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Mike Huckabee withdrawal helps Sarah Pailin get back in the race for president
Irish Central ^ | May 13, 2011 | Patrick Roberts

Posted on 05/13/2011 11:08:07 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Mike Huckabee's expected departure from the Republican race for president opens the door for Sarah Palin again.

Palin has gone quiet after the media sizzle around her died and transferred to Donald Trump.

But with Trump fading faster than a losing 'Apprentice' competitor and Huckabee now looking like he will drop out, Palin is suddenly back in this race if she wants.

Huckabee, with his strong evangelical roots, was a natural to win Iowa and Palin enjoys a comparable level of support among those voters.

Contrast that with Mitt Romney who is held in deep suspicion in the first caucus state, not only because of his moderate politics but also his Mormon religion.

That only leaves Palin as the evangelical choice as none of the other contenders have seriosu traction with those voters.

A win in Iowa could galvanize the Palin campaign heading into New Hampshire in January.

That would be a turn up for the books,but with the Republican race so volatile anything can happen.

Mitt Romney will not be the clear front runner if and when Huckabee announces he is stepping down, but I have believed for some time that he has a very soft core of support.

As usual 'savior' canddiates such as Mitch Daniels are being spoken about as well as Jeb Bush but I feel the winner will come form the present field.

Which is why I think Palin is so intriguing once again.

She has differentiation and a hard core base of support something no other candidate really has with Huckabee out.

I think she is back in with a real chance to win.


TOPICS: Campaign News; Parties; Polls; State and Local
KEYWORDS: 2012; evangelicals; huckabee; iowa; jebbush; palin; romney; sarahpalin
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Herman Cain.

Rock-Solid-Conservative.

41 posted on 05/14/2011 4:43:53 AM PDT by Thermalseeker (The theft being perpetrated by Congress and the Fed makes Bernie Maddoff look like a pickpocket.)
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To: re_nortex

bye bye Huck


42 posted on 05/14/2011 4:52:56 AM PDT by petercooper (2012 - Purge the RINO's.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

That’s mighty white of Patrick Roberts to “allow” Sarah back in the race, especially since she hasn’t yet announced she’s running.


43 posted on 05/14/2011 4:53:10 AM PDT by FrankR (A people that values its privileges above its principles will soon lose both.)
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To: factmart
Sarah Palin is the only political figure I have seen in the last 50 years or so who I am absolutely convinced will place the country's interest foremost over any and all personal interests with the possible exception of her family's safety.

I can certainly live with that.

I hope she runs and wins.

44 posted on 05/14/2011 4:57:48 AM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim (We will fight for America and it starts here in Madison, WI. It starts here. It starts now.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If Pawlenty is cutting into donor funds and support Romney would otherwise get, it is a win-win for us and a lose-lose for those two, maybe.

Rumors are that Huckabee may announce today that he is NOT running. That could clear a past for a more staunch conservative.

Trump seems to have trumped himself out of contention.

Gingrich is still Gingrich and the MSM are sorting though his trainload of baggage.

Daniels still hasn’t gotten his wife’s permission to run.

Some are starting to push for Fred Thompson — that’s how lackluster the GOP list is at present.


45 posted on 05/14/2011 5:44:32 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Huckabee just said on Fox&Friends that he will make his announcement TONIGHT on his program, not during the day interviews/commentaries.

FYI

[I have no idea what time his program is on, as I have never watched it. NBC is burning off remaining episodes of Chase at 7:00 CT.]


46 posted on 05/14/2011 5:48:43 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Post 35 is Great.

The very reason Palin should run.

She is vetted and the toughest out there


47 posted on 05/14/2011 5:49:55 AM PDT by factmart
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To: DaxtonBrown
Be intersting to see if they drag old Jeb out o da bushes for a last ditch run.

He seems to be saving himself for 2016, especially if the GOP nominates a lackluster loser.

I have no doubt he will run, eventually. Running against a miserable 2nd Term of Obama may offer a better springboard for him than running against an incumbent next year.
48 posted on 05/14/2011 5:54:48 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Contrary to my studious avoidance of talking politics at church I got into a conversation with a good friend last year as we were both waiting for our daughters to get registered at summer camp. He knows I've got an opinion on just about everything and asked who I thought would be the '012 R candidate. I told him the one I saw myself supporting without reservation was a certain former governor who hunts caribou to feed her family. He said he was leaning toward another ex-governor and former Baptist preacher. We basically gob smacked each other.

I think there are conservative and religious people who believe Gov. Palin is heavily damaged goods, if not the idiot the media try to portray her as, and others (like me) who view Huckabee as a not-so-closet statist and fraud who's just a Hostess Twinkie away from a 150 pound regain (just wait till they get a load of his kids - something the press would make sure is page 1 material every day from the convention to election). If Huck is dropping out some, maybe most, of his support could gravitate to Palin (if she decides to run). Personally, if she does run I'm looking forward to her participation in debates. From what I've seen of her capabilities it will be Snow White vs. the however many Dwarves.

49 posted on 05/14/2011 6:21:58 AM PDT by katana
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I would like to get back to respecting Huck and even enjoying his show! If he decides not to run as it seems, that would be a first big step! However I am very skeptical of him for some reason.

I predicted some time ago that if Sarah ran and Huck did not, that he would NOT endorse her/Sarah, I still stand by that prediction, but I hope to be proven wrong! Huck do the right thing, do NOT run and DO endorse Sarah!

I say he does not run, and does NOT endorse Sarah.

I hope/pray to God that he does Not run and DOES endorse Sarah....I just don’t see it happening, unfortunately!

He will endorse someone else!


50 posted on 05/14/2011 6:42:22 AM PDT by Friendofgeorge (SARAH PALIN 2012, PLEASE LORD)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Speaking as a person who doesn't support Sarah Palin for President I think a Huck withdrawal would most benefit Palin. The majority of those who supported Huck though will probably go into the undecided column for quite some time.
51 posted on 05/14/2011 6:45:49 AM PDT by Artemis Webb (artemis_webb@yahoo.com --Lord knows how long before I'm banned so please say hello sometime.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
PREFECT©

52 posted on 05/14/2011 7:48:18 AM PDT by onyx (If you truly support Sarah Palin and want to be on her busy ping list, let me know!)
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To: LibLieSlayer; 2ndDivisionVet
B T T T ! ! !




I think the huckaboob who's regained a lot of weight is running!!

His entry would seem to cancel the chances of Chris Christie being drafted, unless the two fatso liberals run as the "unbeatable, heavy weight" team.

Why would the Huckster use his TV program to make an announcement that he's NOI running?

He also has a new DVD package for children coming out about American histyory in cartoon mode. The man is money hungry.

He didn't write that recent book, *Goverment Made Simple,* or whatever its title, not to run, IMO.
53 posted on 05/14/2011 7:59:03 AM PDT by onyx (If you truly support Sarah Palin and want to be on her busy ping list, let me know!)
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To: katana

There are a fair number of evangelical women that think that she should be raising her kids; and a number of evangelical men that think that men should be the leaders. This explains some of the division of the support between Sarah and the Huckster. As for me; I hope she is reloading.


54 posted on 05/14/2011 8:03:21 AM PDT by joelt
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’m hoping Huck doesn’t suprise us; and announce that he is running.


55 posted on 05/14/2011 8:05:56 AM PDT by joelt
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To: onyx

I am also in that same belief. There is no way that Huck will pass up that kind of dominant popularity among Republicans, when he has not even begun to campaign.

He will already have a strong lead, if and when he announces. He has been researching his potential donations and support the past several months quite intensely. Several large Corporations have held their funding, waiting to see what the field will be.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/republican_presidential_nomination-1452.html


56 posted on 05/14/2011 8:14:01 AM PDT by PSYCHO-FREEP (Always Remember You're Unique.......(Just Like Everyone Else.))
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To: LibLieSlayer

Great post! Couldn’t have said it any better myself. Thanks!


57 posted on 05/14/2011 8:18:28 AM PDT by nfldgirl
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58 posted on 05/14/2011 8:22:09 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: re_nortex

Perhaps it is a flawed equivalency for knowledgeable voters, but the surface perception of Huck is that he is religious and conservative. And maybe on the down-home likeable factor they are comparable, altho I don’t like him that much.


59 posted on 05/14/2011 8:24:21 AM PDT by altura ( Palin/Ryan--or Cain ---or anybody .)
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To: DaxtonBrown
Yes, they have placed expectations so low that if she sounds at all intelligent and well spoken - and even gets in a few zingers - she will have won on improving perception alone.

0bama is running, so the Republican debates will be the only show in town for politically interested independents.

We shall see - hopefully.

60 posted on 05/14/2011 8:25:46 AM PDT by allmendream (Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
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