Posted on 02/04/2008 12:43:51 AM PST by Kurt Evans
A broad coalition of black conservatives from across the country are holding a press conference to urge former Governor Mike Huckabee to stay in the presidential race for the Republican nomination until the convention.
"Governor Huckabee should not be intimidated to stop his bid for the Republican nomination," states Don Scoggins, veteran GOP activist and ... president of Republicans for Black Empowerment, a DC-based national grassroots organization.
The concern of the group is the pressure that is mounting by Republican talking heads to push Governor Huckabee out of the race. The consensus is that Huckabee's campaign was deliberately sabotaged by Fred Thompson in South Carolina to hone out a two-man race between McCain and Romney in Florida. Polls still show Huckabee leading in many Southern states and competitive in others even with limited resources.
"Inside-the-beltway Republicans have lost touch with the increasing seriousness with which heartland conservatives relate to the traditional values agenda," states Star Parker, a nationally syndicated columnist and conservative activist. "More and more folks are feeling personally assaulted by the meaninglessness that is gripping our culture and believe that Mike Huckabee is the only Republican candidate that embodies the moral clarity of the GOP ideals." ...
Numerous African-American conservatives, many also veteran Republican Party activists, are scheduled to speak at the one-hour press conference.
CharlesWayneCT asked, “So, why is Huckabee off where he can’t possibly win, but might possibly siphon off votes to help McCain, and ignoring McCain being a couple points ahead of him in Georgia? Why is Huckabee in Tennessee on Sunday, instead of states where he’s fighting with McCain?”
Charles, I think you have your answer in the results.
In Georgia, the results were Huckabee 34%, McCain 32%, Romney 30%.
In Tennessee, the results were Huckabee 34%, McCain 32%, Romney 28%.
Would you now care to admit that McCain chose wisely where to spend his time leading up to Super Tuesday?
Dave
Oops, I meant, “Would you now care to admit that HUCKABEE chose wisely where to spend his time leading up to Super Tuesday?” Sorry!
Dave
My insurance plan has a copy of $50 for abortions that I will never use — get over it. It’s called personal responsibility.
What a waste of time.
You mean Romney changed his mind on abortion week after week depending to whome he was talking? This is what a flip flopper does. Romney did no such thing. He changed his mind once from being pro-choice because he saw the light.
In Massachussets, Huckabee got 0 delegates. He was NEVER going to break the minimum required to get any delegates, and delegates is what his fight is about.
He also didn’t deny Romney a win, but may have gotten McCain one or two additional delegates.
McCain is therefore a couple closer to winning what Huckabee is supposedly trying to get. Huckabee essentially helped his supposed opponent in Mass.
Now, in Tennessee, Huckabee got 23 delegates, but McCain got 18. And in Alabama, Huckabee got 20, McCain got 16.
If he had taken the time he spent in Mass, and instead spent them in Tennessee and Alabama, he may have wrested one more delegate from McCain in each of those states.
So, it is possible that Huckabee cost himself 4 or more critical delegates by his stunt. It gained him absolutely nothing.
I will admit I was wrong about Georgia, although being pretty much a winner-take-all state, it was a pretty high-stakes gamble not building a slightly larger lead. a swing of a couple thousand votes and McCain would have gotten 45 delegates, instead of Huckabee.
BTW, I have no idea why I wrote that about Tennessee, since that WAS a place where he was fighting with McCain for delegates. It was a while ago, so maybe I had a point, but probably not.
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