Posted on 04/22/2015 7:50:34 AM PDT by GIdget2004
Mike Huckabee has been staffing up for his likely presidential campaign, before an expected announcement in Hope, Arkansas, on May 5.
Sources familiar with the internal planning tell POLITICO that the Republican has decided on senior staff and their roles for a potential 2016 campaign.
This inner-circle includes three alumni of the former Arkansas governor’s 2008 presidential campaign, during which he won the Iowa caucuses and carried seven other states. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Huckabee’s daughter, would be campaign manager. Chip Saltsman, who was manager last time, returns as a senior adviser. Bob Wickers will stay in his role as pollster and media consultant.
Arkansas Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin, the GOP operative and former congressman, will work as a senior political adviser on the potential campaign.
Jim Terry, who cut his teeth in California politics and has worked for the National Republican Congressional Committee, will be national political director.
Huckabee gave up his Fox News program in January and recently discontinued his regular radio commentaries. He’s gotten far less media attention than other candidates, but he continues to appear near the top of the pack in national polls. In 2012, he flirted with running but ultimately announced, on his Fox show in the spring of 2011, that he would not go through with it.
Also helping the Huckabee 2016 effort in communications roles are Alice Stewart and Hogan Gidley, both of whom worked on the 2008 Huckabee campaign and then for former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum in 2012.
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He has Zero chance.
Hard to figure how Huckabee can think he has a chance of winning a single state primary, let alone the nomination.
Huckabeen has no chance to be President. He’s jumping in to ensure another Democrat in an R jersey designated loser for the GOP.
His purpose is to make sure we do not elect anyone who will stop the cheap labor importation/invasion that the parties like to confuse with immigration.
Huckabeen works for the Cheap Labor Express to split up the votes so Jebster gets nominated.
The Huckster is just another one of Jeb’s stable horses.
As long as he takes away votes from Jeb, then I encourage him to run.
| GO HUCKSTER!!!!!!! |
Ronald McDonald was out of a job?
Another mewling “moderate” enters the race.
GO HUCKSTER!!!!!
He's virtually useless to the GOPe this time around. Sorry Jeb.
Not good. I would guess he will take votes from Cruz.
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Wow, his boys are husky aren’t they???
Huckabee himself lost over 100 pounds. He used to be very heavy too. Must run in the family.
Bad news here indeed.
He will siphon too many Cruz votes, and Cruz is the only one we should care about winning.
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you do realize “huckster” is an insult. It is synonymous with scam artist. Huckabee’s sole purpose is self financial benefit and splitting up the votes of real candidates.
In essence his function is to ensure the “effete elite” selected loser is the ultimate candidate.
He quit his Fox job to lose a chance to be president? Makes no sense.
Who would ever vote for snake oil salesman?
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