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...Romney has a much more extensive organization in terms of manpower," says Steve Scheffler, president of the Iowa Christian Alliance, who is not endorsing a candidate this cycle. Evangelicals, who make up about 40% of GOP caucusgoers, are drawn to Huckabee, an ordained Southern Baptist pastor. But Romney has a formidable head start signing them up. Huckabee is scrambling to gain ground, recently taping an interview with a Christian media company--for a small fraction of the cost of television advertising--that churches and congregants can download and watch. And he's counting on the organizational prowess of his homeschooling...
...GOP pollster Tony Fabrizio estimates that half of Republican voters are evangelical or born again. These voters can run the party but only in coalition with others. If they go it alone, they end up isolating themselves. And while they have come a long way--which is why this time their favorite candidate has been a Governor and not only a preacher--they haven't come far enough to guarantee Huckabee the nomination. They could end up instead handing the GOP to Giuliani--probably the last thing they want...
...pours over information, debates with colleagues, and implements a policy only after hearing the case against it. He’s cheap too, promising to cap non-defense discretionary spending at inflation minus one percent. Indeed, Romney the businessman could restore fiscal responsibility to the GOP brand...
...Chocolate Factory:” There is nothing particularly spectacular about him, but the rest of the children vying for the grand prize are too insufferable to ever be chosen. To begin with, Ron Paul, Tom Tancredo, Sam Brownback and other ideologues on the fringe of the GOP are each excessive in their own ways, whether overzealous in hopes of a smaller government, more stringent immigration laws, or the criminalization of abortion. They are the Augustus Gloops of this election: Just as Gloop was eliminated from the contest first because of his excess, these candidates will drop out early...
...morph into Patton and conjure up the Third Army double-quick, you're fixing to die in the snow. Indeed, no Republican in modern politics has ever converted an insurgency into a nomination. If Huckabee does, it will be because for the first time in many years, the GOP has no real front runner. The party has yet to rally around Romney, despite his deep pockets and strong organization. Giuliani is out of step with religious conservatives and dogged by indicted friends, estranged children, reputed lovers and former wives. McCain has a habit of chastising his allies, and Fred Thompson...