Huckabee Wins GOP Popularity Contest

According to the latest numbers, Mike Huckabee comes ahead as the most popular of the Republican party's four top 2012 presidential candidates.

Something likely to be overlooked in Nate Silver's post today on the favorability/unfavorability ratings of national political figures:  Michael Huckabee is the least unpopular of the top four Republican presidential candidates. Huckabee is +16, versus +9 for Romney, -10 for Gingrich, and -14 for Palin. As a benchmark, President Obama stands at +6, George W. Bush at -9, Dick Cheney at -17.