Jim Geraghty is really surprised to see John McCain leading in the polls in Southern states. But stop to think for a minute. McCain appeals to military veterans. The Southern GOP primary electorate is loaded with vets. Is it really such a shock that McCain would show some Dixieland strength? As in South Carolina, Huckabee is dividing the anti-McCain vote, but he’s not consolidating it — and given his financial disadvantage, he seems unlikely to do so.
