So, it looks like the Caucus Cooler boys have a burr up their ass again (and once again, obviously planted by those squeaky clean, easily indignant Romney folks). Really, couldn’t Romney have sprung for a hotel room so his minions could have taken photos in broad daylight… the lighting in those pictures is horrible.

Apparently, Gov. Huckabee (who according to Romeny is inept at foreign policy) is solely responsible for the Mexican government’s decision to open a consulate office in Little Rock. Wow, he sure must be powerful for the Mexican government to bow to his every whim.

According to the official website of the Mexican Consulates, there are 46 Mexican Consulate locations throughout the United States.

Guess where I found this information… from the website for the Mexican Consulate in Boston, Massachusetts, home of former Massachusetts governor (and desperate presidential candidate) Mitt Romney!

Using the logic of the Cooler, Mitt Romney must be totally for illegal immigration, too! Why else would he allow a Mexican Consulate in his state?

Has anyone actually thought about a consulate does? One of the main functions is to provide Mexican citizens with paperwork that allows them to go back home to Mexico. Apparently that is something Romney supporters think we should be discouraging. Maybe all of us in Iowa should go protest the fact that there is a Mexican Consulate in neighboring Omaha, Nebraska. I bet Republican Gov. Dave Heineman of Nebraska is pro-illegal immigration too.

Aw heck, while we’re at it, let’s protest the Mexican Consulate in Kansas City, Missouri. That’s not too far from Des Moines. I bet Republican Governor Matt Blunt is also in on the conspiracy.

For those of us up for a ski vacation, we could head out to Utah to protest the Mexican Consulate in Salt Lake City. Apparently Republican Gov. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. is in on the plan too.

Seriously, Camp Romney, you are only making yourselves look really desperate. Oh wait, you are really desperate…. Here’s some free advice (I know that will be a novel concept given that you guys are used to paying anyone having anything to do with your campaign quite handsomely): Why don’t you work on trying to bolster your own credibility rather than trying to smear someone else’s. If you’d done that a long time ago, you wouldn’t be in the (trailing) position you’re in now. Remember, Iowans don’t like bullies. I have sneaking suspicion your grenade launching strategy is going to backfire, and in fact, it already is.

And all this bashing of Huckabee’s immigration policy begs the question: What is Mitt Romney’s plan to deport all 20 million illegal immigrants? Apparently Huckabee’s plan to force them to return to Mexico on their own isn’t good enough for Mitt, so let’s hear how Mitt’s going to accomplish this task. Too bad he’s less interested in discussing solutions and would rather spend his time smearing others.

Mitt Romney, Drudge, and the rest of the Main Street Media are making a big deal about Huckabee’s comments about the Bush Administrations Foreign Policy. They all fail to link to the entire story, but you can get it right here. I’m going to give it a read and give you my take. The following comment is what is getting everyone worked up.

The Bush administration's arrogant bunker mentality has been counterproductive at home and abroad. American foreign policy needs to change its tone and attitude, open up, and reach out. In particular, it should focus on eliminating Islamist terrorists, stabilizing Iraq, containing Iran, and toughening its stance with Pakistan.

Mike Huckabee

Many people and especially the pundits didn’t see Huckabee coming. Most people credit the Huckabee’s surprising second place finish at the Iowa Straw Poll as the place where he turned his campaign around. And while I mostly agree with that, he didn’t really emerge as a contender till November, months after the Straw Poll. So what’s the real reason for the Huck-a-boom?

After Fred Thompson’s entrance to the race, the field became set. The Thompson brain trust believed that that they were filling the void the national media kept talking about. Their only problem was they didn’t think they had to actually work to or earn that support. So while Thompson was busy begging for applause, the voters decided to go with a different candidate. The one candidate who benefited the most from this was Huckabee.

While not everybody is supporting Huckabee, almost everyone I talk to likes the guy. The same can’t be said of Romney or Giuliani. As mentioned above people had great hopes for Thompson; but instead found great disappointment.

Most insiders aligned with other campaigns believe that Huckabee will be damaged by all of these relentless attacks, I don’t. The attacks would be devastating to Huckabee if they were being made by a viable Fred Thompson, but being attacked by Romney lessens their impact because there is still a majority of people who question Romney on many core Republican issues.

Another thing that many of the talking heads like to talk about is the highly touted Romney Iowa organization. While there is no question that he has assembled the best staff of any Republican candidate in Iowa, they are only as good as their candidate. If you don’t believe me, ask John McCain who assembled an incredible Iowa Staff before having to part ways with most of them.

While Huckabee might not have the experienced staff that Romney has, I wouldn’t be so quick to dismiss his organizational efforts. With his surge in the polls, the Huckabee campaign has been flooded by people who want to help his campaign. So while Romney went out and found people who supported him, Huckabee had people find him. On caucus day it doesn’t matter how a person was recruited, it only matters that they show up. I think Huckabee’s people are going to show up.