Posted on 05/06/2015 7:18:12 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Republican Mike Huckabee launched a bid for his party's 2016 presidential nomination on Tuesday, zeroing in on the plight of blue-collar American workers who have been left behind in the country's rebound from the Great Recession.
The 59-year-old former Arkansas governor and former host of a popular Fox News television show is considered a long shot in the widening race to represent the Republican Party in the November 2016 election. He is the sixth Republican to make a formal run.
Huckabee's emphasis on American workers marks an attempt to expand his base beyond social conservative voters who the former Southern Baptist pastor rallied to an early, surprise victory in the 2008 White House race.
Huckabee made clear he wants the Christian right behind him again in 2016, setting up a competition with like-minded rivals like Senator Ted Cruz of Texas. But he spent much of a fiery, populist speech on people struggling to make ends meet....
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Appeals to the working class ? The guy who made sure illegals were well-stocked in the Tyson factories at the expense of American citizens ? That guy ?
Huckabee is a candidate for the gullible. As governor, he proved to be a disaster for the Arkansas GOP. His candidacy will only serve to split the evangelical votes.
One Dope from Hope was already one too many.
Huckelberry has as much chance as I do. Maybe less, I never freed any murderers.
He does not have a Chinaman’s chance. He’s angling for some kind of power. personally, I find these games unappealing.
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Ummmm no he doesn’t
He’s only in this to prevent us from electing anyone who will stop the invasion/cheap labor importation/colonization.
He works for The Cheap Labor Express.
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