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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Huckabee's post-mortem

Mike Huckabee has all sorts of groups to blame for why he didn't succeed in his quest for the presidency.
Mike Huckabee can't definitively explain why he couldn't win the Republican presidential nomination, but he thinks the desire of Christian leaders to be "kingmakers," media coverage and Mother Nature all had something to do with it.

"Rank-and-file evangelicals supported me strongly, but a lot of the leadership did not," the former Arkansas governor says. "Let's face it, if you're not going to be king, the next best thing is to be the kingmaker. And if the person gets there without you, you become less relevant."
Could it possibly be that the majority of Republican voters just didn't buy the Huckabee charm as enough of a reason to support a guy with little national experience and only a so-so record as governor for the presidency? Or that many Republicans didn't like the Fair Tax idea or his comments on foreign policy? Or that folksy charm plus a Chuck Norris endorsement just wasn't enough for many people? Or that his habit of making constant references to his religion while making a little crack about Mitt Romney's religion might have repelled voters?

He also complains about the Republican winner-take-all policy in the primaries. Let's ignore that he knew those were the rules when he jumped into the race. Or that the still-continuing mess on the Democratic side that has prevented Obama from wrapping up the Democratic nomination has shown the wisdom of having a methodology that allowed the Republicans to wrap this up early. Huckabee is still going to complain about not having been able to run in the never-never world that would have smoothed his path to the nomination.

I didn't like him during the primaries and I still don't.
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HOME Betsy neither necessarily uses, nor endorses, the products advertised on this site. Comments from an AP history and government teacher in Raleigh, NC. e-mail betsynewmark AT gmail.com Site Feed Wikio Your Market Research Here		Tuesday, March 25, 2008 Huckabee's post-mortem Mike Huckabee has all sorts of groups to blame for why he didn't succeed in his quest for the presidency. Mike Huckabee can't definitively explain why he couldn't win the Republican presidential nomination, but he thinks the desire of Christian leaders to be "kingmakers," media coverage and Mother Nature all had something to do with it. "Rank-and-file evangelicals supported me strongly, but a lot of the leadership did not," the former Arkansas governor says. "Let's face it, if you're not going to be king, the next best thing is to be the kingmaker. And if the person gets there without you, you become less relevant." Could it possibly be that the majority of Republican voters just didn't buy the Huckabee charm as enough of a reason to support a guy with little national experience and only a so-so record as governor for the presidency? Or that many Republicans didn't like the Fair Tax idea or his comments on foreign policy? Or that folksy charm plus a Chuck Norris endorsement just wasn't enough for many people? Or that his habit of making constant references to his religion while making a little crack about Mitt Romney's religion might have repelled voters? He also complains about the Republican winner-take-all policy in the primaries. Let's ignore that he knew those were the rules when he jumped into the race. Or that the still-continuing mess on the Democratic side that has prevented Obama from wrapping up the Democratic nomination has shown the wisdom of having a methodology that allowed the Republicans to wrap this up early. Huckabee is still going to complain about not having been able to run in the never-never world that would have smoothed his path to the nomination. I didn't like him during the primaries and I still don't. Labels: Huckabee posted by Betsy Newmark permalink 6:57 AM \|

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