Did you see Mike Huckabee on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"? I didn't either. But I looked at his appearance a few moments ago on YouTube. Peter Robinson over at the Corner wrote the following which motivated me to have a look. Robinson wrote:
Even if you watch these clips in the same frame of mind I was in when I watched them—I did not want to like Huck—I think you'll find the former governor almost preternaturally hard to resist. Relaxed, funny, persuasive, and just so darned likeable. To spend ten minutes with the likely winner of tonight's GOP caucuses, click below.
Me: I agree with Robinson. Huckabee's charm, humor and verbal gifts set him apart in a class all his own. I am glad he won the Iowa Republican caucus tonight over Mitt Romney, but I retain reservations. I look forward to a debate between him and Fred Thompson on their substantial policy differences some time in the future.
Update 1/4/08 - Byron York explains Huckabee's Iowa victory: It wasn't about infrastructure and organization.