Here in Iowa, Huckabee has the pro-life Christian vote wrapped up. Without him in the race, I think they would naturally gravitate to Palin.
When I tell them he’s not a conservative, their response is so what? He’s a CHRISTIAN!!
I don’t doubt you at all, which is why I consider the righteous right to be as dangerous to freedom as the loony left.
You peaked my interest in Iowa elections on the evangelical Christians and are spot on:
From a USA Today 2008 article:
Long-shot Republican candidate Mike Huckabee declared “a new day in American politics” Thursday after riding strong support from evangelical Christians into a decisive victory in the Iowa caucuses.
Huckabee, an ordained Baptist minister and, like Bill Clinton, a native of Hope, Ark., managed to win despite trailing badly in national polls for most of the year. He out-hustled runner-up Mitt Romney and better-known candidates John McCain, Fred Thompson and Rudy Giuliani with a coalition of pastors, home schooling adherents, gun rights advocates and supporters of a new national tax system...
Susan Geddes, a former Huckabee volunteer who became coordinator for a 14-county area, cited turnout from “social conservatives” who also liked his positions on protecting the border and keeping taxes low. “He’s been consistent for all the years he’s been a public servant,” added Geddes, a home-school teacher who caucused at a church in Martensdale...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-01-03-iowa-gop_N.htm
Iowa Republican presidential caucus, 2008
Candidate Votes Percentage
Mike Huckabee 40,841 34.41%
Mitt Romney 29,949 25.23%
Fred Thompson 15,904 13.40%
John McCain 15,559 13.11%
Ron Paul 11,817 9.96%
Rudy Giuliani 4,097 3.45%
Duncan Hunter 524 0.44%
Alan Keyes 247 0.08%
Tom Tancredo 5 0.00%
Total 118,696