Posted on 09/30/2011 12:39:28 PM PDT by RobinMasters
Dude.
Mike Huckabee has been approached by Republican and conservative activists unhappy with the current crop of presidential hopefuls and he is considering entering the fray, two sources who have spoken with Huckabee told Reuters…
“He is entertaining the request for conversations about it,” one of the sources said. “I do not think it is a complete 100 percent ‘I’m reconsidering’ but he hasn’t shut the door on it.”
One of the sources said Huckabee was urged to enter after the recent stumbles of Texas Governor Rick Perry, who appeals to a similar right wing of the Republican party.
I won’t belabor his history with Perry yet again, but suffice it to say that he’s not a fan of either of the two frontrunners so he’d naturally relish the chance to be the white knight that vanquishes both. Just one teensy question: Er, how’s he going to do that? We’ve spent the past week reading stories about how close Christie and Palin are cutting it by waiting so long to jump in. Huckabee would face the same organizational problems plus a distinct disadvantage vis-a-vis Romney, Perry, and Christie in terms of fundraising, with those three able to draw on big donors in a way that Huck wouldn’t. (That disadvantage could be lethal if we end up with a long primary season.) And of course Perry will take a chunk out of Huckabee’s base among southerners and evangelicals, so he’ll have a harder time running now than he would have had by jumping in early, which might have scared Perry off.
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“I don’t want to hear one word about how it’s too late for Palin. Not. One. Word.”
One. Word. Toolate!
“I think Fred pretty well sealed his own fate. You can blame Huckabee for Fred not having a pulse.”
And you can blame Thompson for giving us McCain instead of Huckabee. He took enough votes away from Huck in South Carolina to give the nod to McCain.
“I still hold out a little hope. He has never said “no” with the same fervency as Christie, for example.”
Now that Sarah is made it clear she isn’t in, it is always a possibility. However, I don’t think he will. Plus, I don’t think I could endure the constant trashing he would get here on FR. I do think he would make a good president right now.
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