A great excerpt from Kevin McCullough's blog.  You can read the full thing here:
http://kevinmccullough.townhall.com/blog/g/23809643-6a00-4795-978b-4b794647a821

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Huckabee IS the Reagan in waiting. He’s the most humble of the three Governors. He has the ability to take a room filled with tension and dissolve it with laughter. He has the best brand emerging into the narrative of the post 2008 election cycle. And he has the ability to cross all kinds of typical, narrow, sliver-like divisions and bring new people into the conservative fold.

Most underrated is his ability to think on his feet, and to speak clearly, plainly and very simply, yet with clearly conservative positions that advance the idea of limited government, strong national defense, personal responsibility/reward, and most importantly he will have the strong, overwhelming support of the base of the party that was so detestable to McCain.

His humility will shine like a spring of fresh water against the desert of Obama’s arrogance. His message of ending the federal government’s ability to bully you with the IRS will be in direct contrast to Obama’s use of all political office elements to hurt his political opponents.
He will also have 2-3 years worth of “debates” on tape dealing with all sorts of messy political issues from his shows on Fox, where he is currently inviting 2-3 liberals per time to come on and debate the merits of his positions on issues. He had already won the vast majority of the Republican debates in 2008, but this sort of weekly interaction is only making him even BETTER as a public communicator.

And ultimately THAT is his biggest similarity to Reagan. Both were Governors, both used media to advance their message, ideas, and solutions following a failed primary in which both finished in second place. Both had the ability to reach people that had been turned off by the internal warring of partisan affairs. Both have the ability to see and project an image of America at her very best.

And in a related story, Huckabee is currently ahead in a Rasmussen poll that asks who Republicans would chose as their nominee in 2012.  Huck has 29% to Romney's 24 and Palin's 18! Link

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