Posted on 01/05/2015 5:01:41 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
As a regular presence on the Fox News Channel for six years, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, 59, hasn’t exactly been hiding in the political shadows. Though he didn’t vie for the presidency in 2012, he’s been regularly airing his conservative and evangelical views on his top-rated weekend show, Huckabee. An outspoken opponent of abortion and gay marriage, this “man of deep faith,” as he calls himself, has also been a presence on weekday radio.
Now the ordained Southern Baptist minister is leaving the media lights to consider a possible run for the GOP nomination for the White House in 2016.
On Saturday night, he told Fox viewers, “I’m not going to make a decision about running until late in the spring of 2015, but the continued [political] chatter has put Fox News in a position that just isn’t fair to them.” On his Facebook page he wrote, “The honorable thing to do at this point is end my tenure here at Fox so I can openly talk with potential donors and supporters and gauge support. As much as I have loved doing the show, I love my country more… It may be time for me to leave a zone of comfort to engage in the conflicts that have almost destroyed the bedrock foundations of America.”
Huckabee’s decision to "engage" complicates the increasingly diverse field of potential GOP contenders for 2016, including former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Sens. Rand Paul (KY), Ted Cruz (TX) and Marco Rubio (FL). Huckabee won the Iowa Republican caucuses in 2008 with 34 percent of the vote and ultimately came in second in the delegate count and third in both the popular vote and number of states won, behind John McCain and Mitt Romney....
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Huckabee was paid-off by Jeb Bush
Perot, and the Reform Party, factored in the results of the elections of ‘92 (18% of the vote), ‘96 (8% of the vote), and 2000 (Florida debacle). Although they didn’t win, it can certainly be argued that they influenced the outcome.
After 2000, Perot, and the Reform Party disappeared from the national scene.
I sometimes wonder - was it really a tinfoil conspiracy ?
Huckabee will get a lot of votes from church ladies, who would otherwise vote for Santorum or Cruz. His getting into the nomination fight will help Jeb Bush, who can ignore church lady voters.
Huckster/Huckabee is a big government putz! This Christian will never vote for him. Check his record as governor, if you’re thinking of supporting him. He is a financial and social liberal.
That’s true; many of the church ladies have little political perception, and they think Mike is right on the money.
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I agree that the more conservatives we have running the more the conservative vote gets split and it works in favor of the establishment candidates.
My point is that nobody has announced. You can’t split the vote when nobody else is running yet.
Check out this puff piece from CNN :-(
http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/06/opinions/stanley-huckabee-2016/index.html
Seriously guys, Mitt Romney?
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