Posted on 06/28/2010 3:24:44 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
After weeks of keeping himself in the headlines and growing more explicit about his intentions to run for president in 2012, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee touted himself as the Republican front-runner, The Hill reports. Speaking on "Fox News Sunday," Huckabee attempted to remain elusive about his presidential ambitions, but showed he is closely watching his poll numbers.
"I end up leading a lot of the polls," Huckabee said. "I'm the Republican that clearly at this point does better against Obama than any other Republican." About his presidential run, Huckabee added: "I haven't closed the door. I think that would be foolish on my part, especially when poll after poll shows that there is strong sentiment out there."
The 2012 Republican presidential field could also include Mitt Romney, who led early polling until Huckabee overtook him in April, and Sarah Palin. Huckabee said Sunday that he has "no doubt" Romney will be running, and praised both of his potential opponents. He said Romney has money and organization on his side, while Palin has "fire and energy" and fervent support from the Republican base.
Huckabee, who hosts a weekend show on the Fox News Channel, has kept up a steady stream of political pronouncements since he lost the 2008 primary to John McCain. Earlier this month, he received extensive coverage after a profile in The New Yorker quoted him cracking jokes about sex with former White House correspondent Helen Thomas and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and calling gay sex "icky."
"The only thing worse than a torrid affair with sweet, sweet Nancy would be a torrid affair with Helen Thomas," Huckabee joked in an e-mail to the magazine's reporter, Ariel Levy. "If those were my only options, I'd probably be for same-sex marriage!"
In April, Huckabee faced what was seen as a setback to his presidential hopes when a man he had pardoned in Arkansas killed four police officers in Washington state. Politics Daily's Jill Lawrence wrote that it was "almost inconceivable" that Republican voters would unite behind Huckabee after the slayings.
Why does there have to be someone ‘in the shadows’ when Sarah Palin would make a perfectly great candidate?
He said he was not a socialist also. The man is a lying sos, big government looney loser.
LLS
1991: Bill who?
If early name recognition meant anything, than we would have had President Rockefeller, President Edward Kennedy, and President Giuliani. Luckily we avoided those, just as we will avoid a Palin or Huck Presidency.
Huckster is the front runner... for being a sanctimonious RINO.
Wrong. We need LEADERS from OUTSIDE of Washington with EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE. Governor Palin is a leader with the qualifications I noted. Daniels is a follower. DeMint is a sitting Senator, not a Governor.
Huckabee is horse crap.
ANY attempt by the pubbies to push this RINO ass clown down our throats as the nominee will be met by Pubbies turning independant or saying to hell with it.
Enough of Bob Dull, Juan McLame, and the damned Bush’s.
Time for Real conservatives or go fish.
Obama did it a bunch of times. We need people who can manage and govern. A false messiah-ette isn't the solution for the mess we're in.
he can go fry himself some catfish and stay the hell away from ruining another election....jerkwad!
I can*t stand the huckster!
Christie or Brown.....enough said.....Huckster was one of the main reasons we got stuck with Cain and zero....
The huckster is a delusional twit. Keep on strumming, Huck...politically, you have gone as far as you will ever go.
He did, He gave us Palin. Unfortunately, the rest is up to us and we may very well screw this up.
I love conservatives, we are a feisty bunch of patriots, but we can’t seem to ever get our act together.
Rather than asking God to help us, perhaps what we should do is get ready to ask Him to forgive us for screwing up a chance to turn this mess around.
With Huckaliar in the race, Obama WILL get another 4 years and this country will die.
not ditzy broads who play on the identity politics of flyover country. ..................................... As ditsy as she appears to you, you must realize that she saved McCain from experiencing a Mondale type loss. Had any of the 2 you suggested ran with McCain do you really think the results would have been the same? McCain was destined to be over whelmed until Ditsy arrived and awakened the Independents and stay home voters. The dormant voters went to the polls and voted for Ditsy not McCain. At least here they did. I still hear people bragging that they voted for Ditsy not McCain. People say she will lose if she runs in 2012, OK, how about putting up the odds and we’ll all bet on it. 20-1 if you are so sure, you got my $1.
I don’t think you’ll see Palin phoning it in when it comes to campaigning. That was Fred’s demise
The Huckster is John McLame with a wooden leg.. and no balls..
Are you calling Huckabee a ditzy broad?!
Hehe.
Where do I start? He is simply not electable!
Sounds good to me, as I have been a fan of Haley's for years, and Inhofe is in my personal top five in terms of Senators.
Fred should have stayed in Hollywood, and Sarah needs to position herself as the new Oprah.
No thanks, Gov. Douchebag. Two Southern Baptist presidents in the past half century was two too many.
I don’t think Huck is ditzy. He has the keen understanding of selling to those who would buy his urine as a cure for impotence were we in 1890.
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