After delivering the speech of his political life, the one Drudge headlined as “Romney on the Mount,” the former pro-choice, pro-homosexual, governor of Massachusetts (and still Mormon) Mitt Romney descended the mount back into the reality of the political campaign in Des Moines, Iowa on Friday. There he met the press and it was there the shouting began. From the account of one who was there, Mitt walked out of a press gaggle when the questions about the illegal aliens who kept his lawn manicured got too much to handle. The anticipated honeymoon after the speech of his life was short lived.

Meanwhile Mike Huckabee continues his surge in Iowa and nationally.  A new Newsweek poll shows Huck leads Mitt 39% to 17% in Iowa (that’s a 2 to 1 margin). Rasmussen has Huck as the clear front runner nationally at 21% to Mitt’s 13%.

My colleague Hugh Hewitt (and Romney supporter) puts the best possible spin on Huckabee’s surge by citing Marc Ambinder’s observation that “it’s always easier to beat expectations when you are expected to lose.” No one expected Mitt to lose Iowa a month ago when Huckabee was polling somewhere around 6%.

But Hugh isn’t just spinning – he’s also advancing the MSM attack on Huckabee with several posts today related to Huckabee’s alleged lack of fiscal conservatism, the parole story, and one I hadn’t heard of: Huckabee’s radical position as governor on homosexuality.