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Posted on 03/02/2008 11:00:53 PM PST by Keyes2000mt
Mike Huckabee's presidential campaign may be nearing its end, but those around him say he won't disappear and is poised to claim political leadership of conservative evangelicals. Mr. Huckabee's inner circle says he's the perfect bridge to re-establish the Christian right, which has suffered over the last decade, as a political force that speaks for millions of voters. "He has become the leader of a new generation of Christian conservative voters," said Rex Nelson, who was communications director when Mr. Huckabee was Arkansas' governor. "The old leadership has either passed on in the case of [the Rev. Jerry] Falwell or become either irrelevant or out of touch — the Pat Robertson endorsement of Rudy Giuliani proves that." "There is nobody else you can identify outside of Mike Huckabee as a leading person to take on that role, really in a new era where evangelicals care about a lot of things like the environment and working with the poor," Mr. Nelson said. Mr. Huckabee said he will remain in the Republican nomination battle until someone reaches 1,191 delegates to the September convention. Sen. John McCain of Arizona would clinch the nomination tomorrow with wins in Ohio, Texas, Vermont and Rhode Island. Several of Mr. Huckabee's close advisers, speaking on the condition of anonymity to freely discuss possibilities, said he does not have an interest in a Cabinet position or in running for the U.S. Senate from Arkansas, but said being on a ticket as vice president would be an attractive alternative. One adviser mentioned a role as Republican National Committee chairman, while another said he might be best suited for a role outside the party.
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Sorry. Huckabee’s not leading conservatives anywhere, except for perhaps the naive ones into the McCain camp, as soon as Mike determines it’s time to kiss the head RINO’s ring.
Huckabee is the judas goat, whose only purpose is to lead the sheep into the slaughter pen at the appropriate moment.
Will he be working out of the Mexican consulate in Little Rock or a triple-wide in Hope?
Huckabee is a liberal. You have figured that out, right?
Is this the same guy that say we should look to the government for solutions to our social problems?
Conservative evangelical is an oxymoron. The evangelicals don’t care about whether someone is conservative or far left moonbat socialist as long as they carry a bible to church every Sunday and are anti-abortion.
the same guy who wants to abolish the income tax, corporate tax and capital gains tax.
The same guy who said “the Second Amendment isn’t really about hunting. It’s about tyranny and self-defense. The Founding Fathers weren’t worried about our being able to bag a duck or a deer, they were worried about our keeping our fundamental freedoms.”
He must be a commie.
I’m an evangelical and a conservative. And I don’t resemble your other remarks.
Oh, and I don’t support Huckabee.
Now this took me by surprise...not! Huckabee trys to play his losses as wins because he got the second most votes (over Ron Paul) when the truth is he has benefited from receiving almost all the oxegen that was previously consumed by Romney, Thompson, Hunter etc. Huckabee wants to have it both ways..."I'm staying in to win even though mathematically I cannot win but I'll tell you what: if you pick me for VP then I end my campaign." Whatever. I pray that McCain sweeps Huckabee off the table Tuesday and we can get on with the battle against Billary and Obama.
he has done it in a way that doesn’t hurt mccain.
I bet that would attract quite a few Republicans, including me, out of the party.
Huck’s one of the few people McCain could pick that would actually make me enthusiastic about voting for him.
Bzzzt! Wrong answer. Try again --
Huck is one of the few people who could make this evangelical less excited about voting for McCain than I currently am, not an easy task.
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He’s a politician, and its what people want to hear.
Perhaps thats how it should be.
Yet you and I would both have voted enthusiastically for a Reagan clone for president -- right? Reagan appealed to the different groups that form the party. Huckabee (and for that matter Romney) will never be able to do that. Fragmenting the party makes a McCain possible.
When half the party loathes your candidate, it is time to find someone else.
I'm retired, so I already paid my taxes. Now he wants to tax me again on what I spend?
well your investments won’t be taxed. You’ll be able to make more money from them as they will go up in value once the tax burden on capital is completely eliminated.
I favor a flat tax but there is more research, grassroots and congressional support for the fair tax than any other plan. I don’t see how a fair tax would be worse than our current system.
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