The question of the day is this: can Mitt Romney survive a loss in Iowa?
The consensus seems to be that he can't. Today, the Washington Post's Michael Shear reports that Mike Huckabee's rise in the polls is threatening Romney's strategy of winning the early primaries and coasting from there. Over at the Stump, Noam Scheiber theorizes that Romney still has a shot if he places a close second - but only if Giuliani or McCain places a distant third. If it's close, the race will be wide open.
And with McCain gaining ground in New Hampshire and planning a big push in Iowa just after Christmas - after having initially written the state off - the race is looking closer by the day.
