Sure, Obama has Oprah. Hillary's got Barbra. John's backed by Bacon.
But Huckabee's got Chuck.
And for the young men starstruck by the Chuck Norris mystique on caucus eve at a Dubuque coffeehouse, Chuck was more than enough.
The martial-arts legend and action-film star appeared before a fire-code-threatened second-floor crowd of the Mississippi Mug and Below the Bluffs Juice Bar, stumping for Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee.
And Chuck wasn't taking any guff. "I get my ire up. I would be choking all of them unconscious," Norris said of Huckabee's Republican challengers, especially Mitt Romney, who have hit once front-running Huckabee hard in recent days with a slew of attack ads.
"They ask me why I don't run for president. I couldn't. I would have my opponents choked unconscious," Norris said, to a burst of laughter.
Huckabee has been criticized for his own attack-ad campaign that he planned to roll out before apparently withdrawing it at a press conference earlier this week. He still showed the commercial, pointed at Romney.
Norris said his candidate has shown remarkable
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"I would punch that guy back in the face," Norris said.
Dressed in blue jeans and a black turtleneck, Norris looked the part of the silent assassin with the tough-guy reputation he's earned from his roles in movies like "The Delta Force" and his long-running TV show, "Walker, Texas Ranger." But the Hollywood star sounded down to earth, making his pitch for a Huckabee presidency.
"I think he sees what we need to do to make our country grow prosperously and peacefully," Norris said.
He was joined in Dubuque by his wife, Gena, and Huckabee's wife, Janet.
