but Romney is dishonest. Its a truthful statement. Then again, my friend is also dishonest when he says i look rather dashing in a brown shirt, but which of these examples of dishonesty is more disturbing?

I can't speak for the Catholics, but most of the Mormons I know are deeply offended by Mike Huckabee. They feel he leveraged the bigotry of Evangelical Christians to win Iowa.

I have yet to meet a Mormon (and I know many) who would even consider voting for Huck. They'll stay home first. It's hard to say if that would have any impact on the race.

I'm deeply disappointed in Iowa's so-called Christian voters myself . It gauls me to read Huckabee fans hoping the rest of the country won't hold Huck's religion against him. Isn't that exactly what he asked Iowans to do to Mitt Romney?

What's really interesting is that Romney gets dinged by Iowa voters for going negative because he contrasted his positions on issues. But both Huck and McCain can make personal attacks and they get a pass. Calling someone dishonest is not about public policy – that's a character slam. Show me where Romney has attacked either of these men personally?

If anything should be fair game in an election, it's someone's voting record. Nothing is more relevant than that. But personal attacks should be off limits.

Oh, please!,

I don't know. I was watching the FOX news and I got those information. Maybe you are not paying attention. Or worse, you did not stay late enough to watch the final result. You do understanding the Democratic causus result came back faster than the Republican result, right? So viewers will get the Democratic turnout a bit earlier too.

ALL OF THE GOP CANDIDATES ARE RELIGIOUS. INCLUDING RON PAUL.
THE DIFFERENCE IS, HICKABEE WANTS TO GIVE THE WHITE HOUSE TO
JESUS. THIS WILL APPEAL ONLY TO RELIGIOUS EXTREMISTS. THIS
WILL NOT WORK IN OTHER STATES. HOPEFULLY, THE VOTERS WILL
PUT THE ISSUES AND POLICIES OF THE CANDIDATES ABOVE ALL
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS. THIS COUNTRY IS IN A MESS. WE NEED
A CANDIDATE WITH THE WISDOM OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS.

I'M TIRED OF HEARING THAT HICKABEE IS AUTHENTIC. HE'S SUCH
A PHONEY. HE IS CERTAINLY NOT A CONSERVATIVE…SOFT ON
CRIME… TAX INCREASES… WAS HE AGAINST THE INVASION OF
IRAQ? I DON'T THINK SO. AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE ONLY GOP
CANDIDATE THAT HAD THE SENSE TO BE AGAINST THE IRAQ
INVASION, IS RON PAUL. AND RON PAUL BEING IN THE DOUBLE
DIGITS IN IOWA, WHERE THEY PUT THEIR SUPERSTITIONS BEFORE
THE WELFARE OF THEIR COUNTRY, WILL SURPRISE EVERYBODY
IN N.H., THE LIVE FREE OR DIE, INDEPENDENT THINKER STATE.
I BELIEVE THAT THE MAJORITY OF N.H. GOP VOTERS WILL
RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR LIBERTARIAN VALUES IN THE W. H.
CONSTITUTIONAL GOV'T, FOREIGN DIPLOMACY, TRADE AND
NEUTRALITY, PRESERVING SOCIAL SECURITY (H.R. 219) AND
REPEAL OF LAWS THAT RESTRICT OUR LIBERTIES.

I see the coverage on CNN and Bill Schneider's reporting conveniently leave out some inconvenient facts. We are told that about 239,000 democrats came out to caucus, and that Barack Obama got 39% of them. What they NEVER show is how many Republicans came out to give Huckabee his 34%. How many was it Bill? My guess is that it was significantly less than 239,000. Bad news for conservatives, but you'll never see Schneider or CNN mention it.

The other fact they leave out is the number of republicans who voted in the Democratic caucus. Iowa Republicans have a rule that prevents anyone but themselves from participating in their caucus, but the Democrats allow anyone to vote. So my second question for CNN and Schneider is, "How many GOPers voted in the Democrat caucus?" It's easy to pile on Hilary Clinton and John Edwards as losers when the opposition gets to vote against them. Hilary suffers a devastating loss but Grampa Fred and Rudy the player, are still in it? Come on, that BS only works on Rush and Billo"s "missing chromosome" audiences.

Bo,

Maybe because James Dobson openly critize Huckabee and refuse to endose him? Maybe that is why the media did not report the "connection" between them.?!? Maybe James Dobson and Huckabee was rival in the struggle between the religious right and religious left? Maybe Huckabee is what people call a religious left? Maybe?

I'm a Kucinich fan. He wants a single-payer health system for all, proposing to buy out the insurance companies with bonds. He will end the war quickly. He has gone after Cheney's impeachment and I believe he would get Bush, Cheney, Powell, Rice, and the rest investigated and probably locked up for life.

Realistically, Dennis will not win. As an "African American" man, I will still vote for him unless he says go to Obama. That's the only way I would vote for BO right now. I need to read Obama's books to see how he thinks, because I don't really know.

I voted for Nader because I believed in his message and I knew Bush would teach the country a valuable lesson.

I also know that anyone who believes that a woman came from a man's rib, or that a man was born without the natural act and will physically return from thousands of years dead to save the world, is low-level insane.

Edwards would, at this point, be next for me after Dennis and Barack.

I didn't have time to finish the article….did it say "pander to the religious right wing"?? (yeah…as a Republican…I am sick to death of the right wing….)

Vote Giuliani….the only moderate running in either party

Are you a social liberal…and fiscal conservative…(join the 70% majority in your view) – there are NO other candidates who also support this position…

When Huckabee and his wife signed church papers saying a woman should be subservient to her husband I thought Christian Taliban. He cannot be true to both his country and his religion. He's scary and so are the "sheeple" who voted for him.

Mr. Huckabee will get even stronger when he picks up Ron Pauls votes.

faith based leader, evangelical, born again. How did God hijack the R party, and why should the country care? Taxes, health care, Iraq, education, Immigration – NOPE, don't care we need to know if the person is a believer….What the hell is happening here. I want a candidate who believes in other fictitious characters like the Easter bunny and Santa Clause. Their platform should be do as Santa would do….I can buy into that.

Where is Thomas Paine when you need him?

Posted by Missmarple

Yeah! Now we can get prayer into schools.

And we can throw out Evolution and Science and go strictly with Creationism.

I do hope that comment was meant to be sarcastic. Surely you are not advocating a further dumbing-down of our nation's schoolchildren?

January 3, 2008 9:28 pm ET

Yeah! Now we can get prayer into schools.

And we can throw out Evolution and Science and go strictly with Creationism.

A large portion of Republicans jumped over to vote for Obama. They do so because Republicans think the Republican nominee can beat Obama and NOT Clinton. Or it could be something as simple as Republican voters have NO confidence in ANY of the choices on the R side. I feel their pain LOL! As a Democrat I would vote for Huckabee because I believe his Christianity. The rest of the Republican field are wack. Clinton is the only Democratic candidate who can beat the Republicans and the only one who would expose the Bush dirty laundry which is why they want Obama to win. Obama will say, "Can't we just all get along," at the expense of letting America know the criminality of the Bush years. I for one want the Bush dirty laundry exposed.

James E said: "Historically, evangelical and born again christians have been quite hostile to the people of the mormon religion. "

Dude, historically, and inthe present day, evangelical christians are hostile to anyone living that isn't in their cult.

These people are dangerous, they openly say they want the end of the world, and openly push for anything that can make that happen.

I hope these evangelicals and born-agains go nuts over the huckster and offend the whole country so that nobody will ever take them seriously again, and never put them in a position of responsibility.

Huckabee won because independants and moderate Republicans chose to vote in the Democratic caucus rather than for the lackluster Republican candidates. Barack Obama was the chief beneficiary of this and Huckabee cleaned up on the leftovers.

It is scary alright Huckabee can be seen obviously lying about the intent of his dirty ad disclosure. This guy is smart opportunist and his base is many points below his IQ. This is what hucksterism is all about .

As a pastor, Huckabee learned to speak to and with people, not at them. He learned to listen and address felt needs. Other candidates treat us as pawns in their power grab. Huck doesn't put on airs, but acts like one of us. As Governor, he lived in a trailor while the official residence was being worked on, instead of renting a high-dollar mansion. A family guy that works a part-time job playing backup in a band. Who wouldn't like him?

What gave Huckabee (and Obama) the edge in Iowa was that they were real people who refused to be mean. Not one negative ad from Huck, and very few from Obama.

The other thing that Huckabee did was to use MySpace and youTube to tell people who he is. I signed on after watching a 30-minute free videos that told better story than a 30-second sound bite ever could. This is the year that internet social networking overtakes TV advertising as the way to get elected. That's why the other candidates overspend Huck 10-1, and still can't tell us what kind of president they intend to be.

Honestly, people, listen to yourselves. Throwing around all these easy labels like "evangelicals", and "liberals" in order to demonize each other. It really saddens me that we are all so easily manipulated by the media in this way. People aren't that easy to pigeonhole, and as a whole we agree on far more issues than they would have us believe.

Ask yourself: why is the media interested in dividing the people?

Look into what goes unreported or under-reported (like the 15% of Republicans who voted "other").

And I hope that people remember how important the separation of church and state is.

Hey Christians-keep your religion to yourselves and out of my government.
This man is frightening-we will be even more of the laughinstocks of the world if he wins.

I'm undecided on Huckabee – but I'm getting sick of all the emotional and irrational rants against him.

Most of our country's previous presidents have been Christians. Why is everyone so up at arms that Huckabee is a Christian? In his 10.5 years as governor of Arkansas did he ever try to impose his religion on others? (To the guy that claims Huckabee would turn the U.S. into a Christian Taliban – you're an imbecile). You all need to stop freaking out over his faith, which every other major candidate also shares, both Republican and Democrat!!! If you don't agree with his stance on the major issues, fine. But why hate him? Many of you hate him because you're afraid of him and you're afraid of Christianity becoming too dominant in America, but again – how is Arkansas worse off after Huckabee's decade of leadership? You all are sounding like a bunch of anti-Christian bigots.

I like Huckabee's stance on most of the issues, I like the fact that he is witty and articulate (unlike George W.), I like his positive message, and I like his calm demeanor under pressure. My biggest question is whether he has the experience and understanding it takes to be the President, especially regarding foreign policy. He's likeable, he's a capable leader and campaigner, but his credentials for leading on a national and international level are questionable. But if he were wise enough to surround himself with good counsel, who knows?

Once again, James Dobson and his Focus on the Family group shows how powerful they are. It was no accident. Why the media doesn't investigate the connection between Dobson and Huckabee, I don't understand.

After Bush can America afford to have another christian fundamentalist in the White House?

Twice as many voters caucused in the Democratic side, as the Republican in the battleground state of Iowa. Gore won it in 2000 and Bush in 2004. Even Pat Pitchfork Buchannon said that spells big Democratic landslide in the 2008 general election. It feels like 1964 all over again. Money is drying up for them and look at the retirements and resignations (except for family values Republican Sen. Larry Craig). The Republican even chose Minneapolis as a convention site before the bridge collapsed (due to their neglect of the infrastructure) and dear old Larry made a play for a police officer. I look forward to seeing George Bush speaking at that convention of the Titanic party.

Lots of Catholics will vote for Huckabee. You might be right that many Mormons would not, but my Mormon neighbor across the street will vote for him. Cathollics too are people with traditional values. I expect the Catholic vote could put Huckabee in the White House, although Obama or Edwards will be a formidable opponent. We just don't know yet.

I notice that in the final analysis by the pundits, there was no mention that Romney being Mormon might have contributed to his losing. What does this really say about evangelicals. I know as a Southern Baptist myself, I would call it hypocritical. Gov. Huckabee made enough gaffes an misspeaks in the last two weeks to have made a difference, however, the MSM seemed to give him a pass. They sure promoted his last attack ad, that wasn't really an ad, but the MSM made it one.

Martin Mohr,

Yeah, but I don't think you have to go to church everyday to be an evangelical. What I want to say is that usually people take results from exit poll and gather how many men voted for Huckabee, how many women voted for Huakabee, how many college students voted for Huckabee….. Just in case, you do not know. Exit polls are polls taken immediately after voting. Usually, a pollster will come up to you after you come out of a booth and asked you question. Clear now? Exist polls usually are the most accurate kind of poll.

How can any faith be 'honorable' if it is not based upon empirical reality?

Sorry, I don't believe you.

The Huckster has proven that money is not the most powerful tool when dealing with people that use an ancient Jewish religion to guide their thought process. I also believe in a universal creator but considering the uncountable number of religions that have been created by the human species it would seem the odds of yours being the only true religion are very slim. I mean just what guided the various life forms that existed during the previous few hundred million years? I do not think Jesus is going to pay your rent as our country implodes because of this mentality. Huck is certainly a nice guy and very humorous but somehow I have a problem seeing him as President.

BTW: Huck made 3 appearances on The Colbert Report, when he was at 1% and I believe he has committed the VP spot to Steven. You certainly would not vote for someone who would go back on their word now would you?” He owes his success to the Colbert bounce.

I wonder how Bill Schneider and other pundits have determined that the Republican party in Iowa is made up of 60 percent "evangelicals." Do the pollsters even know what an evangelical is? As a life-long Iowan of 79 years I know that Iowa has many church-goers. But Iowa is not in the Bible Belt. That area is pretty much coterminous with the Sun Belt. Where did your weird figure on evangelicals come from?

Huckabee won the Iowa caucus with his performance that he had in the youtube/cnn debatte. Needless to say he had an outstanding performance.

The Evangelicals have fallen for the bait. They have unwittingly become the destroyers of the Republican Party, by screwing the Mormon. Mormons and conservative Catholics have been offended by this county bumpkin and will not vote for him, if the Republican Party gives him the nod. Why would the large Mormon-inhabited areas of Utah, Arizona, Idaho, Nevada and Colorado vote for the bigot? And please, don't forget the massively Catholic areas of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticutt, New York, Maryland, etc. THE FRAGMENTATION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS NOW BEGUN. Thanks a lot Dixie! The Democratic camp, (especially Hillary Clinton), is cackling insanely, as well as the liberal news media. They promoted Huckabee and propped him up well and it worked.
WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Idiots of Iowa. And South Carolina is next.

Oh Mike,

Those are the same Southern Baptists who still have Confederate flags in the sanctuary, defended slavery because the Bible taught it, and still don't let women have equality because "the Bible says." You take your racist bigot crap and use the Bible to justify it.

Who's clouded?

It makes me sick to my stomach, that with all the bloodshed, war, and health care problems, that idiotic so called "evangelicals" are more worried about gay marriage and abortion! Get a life! Do you people think you are that much closer to God than the rest of us? Here's a little note….there are going to be a lot of surprised people on Judgement Day, and I am quite sure that a lot of these pious, religious zealots won't make it. Huck will NEVER be elected president. Oh, something else…I am a Southern Baptist.

If most states had nothing but home-schooled children, he would sweep the country. He doesn't believe in evolution, and he won't evolve to reach anyone besides the uneducated white fundamentalists of Iowa and the Bible Belt.

I will repeat exactly what happened here….Iowa was the same state that picked Pat Buchanan in 1988…. he didn't get very far after that. Consider the lunatic sources.

Obama will be president if Huckabee gets any more support. He will galvanize the common sense citizens who can see right through Huckabee's classless nonsense.

"Once again it proves that Evangelical voters are uneducated and don't care that their leader has any clue about foreign policy" Jeremy in OH

The same could be said of those who voted for Edwards and Obama. The reality of it all, is that most Americans are uneducated and/or don't care about issues that matter. They only care about the glitz, glamor, and emotions that have been indoctronated into our society through media and entertainment. Having our attention span shortened doesn't help either.

Ohh..look….SHINY!!!

Some of those slamming Huckabee clearly don't know much about him and as a consequence, underestimate him. Their prejudices against southernors and Baptist ministers is clouding their thinking.

Kris In Atlanta,

You have no idea what you are talking about. You are sad. Do you know what is a Christian Left? Huckabee is a Christian Left, not Christian Right.

Sends a strong message, money does not matter!

Neither do facts or reason! Iowa did not do its homework.

Lame choice = Wasted effort

Lost much respect for Iowa today…..

Once again it proves that Evangelical voters are uneducated and don't care that their leader has any clue about foreign policy. The Republican Party is such a mess right now and it's funny. Obama won and if he and Huckleberry go up against each other then guess where all the moderates republicans and independents are going? Hint: Not to Huckleberry. Evangelicals have left the educated thinking Republicans out in the cold and the Dems are ready to take them under their wing.

This country is screwed!

How Huckabee won? He lied, cheated , told half truths, and mislead people about his conservative views.

Congratulations, Governor Mike Huckabee. Thank you for trying to turn the rhetoric back to positive. Not sure if the others will follow suit.

Who says that Iowa's is representative of the primaries to come (the media would have us believe that)? What a stupid circus – totally dominated by the ultra-right evangelicals and the ultra-left. Both believe that their "values" trump both logic and experience. People had better wake up fast. Neither Mike Huck nor Barack Obama is electable – once the moderates wake up to what they really represent. We are in for real trouble and will be a laughing stock world-wide with either of these naive but well-meaning fools.

I can hardly wait until the primaries move to the large states and get these unelectables off the street, along with Duncan Hunter, Fred Thompson, Ron Paul, What's his name? Biden, Chris Dodd, et. al. Hilary can fight it out with Edwards (who is probably the Democrats best hope) and Guiliani and McCain contend for the Republican nod. We'd be best off if the nut cases on the right and left stay home or wake up to the fact that this country yearns for someone competent to govern who is not a captive of the far fringes.

Of course he will storm the south I heart Hickabee. I'm from the south myself and the majority of people in the south are just as idiotic as the majority of people in Iowa. They base their choice solely on the canidates faith not their policies. They don't call the southern states the Bible belt for nothing.

These so-called evangelical voters are a major part of what is wrong with American politics. Huckabee is too far to the right, too unpredictable, and too unsophisticated to win the White House. Right now, the right wing extremists on Fox are celebrating but the evangelical lovefest with Huckabee is gonna implode. The man seems to not believe prisons are good places for murderers and rapists. His infatuation with abortion is ironic; he's busy trying to save unborn lives while people already living are being massacred en masse in Iraq. As a Democrat, I was hoping Huck wins because he'll be much easier to expose and discredit in November. Aside from his religious extremism, he has not a leg to stand on. And Americans are sick of the pietous religionists whose message is love but whose practices have brought nothing but division, discrimination, bloodshed, and agony to the rest of the nation. A vote for Huckabee is a vote for Bush W. Part 2. And as I said before, the sequel is always much worse than the original.

Lou, You ask, "When did love for Jesus become more important than small government, low taxes…" Have you ever heard of the Ten Commandments? God said, "You shall love the Lord God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength." But fear not; he also said, "and love your neighbor as yourself." Huckabee isn't scary; those who don't know or care about Christ are the ones to beware of. Christ is good for any soul or nation. Let's not forget that He (Christ) also said "He who is not for me is against me." I would vote for someone whose faith is truly in Christ before I would vote for someone who's faith is in mankind. By the way, I think Mr. Huckabee is FOR small government, low taxes, individualism, and liberty.

I am an Obama supporter, but I am also happy that Huckabee won. Both are agents of change for their respective parties. The establishment conservatives are gnashing their teeth right now because they put all of their venom and hate and propoganda and spent all of their money and it still wasn't enough to defeat Gov. Huckabee. I don't agree with Huckabee on most issues, but it is easy to see that he is honest about his convictions and he cares about the common man. The christian right is tired of lip service from big business conservatives. I am quite amused at this turn of events because this is payback to the GOP machine for George W. Bush and all the other fake wanna-be christian conservatives who are really wolves in sheep's clothing. I love it.

Congratulations Senator Obama! I am so proud to be an American today.

This is great news for America. After so many things wrong may be we can get something right. Huckabee is a genuine person likeable by everyone. I hope he doesn't get sidelined because of his evangelical roots. I hope he lifts the country out of the liberal/ conservative, democrat / republican divide to doing the right thing for the country. If he doesnt make it I love Obama too.
These are guys that can make a difference.
God Bless IOWA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Huckabee is going to storm the south like the Union Army!

Why in CNN's pie chart doe they NOT show Ron Paul who has at this hour 10% – putting Paul and Rudy in a "other" category. Why do they cut it off at McCain who only has 13%. Paul is beating Rudy 3 to 1? CNN is clearly playing God by not giving Paul the exposure they are offering to the mainstream candidates! And I hear FOX is not allowing Paul into their next debate because of the national polls?

The corporate media machine continues to block or ridicule Paul's tranformational message. RISE UP!

They already have – see Election year 2000.

RE: wanker January 3, 2008 9:23 pm ET
Don't let the media write history folks.

I am from Arkansas, I was born here, I have lived here for 55 years. I think Huck is pathetic, he's a buffoon, he would be as embarassing for the country as Dubya now is. What did he do for Arkansas? Not much. He lost 120 lbs, but does that make him qualified to be president? What a sad state of affairs if that sack of blubber gets the White House.

Brought to you by the same state that voted for Pat Robertson in 1988 caucuses

It's not a "muslin" problem or even a "Muslim" problem. It's a group of extremist in the current Administration and a group of Islamic extremist that have hijacked a religion.
Clinton got away with getting elected because he was a very charismatic and smart man. Huckabee seems like a nice and sincere guy, but I'm not sure you will see a Preacher from Arkansas as a U.S. President anytime soon.

James E,

Important point is not Huckabee will get the nomination. The important point is Romney is most likely defeated for good despite he has the most money and spent the most money. Romney is already clearly behind McCain in New Hampshire in the most recent 6 polls. Losing Iowa is devastating by such a large margin is horrible (34% to 25%). McCain in all likelihood will beat the crap out of Romney in New Hampshire. Romney's entire campaign is based on winning Iowa and New Hampshire back to back. The whole strategy is gone.

Obama is not a muslim and what if he were?
While I think he needs more depth…I respect him as a genuine and good individual

I am sick as a Republican (as Bush wasn't enough). When did love for Jesus become more important than small government, low taxes, individualism, and liberty.? If it wasn't for Ron Paul, I'd be an independent right now. So the Republicans have been overrun by nutjob evangelicals and the Democrats by nutjob socialists. There's no party for me anymore.

Does anyone really believe Huckabee will do well in states that vote based on the issues, rather than religion?

I'm sorry to all of the Mike fans, but in states that are dealing with immagration issues, Mike Huckabee will not win. People who care about national security and the economy will not vote for him. His entire campaign is based on his religious views. And in Iowa, that is how he got his votes.

There are many bloggers that believe that putting Huckabee in the White House in not only dangerous, but outright dumb.

And sorry Mike, but I strongly agree.

This shows how sad the Republican party choices are. Looks like the Democratic party choices in the last Presidential election. The world is looking at the U.S. saying, "WOW, they just don't get it". Here's an idea Republican voters, get your party back! The evangelicals are still very organized, even with all the hypocritical and mean-spirited leaders getting caught with sleazy and criminal activity going on with their leaders. I'd hate to be a republican because this is EXACTLY the same crap that has been going on in the Islamic party, where right wing fanatics have hijacked their party thus giving the rest of the world a twisted and maligned view of their beliefs and values.

What is the matter with the people? Look what we have had the last years because we had our heads in the sand then. Think, Think and look before you leap. It seems hard that with all the muslin problems we have in the world that we now have one running for the president of this beautiful country. People be careful what you do because our country is taking a beating from every area and every person. Be CAREFUL FOR WHAT YOU WISH FOR

I'm a conservative Democrat and I like Huckabee. I think he is the most honest of all the Republicans running. He proved that he can make things happen when he was governor of Arkansas with the Democrats having a super majority in both houses. He wanted to cut taxes on groceries, he's held business taxes low, and property taxes low. Even though Romney gives him flack about taxes Arkansas is still a much cheaper taxed state than Massachusetts. I think Huckabee is the most genuion person the Republicans have. And on the Democrat side i think Obama is the most genuion. And I applaud Gov. Huckabee for not going negative, negative politics have got us where we are today and we don't have any trust in our government to get things done. Gov Huckabee is honestly focused on getting things done I must say.

For people to base their WHOLE political ideology on someones faith in this day and age is alarming. Iowa needs to have this "first in the nation" stronghold taken away from them.

Isn't this the same group of Republicans that voted for Pat Robertson for the very same STUPID reason?

Obama winning on the other hand is huge for the LONE FACT that Iowa I believe has very few African Americans and minorities, so it DOES show that Democratic whites will vote for him regardless of his color.

They show more reasoning and I applaud them for that.

The Republicans in this state however, should be ashamed.

Huckabee can not take this holier than thou act on the road in too many places, and yes, thank "god" for that.

They actually had a Huckabee supporter on and they asked him, "Why Huckabee" and he said "I agree with more of his policies than Romney", he was then asked what ones in particular and after a long pause he responded "He's not Mormon to begin with".

Nuff said.

Memo to Becky:

Caucuses stink only if you don't participate. There is no intrinsic reason why ideological or programatic candidates like Huckabee (or Paul) are any better or worse than consensus based middle of the roaders like Romney or McCain. Sometimes more of the same is the problem, not the solution.

This is a Christian nation… it follows that we will have a Christian leader.

you can already see the venom coming from the liberals because of the Huckabee win .they are so prejudice but believe that they are not , it is easy to see the real truth, but they will never see it. they do not want to see the truth but they cannot avoid it ,none of us will. go mike.

Steverino,

Are you kidding me? Have you take a statistic class? 65% of the precincts have reported. Huckabee beat Romney by about 10%. Game over.

Yes, we will have a faith based leader for 2008. Both of the frontrunners are strong christians.

It seems there was just a glitch.. Now the percentages of Linn County are in the normal range.

As a Republican, this news is depressing!

Huckabee is liberal on so many issues (taxes, illigal immigration, not inforcing the law). Just because you're religious, does not make one a conservitive.

I really had my hopes up for Fred Thompson. Oh well. One state down, 49 left to go.

I am for Obama but congrates to Huckabee. Americans are getting it rite! Drastic change in leadership for both parties. Its not over and I feel sorry for Guliani.
For Guliani to exclude any part of America to focus on certain area he thinks is favorable to him is a dangerous message!!!!!!
America wants to see OBAMA HUCKABEE vie for the Whitehouse.

What happened in Linn County? Giuliani who almost nowhere was above 5% there got 49%. Can somebody offer an explanaition?

Wow. I never would have expected this a few months ago…

I wonder, if he's nominated, whether he'll still pick Stephen Colbert as his running mate?

Did he really win yet? What percent of the precincts are in? Does no one care about that anymore? I feel like we should all hold our freaking horses and let people finish caucusing.

Faith-based leader? Like what we have now?

If a preacher wins the White House this year….there is no telling what kind of divine messages we will all be forced to endure. Supposedly George got guidance from God and look at the mess he created.

I'm reading many snide comments from the sour grapes liberals.
What we really need to get this country back on track is a faith based leader, and that's what we'll have in 2008.

Romney outspent Huckabee at least 10:1 if not 20:1 and lost. This shows that money does not matter. Listen, Romney supporter! You cannot bombard negative TV days in day out. It does not work. It backfired, didn't it? Romney deserves to lose by using those misleading ads. People are not stupid, you know. John McCain will beat the crap out of Romney in New Hampshire soon.

As an evangelical Christian (terms now high-jacked by the extremist right but worth merit if understood Biblically) I am very concerned that this Republican does not share respect for other faith traditions who are just as honorable as my own. I believe he is, while well-intentioned, nonetheless, a real danger to our democratic society and would usher in a Christianized version of the Taliban. Not something any of us wants or needs.

Huckabee is getting strong support from the same people who helped put Bush back in office in 2004! Don't mess with God's people, regardless of how imperfect they are! Man, even Obama said he is a Christian and believes in Jesus Christ, and that may explain why he is also beating Hillary in Iowa!

America was founded on Judeo-Christian principles, and that explains why so many American with religious connections to those principles are turning out in larg numbers to make a difference.

Sorry guys, but Christians are humans and Americans like homosexuals are humans and Americans. Everyone has the right to vote their conscience! This is what makes America such a great beacon of democracy – imperfections and all!

Amen. The tide is turning. This is the start of somthing really big

It is obvious that Mike Huckabee's victory in Iowa's GOP caucus was attributed to the support among evangelical and born again voters! Is this because those voters favor Huckabee, or that they will do anything in their power to keep a Mormon out of the White House?

Historically, evangelical and born again christians have been quite hostile to the people of the mormon religion.

So look at the facts; 60 percent of the Republican Caucus goers in Iowa are either evangelical or born again christians. Is it any suprise that Romney lost this state? No it is not. I believe Huckabee won Iowa based on his religion, not on his potential to succeed in the White House. In a state that is religiously balanced, Mitt would beat him any day.

Great. now we have him viable. Oh fantastic. Doesn't believe in evolution, since he thinks he knows how long a day is for G-d, ( I guess only 24 hours, right?) thinks right to life is more important than the mess we have in the world right now, you know all the really important issues: G-d, Jesus, creationism, right to life. Ok, so we will just be the dumbest nation on the face of the Earth, along with the most dangerous. And for those of us NOT born again? I guess we have lost our place in line……….
Of course it doesn't matter since there is no way the GOP is winning in '08.

If Huckabee wins the GOP nomination, he will either prove too loony and the Republicans will go into a long-term decline, or he'll win and I will check into the Canadian immigration rules.

Yeah! Now we can get prayer into schools.

As David Broder pointed out in today's column…we must remember that only 20% of all eligible voters in Iowa turn out for these caucuses and they represent the far right and the far left…not the views of the majority of this great country's voters.
THAT'S WHY THESE CAUCUSES STINK!

If Hickabee does win the nomination, Independents will flock to the Democratic niminee, whoever that may be.

It's great that "news" organizations still declare winners of contests while they are still underway. The cnn.com website now carriies only two candidates numbers… one for each party… The de facto winners selected by the media/corporate establishment. Don't let the media write history folks.

I'm scared that an Evangelical following is on the coat-tails of Huckabee. I am a Democrat and we are going to win the Presidential Election anyway, but we sure don't need an Evangelist or a Mormon in the White House….. Sorry.

I think this is deeper than just the Evangelicals. I truly believe Huckabee even with his pastor background at the end of the day is someone people can connect with and is the most electable out of the field. He is someone that is just easy to like and may bring some moderation to the (R) field which swayed way right under Bushco.

Congrats Hucksters! – I am liking what I see in Huck myself.

Why does it feel like a real spoiler if Clinton doesnt win today?

This is good news for Democrats, because it shows how messed up Republicans are. Huckabee will never get the big oil and other money people Bush has in his back pocket. Bush could bring in evangelicals, oil and big business. Neither Huckabee or Romney can bring that whole group in. Huckabee will do well in the south, but would be a joke in a general election. Romney would never get the religious right. They haven't a clue.

I'm watching the CNN TV coverage of the Iowa Caucuses, and I see a pie chart of Republican results with 15% left empty. Why isn't CNN reporting who is getting this 15%? This is not an insignificant remainder. It's a larger amount than some of the "front runners" have. Come on CNN… report all the candidates fairly.

this guy is real scarey.

How Huckabee won?

His nuttiness had less of a detrimental effect than Romney's being a fake and a Bush supporter.

"Don't touch the hair!"

The Iowa evangelicals (not to mention those nationwide) have found their voice. No surprise considering how much attention was given to the fact that the Christian conservatives were upset with the Big Four: Giuliani, Romney, McCain and Thompson.

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