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Mike Huckabee urges tea party to vote for Mitt Romney
The State, SC ^ | November 22, 2011 | Staff

Posted on 11/22/2011 10:55:40 AM PST by iowamark

Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee gave his thoughts on the 2012 Republican presidential candidates Sunday in an interview with WABC’s Aaron Klein. As the candidates continue to trade rankings in the national polls, Huckabee, who won the Iowa caucuses in his own election bid in 2008, spoke of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s chances of winning the primary. The former Republican presidential candidate urged conservative Republicans to support Romney because he believes the former Massachusetts Gov. has the best chance of defeating Barack Obama in 2012.

“Mitt Romney may not be their first choice, but Mitt Romney every day of the week and twice on Sunday is going to be a much more effective president for issues that they care about than Barack Obama,” Huckabee told Klein. “I think sometimes there is this anxiety within the Republican Party of who is the perfect candidate. The answer is there isn’t one,” the former Arkansas governor added.

Romney came in second behind Huckabee in the 2008 Iowa caucuses, largely because of Huckabee’s popularity among social conservatives in the state. A Bloomberg poll of likely Iowa voters last week showed a four way tie between Romney, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul. Huckabee’s popularity in Iowa could work in Romney’s favor as the countdown to the Iowa caucuses begins.

The former Arkansas governor urged Tea Party Republicans to throw their support behind Romney. “I think Republicans and conservatives and the Tea Party need to get behind him and say, ‘You may not be our first choice, but between you and Obama, I’ll vote 40 times to get you elected,” Huckabee said.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: huckabee; huckaduck; huckaphoney; huckster; mikehuckabee; mittens; mittromney; rino; romney; teaparty; traitor
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To: gibsosa

I agree gib. I’ve never fallen for Huckabee’s holier than thou faux cover of religious devotion.
He’s a shrewd player in the game of power grabbing politics.


61 posted on 11/22/2011 11:41:07 AM PST by Mountain Mary (Awaken Oh America.)
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To: iowamark

McLame, the Huskster, Romney, Gingrich and Co. are all a part of Team RINO! Need a demotivational poster with all of them in it.


62 posted on 11/22/2011 11:41:52 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Spirit of Liberty
Now I believe that he was trying to help Romney by taking votes away from McCain.

Actually, it was the other way around... there was a bit of collusion happening between Huckabee and McCain, vs. Romney.

http://www.drudge.com/archive/103856/mccain-helps-huckabee-win-west-virginia

63 posted on 11/22/2011 11:46:00 AM PST by ScottinVA (I miss America.)
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To: iowamark

Really? After Romney destoyed Huckabees lead with misleading attack ads?

Romney must have promised Huckabee a cabinet position.

I agree with the poster who asked, “What’s the sell out?”


64 posted on 11/22/2011 11:47:27 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: iowamark; wmfights

Huckabee is out of his mind.

I have just decided to not watch his program. If he’s going to push a pro-gay, pro-abortion, gun grabbing, fabian socialist for president, then his program is pure lying hypocrisy.

Huckabee favors ruining the republic. Shame on him.


65 posted on 11/22/2011 11:48:19 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True Supporters of our Troops PRAY for their VICTORY!)
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To: iowamark

My dog would be a better prez than zero, but I’m not voting for ‘em, and I ain’t gonna vote for mittens, either. Get lost huckster.


66 posted on 11/22/2011 11:48:47 AM PST by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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To: bigdirty

So.....has he ballooned back up to the big fat ass he was before he wanted to Elmer Gantry the country last election? Somebody post a current picture...


67 posted on 11/22/2011 11:48:53 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Recovering_Democrat
...I think if Huckster had NOT meddled, Romney would have won the nomination in 2008....

YUP, no doubt. In fact, the talk at the time was that the Huckster stayed in the race because he did not like Romney. Interesting that the Huckster thought McCain was the best candidate to defeat the Democrats in 2008 .... so wrong, yet we are supposed to blindly follow his recommendation in 2012 that Romney is the best Candidate to beat Obama in 2012...

68 posted on 11/22/2011 11:49:35 AM PST by 11th Commandment (http://www.thirty-thousand.org/)
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To: Night Hides Not

Ain’t that the truth!....don’t forget that asswipe Chris Wallace....might as well throw in a few others, too...


69 posted on 11/22/2011 11:50:40 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

Shut The Huck Up!

i wish i said that

iwist

teeman


70 posted on 11/22/2011 11:51:52 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: onyx

“Huckabee was never TEA Party”

Exactly! He dislikes us as much as most other politicians. Most only pretend to like TEA Party when it benefits them.


71 posted on 11/22/2011 11:52:34 AM PST by kcvl
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To: bravo whiskey
Mike Huckabee urges tea party to vote for offered cabinet position by Mitt Romney
72 posted on 11/22/2011 11:56:14 AM PST by pogo101
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To: iowamark

Has Steve Deaces’ head exploded yet?


73 posted on 11/22/2011 11:57:21 AM PST by conservonator (God between us and the devil!)
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To: iowamark

I’ve always believed that Hucklebee was, at heart, a born-again pRegressive.


74 posted on 11/22/2011 11:59:05 AM PST by AdvisorB (Dilma is "hope and change" Brazilian style.)
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To: Scythian

That Romney, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul are tied in Iowa tells you how excited the base is to see Romney win.


75 posted on 11/22/2011 12:01:10 PM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: iowamark
Huck is who we thought he was.

A fiscal liberal supporting a fiscal and social liberal.

76 posted on 11/22/2011 12:03:18 PM PST by Darren McCarty (Anybody but Romney or Obama)
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To: iowamark

No way, Jose!! No RINOS!! NO ROMNEY!! NO WAY!!

RINOS BEGONE!!


77 posted on 11/22/2011 12:03:48 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Rebellion is brewing!! Impeach the corrupt Marxist bastard!!)
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To: meatloaf

“Huckabee’s sellout doesn’t make sense.”

See post #12.


78 posted on 11/22/2011 12:04:08 PM PST by ngat
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To: 11th Commandment

Good point.


79 posted on 11/22/2011 12:09:03 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: bigdirty

Sell out? He’s always been a big nanny state RINO. What’s surprising is he and his campaign were behind most of the anti Mormon stuff in 2008.


80 posted on 11/22/2011 12:10:34 PM PST by rintense (ABO is not a winning strategy.)
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