Huckabee Beats Out Pope Benedict

At least as to news stories on Catholic News Services.

I just posted the full text of a interesting article that was just released from Catholic Online News. You can see it here at BREAKING: Governor Huckabee Addresses Anti-Catholicism and Abortion

It has been noted by Huckabee supporters that many people wish to argue that the Huckabee supporters are all Evangelical. Thus setting up , in a very clever way, a feeling that if one is not of this faith tradition you are oddball for supporting Huckabee. One person on the Corner blog responded to this last week:

Huckareaders [Ramesh Ponnuru]
Here is a very representative example of the response from Huckabites to my latest article:
Bro, you need not be an evangelical to appreciate and support Huckabee's candidacy ... what, you think his issues only appeal to evangelicals? For your sake and the future of the party, I hope you don't. What is so appealing about him is that he is speaking to the concerns, and fears even, that many people are experiencing in a global economy.
And for God's sake, in case you are so inclined, leave the floating cross/bookcase alone ...
And another:
The only problem with the thesis of your column is that you are wrong.
Many other people other than evangelicals are listening to Huckabee. We listen because he is not part of the "crowd."
You make a huge mistake if you think this election will be business as usual. Or that illegal immigration will swing your way.
(I have no idea what that last bit means.)
I didn't mind the Huckabee Christmas ad: I'm a keep-Mass-in-Christmas kind of guy, myself. As for why I think that non-evangelicals don't find Huckabee very appealing, it is a hunch about the way he has been campaigning combined with the polling data I have seen. Anyone who has recent data on this question, send it in.

12/27 05:22 PM

As the article noted the Huckabee Interview was the most read article in the HISTORY OF CATHOLIC ONLINE. Catholic Online is one of the Major Catholic News Services. Thus meaning that in a way Huckabee beat out the Pope and stories on the "Latin Mass". That indicates to me a lot of linking and emailing of that article going on and thus interest by serious Mass Going Catholics. A vote that went to Bush in 04.