Redstate

That's a very interesting interview you had with David Keene. It seems that one of the major reasons he endorsed Romney was to stop Giuliani from winning the nomination and thereby splitting the conservative base. I think that is a reasonable calculation.

He seems to believe that Huckabee's rise in Iowa (although Huckabee has risen in the polls elsewhere too) is likely to benefit Giuliani down the road. But there seems to be some mixed opinion about the viability of Huckabee past Iowa. Many believe that he can go the distance, that he can raise money and win primaries in the South.

I guess the question is whether a Stop Giuliani campaign and/or a Stop Huckabee campaign will begin before the Romney campaign suffers a significant defeat. For Romney, it might be all about timing and having enough campaign cash to whether a 2nd place Iowa showing.

If I were Romney's campaign manager, I'd probably spend very little additional money in Iowa and dump a ton of money in New Hamsphire and Michigan as a firewall strategy. This might not be what Romeny's campaign envisioned months ago. But things are changed a lot in the last month given the emergence of "Huckmania."