[cradle of freedom]

I think Huckabee has an appeal to Iowans because he is also a mid-westerner.

[Melas]

Huckabee is not a Midwesterner, he’s a Southerner. He was born in Hope Arkansas, lived in Arkansas, and governed in Arkansas.

The Midwest is comprised of the following states:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

The American South is comprised of the 11 states of the confederacy:

South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee.