Mike Huckabee Best Bet to Beat Obama in Iowa

Mike Huckabee continues to be the Republicans best bet to beat President Obama in 2012 and flip Iowa back into a Red state. PPP released their latest data showing Mike Huckabee tieing President Obama in Iowa. Huckabee's polling numbers have risen while Obama's have declined.

Public Policy Polling

Iowa 2012 Presidential Survey

* Mike Huckabee 45% (43%)
* Barack Obama 45% (47%)

* Barack Obama 45% (47%)

* Mitt Romney 41% (41%)

* Barack Obama 50% (51%)

* Newt Gingrich 39% (38%)

* Barack Obama 51%

* Donald Trump 35%

* Barack Obama 53% (53%)

* Sarah Palin 36% (37%)

Among Independents

* Mike Huckabee 44% (42%)
* Barack Obama 40% (41%)

* Barack Obama 41% (40%)

* Mitt Romney 37% (38%)

* Barack Obama 47% (49%)

* Newt Gingrich 34% (34%)

* Barack Obama 54%

* Donald Trump 35%

* Barack Obama 52% (49%)

* Sarah Palin 33% (38%)

Among Republicans

* Mike Huckabee 88% (79%)
* Barack Obama 5% (10%)

* Mitt Romney 81% (76%)

* Barack Obama 6% (11%)

* Newt Gingrich 79% (73%)

* Barack Obama 9% (13%)

* Sarah Palin 73% (67%)

* Barack Obama 10% (17%)

* Donald Trump 66%

* Barack Obama 9%

Survey of 1,109 Iowa voters was conducted April 15-17, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 2.9 percentage points. Party ID breakdown: 38% (37%) Democrat; 33% (37%) Republican; 29% (25%) Independent/Other. Political ideology: 30% Moderate; 22% Somewhat conservative; 20% Very conservative; 19% Somewhat liberal; 8% Very liberal. Results from the poll conducted January 7-9, 2011 are in parentheses.

H/T The Argo Journal for data compilation

PPP Nuggets:

Obama is now knotted at 45% with Mike Huckabee, winner of the 2008 caucuses and current leader of the early 2012 delegate race, per Tuesday’s release. In January, Obama led, 47-43.

If Trump were to lose the GOP nomination and launch an independent bid, he would eat severely into Romney’s support and essentially none into Obama’s. Obama would lead a three-way race with 43% over Romney’s 27% and Trump’s 21%. Trump brings Romney down from 81% to only 56% of the GOP and from 37% of independents to only 22%.

“Obama could have a much harder time of it in Iowa next year than he did in 2008- unless the Republicans bail him out with a Trump or Palin like nominee,” said Dean Debnam, President of Public Policy Polling.

PPP Twitter Nuggets:

Obama won Iowa by 10 in 2008. Now he's tied with Mike Huckabee and only leads Mitt Romney by 4:

Numbers suggest that if GOP goes with Romney, even a non-Trump far right 3rd choice could have big impact:

Trump polls at 21% as indy in Iowa. Gets 31% of GOP vote, runs ahead of Mitt with independents:

Obama leads Romney by 4 in Iowa. With Trump as 3rd candidate, Obama leads Romney by 16 there:

Mike Huckabee responds to Glenn Beck's Foolishness

I used to like watching Glenn Beck on Foxnews until he went off the rail. Beck used to give concrete examples of the failures of President Obama's policies and Reid/Pelosi's overreach. But Glenn Beck has once again taken his obsession with Progressives to the extreme and used his radio show to denounce Mike Huckabee. Today, Mike Huckabee responded with his usual clarity and wit.

Response To Glenn Beck
by Mike Huckabee on Thursday, April 21, 2011 at 8:36am


"This week Glenn Beck has taken to his radio show to attack me as a Progressive, which he has said is the same as a “cancer” and a “Nazi.” What did I do that apparently caused him to link me to a fatal disease and a form of government that murdered millions of innocent Jews? I had the audacity—not of hope—but the audacity to give respect to the efforts of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move campaign to address childhood obesity. I’m no fan of her husband’s policies for sure, but I have appreciated her efforts that Beck misrepresented—either out of ignorance or out of a deliberate attempt to distort them to create yet another “boogey man” hiding in the closet that he and only he can see. The First Lady’s approach is about personal responsibility—not the government literally taking candy from a baby’s mouth. He seems to fancy himself a prophet of sorts for his linking so many people and events together to describe a massive global conspiracy for pretty much everything. Sadly, he seems equally inept at recognizing the obvious fact that children are increasingly obese and that we now see clinical evidence of diseases in children that as recent as 20 years ago were found only in adults, such as Type 2 diabetes. The costs to our nation are staggering in increase health care expenses, but it even effects national security with now 75% of young men between the ages of 17 and 24 are unfit for military service primarily due to obesity! His ridiculous claim that John McCain and I collaborated and conspired in the 2008 campaign is especially laughable. Is he not aware that McCain and I were competitors---not cohorts? Beck needs to stick to conspiracies that can’t be so easily de-bunked by facts. Why Beck has decided to aim his overloaded guns on me is beyond me. But he ought to clean his gun and point it more carefully lest it blow up in his face like it did this time."

Perhaps Glenn Beck should take aim at the real liberals in our country who continue to spend, rack up debt, and squander our country's liberties instead of attacking Mike Huckabee. Lest Beck forget, Mike Huckabee was re-elected twice in a Democrat state and only left due to term limits with an approval rating in the 60's. He was a successful governor who was rated one of America's 5 Best Governors.

Mike Huckabee reacts to Standard and Poor's Warning

Mike Huckabee reacted to the Standard & Poor's warning by posting the statement shown below on his HuckPAC website. You can leave a comment by clicking here:

April 20, 2011 - 04:10 PM
Standard & Poor's: A Warning
by Mike Huckabee


"The American people have been raising their voices for many months telling Washington politicians to get our fiscal house in order. To no one's surprise, Washington has simply gone on doing what it seems to do best - spending money we don't have.


Enter Standard and Poor’s – an entity known to investors worldwide as a leader of financial-market intelligence. S&P just issued a warning to America: get serious about reducing your deficit, or risk losing your AAA financial rating. We all know how hard it is to borrow money with poor credit, and if the United States loses its AAA rating it would mean America would have to pay higher interest rates on money we borrow. For a government that doesn't want to put away its credit card, this could be a catastrophe.


S&P bases creditworthiness on facts, not just words, and it is not convinced that Washington will seriously address our mounting debt. It hears talk about deficit reduction but sees only incremental changes and the wild demonization of anyone who actually tries to do anything about it.


While losing the nation's top financial rating may have a cataclysmic impact on our nation’s debt, it would also be devastating to every day Americans. The cost of doing business will increase and that means companies are going to pass that increase on to you – most goods you buy will simply cost more and we will all pay higher interest rates. The bottom line - the cost of living will increase.


House GOP Leader Eric Cantor called it a wakeup call. But the White House? Well, they issued a statement brushing off S&P’s warning as a political judgment they disagree with and said - we shouldn’t make too much of it. Still, they said Joe Biden will meet with Congressional Leaders next month and they’ll be talking about a deficit reduction plan.


We just hope that he can stay awake for the whole meeting…"

Mike Huckabee's take on Paul Ryan's Budget Cut Proposal

Kevin McCullough would trade new book success for a Mike Huckabee Administration in 2012

Kevin McCullough, author of the new book No He Can't sat down on the Huckabee show and discussed the failure of President Obama's campaign promises. McCullough who is a nationally syndicated radio talk show host and columnist, was the first to openingly predict that Barack Obama would win the nomination and the presidency in 2008. He based it on messaging and communication. But for 2012, he has another candidate in mind who can sweep the states with his authenticity, message, and humor. Kevin McCullough urges Mike Huckabee to run again in 2012 and states that Huckabee can go toe to toe with President Obama both in the debates and through electronic media.

Kevin McCullough's book, No He Can't: How Barack Obama Is Dismantling Hope and Change, has hit number 6 on Amazon and will be released tomorrow, April 19th. You can order your book here.

McCullough has written several good articles about Mike Huckabee that were posted at Townhall:

A word about President Huckabee... Integrity trumps everything!

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Here is an article where McCullough challenges Matt Lewis on his view of Huckabee:

Why my friend Matt Lewis, is absolutely wrong...

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

* Note, Matt Lewis is now writing at The Daily Caller. He was a big Romney supporter in 2008.

Here is an article where McCullough debunks the parole attacks on Huckabee and provides data on the Clemmons case.

Why Huckabee Ain't Dead Yet

December 6, 2009

My favorite part of the segment is McCullough telling Huckabee why he should enter the 2012 race and why he will win:

"You understand communication..Can counter Obama by being winsome, being right on substance and communicating with people."

Mike Huckabee in the White House: An Administration of Tough Love

Mike Huckabee sat down with Neil Cavuto and talked about being honest with the American people on the budget cuts that are needed to get our country back on the fiscal right track.

"Either we are honest with the people of this country and tell them or.....We have to be the administration of tough love. Tough understandings on limits. If you take boundaries away from the spending capacity of a government it is totally out of control. That's what we have now."

* Advocate very strong cuts and then manage those cuts so it does not create huge holes for people.

* Likes Paul Ryan's Medicaid block grant program-give it back to the states. 

* It is possible to raise the rate at which people get into Medicare. Let's treat 60 like it is the new 40. Raise the eligibility to 70 for those who are under the age of 55 because people are living longer

Donald Trump Likes Mike Huckabee

Donald Trump recently sat down with Hannity to discuss 2012 and Trump let it be known that he likes Mike. Will Trump run or will he end up endorsing Mike Huckabee? Of course, Hannity cut him off before the answer was made clear.

Recently Mike Huckabee met with Donald Trump in NYC. According to Politico:

It's unclear what the two discussed, but sources familiar with the get-together suggested the meeting was part of Huckabee's recent listening tour with donors, since Trump would be a useful supporter if he himself doesn't run for president, as he's flirting with doing right now. However, Trump has made increasingly clear to people around him that he's seriously weighing getting in — and Huckabee clearly walked away with the same impression.

Huckabee said their meeting came after Trump had praised Huckabee on a talk show, and that a "mutual friend" set it up.

"We just had a very honest and open conversation about the process of running. ..."

Donald Trump has stated positive remarks about Huckabee before. In a recent ABC interview, Trump stated that Mike Huckabee could get a lot of votes and again, that he likes Mike.

Perhaps Donald Trump will help Mike Huckabee raise the millions of dollars needed to beat Barack Obama in 2012.