Mike Huckabee just posted a 17-point jump in the polls — surging ahead of Mitt Romney in the G.O.P presidential field a month ahead of the Iowa caucuses.

Awhile back, Huckabee turned up for a ping-pong cage match at the Bryant Park Project. And he did have that certain gleam in his eye. . . .

Bonus: The show with the full Huckabee interview.