Because of their “unique” caucus rules, West Virginians had to vote twice. After the first vote, Romney had the top spot, Huckabee was second and McCain was third. But a candidate has to get over 50% in order to get the winner-take-all delegates, and Romney only had 40.9%. Then McCain called his people and told [...]

[Re-published from 2008Central.net. This liveblog on Donklephant will be updated periodically. For the latest please visit the active liveblog at 2008Central.net] Tonight is the CNN/Los Angeles/Politico Republican Debate at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California. It will begin at 8pm est and will air on CNN and will stream live at both CNN [...]

With 39% reporting, McCain has a very slight edge. John McCain: 34% Mitt Romney: 32% Rudy Giuliani: 16% Mike Huckabee: 14% Ron Paul: 3% As I said earlier, Florida ain’t deciding squat. This race is going for the long haul, to Super Tuesday and beyond.

First, American Research Group has this poll showing Romney pulling ahead… Gov. Romney is statistically tied for the lead with 34%. That’s virtually unchanged from 33% in the previous roll. 32% support McCain, unchanged from the last roll, while 12% support Huckabee, a decrease of 2 points from 14% over the same time period. 11% [...]

This podcast looks at (1) results of the South Carolina Democratic Primary; (2) a brief discussion about the media coverage of identity politics and (3) a look ahead to the Florida and February 5th primaries… [Listen Online] [Subscribe to 2008Central.net's Presidential Election Podcast] Feel free to email us questions/suggestions for next week’s podcast (you can [...]

Yes, that’s how big Obama’s win was tonight. Here are Obama’s numbers compared to the top two Republicans in South Carolina: Obama: 295,091 McCain: 147,283 Huckabee: 132,440 That’s 295,051 to 279,723. Stunning. Could Obama actually be competitive in South Carolina come election time? Some seem to think it’s at least plausible… Obama can now say [...]

The former Governor is ahead by 15%, but should he stick around until Super Tuesday or is one state just not enough to justify the effort? Rasmussen has the numbers… The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Georgia finds Huckabee with 34% of the vote followed by McCain at 19%, Romney with 16%, Ron Paul [...]

[Re-published from 2008Central.net. This liveblog on Donklephant will be updated periodically. For the latest please visit the active liveblog at 2008Central.net] 7:30: Time Russert and Brian Williams (henceforth, Bri-Wi) are moderating this debate, and participating are John McCain, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, and Ron Paul. I’m looking for Huckabee and Giuliani to be [...]

Snarky fun from the McCain camp. Yes, Huckabee is running for VP, and it’s a good strategy for him. However, would McCain go from somebody like Huck, who has the potential to spout theocratic nonsense and scare the world? In some other circles, people are talking about Fred Thompson, but really? I mean…really? The guy [...]

Over at The Politico Jonathan Martin posits that Huckabee is running for VP and is in fact running interference for McCain by intentionally locking up the Social Conservative vote. From The Politico: COLUMBIA, S.C. — For people reading between the lines, Mike Huckabee’s concession speech here Saturday night dropped some enticing hints that his presidential [...]

It’s still close to call, but Huckabee probably won’t be able to close the 34% to 30% gap. The story out of all of this? Two front runners have emerged: Romney and McCain. They better pick McCain if they want to have any hopes of winning the general election. The Dems would destroy the empty [...]

Yesterday, Chuck Norris appeared with Mike Huckabee at Clemson University. It reminded me why YOU DONT F*CK WITH CHUCK! Obama has Oprah, Edwards has Tim Robbins, Fred Thompson has The National Right To Life Committee… but Huckabee has Chuck Norris. God help us all.

Yup. He did. And you can’t tell me that it isn’t expected. Maybe somebody should tell Huckabee that he’s running for President of the United States, not President of the Southern Baptist Convention. From Beliefnet: QUESTION: Is it your goal to bring the Constitution into strict conformity with the Bible? Some people would consider that [...]

He may be a likable guy, but he has been saying all the wrong things lately. From Raw Story: The United States Constitution never uses the word “God” or makes mention of any religion, drawing its sole authority from “We the People.” However, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee thinks it’s time to put an end [...]

Looks like he’ll pull 39% to McCain’s 30%. Huckabee pulled in a relatively strong 3rd at 16% considering the lack of evangelical support in Michigan. Ron Paul is pulling in 4th right now with 6%, with Thompson running a close 5th with 4%. From The Detriot News: Mitt Romney won a crucial victory in Tuesday’s [...]

His numbers are awful against Obama or Hillary in a national race. Both would beat him handily by double digits. As Michael Medved points out… In the head-to-head contest with Barack Obama he is utterly wiped out, losing by a margin of 22 points (59% to 37%). Against Hillary Clinton, Romney fares little better, falling [...]

So last night, outside of a voting location in Manchester, New Hampshire, I ran into Mike Huckabee. Well… one of his supporters had built a peddle car, and brought it to the voting location. Huckabee took it for a little spin. I also asked the governor why young voters should want him to be president. [...]

And that’s not a good thing for his campaign. From Washington Post: WINDHAM, N.H., Jan. 6 — A pastor from Texas was scheduled to deliver the sermon Sunday at a church here called the Crossing. But instead this small evangelical congregation heard from a different special guest: Baptist minister and 2008 presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, [...]

That’s the word on the Corner.

It’s telling how many of the candidates are saying the word “change” today. Barack obviously owns the word since he talked about it first. He understood this zeitgeist sooner than everybody else. Huckabee also says it and stands for a real change within the Republican party, definitely moreso than Barack would for the Democratic party. [...]