Posted on 02/15/2008 9:14:22 PM PST by bshomoic
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MCCAIN AND HUCKABEE
Insiders close to Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign have put out the word that there is absolutely no chance that his last remaining major opponent for the Republican presidential nomination, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, will become McCain’s vice presidential running mate. McCain personally likes Huckabee, and McCain’s campaign has not wanted to antagonize Huckabee’s evangelical supporters, whose backing will be needed in the general election. But McCain’s close advisers reject a place on the ticket for Huckabee, who is unacceptable to economic conservatives.
The immediate problem that Huckabee poses for McCain strategists is how to get him out of the presidential race without offending him. While Huckabee cannot possibly get enough delegates to be nominated, he worries the McCain camp by threatening to win an occasional state, as he did recently in Kansas. Huckabee attempted to upset McCain in Virginia, though McCain wound up winning the primary there by a comfortable nine points.
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“I knew that. McCain needs to have someone extremely conservative. Barbour?? Watts?? Santorum??’
J.C. Watts would be a good choice for two reasons:
1. He a Black
2. He is a Social Conservative
BTW - J.C. Watts is also a Southern Baptist minister.
LOL!
Good choicie then — Watts that is.
Haley Barbour’s southern twangy twang is a turn-off for people outside of the deep south.
Rick Santorum is a great Conservative but he’s marked as a loser because he lost his Senate seat in ‘06 to a dud. I don’t think he could deliver PA.
I could go for Watts but that would seem like we were saying: “Hey, we have a black guy too.”
My Choice would be a popular conservative from a State we really need to win in November. What is Peggy Noonan’s home state?
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