Huckabee: Fighting "Christophobia" [Perry Bacon Jr., Washington Post]: "Huckabee's moral certainty revealed a public official quite different from the affable, folksy campaigner who describes himself as a conservative, but one who is 'not angry about it.' His decisions have opened him to criticism from the left and the right, as liberals and conservatives have complained that his religious devotion has clouded good judgment."

No More Señor Nice Guy [Patrick Healy, The New York Times]: "Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico, a Democratic candidate for president, blast[ed] Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton for saying she would withdraw nearly all American troops from Iraq within a year of beginning redeployment."

Bill Goes All Out [Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times]: "Many [Democrats] find it more than a little unsettling--and dismaying--that the former president is targeting the Illinois senator with the same kind of criticism that Clinton faced in 1992."

Glum Hawkeye GOP [Jason Clayworth, Des Moines Register]: "Iowa Republican Party leaders say the level of activity and enthusiasm surrounding the 2008 campaign has not approached the level of eight years ago or the Democrats' race this year, reflecting in part a struggle among voters to find the right candidate."

Huckabee on Jamie Lynn [Mary Hood, CBS News]: "Baptist minister and anti-abortion supporter Mike Huckabee was asked today about 16-year old celebrity Jamie Lynn Spears' decision to continue her unplanned pregnancy. While the candidate has been notably caught off-guard by breaking news events recently, today he passed a test of pop culture with flying colors."

--Josh Patashnik