Don’t Underestimate Mike Huckabee

The Federalist ^ | May 7, 2015 | Ben Domenech, publisher

[2ndDivisionVet]

Now that's a nightmare.

[dp0622]

ok. I wont underestimate him. But I wont vote for him. Not in a million years. Raised spending in that state of his by a cool 65 percent. Compassionate conservative all the way.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Go ahead and underestimate Huckster.

[TADSLOS]

GOP Populism is the “new” Hope N Change meme. Breads and Circuses served up republican style.

[Servant of the Cross]

TEN THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MIKE HUCKABEE:

1. Soft-on-crime Governor who went on a pardon/commutation spree
2. Pro-instate-tuition for illegal aliens and other giveaways – poor record on immigration
3. Fiscal liberal Tax-and-spender as Governor
4. Dissembled about his record when challenged (pardons, taxes, ethics)
5. Not a conservative, hurt conservatives in Arkansas
6. Ethics issues, taking public money for private use
7. Flipflopper, on immigration, Cuba and other issues
8. An incompetent Jimmy Carteresque boob on foreign policy
9. Is a nanny-stater supporter of smoking bans and enviro-wacko CO2 caps
10. Fired the prosecutor who filed animal cruelty charges against his son David

Huckabee: Anybody with an IQ above Broccoli, knows I am a conservative

A plea from (an) Arkansas Christian conservative

I don’t want to use the word conspiracy, but …

Which candidate has mental disorder?(#41)

[Jack Black]

Huckabee is already in sixth place, and he's battling Cruz to take over 5th place and get into the top tier of Candidates with double digits.

Meanwhile: Perry, Kasich, Santorum, Graham, Jindal and Fiorina are under 5%. Traditionally they will not get invited to the debates.

	Bush	Rubio	Walker	Paul	Cruz	Huckabee	Christie	Carson	Perry	Kasich	Santorum	Graham	Jindal	Fiorina	Spread
RCP Average 4/16 - 4/30	15.5	14.3	12.3	10.0	8.8	7.5	5.5	5.0	2.5	2.0	2.0	1.7	1.3	1.0	Bush +1.2

[re_nortex]

Mike Huckabee is nothing more than a William Jennings Bryan of the current era. Both pose themselves as Christians but are far left radicals. And both are hideously fat. At least Bryan was honest enough to be in the 'RAT party.

[Servant of the Cross]

[Engraved-on-His-hands]

Huckabee and Santorum are appealing to mostly the same voters. I think that Santorum will outwork him. Might be wrong. Just my opinion. In 2012 Santorum was at less than 1%. He visited every county in Iowa at least once. He won Iowa. I’m guessing that if anyone is being underestimated, it might be Santorum. (The media is also underestimating Cruz’s chances, I think.)

[smokingfrog]

[A CA Guy]

Huckabee is nothing more than a weapon for Jeb Bush to try and screw up Cruz and others.
His only hope is to get the VP slot if Jeb gets in and that is what he is playing for.
He is also a nasty politician. He plays dirty with the best of them.
He and Jeb Bush need to retire and let the real men have at the chance for the Presidency.

[Nervous Tick]

>> The problem for Huckabee is that there are better populists out there now.

Ha. The problem for Huckster is that there are better conservative CANDIDATES now. Period.

Before Huckabee joined, this 2016 field already had a conservative depth and — dare I say it? — gravitas to it that 2008 and 2912 didn’t even approach.

Huckabee is an even more useless populist appendage now than he was last time around.

He should save himself the embarrassment. By the way, I feel exactly the same about Santorum.

[Ray76]

If I said he had a snowball’s chance I’d be overestimating.

[cuban leaf]

I’m a bass player so I have a soft spot in my heart for the guy. But I wouldn’t vote for him for my city’s mayor. It’s his policies and actions.

He certainly cannot compete with the likes of Walker or Cruz for what would normally be his base.

[Boogieman]

“S.E. Cupp, though, thinks Huckabee should be taken seriously and shouldn’t be underestimated in the context of 2016.”

Ok, so pro-abort libertarians are pumping him up because they want him to cut votes from real conservatives, while they know he can’t actually win.

[Boogieman]

“Huckabee and Santorum are appealing to mostly the same voters.”

I call them the “little old lady” demographic. Socially conservative, but they want to keep their entitlements and are turned off by candidates whose rhetoric is “too aggressive”. They want a “nice boy” for their candidate.

[skeeter]

I don't underestimate Aw Shucks Huck's intention to dilute the conservative vote allowing the GOPe's chosen squish to slip past with the nomination.

I still wonder whats in it for him, though. It ain't the White House, as he surely knows.

[Boogieman]

“I’m a bass player...”

And you admit this publicly?

[cuban leaf]

And you admit this publicly?

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We fly below the radar.

Plus, it’s only my main hobby. I do actually accomplish stuff. :-D

[b4its2late]

That’s a good illustration. Doofus Carter and a backwards Billy combo is what you get in the Huck.