Salon.com gives Mike Huckabee’s front-page coverage today as a candidate with potential crossover appeal to Democrats. and the potential to “outcharm the GOP Big Three.” (Didn’t happen at the CPAC convention over the weekend, if the straw poll is any measure.) But writer Michael Scherer says Huckabee has that “special something — the charismatic ability to connect with the common man …” It’s a full biography. It includes a generally positive quote from me. Typical yellow journalist. Leaves out all the good stuff.

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