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
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.