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...This framing works best for Huckabee if he is able to pull off an upset. A second place finish, which only a few months ago would have been considered a major victory, would now likely result in legitimizing the big-spending campaign of Mitt Romney, who led the polls in Iowa for months, largely because of his ability to lavish the state with money. By all rights, Huckabee would proudly continue his campaign to South Carolina, which will vote on January 19 and should be receptive to his down-home, conservative appeal. But the chattering classes will...
...Comeback Kid. For a campaign that pulls up lame, but isn't ready to be euthanized, viability is the play. For some, this means a creative interpretation of the results, such as Senator Joe Lieberman declaring after the 2004 New Hampshire primary that his fifth place finish was, in actuality, "a three-way tie for third place." But there's danger in the viability strategy, danger exemplified by Howard Dean. After finishing a disappointing third in '04, Dean declared: "We're going to South Carolina and Oklahoma and Arizona and North Dakota and New Mexico. We're going to California...
...will become a viable national candidate, capable of mounting a real challenge to the frontrunner in New Hampshire. But if he comes in second, he could be lost in the excitement as the campaign moves to New Hampshire, where John McCain is surging. "We don't have to finish first here for us to feel like we have been successful," Huckabee told reporters. "But if we finish first here, I think we have exceeded everyone's expectations...
...comes in second, however, he risks being sidelined in the Republican contest by the coming fight between Romney and John McCain in New Hampshire on January 8, which will likely carry over to the Michigan primary on January 15. A second place finish for Huckabee also raises the unflattering specter of another evangelical minister, Pat Robertson, who placed a surprise second in the Iowa Republican caucus in 1988, only to have his presidential campaign peter out soon after...
...noon event, Huckabee attempted to put the contest in some perspective. "We don't have to finish first here for us to feel like we have been successful," he told reporters. "But if we finish first here, I think we have exceeded everyone's expectations, and we have certainly exceeded all of the sort of conventional wisdom standards of what it's supposed to look like if you have been outspent...