Huckabee's Rise Continues

Expect to see some guns come ablazing very, very soon now. His numbers are getting scary. Newsweek's new poll puts him at a 39-17 lead over Mitt Romney in Iowa. That's more than a 2-1 lead. Meanwhile, Rasmussen's tracking poll and a national poll average put Huckabee strengthening against Giuliani.

Mike Huckabee simply is running the most incredible race in America, dollar-for-dollar, that we've seen.

So what happens? Do the wolves come out? Do independent groups tied to Romney or Giuliani start hitting hard? Does the Club for Growth attack Huckabee for being insufficiently pro-business? Do other candidates amp up their own attacks, as Fred Thompson is?

No matter what they decide, they're running out of time. If they let Huckabee keep surging unchallenged, it'll be game over soon.