Ebenezer and black endorsement impact Huckabee's campaign in Georgia

By Charles Edwards

Atlanta, GA – As Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee attended the annual King service, he also received an endorsement from the Coalition of African-American pastors.

A political expert thinks the appearance and endorsement could boost Huckabee's standing with a group of Georgia voters.

In one day, Huckabee, a former Arkansas Governor, attended one of the nation's most famous black churches and got the thumbs up from conservative black church leaders.

However, Huckabee's strategy may not be to pull African American votes in the state. Charles Bullock is a political science professor with the University of Georgia.

BULLOCK: Republicans can sometimes benefit to the extent that they appear to be racially tolerant not by getting black votes but by getting the votes of moderate whites who do not want to perceive to be racist.

Even though, Huckabee is leading the most recent AJC poll, Bullock does not think he's a lock to win Georgia's primary on February 5th. He says John McCain's win in South Carolina and Mitt Romney's victory in Michigan makes it at least a three person race in Georgia.