Posted on 04/12/2011 8:45:22 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Mike Huckabee and Donald Trump had a one-on-one meeting last weekend, after a month where the former Arkansas governor has been quietly meeting with donors in New York as he weighs a run.
The meeting, which Huckabee mentioned in passing on Fox News on Monday, was in New York City during a weekend when the 2008 Iowa caucuses winner was in town taping his Fox TV show.
It was unclear what the two discussed, but sources familiar with the get-together suggested the meeting was part of Huckabee's recent listening tour with donors, since Trump would be a useful supporter if he himself didn't run for president, as he's flirting with right now. However, Trump has made increasingly clear to people around him that he's seriously weighing getting in.
Meanwhile, Huckabee has been holding a string of about a half-dozen meetings with donors or bundlers in New York, primarily from the finance industry, over the past 6 weeks, three sources told POLITICO....
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That's because they are!
Fred Thompson too...that was probably part of the deal.
Go back to Little Rock!
My bet is if Donald does run, and wins the nomination, he picks someone like Allen West as his running mate. A smart man like Donald does smart things!
Here is a recent poll from Newsmax, which is astounding, since their following is dominant Conservative.
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/trump-obama-romney-palin/2011/04/11/id/392535
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