Posted on 02/15/2008 9:14:22 PM PST by bshomoic
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MCCAIN AND HUCKABEE
Insiders close to Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign have put out the word that there is absolutely no chance that his last remaining major opponent for the Republican presidential nomination, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, will become McCain’s vice presidential running mate. McCain personally likes Huckabee, and McCain’s campaign has not wanted to antagonize Huckabee’s evangelical supporters, whose backing will be needed in the general election. But McCain’s close advisers reject a place on the ticket for Huckabee, who is unacceptable to economic conservatives.
The immediate problem that Huckabee poses for McCain strategists is how to get him out of the presidential race without offending him. While Huckabee cannot possibly get enough delegates to be nominated, he worries the McCain camp by threatening to win an occasional state, as he did recently in Kansas. Huckabee attempted to upset McCain in Virginia, though McCain wound up winning the primary there by a comfortable nine points.
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I’ll say this about Novak - For an old codger he sure has an acute sense of th obvious!
Will there be a debate ????
BTW, nothing against old codgers!
“But McCain’s close advisers reject a place on the ticket for Huckabee, who is unacceptable to economic conservatives”
Hallelujiah!
Mike Huckabee for President!!!! . . . of the Southern Baptist Conference...
**No McCain/Huckabee ticket**
I knew that. McCain needs to have someone extremely conservative. Barbour?? Watts?? Santorum??
McCain/Thompson
Gov Pawlenty, I think.
THAT, is an understatement, but it's the best news I've heard all day!
No, I think Huckabee said McCain wouldn’t do any more debates with him. He also said if he was up like McCain he probably wouldn’t give his opponent any more debates either.
McCain/Lieberman. A rat writ writ for a rat.
Grumpy Old Men.
Could it be possible that Huckabee just needs a job? I haven’t read that he’s wealthy and I don’t think ex-governors get a pension like ex-presidents do. And he doesn’t have a church to go back to and preach. So......just thinking.
Thanks TC.
One thing about this ticket, it would certainly simplify the problems some of us have about whether to support the GOP ticket.
Grumpy Old Men.
LOL... Got that right!
Santorum failed to get re-elected, and has been very anti-McCain even though he was glad to have McCain’s help when he was running for re-election, so he has no chance of being chosen. I doubt a Congressman would be seen as ready to be President if something happened to the President. A conservative governor would probably make the best sense (that leaves out Huckabee).
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