The Occasional Observer

The most recent polls in RCP indicate that Mitt may have stemmed Huck's rise in Iowa and SC and pulled even. In Iowa, one poll has Romney +3 while another has Huckabee only +1. Probably the resurgence is due in large part to the recent ads Romney has been running comparing his record to Huckabee's, and painting Huckabee as soft on crime, taxes, and illegal immigration. This sort of addresses Fredo's point that Romney needs to start being more aggressive in defending his record, although Fredo was more specifically referring to when the media attacks (I mean "interviews") Mitt. In any case it seems he would be well served to more vigorously defend himself, given the recent uptick.

If Romney pulls off a win in Iowa and follows it up in NH, I think it all but ends Huckabee's run. Huck might still win SC, although the latest Rasmussen poll has them dead even.