If there's any state where a semi-obscure social conservative ought to be able to make some noise, it's Iowa. And sure enough, if you add Sam Brownback's six percent to Mike Huckabee's seven percent in this Mason-Dixon poll, you have "Smike Brownbuckabee" nearly tying Rudy Giuliani for third place, and only four points behind Fred Thompson for second. As the various front-runners start to go after one another, you could imagine Brownbuckabee building some under-the-rader momentum and maybe even sneaking out a win in the Caucuses, which would create media interest and momentum, boost fundraising, and give him a chance to at least be an influential spoiler in the later primaries.
Unfortunately, "him" is a "them."
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