Thursday, March 15, 2012

Huckabee's optimism belies thicket of challenges in Iowa, beyond

Mike Huckabee, who has surged from the back of the Republican U.S. presidential pack to challenge longtime leader Mitt Romney in Iowa, is campaigning with a spring in his step and an ear-to-ear grin.

His optimistic air, however, belies challenges in Iowa and beyond.

"There's a definite momentum, and what we've got to do is keep it going and capture it," the former Arkansas governor said Monday in the state that holds the first Republican nomination contest. The winner in Iowa gets a chance to ride that success into a series of votes soon afterward in other states. "It's a momentum that's not just based on flavor-of-the-day but because people …

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