Posted on 02/24/2008 12:38:17 PM PST by gondramB
This is an interview with Huckabee Campaign Chairman Ed Rollins from Sunday February 24, 2008 @ 1:35 P.M. on Fox News. Rollins is asked about a Senate run against the Democratic Senator from Arkansas.
Rollins says this is not the plan and that there are no plans to run for the senate but points out that Governor Huckabee started as a Senate Candidate and that if he chose to run for the Senate, that Huckabee would be the strongest candidate.
Why is MH still in the race?
I like Huckabee and would support him in any race. I’m glad he is staying in the Presidential race and making McCain earn the nomination if he is able. I will always respect Huckabee for being willing to take the abuse and offer voters in states like Texas and Ohio a choice in the republican race clear up until one candidate actually earns the nomination with 1,191 delegates. If McCain does that and Huckabee chooses to run for another office, great. Go Huckabee. My respect for him has grown tremendously over the past few months. I didn’t know he was made of such tough stuff.
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http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/02/23/mike-huckabee-for-senate/
>>Mike Huckabee for Senate
By Dave
Feb 23rd 2008 10:03PM
Filed Under:eMike Huckabee, 2008 President, 2008 Senate
It’s not a bad idea:
An increasingly favorable attitude toward Mike Huckabee inside the conservative movement, nurtured by his presidential campaign against Sen. John McCain, is threatened by the former Arkansas governor’s refusal to run against Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor this year.
Polls show Huckabee is the only Republican with a chance to unseat first-termer Pryor.<<
>>Why is MH still in the race?
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A reasonable counter question is why should he be obligated to drop out as long as he is polling well, winning delegates and keeping the media focus on the Republican race whereas otherwise the news would all be focused on the Democratic slugfest?
That said, I do not want Huckabee for President.
he’d have a much stronger resume if he ran and won a senate seat. Then he could run for prez again but with foreign policy experience.
>>he’d have a much stronger resume if he ran and won a senate seat. Then he could run for prez again but with foreign policy experience.<<
If Huckabee suspends his campaign once McCain locks up the nomination I feel pretty sure the Republican party would help Huckabee win the Senate seat and get him good committee assignments.
I agree with everything you say.
Huckabee is head and shoulders a better conservative than McCain.
Why is MH still in the race?
To get my anti-McCAin vote March 4th.
For anyone having trouble with Google video here is the same video on Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW1c8taQJoc
I feel the same way.
If he can enter, he needs to face Pryor. If he beats him and status quo elsewhere, and Lieberman switches sides, we rule the Senate once again.
It gives McCain the opportunity to come out on the big Primary nights and deliver a victory speech. Without the Huckster, there would be no victory or free face time.
>>It gives McCain the opportunity to come out on the big Primary nights and deliver a victory speech. Without the Huckster, there would be no victory or free face time.<<
Yes Huckabee would be getting a lot more criticism if people honestly felt he was crippling a chance for a Republican President. The muted criticism says most people would agree with you if they were honest about it.
well at the very least he would make the AR senate seat competitive hopefully he would pick it off and wipe some of that smart @$$ grin off Schumer’s face
Publicity. Plus, he can draw a hefty paycheck from his campaign war chest.
>>Publicity. Plus, he can draw a hefty paycheck from his campaign war chest.<<
They claim the reason Huckabee takes days off to give paid speeches is that he has no other income.
This video is Governor Huckabee the night before the Ed Rollins interview. Its a skit from Saturday Night Live about Huckabee joking about the mathmatical impossibility of Huckabee winning.
I don’t think he would have done this if he wasn’t planning an exit strategy.
But it was funny.
Best Quote: “I’m not a math guy. I’m more of a miracle guy.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmn9vbITjIg&watch_response
Huckabee is the alternative at this point for votes against McCain and for getting more conservative delegates into the convention hall.
Texas is winner takes all so Huckabee must win there to win delegates.
I don’t like everything about Huckabee but I think he’s more conservative than McCain, so I would vote for him and will in PA on April 22nd.
Our delegate system is so fouled up (all run uncommitted but are mostly political insiders) in PA I will have to vote for the outsiders where I can find them even if they happen to support Ron Paul in my congressional district.
I know Paul’s delegates will at least be for less government and not more like McCain will give us.
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