Huck-a-BOOM!!!

Who was following the Iowa caucus yesterday??

Meeeee!! (arm waving wildly in the air)

Congratulations to Huckabee, who pulled off a solid victory in Iowa, even with an understaffed, underfunded, and underorganized campaign. Yesterday's caucus showed that people actually vote for the actual CANDIDATES. They vote based on issues and values and who they like.

Even though Huckabee had only spent $300-$400K total on his Iowa campaign, and Romney had spend $9 MILLION on TV ads, radio ads, direct mailings . . . the people of Iowa researched the candidates and voted on the one they believed in.

Though most of the pundits had predicted a virtual neck-and-neck between Gov. Huckabee and Gov. Romney, Huckabee won by an impressive 9 points.

Did you see Huckabee on Jay Leno? Though he was criticized for going to California to film on the eve of the caucus, he did a great job and probably won over some voters. If you missed it, check out this link (since I haven't figured out how to put a video right into my blog). Make sure you watch both parts because on the second part, Huckabee jams on his bass guitar with Leno's band, and then high-fives the other band members!

http://www.mikehuckabee.com/?FuseAction=Blogs.View&Blog_id=1049

OK, enough gloating . . . but I am SO pumped!! When I found Huckabee, he was polling in single digits and usually in 4th or 5th place.

Please pray for Mike Huckabee as he continues his campaign. He is not expected to do well in New Hampshire, since it is composed of more indepedent voters and there are WAY less Evangelical Christians. If he can just finish a solid third (behind McCain and Romney), he's still in good shape. He's already doing well in several other key (early) states, such as South Carolina and Florida, where he hasn't campaigned at all.

So . . . here's to you, Mike Huckabee!! May God bless you on your campaign to reach the White House!!