The New Republic

Even though he lost South Carolina, Huckabee’s running about even with Giuliani and McCain in fluid Florida. Those who predict he still has a chance to be, at least, a convention kingmaker point to the delegates he can rack up in Southern states on February 5: Lots of evangelicals in those states = lots of votes for Mike Huckabee. But South Carolina showed this math doesn’t work. In fact, I’d hazard a guess that the more evangelicals a February 5 state has, the less well among them, proportionally, Huckabee will do. READ MORE >>

I get to Ron Paul's headquarters in Des Moines just as an army of student volunteers is surging out of the doors, yelling and clutching signs. "This is the herd we can't contain!" one staffer laughs. ABC's Jake Tapper is taping a live segment in front of Mike Huckabee's neighboring headquarters, and it's time to make some mischief. The volunteers conform to a Washington reporter's expectations about Ron Paul youth--almost all boys, rowdy, eager to disrupt--until they don't. READ MORE >>

An exclusive interview with former presidential candidate Tom Tancredo, who dropped out of the race for the Republican nomination on December 20, conducted on the eve of the Iowa Caucuses. The New Republic: What do you miss about being out here, in the mix? READ MORE >>

Commenter jbullock, I guess you didn't see the cross in Huckabee's Christmas ad—but even the Huck admits it could be there. From an Ames appearance:  That is a bookshelf, but if people are seeing the cross in it, so be it. It's like when the Virgin Mary's face shows up in a piece of toast. READ MORE >>

I was struck by something Noam reported over on the Stump -- that Huckabee's now capitalizing on what I would call some very mild suspicion directed at his Christmas television ad. Huckabee whined in Ames, READ MORE >>

Is it just me, or does the Des Moines Register's endorsement of John McCain have an anti-Huckabee edge to it? The editorial panel writes:  In an era of instant celebrity, we sometimes forget the real heroes in our midst.  READ MORE >>

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Time's Mark Halperin had a sharp take Monday on why the unflattering things that have come out about Mike Huckabee haven't hurt him so far: "Voters seem attracted to the man--not his issue positions, his record, or the quality (or lack thereof) of his campaign apparatus. Taking down Huckabee the Candidate means taking down Huckabee the Man, and that requires the kind of nuclear blast no one is yet inclined to launch." READ MORE >>

Since TNR seems to be the one-stop shop for Huckabee-bashing today, I'll add my bitch-slapping hand to the melee. READ MORE >>

Many of us have dumped on CNN of late for de-classing the presidential debates. I, for one, love reading CNN and its affiliates for the hilariously neutral, vanilla tone they take towards even their weirdest, most scandalous stories. There's just a tonal disconnect there that makes you appreciate the weirdness of the story even more. Today, on CNN:  READ MORE >>