Promising Outlook for Huckabee

It was known all along that New Hampshire would be a tough state for Huckabee. His third place finish will merely have a neutral affect on his campaign. The big news from the granite state is the victory of John McCain and another devastating defeat for Mitt Romney.

With New Hampshire behind us, now the spotlight will return to the Huckabee campaign. According to the most recent Rasmussen polls, Huckabee is first place in the next three states scheduled to hold their primaries. Here is a brief schedule:

January 15: Michigan (+1.0)
January 19: South Carolina (+7.0)
January 29: Florida (+4.0)

In addition to these primaries, Nevada is holding a caucus on January 19th. Rasmussen has not conducted a poll in Nevada, and the most recent data from other pollsters is over a month old, so we don't know how Huckabee is doing there.