Posted on 11/22/2011 10:55:40 AM PST by iowamark
Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee gave his thoughts on the 2012 Republican presidential candidates Sunday in an interview with WABC’s Aaron Klein. As the candidates continue to trade rankings in the national polls, Huckabee, who won the Iowa caucuses in his own election bid in 2008, spoke of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s chances of winning the primary. The former Republican presidential candidate urged conservative Republicans to support Romney because he believes the former Massachusetts Gov. has the best chance of defeating Barack Obama in 2012.
“Mitt Romney may not be their first choice, but Mitt Romney every day of the week and twice on Sunday is going to be a much more effective president for issues that they care about than Barack Obama,” Huckabee told Klein. “I think sometimes there is this anxiety within the Republican Party of who is the perfect candidate. The answer is there isn’t one,” the former Arkansas governor added.
Romney came in second behind Huckabee in the 2008 Iowa caucuses, largely because of Huckabee’s popularity among social conservatives in the state. A Bloomberg poll of likely Iowa voters last week showed a four way tie between Romney, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul. Huckabee’s popularity in Iowa could work in Romney’s favor as the countdown to the Iowa caucuses begins.
The former Arkansas governor urged Tea Party Republicans to throw their support behind Romney. “I think Republicans and conservatives and the Tea Party need to get behind him and say, ‘You may not be our first choice, but between you and Obama, I’ll vote 40 times to get you elected,” Huckabee said.
This is a blatant lie. Huckabee was asked if the Tea Party should sit out the election if Romney gets the nomination. His comments were about the general election not the primary. He didn't say Mitt had the best chance of beating 0bama.
Is this Mitt Romney’s failed attempt of a trial balloon to see which way the winds are blowing by sending Huck out with this statement ?
Huckabee as asked if the Tea Party should sit out the election if Mitt gets the nomination. He said no. Huckabee did not endorse Romney.
A Romney nomination, like a Huckabee nomination last time, would be pointless. America does not need two socialist parties.
The only way I’d ever vote for RINO Romney is if I’d drunk that bottle of whiskey before going to the voting precinct.
He is totally clueless.
Get thee behind me, HuckNshuck.
So many politician types are so out of the loop that they think that the Tea Party Movement is just another conservative group that will fall in line with the Republican mantra.
That is so last century, ain't gonna happen.
Well,...Now I’m really not going to vote for Mitt.
I wasnt anyway...but Now!....
Huckelberry Rino would like Romney...
“Tea” dosen’t mix well with Koolaide.
mike Huck needs to hear from everyone at Free Republic.
here is his email at Fox News.
I sent him one and told him to shove it...Fox losing this viewer...
The Huckster is a magnificent suckster. F*ck him and the horse he rose in on.
He may be a devout born again Christian, but that doesn’t mean he is a conservative. Other Christians recognize that.
I’m not surprised Huck is shilling for Romney, he has no discernment.
The Huckster has become a joke... okay he was already a joke...
Can the GOP win if 10% of their base stays home? If their own base is depressed how can conservative independents be thought to support them?
Huck...no NO and NO!!!!!
How sad to see this, the Tea party movement used to be conservative.
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