You used the undefined term populism and I wasn’t sure exactly what you meant by it. People say that Huckabee’s candidacy is fueled by populism and most of his supporters are social conservatives who care more about ending abortion than any “frederalism” concerns that may raise. So, I wondered if it was views like that you meant when you refered to populism.
So you’re condending that Huckabee’s rhetoric is meaningless and that his support stems solely from anti-abortion activists?
One of the reasons I support Fred is because I see him as the one candidates that can give everyone in the party something they want...as opposed to Huckabee who outside of one or two issues for all intents and purposes os running on what is traditionally the Democrat platform.
I really want to know why he’s not a Democrat.
I believe what most are objecting to with social conservatives here is the absolute unwillingness to compromise. That unwillingness has given us the monstrosity of a Huckabee campign who is basically a pro-life Democratic running for the Republican nomination.
Fred has the NRTL endorsement but that does not seem to count for anything with abortion issue social conservatives depsite that he is by far the most conservative candidate in the running.
OTOH, Huckabee appeals to them while being absolutely horribly wrong on everything else (immigration and foreign policy) during a time of war!
It seems this time around social conservative are asking us to abandon literraly everything in trade for what amounts to ....I can’t even think it, it’s so offensive...LOL
We’ve just gone through Bush and his compassionate conservatism, and have been disappointed by his big spending. Huckabee is virtually guaranteed to deliver more of the same and the rest of the party is in no mood
As William Buckley’s friend pointed out to him recently...he liked Obama alot more when he wasn’t trashing the a) the drug companies and b) the oil companies because it those industries that a) keep us healthy and b) keep us warm and on the road.
The icing on the cakew is Huckabees promise of doing nothing on euthanasia leading some to call him the 50% pro-lifer...
I’m sorry that’s not good enough to sacrifice everything else we’ve fought for...
If Huckabee was an all-around conservative he’d probably be running away with this race. Sadly, he is an all-around conservative.