They heart Huckabee

All that praying must be paying off. Mike Huckabee continues his rise in the national polls, having already pushed ahead of Mitt Romney in Iowa, according to the Washington Post.

Rudy Giuliani still sits atop the field, but not because of any forward momentum. He's merely hanging on.

Before we declare Huckabee minister in chief, it would be smart to remember that politics is about a lot more than who people want to vote for; it's about who people with money want us to vote for. At this point, Romney has more cash and more Christian soldiers ready to drive senior citizens to the polls and Giuliani continues to ride high on the electability platform - although he looks to me about as electable as John Kerry.

It's an ugly horizon for the right-wing.