I give up. Too many RINOs in the system. Forget it. It's time for a third party, the Tea Party!
Posted on 02/21/2011 3:51:59 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Mike Huckabee may be especially tempted to run in 2012 by a lingering feud between him and Mitt Romney, a severe hangover from the 2008 campaign that has created a lasting and bitter rift between the two, Republicans who know both men say.
“[Huckabee] hates Mitt, and his goal in Iowa last time was to stop him,” said one prominent Republican, who’s known both men for years. “If he sees an opportunity to cut Mitt off [during the nominating process], he will take it.”
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Huckabee and Romney were never exactly pals before the Iowa caucuses two years ago — and none of the other contenders had much affection for Romney either — but the battle for the Hawkeye State permanently turned the former Massachusetts governor and Huckabee into lasting enemies, sources say.
As Huckabee weighs whether to run again, several Republicans with ties to Huckabee say his disdain for Romney is a real factor in his decision-making about whether to mount a second campaign for the White House.
Ed Rollins, a national GOP strategist who ran Huckabee’s 2008 effort, recalled the “personal animosity” that the former Arkansas governor felt for Romney, citing the rawness over the negative campaign Romney ran as Huckabee started surging as the dark horse with no money or national establishment support in Iowa in January 2008.
“I don't think he particularly likes Romney,” Rollins said, although the strategist insisted Huckabee “doesn’t’ think much about Romney or Palin” and would only run if he believes the time is right. “I don't think he felt that Romney had a real core of convictions.”(continued)
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I don’t want to see either of these clowns get anywhere near the nomination, but if the Huckster can somehow, some way hurt Mitt’s chances, more power to him.
If they cancel each other out then they will both have accidentally done the Republic a big favor.
Now that is something I can agree with! I am NO tool for the RNC.
I saved the names somewhere.
We know who they are.
And now they're working for Preibus and his blue-haired ladies with all the money.
I give up. Too many RINOs in the system. Forget it. It's time for a third party, the Tea Party!
LOL Oddly enough I think of both Myth and Huckaboob as tools for the RNC.
The Baptist hates the Mormon. I say they both suck. We don’t want either one of them on the GOP ticket.
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