The campaign trail is getting to the AP’s Glen Johnson. His piece on Mitt’s “candor gap” was immediately dissected by Powerline’s John Hinderaker who I believe was being generous by calling Johnson’s evidence “remarkably thin”. To use a software salesman’s analogy, Johnson’s hit piece is little more than “vaporware”.

Houston Home Journal’s Larry Walker takes a look at the role of faith in politics and, unlike most columnists, makes sense. Well said, Larry. Amen to your Amen.

Here’s a stunning revelation: Huck doesn’t take kindly to criticism. Both he and McCain are bristling at comparison ads Mitt is running in Iowa and New Hampshire. Mitt’s ads are decried as “dishonest”, though the ads focus on Mitt’s record versus those of his opponents. Crying foul is what candidates do when they can’t refute the facts and don’t have the funds to run contrarian spin ads. See for yourself and be the judge:

 Why has Huck started whining? Well, the polling data is not good for him and is looking better for Mitt. Recent events have refocused the race on issues with which Huck is altogether unfamiliar. The Devil really is in the details. (HT EFM). It really can’t help much when CNN runs an entire segment with “NO FOREIGN POLICY CREDENTIAL” under Huck’s repeated flubs.

Sorry, Huck. Even the Holiday Inn Express can’t fix that one.Enough about the Huckster.Somebody’s gonna be in hot water over this dirty trick. Just how low do you have to sink to send out a thinly veiled, racially bigoted Christmas Card? Add to that an 11-page “letter” making the rounds in Florida and you have the makings of a movement driven by middle aged guys still living in their parents’ basement rec-rooms. Get a life, people. Now would be a good time.At least there is hope someplace in Florida academia. Thank you, Amanda Starling.

The Ledger’s religion editor, Cary McMullen, has some interesting predictions for the 2008 race, one of which includes a Mitt vs. Huck cage match on the Washington Mall. Mitt would eviscerate Huck without even so much as wrinkling his starched white shirt.

Signs of intelligent life in Vermont.

Editor and Publisher carries a column by Joel Campbell (a Mormon) who takes a look at the level of negative rhetoric about Mitt’s Mormonism. Well said, Brother Campbell.

The Hawkeye Cauci is scheduled for this Thursday. It’s gonna be a cold one. Bundle up and bring jumper cables!

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