CBS News online takes a look at former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee’s campaign. An excerpt:
[Huckabee] would seem to be a natural to attract the support of social conservatives in the Republican presidential contest.
But the Baptist minister who wows audiences with a mix of down-home folksiness and traditional values has spent most of the year struggling to gain a foothold in the race for the GOP nomination.
Lately, however, there are signs that Huckabee may be catching on.
In the latest Iowa poll by the American Research Group, Huckabee is within striking distance of Mitt Romney, whom he trails 27 percent to 19 percent. Other polls in Iowa, host of the first statewide nominating contests on Jan. 3, also show Huckabee gaining ground …
Read it all at CBSNews.com.
