More on Huckabee later. He has, as of today, become a big enough story to write about. He was governor here for 10 years, and I confidently believe that he would not be a good President. Even with inheriting most of Brownback's support, I don't think he is a real threat to win the GOP nomination, but he must be on Romney and Guiliani's short lists for VP. I will have more on the Huckabee record later...
The Story Today is Huckabee (David Brody / CBN) - The Evangelical propoganda machine is out in full force for Huckabee. This is an example.
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Saturday, October 20, 2007
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Thursday Roundup
Interesting piece on the debates actually diminishing the standing of Hillary Clinton's challengers for the Dem nomination. I think that this article is spot on.
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Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee should leverage his good showing in the Ames straw poll to become the conservative alternative to the current frontrunners of GOP candidates, according to the National Review. They're probably right. Large numbers of likely GOP primary voters say that they are disenchanted with their current choices, but they don't know Mike Huckabee really well. He has been very under the radar so far.
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Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee should leverage his good showing in the Ames straw poll to become the conservative alternative to the current frontrunners of GOP candidates, according to the National Review. They're probably right. Large numbers of likely GOP primary voters say that they are disenchanted with their current choices, but they don't know Mike Huckabee really well. He has been very under the radar so far.
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Ames Straw Poll Results
The results are in! Romney wins, but not nearly by the margin many had predicted. After all the money he spent on the straw poll, he only got 31.5% of the total.
The real suprise of the poll was the strength of the Huckabee number. Huckabee, former governor of this state, got over 18% of the votes. This is much more than expected. It should help him raise more money, his Achilles' heel, and could label him as the true conservative alternative to the left-of-Republican center frontrunners. In edging out Brownback, he could really send that campaign, his chief rival for evangelical votes, into a tailspin. Or not...after all, even though it was a mild surprise for Huck to beat Brownback, the true margin between them was a little less than 400 votes.
To highlight the Republican faithful's disappointment with their choices, it is worth mentioning that turnout at the Ames poll was sharply down from the last such event in 2000.
Other takes:
RCP: Win for Romney and Huckabee, neutral for Brownback, Tommy Thompson to withdraw. (Does it matter?)
My DD
Andrew Sullivan: Big Day for Huckabee
My predictions were close-ish:
Switch the 2 and the 3 and the 4 and the 5 and I was right...
The real suprise of the poll was the strength of the Huckabee number. Huckabee, former governor of this state, got over 18% of the votes. This is much more than expected. It should help him raise more money, his Achilles' heel, and could label him as the true conservative alternative to the left-of-Republican center frontrunners. In edging out Brownback, he could really send that campaign, his chief rival for evangelical votes, into a tailspin. Or not...after all, even though it was a mild surprise for Huck to beat Brownback, the true margin between them was a little less than 400 votes.
To highlight the Republican faithful's disappointment with their choices, it is worth mentioning that turnout at the Ames poll was sharply down from the last such event in 2000.
Other takes:
RCP: Win for Romney and Huckabee, neutral for Brownback, Tommy Thompson to withdraw. (Does it matter?)
My DD
Andrew Sullivan: Big Day for Huckabee
My predictions were close-ish:
Switch the 2 and the 3 and the 4 and the 5 and I was right...
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