But there was something else going on in Grayson this week that had little to do with constitutional law. Whatever else it was, the Davis rally was a show of organizational strength by the Huckabee campaign. Drawing 5,000 people to a rally in a tiny town — the schools were closed in anticipation of the crowds and congestion — is no small achievement. And by doing the heavy organizational lifting, the Huckabee team brought together a number of social conservative groups that could play key roles in Huckabee’s drive to solidify evangelical support in the Iowa caucuses and beyond.

The Huckabee team worked with the Family Research Council, Concerned Women for America, the National Organization for Marriage and other groups. Huckabee aides say the campaign got in touch with more than 750 churches in Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana, Tennessee, Georgia, Ohio and North Carolina. That’s a lot of ministers who might be called on in the future. The team also sent out millions of emails — all in a frenzied long weekend of organizing…

The rally was such a big deal that Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex.— Huckabee’s rival for evangelical votes — tried at the last minute to grab a role in it. Cruz traveled to Grayson and wanted to speak to the crowd. But he was physically blocked from doing so by a Huckabee advance man. There was no way the Huckabee campaign was going to work like mad for several days to organize an event and then give another candidate the stage.