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Huckabee Wins Kansas Caucus

Showing that he is still a factor in the hunt for the Republican nomination, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee won the caucuses in Kansas today - and all of the 36 delegates at stake. He received 60 percent of the vote to Sen. John McCain's 24 and Rep. Ron Paul's 11.

The win continues Huckabee's streak in states with strong religious conservative groups. He also went for the religious conservative vote in his speech Saturday morning at CPAC, the annual gathering of conservatives in DC.

MSNBC reports: "Sensing the disconnect between social conservatives and de facto Republican nominee Sen. John McCain - one echoed by Huckabee's landslide victory in Saturday's GOP caucus - Huckabee dove right into the breach Saturday morning, brandishing his religious right credentials, first by telling the crowd that Biblical scripture is the root of his political views, and then by quoting Ecclesiastes: 'A wise man's heart directs him toward the right, but a foolish man's heart directs him toward the left.' "

Despite Huckabee's win, McCain still has a large delegate lead.

7:49 PM ET | 02- 9-2008 | permalink

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