Huckabee, like Reagan, wouldn't be an 'easy kill'

http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-oppink5498381dec13,0,16077.column ^

[wyowolf]

So is Mike Huckabee an "easy kill" for the Democrats? And are the Republicans the distinct underdogs, no matter whom they nominate for the presidency? Maybe. After all, in public opinion surveys, the critical "right track/wrong track" question shows negative feelings predominating by a 2-to-1 or even 3-to-1 margin. That's bad news for the incumbent party, in terms of holding the White House. But some Democrats maintain that the former Arkansas governor, in particular, has a "glass jaw." Hence the headline in Tuesday's Drudge Report: "Dems Hold Fire on Huckabee; See 'Easy Kill' In General Election."...

[madison10]

I really don’t care for the title of the article, don’t care what it’s trying to say.

Other than that...too bad he won’t be, I’m not crazy for him as a Presidential candidate.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

He is. That’s why the MSM is giving him a pass.

[LRS]

If the Huckster does make through the primaries, we will hear “Taliban Wing of the Republican Party” ad nauseam...

[donnab]

“That’s why the MSM is giving him a pass.”

The MSM isnt only giving him a pass..they are promoting him:putting him in the news daily, magazine covers,etc.
That in itself should make one wonder.

[cripplecreek]

I doubt he’ll be the nominee despite the media hype. If he is we lose, period.

[Deut28]

It’s an interesting, and well supported, theory that a winning Presidential candidate has to have a strong heartland appeal. Remember the last Bush election map? Solid all through the heartland, with Kerry only carrying (no pun intendid) the liberal strongholds.

Huck clearly hasn’t shown himself to be in the class of Reagan, Nixon or Eisenhower, but early Bush was viewed as an easy win by the Dems.

[wyowolf]

well i wouldnt have thought Klinton could get elected either but i was a little off there too... you just never know how things are going to shake out... I thought Thompson would be doing so much better by now... but ya never know til its over...

[steve8714]

Huckabee has other problems- unfortunately he has a Nixonian appearance, with the slight frown and shadowy stubble; his record on issues to Blue Dog Democrats (immigration, crime) will not bring them over; and he seems intent on beating the Mormons down to get rid of Romney, which could encourage an important part of the Traditionalist voting bloc in the West to stay home, handing Nevada and a couple more states to the Democrat.

[wilco200]

“Huck clearly hasn’t shown himself to be in the class of Reagan, Nixon or Eisenhower, but early Bush was viewed as an easy win by the Dems.”

Difference is that Bush portrayed himself as a conservative. Huck is a Liberal. Nobody outside of party-ove- policy GOP hacks would vote for this guy in the genereal.

[ishabibble]

Have you seen this? I laughed so hard, I spit my tea out!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1939039/posts

#9

It’s speaks volumes about the Huckster.

[ASA Vet]

The MSM isnt only giving him a pass..they are promoting him

The MSM wing of the commiecRAT party first tried to convince us we wanted McNuts.
When that didn't work they shifted to pushing RinoRudy on us.
That didn't fly either so RinoMitt became their selection for us.
Since we didn't buy into that version of liberal, they're now trying the Huckster.

Letting the MSM select our nominee is sorta like allowing a Clinton to supervise your 17 year old daughter.

[Badeye]

Huckabee would be an ‘easy kill’ in a general election for the same reason Guiliani would be if he gained the nomination.

Thinking conservatives will either stay home, or simply not vote for him.

I won’t.

[Deut28]

One of Bush’s first campaign promises was for a Federal prescription program...Not exactly a conservative promise.

Another was his education policies (inceased Federal control and size), with the support of Ed Kennedy, again, not exactly a conservative promise.

The only conservative part of Bush’s major plank items was tax cuts and SC nominations.

[dawn53]

Peggy Noonan in her Opinion Journal article this AM compared Huckabee to Carter, in that he “inspired” the “Christian” vote.

But she also had this to say about Reagan, and how he would fare if he was running in this election cycle where religion seems to have taken a forefront.

“I wonder if our old friend Ronald Reagan could rise in this party, this environment. Not a regular churchgoer, said he experienced God riding his horse at the ranch, divorced, relaxed about the faiths of his friends and aides, or about its absence. He was a believing Christian, but he spent his adulthood in relativist Hollywood, and had a father who belonged to what some saw, and even see, as the Catholic cult. I’m just not sure he’d be pure enough to make it in this party. I’m not sure he’d be considered good enough.”

[qam1]

First let me just say I’m supporting Fred not Rudy so don’t bother going there

and with that being said the Hucknanny would be an easy kill, Hucknanny would be a way bigger disaster for the GOP then even Rudy would. If Huckabee is our nominee Hillary wins at least 40 states easily.

If Rudy is the nominee, 25% of the base will bolt, but with Rudy he at least could potentially make that up with the moderates and moderate democrats.

Huckabee on the other hand will have a good chuck of the other 75% bolt (2006 proved that the days of the fiscal conservatives/libertarians or what ever you want to call them holding their noses and voting for the lesser of 2 evils is over) and not only that he won’t get any support from moderates, he will in fact drive them right to Hillary.

Fiscal conservatism wins every time while social conservatism repels. With the exception of gay marriage, every other social-con issue drives voters away, abortion went down in South Dakota, ban on stem cells went down in Missouri, Creationism went down in Kansas (in the Republican Primary no less), Judge Roy Moore went down in Alabama (Also in the Republican Primary), the polls were running 75% against the Republicans with that whole Terry Schivo mess, etc, etc.

If they can’t win with those issues in those very red states there’s no way a guy like the Huckster is going to appeal to the rest of the country.

So if we run a pure Social-Con with nothing on the fiscal side, it’s over, not only will Hillary be POTUS we also might be looking at a 60+ rat seat majority in the senate.

So a big Hell no on Hucknanny

[Deut28]

If Fiscal Conservatism wins every time, please explain the last two elections.

[wilco200]

“The only conservative part of Bush’s major plank items was tax cuts and SC nominations.”

I agree Bush is no conservative, but Huck doesn’t even try - he promotes tax-payer funded scholorships for illegal aliens in a Republican deabate - straight up, no nuance, no qualification nothing - just bleeding heart Liberal Big Government values.

It’s unbeliveable that this guy has any support - I guess it’s the RINO electorate

[qam1]

If Fiscal Conservatism wins every time, please explain the last two elections.

?????

Bush and the Republicans in the House & Senate have been spending like crazy. No Child Left alone, Prescription drug pandering act, $15 Billion African dictator relief act, Bridge to nowhere, etc., etc., etc.

Where have you been?

[Deut28]

That was precisely my point. Fiscal Conservatism hasn’t won an election since Reagan.