Huckabee and Hoffman (Huck, Romney decline to support conservative candidate)

American Spectator ^ | 10-15-09

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Fox News host, garage band cover guitarist, and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will be making a long-planned speech before the New York Conservative Party in Syracuse, New York on October 28, but has thus far declined to say whether he will formally endorse or financially support Conservative Party House candidate Doug Hoffman, who is running to fill former Rep. John McHugh's 23rd Congressional District seat.

Most Republican Party leaders have thus far taken a pass in endorsing Hoffman, who has the support of the conservative Club for Growth, as well as the American Conservative Union. House minority leader John Boehner and his right hand man, Rep. Eric Cantor have refused to get in the middle of the race, while former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney have also declined to support Hoffman.

Huckabee had agreed to attend the dinner for the state party in upstate New York some time ago and is looking forward to using his speech to draw attention to Hoffman, according to a longtime Huckabee aide. But Huckabee has not decided whether to fully endorse Hoffman or just "say some nice things about him to boost his candidacy," says the source, adding, when asked how far Huckabee might go to support the conservative in the race, "We probably won't be going so far as to let him tap into our national fundraising network, if that's what you mean."

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[bustinchops]

Your post makes me ill.

[Impy]

It’s an excellent fiscal conservative group not a “corporate front”. The DNC is a corporate front.

[hinckley buzzard]

???The Club for Growth doesn't hijack conservatives. It helps elect them. They have a good record of effectiveness and are one of the few conservative groups smart enough to weigh in on primaries. Pat Toomey was head for several years.

[maxter]

Nope. Club For Growth is the real deal and they are effective.