We Are Running to Win, Says Mike Huckabee

Mike Huckabee writes in an email to supporters:

We are in this race to win despite the desperate efforts by the Romney campaign to try and say that "a vote for me is a vote for McCain". Actually, a vote for me is a vote for me!

We have outlasted Rudy, Fred, and others who were supposed to be the winners. Only 8% of the Republican delegates have been selected, and we have about the same number of delegates as McCain or Romney. We are in it to win.

The Romney campaign knows this and they are running scared.

So far the media has with a few exceptions, been content to sell this sham of a story to their viewers and listeners. You would think that under this coordinated assault, we would be sinking in the polls nationally.

Not so. FOX News has us tied with Gov. Romney in 2nd place nationally in a new poll of registered voters.

What's more, in Tennessee, Georgia, Missouri, Alabama, Arkansas and Oklahoma, recent polls have us in first or tied for first.

We can win. We will win.

Ahead Nationally: John McCain and Hillary Clinton

Mark Murray, Deputy political director of NBC News reports:

BOCA RATON, Fla. - Republican Mitt Romney and Democrat Barack Obama are leading in their respective parties' upcoming primaries, according to two new state surveys (in Florida).

But a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows that their rivals — John McCain and Hillary Clinton — are ahead nationally, with Clinton leading Obama by 15 points and with McCain moving from fourth to first in one month.

Barack Obama Takes Commanding Lead in South Carolina Democratic Primary

Political Polls: South Carolina Democratic and Republican Primaries

Obama leading Democratic in South Carolina; McCain leading Republican.

Why Women Don't Like Hillary Clinton

Books of The Times
Candidate Clinton Scrutinized by Women
By MICHIKO KAKUTANI
Published: January 15, 2008
This intriguing but highly uneven anthology of reflections about Hillary Rodham Clinton by a spectrum of well-known female writers underscores the relentless media focus on her life.

Someone I love very much sent me the link to this article (thank you!) and asked me to consider "why you don't like" Hillary.

I read this article in the NY Times, and the only comment which sparked a recognized "yep; that's one reason" stated that Hillary is "self-conscious" and bases her decisions on "polls." I see her "self-consciousness" as extreme caution.

I saw Hillary's extreme caution last night during the Nevada debates. She side-stepped a very direct question regarding her greatest weakness and her greatest strength. She provided neither, in my opinion. No big surprise, but still disappointing.