Tuesday's Top 10 Political Blogs

The blogosphere continues to reel over the dramatic change in the GOP race. A new CBS/New York Times poll has Mike Huckabee in a statistical dead head with Rudy Giuliani. This is beginning to look like Jimmy Carter in 1976. Carter parlayed a similar surge in Iowa to a surprising win in the Democratic primary.

Republicans

Mark Halperin finds seven reasons why opponents have a hard time attacking Huckabee. Huckabee has a persona people like, which draws people more than his past or positions.

Jim Geraghty covers the sudden Huckabee surge. It has really turned the tables on the GOP side of the race. Mitt Romney had a target on his back for months because of his early success in states with the earliest primaries. Huckabee's sudden supplanting of Romney in several of those states may make it difficult for attacks on Huckabee to stick.

Patrick Ruffini worries it's too late to defuse the "Huckabomb." Huckabee has moved into a virtual tie with Giuliani in national polls. As it stands now, Huckabee could win Iowa and South Carolina. These wins could propel Huckabee to win in Michigan and do well in Florida. What a turnaround.

Democrats

Chris Bowers at openleft.com blogs about Barack Obama's opposition research on Paul Krugman of The New York Times. Krugman has exalted status amongst progressives, and the Obama campaign made another rookie mistake in attacking one of its own.