40 percent of likely Iowa GOP caucus voters say Beyonce is ‘mental poison’ [View all]

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Will there ever be a moment when Mike Huckabee crosses paths with Jay-Z and Beyoncé in person? One can hope. Until then, we have to settle for Huckabee soundbites on Beyoncé and polls that pit them against one another.

The Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics poll has done just such a thing, which lets us plumb the inner recesses of Iowa caucus-goers on the hot topic of how they feel about Beyoncé vis-a-vis Huckabee.

You, of course, will remember that Huckabee dared to capture the attention of the Beygency by knocking Bey and Jay for their Grammy performance. It was something about Jay-Z effectively being Beyoncé's pimp (even though, like we said, Beyoncé upgraded Jay, and it was all retro and absurd to suggest otherwise). Then Huckabee said the Obamas were bad parents because they let their daughters listen to her music.

And the pollsters in Iowa brought this all up with caucus-goers in a new poll that I love.

Here's the question -- which is a bit leading, but still:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=1484

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