On to NH

Rich Lowry, NRO:

Here's one way to look at it: 60% of voters were evangelicals. Huck beat Romney among them 45-19%. 40% weren't evangelicals. Romney beat Huck among them 33-13%.

And feedback from Evangelicals for Mitt here.

South Carolina, the next socially conservative primary, speaks up (whoa, Huck, not so fast).

UPDATE: Rush calls in to FoxNews. The Dems race may be over, but the Republican race has a long way to go--Huckabee was perfectly positioned for Iowa. He went on to say candidates have to talk about the issues (that means you the Big O and the Huckster)

UPDATE: Peggy Noonan responds to social conservatives' choice of Huckabee in Iowa:

But there are two problems. One is that while the presidency, as an office, can actually make real changes in the areas of economic and foreign policy, the federal government has a limited ability to change the culture of America. That is something conservatives used to know. Second, I'm sorry to say it is my sense that Mr. Huckabee is not so much leading a movement as riding a wave. One senses he brilliantly discerned and pursued an underserved part of the voting demographic, and went for it. Clever fellow. To me, the tipoff was "Don't Mormons believe that Jesus and the devil are brothers?"

Yes. That is why I can't stand Huckabee. He is cynical and manipulative with a smiling face, and in the end he would destroy social conservatism and the GOP, as he did in Arkansas. In the end, he's just out for himself. Just like that other governor from Arkansas, Bill Clinton.

P.S. One other thought--recently there was a story that independent voters in New Hampshire, who John McCain is counting on, were going for Obama. Given Obama's win in Iowa, won't those voters want to take out Hillary? That could leave Republicans as a more conservative (but secular--you're out of luck Huck) bunch, and strengthen Romney's chances.

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