Mike Huckabee Takes Aim At Ted Cruz In Iowa

Redstate ^ | December 25, 2015 | Streiff

[JSDude1]

I’ve never quite understood either the appeal of Mike Huckabee as a national candidate or why Mike Huckabee thinks of himself as a national candidate but, for the second time Governor Huckabee has made a bid to become the GOP’s nominee for president. In 2008, he made a creditable run in the early states but dropped out in March when it became apparent that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) 48% would win Texas and the nomination. Huckabee had hoped to reprise his 2008 campaign this year but has been frustrated by one man: Ted Cruz.

Cruz won the endorsement of Iowa evangelicals and national evangelicals and that left Huckabee sounded a bit peeved. Huckabee’s polling is statistical noise and he has said that unless he finishes in the top three in Iowa he will drop out. (The last Iowa poll shows him tied for sixth place.)

Earlier this week, Huckabee attacked Ted Cruz — though he did so without mentioning his name — over Cruz’s principled stance on homosexual marriage.

This signaled Huckabee’s Iowa Götterdämmerung: attack Cruz as not a true social conservative and hope to scab enough votes to finish in the top three and thereby make his own goal

[cripplecreek]

Mike Huckabee forces his campaign to its knees in a ditch.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Huckabee is a big government puke who uses religion to justify taxing the crap out of people and redistributing their wealth. Got no use for him at all.

[wny]

Huckabee has no chance whatsoever of winning the nomination, so let’s take pot-shots against someone that does.....so the demholes and mediawhores can use them later in their commercials. It’s time for mike to pack up and go away

[Red Steel]

Cruz has to defend against several on his tail taking aim at him. Huckabee, Paul, Rubio, and Santorum. He has to defend his rear. ... rearguard action.

[MrEdd]

The Huckster’s problems don’t come from his opponents.
They come from the voters learning who he is over time.

[ClearCase_guy]

What on earth is the point?

[apocalypto]

The best thing I can say for him is that he is better than Jeb, Rubio, and Kasich (who should be dropping out of the race any minute).

[lentulusgracchus]

Huckabee is a big government puke ....

....who also spoke, while governor, at a LULAC convention in Little Rock in 2003, I think it was, and said the words "Mi casa es su casa" with Bill Clinton sitting on the speakers' platform right behind him, smirking like Satan.

That mi casa stuff did it for me, right there. I never even looked at Huck in the 2008 primaries.

[lentulusgracchus]

All four of them ought to barge for the exits right after New Hampshire. Iowa and New Hampshire should be enough of a clue-by-four.

[sauropod]

I wish him well in his well deserved retirement. The voters will help to bring that about.

[leaning conservative]

It’s such a Christmas coincidence, mycat took aim at her litter box. At least her aim was true ; )............tip o’ the hat to Elvis Costello........

[Bluestocking]

How can Fox News continue to maintain its Conservative viewership— its main base of support — if it continues to give major air-time to anti-Conservative pundits and moderators like Karl Rove and now Mike Huckabee?

Ted Cruz, the leading Conservative in the 2016 presidential race, has strong support from groups like Evangelicals, free-market Conservatives, anti-Establishment Republicans who have been cheering him on since he shut down the government, and the millions of Texas Republicans who elected him to the Senate and continue to strongly support him.

What does Mike Huckabee have? Three-percent support and dwindling campaign coffers which seem to have been miraculously replenished recently by anti-Cruz PACs in Iowa for whom he now seems to be working full time.

Any cable news viewer who wants to see Ted Cruz being attacked is better off watching the liberal channels, since their pro-Democratic biases are straightforward, rather than Fox News, which pretends to be Conservative while sending out attack dogs like Karl Rove and Mike Huckabee to beat up on the only Conservative, Ted Cruz, who still has a chance to win the presidency.

[exnavy]

Chuckles bees should be ashemed.

[deport]

Plenty of Iowa non caucus participants out there if these following numbers are
correct. So the questions become are they moveable to participation and to whom
would they support?

LINK - Iowa GOP Caucus Participation

121,503 .. January 2012 Republican turnout .......

614,913 .. January 2012 Republican registration

19.76% .. 2012 Republican caucus turnout

119,200 .. January 2008 Republican turnout

576,231 .. January 2008 Republican registration

20.69% .. 2008 Republican caucus turnout rate

[FourPeas]

It’s difficult to believe Huckabee thinks this will bear any good fruit.

[Psalm 144]

I’ve come to intensely dislike both Huckabee and Santorum for their delight in the role of mere spoilers and weak links.

[Husker24]

He’s like a nasty fart that just won’t dissapate.

[Mark17]

The best thing I can say for him is that he is better than Jeb, Rubio, and Kasich (who should be dropping out of the race any minute).

He should have stayed at Fox news. He could play a good guitar.

:-)

[reviled downesdad]

If Huckabee and Santorum love our country they will drop out and endorse Cruz.

If they don’t do so after Iowa they are both dead to me.