[11th_VA]

Huckabee is a Liberal, not even a moderate, but a Liberal.

Yeah, like Reagan was when he ran:

Reagan, With Eye to '80 Nomination, Woos GOP Moderates on Capital Hill

The Washington Post|Jan 23, 1979|By Bill Peterson

Ronald Reagan, sounding like a prospective bridegroom, about ready to pop the big question, yesterday launched an intense three-day courtship of the Republican congressional establishment, taking special pains to seek the favor of party moderates.

He's probably rolling over in his grave after reading threads like this one ...

[eyedigress]

Just what did the talking points of that courtship entail? It could have been Goldwater in ‘79 and he would have won.

[Sudetenland]

Go back and listen to his speeches. He tried to make the party a party of the big tent, but he never compromised on his basic principles. Huckabee has flipped on his principles again and again as he has been confronted by his record, primarily because he has no principles.

One can "court moderates" without adopting their ideology. I can embrace anyone in the Republican Party without adopting their ideals. I welcome gays in the Party, as long as they don't ask me to endorse their life-style or compromise my ideals and basic beliefs. That is the essence of politics, courting your opponents without being seduced by their ideology.

Since Huckabee has no underlying principles beyond his basic Baptist Christianity, he is free to flip-flop like a freshly landed fish...which he does with alacrity.

[the808bass]

He's probably rolling over in his grave after reading threads like this one ...

It's ok to appeal to GOP moderates. Nothing wrong with that. As long as you don't forsake core principles. It is a bit more problematic to appeal to Dem moderates. And even more so when/if you abandon core principles. Reagan was adamant about making sure there was a difference between Republicans and Democrats. He said you don't act like Democrats to try to get their vote. You act like a Republican to give the Americans a clear choice when they vote. Your presentation of him as a moderate a la Huckabee is completely inaccurate and without foundation.