Chuck Norris + Mike Huckabee = Chuckabee

Chuck Norris has endorsed Mike Huckabee in a pretty funny video ad found on YouTube.

What is it about Chuck? He has an almost cult-like following, especially on the internet and in on-line games. It's not uncommon to be cruising through the Barrens in World of Warcraft and see people chatting about the awesomeness that is Chuck Norris.

So what happens when he throws his weight behind a potential presidential candidate?

Here's the video:





Now I'm not one to let a celebrity influence my vote. Personally, I have a lot more common sense than most actors. Chuck Norris could kill me with his pinky, but that doesn't necessarily influence my thinking about a candidate.

Having said that, what celebrities CAN do is create buzz and name recognition.

A recent article on Yahoo Buzz tracked the searches for three candidates: Hillary Clinton, Barak Obama and Mike Huckabee. Those searches were done over a time period where Barbara Streisand endorsed Hillary, Oprah endorsed Obama, and Chuck endorsed Huckabee. Here are the results:

So Mike Huckabee, goes from obscurity to the most-searched for candidate of the three.

Thus is the power of Chuck. When Chuck Norris endorses Mike Huckabee, does that become Chuckabee?