Thought on Iowa

Huck - I'd love to see Huck win the Republican primary. I think he's 1. the most representative of the Republican base and 2. easy to beat.

Obama - Am I glad to see Obama win? Yeah. I've given him a lot of flack over the past couple weeks for bashing progressives, but given his voting record I don't think there's a whole lot to be worried about. Maybe he's just talking a good post-partisan game but will continue to vote progressive. After all, isn't that what politics is all about? And all while, I and every other member of the Democratic base will continue to hold his feet to the fire whenever he slips.

Me - I suck at politics for politics sake.

Iowa

Obama and Huckabee, huh.

Pardon Me

The Huckstir:

As governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee had a hand in twice as many pardons and commutations as his three predecessors combined.

The case he's asked about most concerns the parole of a castrated rapist who later killed a woman.

Although the Republican presidential contender and Southern Baptist preacher plays down any personal involvement in that release, Huckabee granted 1,033 pardons and commutations in his 10 1/2 years as governor of Arkansas. The acts of clemency benefited the stepson of a staff member, murderers who worked at the governor's mansion, a rock star and inmates who received good words from their pastors.

"It seems to be true at least anecdotally that if a minister is involved, (Huckabee) seems likely to grant clemency," prosecutor Robert Herzfeld said in 2004 after successfully battling the then-governor over the release of a killer.

Huckabee's actions are too creepy and well-documented for most people to ignore. So creepy.

Huckabee Is Creepy

Kos:

Huckabee on his recent rise in the polls:

There is only one explanation for it, and it is not a human one.

Well, if you want to argue that America's Playa isn't human, then sure, Giuliani's criminal expensing of his adultery to the taxpayers would, in fact, be a non-human explanation for Huckabee's rise. But that's not what Huckabee means. He means that God has apparently chosen him out of the entire field of presidential candidates to be the next president of the United States.

Which leads to the obviousquestion: If Huckabee's god has chosen him as his favored candidate, will that mean that this god isn't "all powerful" when Huckabee crashes and burns? Or like Peter Waldman puts it:

[I]s Huckabee just saying that God is giving him a temporary bump in the polls, only to send his campaign crashing down later, in order to demonstrate to His earthly subjects the danger of hubris and the importance of early fundraising?

A Sad Day for the Man Who Puts the 'Laughter' in 'Manslaughter'

I'm taking my birthday back, Chuck.