Plenty to keep political junkies busy even on New year’s day with only a couple days to go. If you like this poll Huckabee is ahead but if you like this one Romney is. Both, by the way, have Hillary ahead. One has Thompson in third and the other has McCain. Meanwhile as we saw hints of yesterday, the Huckabee press conference is drawing very little criticism in Iowa. At least on the web edition of the Des Moines Register you can’t find coverage of the presser. Huckabee is likely thrilled by the Quad City Times coverage of the event. The NY Times is emblematic of very critical national media and we know how Iowa Republicans hang on every word printed by the Grey Lady. ( Not all national coverage is so harsh. Rather than whack Huckabee for his, er, showmanship yesterday this from Howard Kurtz takes Romney to task for attack ads that “misrepresent facts.”)