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Article: Why Huckabee's Kansas Win Matters.
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- The New York Observer (New York, NY)
- Article date:
- February 9, 2008
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Mike Huckabee's overpowering win in the Kansas caucuses equips him with a useful weapon to beat back calls for his immediate departure from the Republican race, but it won't do anything to reverse John McCain's overall inevitability.
Trouncing McCain in lightly-attended caucuses in a state where conservative Christians hold disproportionate sway simply represents a continuation of the pattern that has defined this G.O.P. race. Huckabee does exceedingly well in states like Kansas and Iowa and across the South, but remains incapable of making inroads in the rest of the country. With McCain only about 450 delegates shy of the Republican nomination, there are simply too ...