Nominating the Huckster will be a disaster, much worse than nominating Giuliani. Giuliani was mayor of a very liberal city so has has some excuse for some of his policies. In addition, nominating Giuliani is meant to possibly win some blue states. I doubt that Rudy will win any blue states but I understand the mentality.
The Huckster will not even run well in the south. The country does not want another Arkansas politician. His policies on global warming, energy, immigration, and spending will not be much different than rat policies. Without a clear choice, the rats will win in a landslide.
Can you imagine the dossier that the Clinton PI team must have on Huck?
This is a great analysis on the Huckster from Allahpundit:
Huck’s sleight of hand here is classically left-wing, equating the denial of benefits to which the recipient was never entitled with “punishment,” the confiscation of a right already held.
He insists the scholarship program would have been a revenue-generator by turning tax-takers into taxpayers, in his formulation, but of course he doesn’t factor in the expense generated by the incentive it gives to further “tax-takers” to come to Arkansas and settle. The taxpayer/tax-taker thing’s a red herring anyway; this is obviously about charity for him, in which case it’s hard to discern why these scholarships should be limited by anything so mean as geography.
If we’re going to spend American citizens’ money on scholarships for bright foreign students, why not just send money to Canada or Mexico for that purpose? The only difference between the talented 17-year-old illegal alien in Little Rock and the talented 17-year-old in Mexico City is that the parents of the former broke the law and got away with it. If Huck’s hung up on that promise to seek citizenship that he mentions as being one of the requirements, no problem: I’m sure the kid in Mexico City will be willing to promise that too in exchange for a free education.
http://hotair.com/archives/2007/11/29/video-romney-and-huckabee-clash-over-scholarships-for-illegal-aliens/