Huckabee said “Bye-Bye” last night:
http://www.businessinsider.com/mike-huckabee-drops-out-president-race-2016-2?op=1
Haha, when I first glanced at your headline I thought it was another opus from a quitter freeper lol.
Won’t happen yet. Bush, Kasich and Cristie think NH is the place they can show some strength.
I’d add that the “coin-flippers” at the Iowa Democratic Party need to say “good-bye” too.
I wonder how the race would have been different if those losers had dropped out? I wonder who would the go for? Trump or Cruz? Or Rubio?
Whew! From the headline I feared this was going to be an opus!
Welcome back, Chuck! :-)
I wouldn’t put much stock in last nights results. It’s a caucus, not an Australian Ballot. Your vote is not your own and you are expected to surrender to the forces who appear the strongest. Last night that was Cruz, who had a solid ground operation there. But keep in mind that Huckabee and Santorum both won in Iowa too...and where is President Santorum or President Huckabee?
Iowa is a nice freak show but it’s not an accurate predictor of anything.
Exactly, I don’t know why they feel the need to stick with it. Do they honestly believe they’ll surge ahead somewhere else, and if they did, would it be consistent? At this point, they’re only in it to draw votes from other more potent candidates, and if they don’t have they grace to bow out, then they are part of the problem.
It’s too early for most. Huckabee can go back to Fox, O’Mally was counting on an indictment, and the rest are still delusional.
By next Friday, we will lose two or three more.
Agree but on another point, how the hell did Jeb Bush rank above the others? That empty suit should’ve been dead last.
Huckabee exposed himself as a complete fraud by sucking up to Trump’s newfound Christianity. See 2 Corinthiams etc. He attacked Cruz’s faith instead. I really hope he goes back to Arkansas and plays his banjo for a living. Go Huck yourself Huck.
The people in ONE state should not be given the power to determine the course of the nation. Let us wait to hear from the rest.
Bush has a delegate!
Eh, let’s give Christie, Kasich, and Bush until New Hampshire at least, since each of them has polled decently there recently at one time or another. Huckabee quit, Fiorina and Santorum are done, though.
After New Hampshire, at most one of Bush, Chrstie, Kasich, and Paul should remain.
I assume Carson is going to try to hang on until South Carolina at least, although with no NH/SC events scheduled, I’m not sure why. He’s essentially just playing spoiler at this point.
The thing to watch now is how Jeb, Marco, and Kasich do in NH. Trump is expected to win big (and his supporters here will declare him King and Emperor once he does), but the rest of the Primary season will be decided in that group that finishes 2-6.
The problem is that the GOPE has no incentive to ask the trailing candidates to bow out. The more candidates in the race, the less likely that Trump or Cruz can top fifty percent in enough states to sew up the nomination. (The new rules require at least 8 states with more than half of the votes... and nobody is close to polling that high yet, even Trump in NY). The candidates get to keep campaign money, so they have a vested interest in staying in as well.
You put too much stock in the first contest of many, and one that is notoriously unreliable in forecasting the eventual nominee.
Bush hasn’t begun!
No seriously. ..any day now.