The Politico's Jonathan Martin: Huckabee's sharp political elbows
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