...and a child shall lead them

The blogosphere's already abuzz about this exchange, reported by the New York Times. As Glenn Reynolds said, if you're going to pander, you better know your audience!

“Who is your favorite author?” Aleya Deatsch, 7, of West Des Moines asked Mr. Huckabee in one of those posing-like-a-shopping-mall-Santa moments.

Mr. Huckabee paused, then said his favorite author was Dr. Seuss.

In an interview afterward with the news media, Aleya said she was somewhat surprised. She thought the candidate would be reading at a higher level.

“My favorite author is C. S. Lewis,” she said.

Wonder if the young scholar is a homeschooler. If not, somebody's bound to get onto her public school for failing to dumb her down and instill proper respect for officialdom! Good on her!