Vote Anti Incumbent

Per CNN, Huckabee’s victory in Iowa can be attributed to his overwhelming support among Christian evangelical voters and women, according to CNN analysis of entrance polls.

Well that answers the question, will Evangelicals still have the power at the voting booth after putting George Bush in office. Remember this from 2004: According to surveys of voters leaving the polls, Bush won 79 percent of the 26.5 million evangelical votes.

Per the WSJ.com Voter interviews also suggested Mr. Romney’s Mormon faith may have been an issue. Many Christian conservatives view the religion with suspicion. Mr. Huckabee’s campaign drew a large number of evangelical Christians, who made up nearly 60% of all Republican caucus-goers, a sharp jump from the last competitive contest in 2000.

 Yes they do still have the power.  With the low popularity of President Bush, you would have thought it could have been a bach lash against putting another of the evangelical movement’s men in office.  But even the evangelicals were getting disgruntled with President Bush, not doing enough for them.

Looks like we are heading for more of the same.  Too bad Mr Jerry Fawell is not around to afford Mr Huckabee a great photo op about now.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa - Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee would seem to be the answer to their prayers, yet for many Christian conservatives in Iowa, he has not closed the deal for the Republican caucuses.

As always, voter uncertainty comes with the Jan. 3 caucuses, now just a week away. 

Huckabee, the former Baptist minister, is leading in the Republican polls here, though his advantage has narrowed. Perhaps, that’s due in part to the negative TV commercials Romney is airing.

“I think I’m leaning toward Governor Huckabee,” says Lori Brown, who works at an accounting firm in Sheldon. “I guess I’m not sure who else I really like. But he seems to be just a real guy. I’m a Christian, too, so I see eye-to-eye with him. more…

Comment: Other reports say it is neck to neck with only 8 days remaining in the Iowa show down.

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Rising Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee risked his standing with Catholic voters on Sunday by courting his evangelical base at the church of a controversial preacher accused of disparaging Catholics.

But the visit to Cornerstone, pastor John Hagee’s imposing “mega-church” in the Texas city of San Antonio, was fraught with political perils for Huckabee given his efforts to woo conservative Catholics.

Huckabee, a folksy former Arkansas governor and former Baptist preacher, has had a meteoric rise in opinion polls in recent weeks, largely because he has connected with the Republican Party’s influential evangelical wing. More….  

Dr. Hagee is the author of 10 major books published by Thomas Nelson Publishers. BEGINNING OF THE END was a run-away best-seller on the New York Times Best Seller List

Comment: Huckabee guy gives me a very bad feeling doing this. Alligence to the “evangelical wing”.  John Hagee seems very radical.  So Huckabee is trying to be the next George Bush.   It worked the first time for George Bush, but will it still work. Stay tuned.