No, he’s not airing his Christian Leader ad here. But just because Mike Huckabee’s campaigning in New Hampshire, which lacks Iowa’s religious fervor, doesn’t mean he’s hiding his Christian DNA under a bushel. The Washington Post reports that, while guest preaching at an evangelical church in Windham, NH yesterday, Huckabee told the audience: “ When…

God-o-Meter has noticed a serious question about Huckabee gaining steam, not so much from his Republican rivals but from the news media and–gleefully–from the Democratic Party: in the general election, would Huck stand a chance in must-win purple states like Ohio and Florida? Howard Fineman raises those question in this week’s Newsweek: …[I]n Washington and…

Wondering how the Romney team sees its chances among “values voters” after badly losing evangelicals to Mike Huckabee in Iowa, God-o-Meter swung by Romney’s New Hampshire headquarters in Manchester this afternoon. It found Tom Tancredo–there for an anti-immigration press conference, new Romney backer Bay Buchanan–ditto–and a team of Romney advisors convinced that Huckabee’s Iowa evangelical…

After a year of campaigning to be the Christian Right’s candidate of choice, God-o-Meter was surprised to read this morning that Mitt Romney is calling Huckabee out on his evangelical strategy in Iowa and is publicly doubting the plan’s ability to work elsewhere. From the Salt Lake Tribune: Romney, who has worked to overcome fears…

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