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Huckabee supporters still left adrift

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In the month since religious conservative Mike Huckabee decided against running for president again, many of his backers in Iowa have not yet latched on to their next favorite, based on interviews with more than 30 former Huckabee supporters.

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If there is any trend yet among Huck fans, though, it’s a gravitation toward Minnesota’s Michele Bachmann, whose brimstone-and-fire politics have made them sit up straight in their seats and pay attention. If she were to succeed in picking up a large bloc of the state’s religious right, a group that propelled Huckabee’s 2008 Iowa caucuses victory, it would be a major boost in her effort to win here and seize momentum for contests in later states.

Full story: “Many Huckabee backers yet to find a bandwagon”