Actually, as a political spectator for over a half century, I am having fun watching things that I have never seen before. McCain is in a box. He may have thought he was locked up over there in North Viet Nam. But Huckabee has him in a box too.McCain can either give Huckabee what he wants which is the VP nomination or Huckabee is going to loiter around during mischief to whatever the political hopes of this Keating Five Guy has of looking like a confident and winning candidate for President. Huckabee was making fun of McCain and his campaign when he released the fact that Rick Perry had called him to drop out. Huckabee has NO INCENTIVE to drop out short of getting what he wants. And the fact is that victory in Kansas was a protest vote and McCain is going to have to work and spend money to keep from being humilitated like that again and that may not be enough if the unhappy conservatives figure out that they can humiliate McCain by voting for Huckabee. A smart politician and someone with leadership skills would cut his losses and give Huckabee what he wants. But McCain's military temperament not political smarts are guiding him. He would surely like to have Huckabee court martialed for insubordination but that is not how politics. The boy from Arkansas taking this Annapolis boy to school big time.
I think you should start a thread with that post, it’s magnificent!
Excellent point, the only thing that would piss off McCain more would be having to pick Romney as VP, so perhaps McCain needs to count his blessings. :o)
Running for president sure has paid off for Huckabee. Worst case, he’s become a national figure and can make a fortune on the media/lecture circuit. Best case, he gets the VP nomination.
Me too. It is a very entertaining election year. I do not, however, think Huckabee is vieing for VP. At least not with McCain. I've come to believe he is way too smart to join up with a certain November loser.
[... victory in Kansas was a protest vote. McCain
is going to have to work and spend money to keep
from being humilitated like that again. That may
not be enough if unhappy conservatives discover
they can humiliate McCain by voting for Huckabee...]
That is some orignal theory. You may be right.