Huckabee surge continues

Rasmussen Reports:

If the current round of Huck-a-mania is nothing more that Mike Huckabee’s fifteen minutes of fame, the former Arkansas Governor is certainly making the most of it. Today, in the first full round of national polling completed since last week’s “debate” among Republican Presidential hopefuls, Huckabee has pulled to within three points of the frontrunning Rudy Giuliani. Heading into the debate, Giuliani led Huckabee by twelve.

Not only that, new polling data released today shows that Huckabee has pulled to within a single percentage point of Hillary Clinton in a general election match-up. Huckabee is also a frontrunner in Iowa and essentially tied for second in New Hampshire. Some pundits believe Huckabee’s numbers will surely go down as fast as they’ve gone up while others are beginning to consider the possibility that the bass-guitar playing Governor may become a serious contender for the Republican nomination.

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It will be interesting to see if his bootstrap campaign can generate the kind of fund raising to take advantage of this surge in support. His affable personality is definitely a plus, but he is now getting the kind of scrutiny that front runners get and his personalty will no doubt be tested when those challenges hit him. He is also benefiting from the negativity that has been thrown at his opponents by others.