Mike Huckabee’s super PAC is launching a half million dollar ad buy in Iowa for a new 30 second spot, “Moral Clarity.” Its black and white cinematography reminds Iowa voters that he is a man they can trust on life, marriage, and religious liberty — all true.  He comes from Hope, Arkansas, to offer new hope to Iowans based on biblical values:

Less attractively, the Huckabee super PAC is allying with the Branstad coalition in Iowa to make ethanol subsidies the key to the next President of the United States and to echo Marco Rubio’s attack on Ted Cruz on immigration.

Maggie Gallagher is a senior fellow at the American Principles Project.