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...nomination or not, and that's to our advantage," says Castellanos. However, their new pitch hinges on basking in the reflected glow of his shiny message of change - "With Barack Obama, the people of Iowa have shown they want change," is now a standard line in Romney's stump speech - while also painting him as a dangerous radical: "The nation wants us to move forward, but," he says, referring to Obama, "do we want it to be a sharp left? Following in the path of the Europe...
...only hiccup in Obama's final day came in Rochester, where a small group of protesters in the balcony of the Rochester Opera House interrupted his stump speech with a chant, "Abortion is an abomination." When Obama's backers began to drown out the dissidents with their own cheers, Obama hushed the crowd by saying, "This is an example of not listening to each other." But when the chanters would not stop, and the event seemed unable to continue, Obama moved toward a staircase to the balcony, seemingly prepared to talk to the chanters one on one - a dramatic maneuver...
...Sunday in Windham, Huckabee filled a school cafeteria so tight that it was tough to get at the free clam chowder. He delivered a new stump speech, retailored for the less religious and more libertarian New Hampshire voter. It was full of big statements about the wonders of America, the need for low taxes and his identification with the little guy. Back in Iowa, Huckabee would often compare slavery and abortion - both resulted, he argued, from ignoring the principle that every human life is created equal. Now in New Hampshire, he begins the same riff, about the horrors of racism...
...defeated Romney, and in the process he gained new rivals, in John McCain and, perhaps, Rudy Giuliani. He is also sure to attract new scrutiny from the national political press, which has little influence among Iowa voters, but has already shown distain for Huckabee's regular stumbles on the stump, especially in discussions of foreign policy...
...very few weeks, Huckabee overcame steep odds with an unusual combination of down-home charm, a ready sense of humor and a fervent faith borne of his roots as a Baptist preacher. He surprised the Republican field with his ease on the stump and took several unorthodox positions on the Iraq war, on taxes and on immigration. In a field that wasn't high on personality, Huckabee was likeable. Noted McCain adviser Mark McKinnon: "Any time I hear two campaigns arguing on Election Day between passion and organization, passion always wins...