This is news Republicans like to hear: The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey reveals that Mike Huckabee has pulled to within a single percentage point of Hillary Clinton and is only four points shy of Barack Obama. Of course, poll numbers are to be taken with a grain of salt, but it sure looks like the next couple of months are going to be interesting.

Mike Huckabee snagged another endorsement. Some say it’s a boost for him, but what impact do you think it will really have?

You can learn a lot about a person by looking at the contents of his wallet or her purse. What would we discover if we had the opportunity to sift through those of the presidential hopefuls? Columnist Lane Filler had the opportunity to do just that with Mike Huckabee’s wallet–and to surmise about the others.

Robert Novak believes the Republican Party is facing a frightening problem: Mike Huckabee is emerging as a serious contender. But why is the rise of a pro-life, former Baptist minister a frightening problem for Republicans? Novak argues it’s because Huckabee is a false conservative:

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Ron Paul has picked up an unlikely endorsement … one which he’d probably do well to distance himself from.

It’s official. Oprah Winfrey is hitting the campaign trail in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina to stump for Barack Obama. While some strategists believe Oprah “will help Obama reach stay-at-home moms and other women who do not closely follow politics,” others say the plan could backfire:

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When it comes to politics, there’s always room for surprises–and Mike Huckabee is proving to be one. A new CBS/New York Times poll found that in Iowa, Huckabee is quickly gaining on front-runner Mitt Romney–21 to 27 percent, respectively.

While Romney still leads in Iowa, his support base is far softer than that of Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor whose campaign has gained momentum in recent weeks. Half of Huckabee supporters said they had made up their mind, compared to two-thirds of Romney supporters who said they could change their mind before caucus night. Overall, 57 percent of GOP caucus-goers said they haven’t settled on one candidate.

So what does this all mean for the Republican nomination? Quite simply, “It ain’t over till it’s over.”

Ever since Pat Robertson’s endorsement of Rudy Giuliani, media outlets have scrutinized the move as a signal that the conservative Christian vote is fractured and confused. Columnist Joe Loconte says such a critique is flawed and naïve:

Let’s start with Pat Robertson. Anyone who thinks that Mr. Robertson is a weather vane for religious voters simply hasn’t been paying attention. The most influential voices in conservative Christianity have excoriated him for his chronic absurdities.

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The Hillary Clinton campaign is in the limelight again, this time for apparently planting questions during campaign stops. Clinton insists she didn’t know about the planted questions, but that’s not stopping her rivals from criticizing her. Nor is it helping to dispel concerns that Clinton is uncomfortable with difficult questions and too reliant on carefully scripted events. But is this really that big of a deal, or is it something that should concern voters?

Got a question you’re just dying to ask the Republican presidential candidates? Well now you can, and it might just be broadcast and answered live during the CNN/YouTube debate on Nov. 28. You can submit it here, but don’t forget to share it with us, too.