Hard Rain Falling on Team Huckabee
By Jose Antonio Vargas
LITTLE ROCK -- "Yesssss!" screamed a few supporters here at Clear Channel Metroplex, site of the Mike Huckabee watch party.
Huckabee, who earlier in the night won West Virginia and his home state of Arkansas, just captured Alabama, a must-win Bible Belt state for the long-shot former governor.
The party's a sparsely attended affair, as thunderstorms rolled through the Natural State, leaving highways and roads mostly deserted. (The Trail, we're happy to report, survived fierce, blinding rain showers on highway 440.) The brave supporters who made it to the Metroplex snacked on fried shrimp, chicken nuggets and brownies. There's a makeshift stage in the front of the room, between two big projection screens that show CNN. (Maybe Huckabee will play the bass guitar if he keeps racking up wins.)
A few seconds ago, a round of cheers rolled through the room as CNN showed the Huckaboom in the lead in Missouri.
Posted at 9:37 PM ET on Feb 5, 2008
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