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McCain's immediate problem in South Carolina is his ally from Iowa and New Hampshire. Mike Huckabee, a former Arkansas Governor and Baptist pastor, has built a double-digit lead in polls of the state's heavily Baptist electorate. For weeks, the two men have praised each other's talents and made common cause against their well-funded adversary, Mitt Romney. No more: Romney has diverted resources from South Carolina to Michigan, where he hopes to revive his wounded campaign with a primary win on Jan. 15. "It's not that we don't recognize that we are competing...
...unpredictable nature of this campaign, and the fact that Romney can fund a long campaign from his own bank account, it doesn't seem all that foolish to stay in the race, no matter how bleak his prospects might seem today. In a year when a little known Baptist minister can come from nowhere to win Iowa, a left-for-dead septuagenarian can claw out a comeback win in New Hampshire, and when Hillary Clinton can begin the day fighting back rumors that she's dropping out the race and end it by delivering a victory speech - anything is possible...
McCain's immediate problem in South Carolina is his ally from Iowa and New Hampshire. Mike Huckabee, a former Baptist pastor, has been polling with a double-digit lead among the state's heavily Baptist electorate. For weeks the two men have praised each other talents and made common cause against their well-funded adversary, Mitt Romney, who will try to salvage his wounded campaign next week with a win in Michigan on January 15, four days before the vote in South Carolina. "It's not that we don't recognize that we are competing for the same job," Huckabee...
...Republican base. David Woodard, who helps run the Clemson University Palmetto Poll, says that over the last 20 years, between 60 and 70 percent of the state's likely Republican primary voters have gone to church at least once a week. Of that group, about half are Southern Baptist, the faith of the pastor-turned-politician Huckabee. "When he won in Iowa, that gave him a lot of credibility across the state," says Woodard, pointing to the polls. "It was a tidal wave...
...looking for Huckabee, a Southern Baptist preacher, to do well in Yankee New Hampshire. He spent the days leading up to the primary cooking up photo ops and retooling his Iowa-focused message for a more national audience. Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson continued to underperform their supporters' early hopes, while the libertarian contrarian Ron Paul continued to exert his narrow but intense appeal...