After the Iowa straw poll, Huckabee rises as Brownback falls

By STEVE KRASKE
The Kansas City Star

Mike Huckabee is drawing big crowds in New Hampshire, but Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas is not having such luck. Last week, he spoke to a small audience in Manchester, N.H.
There’s GOP candidate Mike Huckabee, grinning and picking his bass guitar on the National Review cover. The headline: “Huck!”

There he is on ABC’s “This Week” with George Stephanopoulos, who tells viewers that Huckabee has “been on a roll.”

Big crowds in New Hampshire. Appearances on “Fox News Sunday,” CBS’ “Face the Nation,” Bill Maher’s program on HBO and Stephen Colbert’s show on Comedy Central. Big profiles in the big papers. And best — big bumps in the polls.

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