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Huckabee Still Optimistic Despite Poll Position

February 06, 2007 9:33 AM

ABC News' David Chalian Reports: Former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark., threw on his political pundit hat this morning at a breakfast meeting with reporters sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor.

When asked about his current poll position far behind the "800 pound gorillas" Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, R-N.Y., Huckabee said this about "gorillas":  "When they fall they make a huge thud and leave a big whole in the ground," said Huckabee.

"If you are in first place right now, there is only one direction you can go -- and it is not a good one," added Huckabee.

The man seeking to become the second president from a place called Hope, also set some clear expectations and benchmarks he must meet in order to continue his fight for the GOP nomination.

"If after the Iowa straw poll. . . I'm still in the second or third tier, then I've got a problem," said Huckabee referring to the Iowa Republican Party straw poll scheduled to take place in Ames, IA on Aug. 11 which Huckabee predicted will be the first real "breakaway" event of the 2008 GOP contest.

Looking ahead to the January 2008 caucuses, Huckabee said, "If I don't do well in Iowa -- get one of the top three tickets out -- then it will be very challenging to go on from there."

The southerner also said that "South Carolina will be important to me. I don't think I have to win there. I think if I did poorly there, it would be difficult to move forward."

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