Rudy Craters Nationally?

Not a crater, but it won't help on Super Duper Tuesday if Huckabee is still around.

A new national Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg Poll released a minute ago reveals that the Mike Huckabee phenomenon has exploded far beyond Iowa; the former Arkansas governor is now threatening the national lead of longtime Republican frontrunner Rudy Giuliani.

The new numbers -- 17% for Huckabee and 23% for Giuliani -- show a steep slide by the former New York mayor since October's poll (when he had 32%) and a more than doubling of Huckabee support from 7% back then. This could mean the conservative religious vote, variously estimated at 20% to 40% of the Iowa caucuses, appears to be congregating around the genial Arkansan, who until now has lagged in fundraising. Such encouraging results may help donations now.

Comments

[Terry Gain]

Dan

Are you suggesting the Republican race is all fluxed up?

[TheSpartan]

If this breaks Huckster might not be around for long:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/12/04/documents-expose-huckabee_n_75362.html

Nice...the rights hatred of the Clinton's knows no bounds, letting a serial rapist free because it was a Clinton that got raped.

[templar knight]

Hahaha, Spartan, you Lefty's are hilarious. Democratic governors have released hundreds, if not thousands, of criminals from prison early only to have them rape and murder, and you've never criticized them, I'll bet. Clinton himself released hundreds of criminals right before he left office, and we're supposed to think you care. What a hypocrite you are!

[Fred Beloit]

Monkey trying to sell crazy here again pulled up short by Temp.

[TheSpartan]

Nothing crazy about it. You righties try to bash dems with this kind of stuff all the time, now it's not fair game? Ahhh the hypocrisy of the right is palpable.