The political press is absolutely head over heels for Huckabee. (There were high-fives all around when it became clear he'd finish second [in the Iowa GOP straw poll].)

-- Noam Scheiber, The New Republic, 8/11/07 (via Booman Tribune and Eschaton)

...for those who have followed Mr. Huckabee as he has traveled across the country these past six months, he has distinguished himself in another way: as a candidate of considerable humor who stands apart in this oh-so-serious field of presidential contenders...

-- Adam Nagourney, New York Times, 8/13/07

Now you know. Make media giggle. Get fawning media coverage.

Apparently, no one in the Beltway press corps learned anything after getting charmed into the tank by Dubya.

One might say this is high school journalism, if it wasn't so unfair to high schoolers.