Posted on 10/07/2009 9:10:06 AM PDT by rface
As one who has either sat in an audience or on press row for 56 years...... I must say that the performance delivered by Huckabee last night at the Illinois Family Institute was unrivaled. Regardless of what they say about television and the modern communication arts, a successful presidential candidate today still must be able to deliver a stem-winder to a crowd with reason, humor and good English usage.
The year 2008 was definitely not the right time for Huckabee........
But the country has undergone a great change for which Huckabee's views will be warmly welcomed. Not due to him but to Obama. By which I mean Obama's rough-hewn leftism. The country has reacted greatly--gone to the right on social issues (witness the polls showing more Americans identify with pro-life than pro-abortion)... and Huckabee's style... if he will drop the 2008 need to lard us with spending programs to prove his "moderation"...
Pretty soon the left-wing media smear is going to get wise and switch from savaging Palin and Glenn Beck to going after Huckabee. They'll have a much tougher time with him-as they had with Reagan. And they'll have to do it without David Letterman who has been a leading artillery weapon .......
I think it's becoming Mike Huckabee's time. Romney's too smooth, has gone through too many contortions from Massachusetts to now to be credible. Pawlenty may be all right but in many ways he seems far less experienced than Huckabee... If Huckabee continues along this vein, he's going to be the candidate to beat for 2012 because of all of them only he can use his strong base on the social issues without being self-conscious as the others would.
From what I heard last night, America is thirsting for his message. I want to hear much more.
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No thanks!!!!!
It's not saying much, but Romney has less chance than Huckabee. Nominating Romney would permanently bury the GOP as an option for me and many others.
What were his comments?
Good one. However, it WAS Huck playing to the MSM (who was playing him, and the GOP, for a fool by pretending he was a real contender) by acting like he had gravitas like Al Capone. What he was was an inauthentic chump.
My vote won’t be for Huckabee in the primaries.
To find a Huckabee supporter, just find a fan of Joyce Meyer television ministries. One advantage Huckabee has is the network of Christian television and radio. Realizing he couldn’t compete with Romney’s wealth on the mainstream airwaves, Huckabee was a frequent guest on various TV evangelist shows during the Iowa caucus. Viewership in the Christian media subculture is comparable to ratings on talk radio.
If Huckabee were to be the GOP nominee in 2012, his path to victory would be to sweep all of the South (including FL) and win OH. Just like Dubya.
He likes to spend other people’s money. He’s a socialist.
I like Huckabee as well but if Palin runs, I’ll support her. Jindal might be a good candidate as well but I don’t know too much about him.
Palin needs to do something big to justify quitting the Governorship or she will have trouble winning.
I will never vote for Romney, never.
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