Serious traction in SC for Huckabee

This report from on the ground in South Carolina is good news for Mike Huckabee and anyone who are interested in more than political equivalents of beauty pageants. And it'll be good news (for me) when a report about Huckabee doesn't include an allusion to Bill Clinton.("Huckabee: Former Arkansas governor earns highest rating") Here's the beginning of the article:

"Spartanburg County conservatives, it seems, finally have taken a liking to the man from Hope, Ark.

Not Bill Clinton - the other guy.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who grew up in Hope, left Spartanburg on Saturday with the highest score given by several hundred Republican county convention delegates to six GOP presidential contenders (and a surrogate speaker for a seventh).

Although many of the candidates also hit conventions in Greenville, Laurens and Richland counties Saturday, only in Spartanburg were they asked to tailor their speeches to specific issues: the war in Iraq, border control, 'fair trade,' the Bush tax cuts and social issues - particularly abortion rights and the definition of marriage."

Oh, and the report provides some background on how/why Duncan Hunter fared so well in this particular straw poll: support from the owner and employees of local textile company Milliken & Co.