Huckabee Is On the Move

   New polls in Iowa and New Hampshire from the American Research Group show significant movement for Mike Huckabee in the GOP race in the wake of his surprise second-place showing in the Iowa straw poll and a surprise endorsement from the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. (They endorsed Hillary on the Democratic side.) Huckabee is now statistically in a tie for second in Iowa, according to ARG. If his surge continues, this has the potential to turn the GOP race upside down, as it becomes essentially a four-man contest between Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, and Fred Thompson.
    We'll assess the impact in a future Tote Board column (if the surge continues). But suffice it to say for now, once again, that Fred Thompson may have dawdled too long getting in.