I caught the tail end of the presentation Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Steve Russell gave to the Heritage Foundation folks. He's the kind of inspiring leadership that make this country the best place on this globe. He pointed out that it's not a civil war in Iraq because the insurgents are only about 10,000 to 20,000 male, while the population of Iraq is 25 millions people. That we do not hear of the successes of the provincial government. The fact that Tikrit, Saddam's stronghold, has not been in the news is an amazing victory for our troops and the Iraqi security forces. Check out his organization, Vets 4 Victory.

It's so encouraging to see governor Mike Huckabee's poll number keeps going up and up and up. He's now in third place with 12% behind Mitt Romney 29% and Fred Thompson 18% in this Des Moines Register poll. Not only did he pass mayor Rudy Giuliani 11% but he's number one favorite "among the one-fourth of likely caucus participants who say their minds are made up, Huckabee comes out on top with 19 percent, followed by Romney at 16 percent and Thompson at 15 percent." Newt Gingrich said Huckabee would be the dark horse candidate if he has some money, which is something I found out for myself when I first met the governor in Plano a couple months back so I am taking it upon myself to raise a few bucks for the governor among my family and friends. With what he has been able to do without money, I can't wait to see what he can do with some money.