Huckabee Gets High Marks for Debate Performance
"Jesus was too smart to ever run for public office."
"More people in this country are afraid of an audit than a mugging and there's a reason why."
Those one-liners from former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee were part of a performance that has his name on the lips of many asked to pick which candidate stood out at Wednesday's CNN/YouTube debate.
"Huckabee is rapidly becoming the hot story in the 2008 presidential campaign. After Wednesday night, he's likely to get a whole lot hotter," writes Des Moines Register political columnist David Yepsen.
John Weiss, a police officer and Iraq veteran from Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., also opines that Huckabee was the standout of the evening at the The New York Times' Caucus blog. He says Huckabee possesses "the ability to get me to believe that he really does mean what he says; sincerity if you will. Not the manufactured type that the Clintons are so adept at generating upon command, but a warmer, more genuine tone."
Even our own political editor, Ken Rudin, told me that he thinks Huckabee gave one of his best debate performances so far.
Perhaps Huckabee was more at ease during the debate after seeing a Rasmussen poll released Wednesday that showed him with a 3 percentage point lead in Iowa over the longtime front-runner in the state, Mitt Romney. (Even though the margin of error really means the race is a dead heat.)
3:44 PM ET | 11-29-2007 | permalink
