[rmlew]

Huckabee is a pro-family liberal.
He doesn't understand Islam. He also fails to understand that France, England, the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden have tried either assimilationism or multi-culturalism as well as affirmative action. The result has been violence.

The Huckster is the choice of narrowly focused religious conservatives who will sell out to anyone who preaches and claims to be a conservative. Didn't these idiots learn anything from Clinton's charismatic preaching?

[HAL9000]

Foreign policy is an area he needs to work on. A few weeks ago he stated that if a Palestinian state is established, it should be in Egypt or Saudi Arabia. I don’t think that is a realistic plan. He needs some advisors with foreign policy credentials.

[Jabba the Nutt]

I'm rarely undecided about politicians. I am undecided about the GOP Presidential candidates. There's something to like and admire about all of them and there's something to pull your hair out about all of them. During the 2000 GOP primary campaign, I went nuts that Bush had 27% in the polls, with all of his rivals below 10%, however only 9% knew that this was the son of George H W Bush and not the former President.

Mitt Romney: Seems by far to be the most professional, focused, prepared and 2nd most experienced. I'm not a fan of "businessmen" that the GOP is so often fond of, because that often means a lack of principle and a drive for deal-making that gives the store away to the liberals. His change of opinion, or flip-flopping on abortion doesn't bother me. He reasoning for it doesn't make much sense. He just seems unwilling to be really straight. As a marketing guy, he seems to anxious to put out some dubious claims. I'm concerned about his willingness to stand up to the leftwing media/democrat party pressure. He doesn't seem to have the spine to really secure the border and take on the immigration issue.

Guiliani: Tough, but is he ruthless and willing to abuse power. I remember him in the '80s arresting bond/stock traders at their offices, hand-cuffing them and making them do perp walks in front of the media. Destroying people's reputation to puff up his own PR image? He also seems willing to say almost anything. Running for mayor, he says he's not really a Republican. Weak on securing the borders, can we afford another 4 or 8 years of open borders? Seems to be the toughest in the war on terror.

Thompson: Seems to be the most Reagan-conservative. I thought he completely failed and caved into Clinton, while he headed the Campaign Finance investigation. Chinese intelligence funded Clinton, the American Spectator found that out, but Fred couldn't? He looks older than he is. I think the media's been doing a blackout on him, but Fred hasn't been taking advantage of the opportunities he has to get his message out. Fire in the belly? Wrong on Campaign Finance Reform, because he went along with his friend McCain?

McCain: For me with McCain, it's a character and temperament issue. McCain is too angry, to bitter and too brittle to be entrusted with the Presidency. I don't like him, because he's used the media and they've used him as a stalking horse to attack fellow Republicans. McCain (R-Media) hits close to the truth. McCain has been wrong on Campaign Finance Reform, helped provide cover for Clinton. McCain has been wrong on immigration. He now says he understands, but has done zero to secure the border. McCain has damaged this country, helped liberals, even helped the commies and the Jihadis with his obsession on the "torture" issue. McCain has be great on the war, but I have no idea what he'll do about Iran, etc.

Huckabee: I thought he won the first two debates. I liked him. Is he an economic populist or a tax-cutter? I've heard plausible cases for both. I don't like his (liberal-like) tendency to 'moralize' policy issues and paint anyone, who opposes him as immoral. We had 8 years of that with Clinton. I don't know enough about Huckabee, but the more I learn, the more I've fallen away.

Ron Paul: As a libertarian and former Libertarian, I like Paul on the economy, taxes, Federal Reserve, hard money, guns, etc., etc. I never fully bought into non-interventionism in foreign policy. Yes, Washington said to avoid entangling alliances, but that was for a small, weak country separated from the great powers by an ocean that took months to cross. His foreign policy prescriptions would lead to more war, death and destruction world-wide, not less. Paul hasn't roped in his Paultard supporters and that hurts his reputation. Paul also has a tendency toward conspiracy theories.

Tancredo: Great on the border and immigration, but that's all I know.

Duncan Hunter: Seems to be the complete package, border, immigration, defense, war, power of government. He hasn't put together a campaign team. Let's just say, charisma-challenged and a stiff communicator. Bush, the nice, decent guy, was a reaction to the divisive Clinton. The next GOP candidate is going to be someone, who can communicate persuasively as a reaction to the clueless Bush administration.

Right now, my vote is on Hunter, but that has changed and may change again.

[TomGuy]

In your heart, you know he's right a Jimmy Carter wannabe.

In this age of Islamofanatical terrorism, Huckabee's warm and fuzzy approach to foreign relations just doesn't cut it. We need a strong president, not a milquetoast compassionate conniver who would seem more comfortable pining from Oprah's couch than from behind the President's desk in the Oval Office.

Huckabee's recent contention that Gitmo should be closed because it is a bad symbol [awwwwwww] in the rest of the world [i.e., liberals in Europe, the UN, and the Islamic world] is a prime example of the kind of foreign policy that makes the US appear weak in the eyes of the rest of the world. The next president will have to deal with an increasing dictatorial government in Russia, with and increasing military from China, with continued Islamofanatical terrorism sponsored by several Islamic nations, etc.

Ironically, some of Jimmy Carter's policies are what lead us to much of the Islamist terrorism of today -- his support of the overthrow of the Shah of Iran which lead to Carter's impotence in dealing with the 444 days of American hostages at the US Embassy in Iran.

[wolfcreek]

Huck sounds more *compassionant* than our current prez. His nomination would change the face of the Repub party for the worse and Hillary would likely wipe the floor with him.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Beyond Huckabee’s skepticism about the benefits of free trade

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For whom, exactly?

Seems like so-called “free trade”, as currently practiced is mostly nothing more than trading with the enemy.

[Yaelle]

Huckabee - has he ever even BEEN to SoCal or other Mexico border states??? Does he REALLY think we are a happy melting pot here? If we are, it’s a pot of frijoles with one of two islands of American culture floating in it like scum.