Rich: Huck's 'politics of joy' temporarily trumping his rivals' 'Nixonian gloom'
(NEWSER) - What explains Mike Huckabee’s sudden transformation from long-shot hopeful to polling contender nipping at Giuliani’s heels? It’s not just tardy rallying of the religious right behind the Baptist preacher, argues the New York Times' Frank Rich, but Huck’s Obama-esque rejection of the Rudy-Romney “calling cards of fear, torture, and nativism” and gentle, non-partisan approach to politics. More»