Following a third place showing in New Hampshire, Mike Huckabee is playing somewhat aloof in Michigan where he and the other Republican presidential hopefuls square of January 15th for the party's nomination. Having come out of top of the Iowa Caucus, he watched another contender John McCain win the number one spot in New Hampshire in the nation's first Republican primary election, and claims to be happy with his third place finish.
His chances in Michigan are slightly behind Mitt Romney, according to poll results posted at usaelectionpolls.com where Romney currently holds 21 percent favor and Huckabee has 19 percent. McCain is in fourth with 10 percent, behind Rudy Giuliani with 12 percent. Romney also has tons of cash to spend in Michigan and is counting on people remembering hit father's political roots in the state.
The Nevada primary date is coming up soon.
Huckabee points to his message of understanding what the American worker is going through in tough economic times, a message that rings in a state with over seven percent unemployment. While his Christian conservative message may have fallen short in New Hampshire, a first or second place Michigan finish could add even more fuel for his vehicle to the February 5 Super Tuesday primaries.
Recent polls at presidentelectionpolls.com also show he could stand the fight from Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, running neck and neck with Clinton and slightly ahead of Obama in numbers gathered in late December, before winning Iowa and before Romney was knocked out of New Hampshire by John McCain.
