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Most of our readers aren’t going to like it, except for the pro-Huckabee ones, but the word has been spreading around and the Brody File has picked up on it, so I guess now is as good as any time to drop this little bit of inside info…
Rumor is that Gingrich will come out for Huckabee. I’ve known about this one for a week or so, but it wasn’t anything more than hearsay. Now, Brody is the second source I’ve heard mention it, so it could still be nothing more than smoke, but down here in the south, that’s the word on the street. My guess is that he’ll wait until after Iowa, and depending on Huckabee’s showing, he’ll come out.
This is a rumor, not a fact, but take it for what it’s worth, and that’s two very reliable sources that I’ve heard this speculation from (the other one remains anonymous)…
December 14th, 2007 at 9:44 pm
Newt’s entire organization is devoted to economic conservative, supply-side solutions. Why would he endorse the guy who’s in opposition to all of Newt’s efforts?
Is this another example like Gilcrest, where the God thing trumps the efforts of their own careers?
If so, I will work to destroy the God party.
December 14th, 2007 at 9:46 pm
In other news, Rep. Steve King will be endorsing a candidate before the Iowa caucus, and apparently he has real problems with Huck.
I’ll try and get the link.
December 14th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
Ditto #1.
December 14th, 2007 at 9:48 pm
It’s likely true.
ACT,
Newt’s endorsement single handedly gives Huckabee credibility. You can’t downplay it.
December 14th, 2007 at 9:48 pm
Steve King, the guy who said the 4 parts of the GOP platform that are most important are abortion, gays, guns, and immigration? As if he was completely unaware Reagan’s party is about free enterprise, limited government, and American exceptionalism, first and foremost?
December 14th, 2007 at 9:49 pm
Huckabee Sees WH ‘Bunker Mentality’ http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5joiD2qHVJjzGm0yqj_VsOxUek7-wD8THH3A00
December 14th, 2007 at 9:49 pm
here we go:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/1207/Steve_King_WILL_endorse_before_the_caucuses.html
December 14th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
Newt or Steve? Newt or Steve? Which one will have a larger impact?
uhhhh…..
Newt
December 14th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
“Newt’s endorsement single handedly gives Huckabee credibility.”
The man is leading in more than three states, he already has credibility.
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As for King, the guy was re-elected in 2006 with 60% of the vote, you can’t deny that he doesn’t hold some position in IA.
AND METRO, just because you don’t think defending life and family are worthy causes doesn’t mean that is the majority position in the GOP.
December 14th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
Don’t you think that endrosing Huckabee could pose a danger to Gingrich – similar to Robertson endorsing Giuliani? If he supports a candidate with a record that is completely against his positions on important issues, don’t you think he could lose credibility?
December 14th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
ACT,
That’s not the point. If Newt comes out and endorses Huckabee, which now seems quite probably, it controls any newscycle, and even if King endorsed somebody else, the newsline would read, “And Mike Huckabee, who was recently endorsed by Newt Gingrich.”
After Iowa is just my guess. It could happen next week..
December 14th, 2007 at 9:57 pm
ACT,
Yes. Newt could hurt himself, but Newt only cares about Newt.
December 14th, 2007 at 9:59 pm
ACT, Newt has the option to endorse Mitt without sacrificing everything.
December 14th, 2007 at 9:59 pm
Why am *I* telling that to *you*?
December 14th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
“ACT, Newt has the option to endorse Mitt without sacrificing everything.”
Yes.
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But I thought Gingrich was taking the road of “I will help any Republican”?
December 14th, 2007 at 10:01 pm
“Gingrich is no fan of Romney”
evidence? I have not heared that.
December 14th, 2007 at 10:02 pm
Newt is a pretty bright guy. I have to imagine that he has read up on Huck’s policies and background. What could he be thinking?
December 14th, 2007 at 10:02 pm
ACT,
Gingrich is no fan of Romney, and Thompson’s entry sealed his own presidential fate. Huckabee has been kissing the Newt’s ass, and the Newt likes the Newt’s ass to be kissed.
December 14th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
ok…
why are comments jumping up on the list?
December 14th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
Gag me with a spoon. Newt’s dead to me if he supports Huckabee. Oh well, plenty of conservatives are acting absurdly these days. I can’t say I’m surprised.
December 14th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
ACT,
I have no idea why the comments are jumping.
Before Thompson got in, Newt was going to get in to fill the conservative void. That’s not a vote of confidence for Romney, Rudy, and the rest of the crew. Then Huckabee rose when Newt saw that he could not run and win by jumping in so late, and with no chance of overtaking Thompson and a surging Huckabee. Newt is smart in the sense that he believes, as I do, that a southern candidate with momentum will not lose in the south, and with the race splitting states, a southern monopoly leads to the nomination and VP for Newt. And then if Huckabee loses, Newt becomes the favorite in 2012
December 14th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
Tommy,
I’ve heard similar things on my end over the past couple of days but dismissed it as insanity. But I must admit that my spider sense was tingling the other day when Newt openly declared that Huckabee was very electable.
Even still, I don’t (can’t) believe that Newt would endorse Huckabee.
December 14th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
Huckabee will divide the GOP if elected.
December 14th, 2007 at 10:13 pm
Everyone knows Gingrich. I can’t say the same thing about King. I never heard of him until this year. Because of that, this endorsement would be huge !
December 14th, 2007 at 10:13 pm
MAtthew,
I like Newt’s ideas, and he’s a charming guy, but the reality is that Newt cares for Newt, and not the party, not conservatives, not anyone. Newt hearts Newt.
December 14th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
LJ,
I know what you mean. It’s been spreading.
December 14th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
Actually, I had heard backdoor rumors for a while, but a week or two ago was the first time I heard it from a reliable source, and Brody’s heard it too.
December 14th, 2007 at 10:18 pm
Tommy,
Maybe. I was raring to jump on the Newt bandwagon earlier this year, for a few reasons. First, Newt was playing a “uniter”. I don’t mind that aspect of Huckabee’s campaign. I think that it’s just the ticket. When both Newt and Huck talk about “vertical” politics, I hear a general election winner. But, in Newt, I saw it as simply coded rhetoric, that hides a conservative record and conservative policies. In Huckabee, it’s absolutely genuine, and backed by an abysmal record, abysmal policies, and a total lack of knowledge or seriousness. I’m not stunned that Newt would do something like this, given the sort of campaign he was preparing to run, but it still reflects awfully poorly on him.
December 14th, 2007 at 10:21 pm
Matthew,
I remember. In fact, his PAC called me a few weeks ago asking me to donate. I told them to send me a pledge card. Now, I’m probably gonna tear it up and send it back with a letter asking for contributions to the FDT campaign.
December 14th, 2007 at 10:23 pm
It’s becoming increasingly clear that the GOP base won’t rest until the Republican Party is transformed into a party of European-style Christian Democrats.
If the Republican Party nominates for president a nanny-stater on fiscal issues and a religionist on social ones, with a queasiness about foreign policy hawkishness to boot, millions of conservatives and Republicans go into exile. Sadly, the two GOP presidential candidates currently taking the top spots in Iowa and New Hampshire both fit the aforementioned description. And now those same two Big Brother, Big Religion Republicans are moving into the top two spots in Florida.
If either Mitt Romney or Mike Huckabee face off against Hillary Clinton, look for the Clintons to waltz back into the White House with a landslide victory. If it’s Mitt or Huck against Obama, both party bases will have essentially told the mainstream to go to Hades, and millions of Americans will look to the political horizon for a savior to run third-party…
December 14th, 2007 at 10:27 pm
I’ll believe it when I see it. I doubt Gingrich would endorse anyone before the convention. It doesn’t coincide with his efforts to advance American Solutions to connect himself to a candidate.
December 14th, 2007 at 10:27 pm
#1 Metro,
Yeah this makes absolutely no sense. I had the feeling Newt liked Huckabee as well, but to go out and endorse him in the open…???
Hmmm Newt is really thinking about something else other than the good of the nation.
December 14th, 2007 at 10:32 pm
Wait… that link just said that Newt and Mike talk from time to time. This is as ridiculous as the claims that Newt was going to endorse Rudy… and then he was going to endorse Romney… and then he was going to endorse Fred… and now he’s supposed to endorse Huckabee because he talked to them?
Newt is a major player – he talks to everyone because he’s trying to advance his American Solutions agenda. It especially makes sense that Mike talks to Newt because Mike participated in the American Solutions’ Solutions Day event. That hardly means an endorsement is ready.
December 14th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
” the Republican Party nominates for president a nanny-stater on fiscal issues and a religionist on social ones, with a queasiness about foreign policy hawkishness to boot, millions of conservatives and Republicans go into exile. Sadly, the two GOP presidential candidates currently taking the top spots in Iowa and New Hampshire both fit the aforementioned description.”
Since when is Romney a nanny-stater on fiscal issues? Since when does he have a queasiness about foreign policy hawkishness? Sure he supports diplomacy, but do you honestly believe he won’t send our fighters or bombers into action if he has to?
Also, DaveG, stop attacking those who use their faith as a guiding factor when determining how best to serve the nation. If people don’t use their personal morals and beliefs as a factor in deciding what to support, what are they supposed to use?
December 14th, 2007 at 10:39 pm
Newt endorses Huck is like Gore endorsing Dean. Sure it was a big and meaningful endorsement, but to a weak candidate. Dean was exposed and faded, and Huck will too. I give him about a 60% chance to win IA, but if Mitt wins NH big as I suspect he will, Huck support will fade. He will be the Pat Robertson of the race.
December 14th, 2007 at 10:41 pm
I HIGHLY doubt that Newt will do anything in time to save Huckabee from himself. If Newt DOES support Huckabee, it will be at the detriment of his career and good name. The ENTIRE Conservative movement is up in arms about Huckabee, and Newt would be laughed out of the party. There are FAR better candidates that he could support without looking turning himself into the laughing stock of the GOP.
December 14th, 2007 at 10:42 pm
Rudy, McCain, and Thompson fans: Im curious if this becomes a 2 man show with Huck vs Romney as it is becoming more and more each day, who will you support? Arent Romney and Huck 1st or 2nd to each other in every early state now (except NH where he is about tied for 3rd behind Romney). Where is Rudy and McCain going to get any oxygen if this continues?
December 14th, 2007 at 10:45 pm
DaveG:
Obama vs Huck vs Rudy?
December 14th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
husky,
If it came down to that, I’d support Romney, but I don’t think my southern brothers and sisters would follow my lead. Romney would be on defense, having to defend states in the north and midwest from Huckabee, and wouldn’t be able to carry a single southern state.
December 14th, 2007 at 10:48 pm
All Brody said in his post was that “huck and newt talk from time to time” his source for that was Huck’s campaign manager… I remember Newt being interviewed in Sept by Hannity and he mentioned he talks from time to time with all the top tier candidates and their people. Maybe this is just new for the Huck people.
By the way the post was Huck’s campaign complaining about the Thompson and Romney camps going negative on Huck.
I guess now shining the light on a candidates record is going negative.
Wasnt there supposed to be some sort of endorsement from James Dobson for Huck that has never happened.
I am with Metro and others when they say this makes no sense. newt is the opposite of Huck on fiscal issues, and fiscal conservatism is his passion.
December 14th, 2007 at 10:49 pm
Romney is a nanny-stater because he tells me that if I don’t purchase a health plan, he’ll fine me.
Romney demonstrated his lack of cajones on defense when he attacked the surge back when it was popular to do so. Meanwhile, John McCain adamantly defended it.
And of course everyone has a values system by which they live their lives and make decisions, and for some, that values system is based on a religion. But when it comes to Romney and religion, I get the impression, after hearing one too many speeches on the importance of preserving a certain type of “culture” or the importance of religion for freedom that Romney sees himself, like the Christian Democrats of Europe, as charged with the task of preserving Tradition and the Established Church to prevent against social ills and the loss of national heritage. My reply: religion, culture, and society belong to the people, are none of the state’s concern, and should rise and fall on their merits.
December 14th, 2007 at 10:50 pm
#37 Jared
“The ENTIRE Conservative movement is up in arms about Huckabee”
Nope. Only the Fiscal Cons are up in arms. The Social Conservatives are embracing him.
December 14th, 2007 at 10:50 pm
and that’s why I think the early state process is a sham.
Steve,
If you read LJ and my own comments, and were in close enough contact with those in who would have their finger on this, you’d understand where we’re coming from. This has been floating around, and like I said in my original post, this is not the first I’ve heard of this. That’s why i went ahead and posted this… as a warning, so others won’t be surpised if it happens, which I would say is somewhat probable.
December 14th, 2007 at 10:50 pm
If it comes to Huck v. Romney I’ll support Romney. I don’t think either has a chance in a general election but I refuse to support someone who equates capitalism with greed.
December 14th, 2007 at 10:51 pm
Metro: We can dream, but we’ll probably get stuck with Huck, Obama, and Bloomberg.
December 14th, 2007 at 10:52 pm
cj,
I never posted on the front page that Dobson would endorse Huckabee. My guess was that he’d support Romney. This isn’t coming from only Brody’s campaign. And do you think Brody would mention that if that was the case?
Of course not.
December 14th, 2007 at 10:54 pm
DaveG,
Can you show me a quote where Romney “attacked” the surge?
Calling Romney a nanny-stater when his Democratic Congress put that fee in the healthcare plan is a leap at best.
December 14th, 2007 at 10:56 pm
Is no one seeing that this might help bring some fiscal credentials to the campaign? Maybe Mike sees that you guys are not satisfied and he is working more fiscally conservative players to accomplish this. If he gets more fiscally aware would that help anyone here?
December 14th, 2007 at 10:59 pm
Bloomberg, despite being a mayor, is a virtual unknown. A run for president as an independent would smack of pure self-aggrandizement. He and Gore are both over in Bali so I am sure they are talking politics.
December 14th, 2007 at 11:00 pm
Romney goes wobbly:
This, of course, was back in September, when it was still fashionable to say that we’re losing the war. Yeah, this is sure the guy I want as Commander in Chief. And if it’s between him and “Government shouldn’t kill people” Huckabee by the time the Virginia primary rolls around, I won’t vote.
December 14th, 2007 at 11:02 pm
yeah . . . is this Dobson will endorse Huckabee all over again?
Gingrich didn’t seem to impressed with Huck’s answers on Hannity and Colmes 2 nights ago.
We’ll see.
December 14th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
DaveG (50),
McCain was privy to much more inside info on Iraq that ROmney. The comments were based on news reports before the actual report by Petraeus.
Romney is doesn’t have a penchant for demagougery without data. He has a cool head and likes to see and analyze data before drawing judgments. It’s his style and one that our country needs.
That was an unfair and dirty slam on Romney by McCain at that NH debate. And McCain does have a penchant for attacking Romney . . . it’s about all he’s done well in his campaign so far. Too bad for him that it won’t be enough.
December 14th, 2007 at 11:08 pm
Jeff, I know you are from IA and familiar with Romneys team there. Can you give insight to how organized it is. How is there GOTV? Do they have a lot of volunteers each day and evening? I think the race in IA is about 6-8% points for Huck and not the 10-19% as some polls suggest. Can Romneys organization make up that big a differnce on election day? Let me know your thoughts.
December 14th, 2007 at 11:09 pm
Gingrich was cozy cozy with Huckabee’s pastor friends at the little Pastors conference in Iowa two weeks ago. Remember the one where they brought in pastors from across the state, paid for their rooms, meals, etc. simply for the opportunity for fellowship and to listen to a couple folks talk about America – wasn’t the keynote speaker none other than Newt Gingrich? Wasn’t Mike Huckabee there too?
If this rumor is true – seems that Gingrich is vying for a spot on the ticket or thinks that Huckabee could cause a movement in this country similar to the Contract with America – otherwise, why would he sell-out so many of his market-based conservative principles and get behind Mr Huckabee?
It doesn’t add up, but like someone else said – there’s a lot that isn’t adding up right now.
December 14th, 2007 at 11:12 pm
DaveG would rather have patients attend an emergency room with their nose bleeds and have them bill it to the state. Romney tells them to pay their own way to the extent they can afford it.
Who’s the real nanny-stater here?
December 14th, 2007 at 11:18 pm
Newt strikes me as precisely the kind of guy who would be deathly jealous of Mitt and would be unable to contain that personal animous for the good of the country. Clearly, Huckabee promotes everything that Newt has heretofore opposed. This is not about principles. I guess it could be Newt’s way of helping derail Mitt for the benefit of an eventual Rudy win. I hope this is false and that Newt is a bigger man than I give him credit for and he will stay out of it, or will endorse Romney whose ideals more closely resemble Newt’s.
December 14th, 2007 at 11:18 pm
good point Murphy…
this may seem out in left field to suggest, but this election has not been like any other in history. I think its possible if Mitt has a head of steam and a few wins under his belt heading into SC, I bet he will float the idea of Jim Demint being his VP. I think that will be his choice in the end anyway, and to suggest it prior to SC might bring some SC support Mitts way.
December 14th, 2007 at 11:21 pm
Re: Steve King endorsement . . .
I remember being at the Iowa Christian Alliance’s Banquet over a year ago. I posted my experience here:
King then took the stage (he and Schlafly were the only speakers to get a standing ovation before and after their addresses). King always gives a dynamic speech and he did not fail to impress. He said that the several hundred people in the room will be the ones choosing our next President . . . that the influence of the politically active Christian coservatives in that room would weigh heavily in who will be the 2008 GOP nominee and future President. King then said that we should take the opportunity to get to know each of the candidates personally and to find out where they really stand on issues important to conservatives , especially the Marriage Protection Amendment (MPA) and in being tough on immigration.
I’m cautiously optimistic on this one given those last two key issues for King.
Huck is for the MPA but, as Politico reports, King ain’t too keen on Huck’s immigration past (and probably sees right through the sham of his “deathbed conversion” with his new immigration plan).
Fred’s pretty solid on immigration, but doesn’t support the MPA.
Romney’s solid on both of those key issues to King (at least how it stood over a year ago).
King’s district is where Romney faces the toughest fight from Huckabee (Western Iowa is a huge base for Evangelical conservatives.) King’s endorsement could be big news and I’m cautiously optimistic.
December 14th, 2007 at 11:21 pm
Here’s the link for my quote:
http://iowansforromney.blogspot.com/2006/09/iowa-christian-alliance-friends-of.html
December 14th, 2007 at 11:24 pm
“Newt’s entire organization is devoted to economic conservative, supply-side solutions. Why would he endorse the guy who’s in opposition to all of Newt’s efforts?”
Or…………………………..
maybe Huckabee isn’t the communist specter of your fevered imaginations.
December 14th, 2007 at 11:27 pm
King delivered this great line at the Iowa GOP convention in Aug 2006
http://jcgop.blogspot.com/2006/06/iowas-conservative-firebrand.html
Steve King got a huge response when he was introduced. Can you say red meat?
Great King quote #45,367: “There are probably not 72 virgins in the hell Al-Zarqawi is in. If there are, the probably all look like Helen Thomas.”
Is that great or what?
December 14th, 2007 at 11:37 pm
The Country Club Republicans are apparently upset by Huckabee because he has so much lower-middle-class support.
Stay with your Democratic Party limousine liberals! Reagan need didn’t need you, and neither does Huckabee.
December 14th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
mnm #61 . . .
This populist anti-wealth meme from Huck supporters is disturbing for our party. If Huck loses, I expect you to vote for John Edwards.
December 14th, 2007 at 11:50 pm
i think newt really deserves his “best idea man” label, but if he endorses the huckaboner, I won’t respect him much.
December 14th, 2007 at 11:55 pm
I’m thinking a Gingrich endorsement would be great. It would bring up more questions about the evangelical preacher conference that Gingrich and Huckabee spoke at and no other candidates were invited to. It might blow that whole thing wide open, which could be devastating for Huckabee.
December 15th, 2007 at 12:15 am
The best thing that could happen to Mitt is this becoming a Mitt v Huck race.
Mitt would be odds on to win that easily.
Mitt will win Iowa, but I’m beginning to think that even a loss of less than 6% points won’t be a big deal anyway if he still wins NH.
Romney will kill Huck in New York & California.
December 15th, 2007 at 12:16 am
DaveG,
I’d just like to remind you of the circumstances where Romney made the “apparently working” comment. We were a week or two out from the Petreus report. There was an unusual amount of venom (even for Democrats) that the fix was in, on the report. They were already suggesting that Petreus was going to say whatever Bush wanted him to say.
Are you suggesting that it wasn’t a good idea to suggest that we wait to see what Petreus said before taking the “I’m going to draw a line in the sand” attitude? That whole exchange just showed what an arrogant jerk McCain is. If John Almighty McCain says something, by God it’s gospel. A normal person might have taken a bit of a humbler stance, given that he just got his peepee whacked on immigration. Hell, he still hasn’t acknowledged that he was wrong. All he’s said is “I’ve heard you”.
December 15th, 2007 at 12:18 am
MWS and mnm, if you have evidence that Huck is not liberal on just about every issue except abortion, please post it. We are waiting with bated breath.
December 15th, 2007 at 12:20 am
You guys know Huck’s positions perfectly well…
December 15th, 2007 at 12:25 am
“Gag me with a spoon. Newt’s dead to me if he supports Huckabee. Oh well, plenty of conservatives are acting absurdly these days. I can’t say I’m surprised,” said the man who today came out in support of Mitt Romney.
December 15th, 2007 at 12:28 am
TLG,
Indeed.
December 15th, 2007 at 12:36 am
“Oh well, plenty of conservatives are acting absurdly these days. ”
I’ll second that.
December 15th, 2007 at 12:39 am
dblagent et al.
It just so happens that another Romney supporter asked a fellow Huckabee supporter what his definition is of “fiscal conservative.” I hope my response might in some way answer your question, so I’ll repost it here:
My definition is not as binary, and it is more concerned with people than numbers. I do think balanced budgets are a must, and Huckabee moved Arkansas from deficit to surplus by the end of his term, and advocated sending the excess back to the taxpayers. And that’s great, but my definition of fiscal conservative moves beyond this overly simplified definition.
To me a fiscal conservative recognizes that fiscal policy should aid the conservation and preservation of American culture. It should promote stable families, stable communities, and stable lifestyles. As such, it recognizes that markets exist to serve people, and not people to serve markets. A fiscal conservative recognizes that even an efficient economy can be the enemy of true conservatism if it constantly uproots families, forces parents apart from their children and shuffles workers around like raw material. A true fiscal conservative recognizes that the highest attainable growth in GDP is not the highest attainable goal of government, but rather the preservation of a secure environment where families can grow and thrive, where parents can raise children, and where people can stay rooted in their communities and private associations. A true fiscal conservative does not worship at the altar of free trade, treating his fellow countrymen as mere applicants for work- forced to compete against those who labor under slave like conditions. Rather, he recognizes that efficient markets should never come at the expense of the common good or human dignity.
In short, a true fiscal conservative is one who applies fiscal discipline to conservative ends, which are not primarily economic. He knows that economics is a means to an end, and not the end itself. He is human centered, not numbers centered. To reduce conservatism to the simple push and pull over a spending bill’s bottom line is to blind oneself to the much larger influence of economic policy, and to lose sight of the larger principles of conservatism.
December 15th, 2007 at 1:09 am
mnm,
As someone who was born and raised blue collar, I take exception to your claim that all of us support Huckabee.
December 15th, 2007 at 1:11 am
[...] the news of the day, and half-watching It’s A Wonderful Life, I clicked on to a forum article pushing a rumor that Newt Gingrich is about to endorse Mike [...]
December 15th, 2007 at 1:26 am
Kavon, Metro and Other Rudy-bots,
According to Jay Cost……
“I think there is no doubt that the Giuliani campaign has abandoned Iowa.â€
I have pointed this out before, but no one is talking about “Rudy’s (supposed) Committment†to IOWA….
Rudy skipped Ames, BUT SAID he would actually campaign for the IOWA CAUCUS…..
We all knew it was a joke……
But, apparently, because we all knew he wouldn’t follow through on his word, NOBODY is holding him accontable on this!!
Kavon….Metro….Thoughts…….
December 15th, 2007 at 1:32 am
Abe,
Just so you’re aware, the Huckaboom is coming Jan. 3.
Mark your calendar.
December 15th, 2007 at 1:38 am
Thanks….MWS
But I thought the Huckaboom was already happening….
I’m holding out for……well you know…..
December 15th, 2007 at 1:41 am
Guys, this is a rumor. How many rumors have come and gone this year? I bit hard on that first Dr. Dobson rumor. I really don’t care to make that mistake again.
December 15th, 2007 at 2:00 am
#78- precisely my point earlier. Tommy I wasnt saying you had put that part about Dobson on the front page. I was referencing the fact that the Huck camp had said the same thing about Dr Dobson about 1 month ago and nothing had happened.
I know there is an implication that Newt will endorse Huck, but that rumour has been said about everyone of the top guys, except McCain. I remember thinking back in August that Newt was going to any day announce his candidacy or if not that then endorse Fred for the presidency. Neither happened.
I am merely saying that we should 1) consider the source and the track record of supposed endorsements 2) the logic of waiting after IA votes (why do that if you can get some NH legs now which is where Newt would help out alot and where Huck needs the most help) 3) the fact that Newt talks to everyones people from time to time
Endorsements to do any good need to come within the next 5 days, past that it will not amount to anything as everyone will be onto the Christmas and New years mindset. And then its Jan 3 and the votes start to count, and then Wy 2 days later, and then NH 4 days later, you get the picture.
December 15th, 2007 at 3:27 am
Great comment.
I know you will read our site..
Regards
December 15th, 2007 at 3:43 am
“Newt’s entire organization is devoted to economic conservative, supply-side solutions. Why would he endorse the guy who’s in opposition to all of Newt’s efforts?”
Maybe the ex-Ppeaker of the House knows a little more than the online punditry?
Michelle Malkin BANNED me from commenting at her site today for simply pointing out that she is in obvious support of Romney. She actually called me a “hater”. What’s the GOP coming to?
December 15th, 2007 at 4:41 am
Shmuckabee supporters,
Please help me understand how a man who resembles Gomer Pyle physically and in his mannerisms is going to stare down the nut jobs from North Korea and Iran with potential nuclear weapons and make them back down. I don’t think these terrorists and going to ask Hucka-bum where if he stayed at the Holiday Inn Express last night, if he received a bible degree, or ran a church. I would feel comfortable with Thompson, Guiliani, McCain, or Romney to do it, but we would be the laughing stock of the world with Huckabee.
December 15th, 2007 at 4:47 am
#1.
Metro:
Good luck…you against God. Do you see how stupid you are?
December 15th, 2007 at 9:21 am
Stevo,
I’m guessing that all Americans look kinda funny to the North Koreans, and for a country that barely has enough electricity to run a blender, I seriously doubt many there have been exposed to Gomer Pyle. Let not your heart be troubled.
December 15th, 2007 at 9:40 am
Huck will disintegrate the GOP if nominated. I believe we’ll see a strong third party run.
December 15th, 2007 at 9:44 am
Heath, “Romney will kill Huck in New York”
Do you really think New York is going to abandon Rudy even if he lost FL? Never.
December 15th, 2007 at 9:45 am
Jody, no, history shows me how stupid it is to mix religion and politics. Read a little more history rather than 1 single book.
December 15th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
Metro, It could happen.
New Yorkers like winners. If Giuliani is (what?) 0-for-8 by the time of their primary, and he has performed poorly in all or most of them, yes I can see New York abandoning Rudy Giuliani as a loser.
Wasn’t it Giuliani that turned his back on the NY GOP and refused to run against Hillary? Wasn’t it Giuliani who ran against Pataki on his first run as governor? Loyalty is a two-way street, my friend.
Am I predicting Rudy losing NY, no. But I am pointing out that it is easily within the realm of possibility.
December 15th, 2007 at 10:08 pm
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