The Huckabee danger
January 7, 2008 by
Filed under Bush Powers, Capitol Hill, Clueless, Deserved, Double Standards, Idiot Ideas, Legal Ramblings, Money, Uncategorized
Okay, this is Kentucky, friendly territory for the GOP. We were never going to win it.
But this is the reason we can’t take Huckabee for granted. As I’ve been writing for years, and despite all the GOP’s establishment’s best efforts, the more people see him, the more they like him.
SurveyUSA. 1/7. Registered voters. MoE 4.2% (12/16 results)
Huckabee (R) 53 (46)
Clinton (D) 41 (47)
Huckabee (R) 54 (51)
Obama (D) 35 (38)
For whatever reasons, Clinton was overperforming the partisan index of the state, and she’s still doing strong against Romney and is competitive against Giulini in the state (unlike Obama). But McCain always had stellar numbers, and now Huckabee has joined McCain at the top.
Interestingly enough, there’s not much movement in the rest of the matchups:
Romney (R) 42 (44)
Clinton (D) 48 (48)
Romney (R) 43 (46)
Obama (D) 44 (40)
McCain (R) 51 (50)
Clinton (D) 41 (44)
McCain (R) 54 (53)
Obama (D) 35 (35)
Giuliani (R) 46 (45)
Clinton (D) 44 (47)
Giuliani (R) 47 (50)
Obama (D) 41 (40)
This is a trend worth watching as SUSA releases the rest of their state-by-state polling over the next couple of days. Will the Huckabee bounce be limited to states like Kentucky with large evangelical followings, or will it be a nationwide phenomenon?
Whatever the answer, go Romney!
