Posted on 12/04/2007 2:36:00 PM PST by dano1
Edited on 12/04/2007 2:51:39 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, for months cast as a "second-tier" candidate, now finds himself with another label he is not eager to have: "front-runner."
Without the money to hire field organizers around the state to ensure that voters will turn out, the campaign is instead relying on a network of pastors, parents who home-school their children, and other Christian conservatives. Monday night, he appeared at a closed-door meeting with Iowa pastors that was organized in part by some of his conservative religious backers.
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I aspire to your level. I just need the opportunity.
This country will never, I repeat, NEVER elect a Baptist preacher as President. As for the MSM love fest, get over it quick because they will Dean him as soon as they even think he has a chance to beat Rudy. The MSM will jump on the anti-Christian bandwagon and Huck will be done, just like that.
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I think any candidate who makes his religion and faith a focal point of his campaign will never win the Presidency, let alone the nomination.
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