Huckabee says polling shows he's the best Republican to take on Obama in 2012

[Ed Barrow]

Mike Huckabee said Sunday he's the strongest Republican to take on President Obama in 2012.

"I end up leading a lot of the polls," the former Arkansas governor told "Fox News Sunday." "I’m the Republican that clearly at this point does better against Obama than any other Republican."

Huckabee said he hasn't made up his mind about running, but suggested he's strongly considering it.

“I haven’t closed the door. I think that would be foolish on my part, especially when poll after poll shows that there is strong sentiment out there," he said.



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[Mojambo]

1. I agree with him. He's the strongest of a really weak pool. n/t

[FrenchieCat]

2. As long as the Left keeps piling on top of the criticism from the establishment media,

and the Republicans, any Republicans will look good compared to Barack Obama.

That's the sad thing about it.

We wanted it all, and so decided to deliberately see Some as Nothing.
In the end, we will get what we worked for, but it won't be anything that we wanted,
not even Some.

[sharp_stick]

3. Well when you believe the weird fundie

shit that the huckster seems to spew every Sunday I suppose you could convince yourself that you could possibly have a shot at Obama.

The only puke that concerns me in the least for 2012 is Mittens, magic underwear, Romney. The rest of them are wannabes or teabagging idiots.

[AtomicKitten]

4. True. Bring on the Weak Sauce! nt

[Turbineguy]

5. From our point of view

we have to consider who would do the least harm. Since the repubs will cheat (with the help of the Supreme Court) it's entirely possible they take the White House in another coup d'etat. I'd rather have the Huckster than Palin.

[Politicalboi]

8. Yes but are you ready for

Chuck Norris as Secretary of State? LOL! I certainly am not. But Huckabee is smarter than Palin I guess, but not by much.

[golfguru]

12. You are alost correct

Chuck Norris will be secretary of Defense lol..

[papadog]

6. Isn't he the Campbell Soup Chef?

I swear he's the one saying-"We're all kinda excited about it".

[Politicalboi]

7. Somebody needs to make

A cartoon or movie of all the nutty shit the Repukes say and do. Of course it could be a comedy with Sarah Palin as the star of the show. It can be done, and it's a good way to get the message out and make people who never saw such stupidity maybe think twice about having these assholes run this country. If we can't fight them in the "Lamestream media", maybe we can make them the butt of all jokes in the theater. "Dude" "Sweet". LOL!

[Vampire Knight]

9. Only in his dreams.

The Republicans are never going to nominate him anyway after he handed the nomination last time to McCain. The Republicans have kinda turned on McCain and he's really having to shuffle after the election to re-establish his right wing cred and keep from being ousted from his senate seat.

Even if Huckabee somehow miraculously managed to get the nomination, I don't see him beating Obama, even if Obama went on television and bit the head off a kitten. Huckabee has no substance, and he comes across as a bit of a religious loony. He talks like he's at a prayer meeting, and most people, myself included, have no stomach for listening to that for any amount of time. I don't see how he still has a show at Fox News. Maybe it's because it comes on weekends only and most people aren't watching anyway.

[saltpoint]

10. On the surface, Huckabee plays the folksy chit-chatter

but always burbling below the surface is the fundamentalist rabid animal ready to interpret the secular universe as a Biblical construct.

In this week's NEW YORKER is an insightful profile of Huckabee. It's worth a look if you're anywhere near a library or a newsstand.

Two factors weighing in favor of Huckabee's candidacy for 2012 is that he is nothing if not egomaniacal and he does indeed fare well in polling.

Two factors weighing against are his apparent disinterest in fundraising and a clemency issue that blew up in his face long after the fact which his GOP opponents are sure to remind primary voters of.

If you run down the list of social issues you'd like to see represented by an evolved being, and then compare it to a list of Huckabee's stands on those same issues, you will be puking within 30 seconds, if it takes that long.

[golfguru]

13. yes, that commercial of Huckster with the cross in background

did it for me.

[saltpoint]

16. Yes. It sent a shiver up my spine. I wanted to

hide under the bed like the dog does when there's a thunderstorm.

That was Creep-Out City.

[Arkana]

21. The creepy thing about Huck is that he does the folksy thing

even better than W did.

In fact, he can even laugh at himself--hell, he went on the Daily Show a few times and demonstrated that he has a hell of a sense of humor. If I was at a cookout with him and kept the discussion solely to sports and the weather, he'd be extremely tolerable.

And lurking underneath that seemingly mild facade is an almost Taliban-like religious fervor, with a hatred for gays, minorities, and pretty much anyone who isn't old, pasty-white, and Christian.

[saltpoint]

23. He's a hobnobber but as you say, with that

underlying religious fervor.

A scary man from the word go.

I hope FOX pays him enough cash for that program to lessen the incentive to run for high office.

[AlinPA]

11. Could you imagine a "Huckabee-Palin" ticket? Think about it. nt

[Vampire Knight]

18. Does it bother you?

Because think about it: he's a fundamentalist, she's a fundamentalist...they'd probably tear each other apart long before the general. Did you have a problem with that?

[AlinPA]

27. I don't think they would "tear each other apart".

[Douglas Carpenter]

14. I think the Republican will have to nominate someone with strong Teabagger, Fundamentalist and Fox

News appeal who serves up lots and lots of red meat to their crowds.

Today's Republican Party's faithful will almost certainly demand it. Their own conventional wisdom declares that they tried running a moderate with McCain and that they failed in the general election because McCain was way too liberal and spoke way too moderately.

But even they realize that Palin cannot possibly win. So it may very well be that Huckabee comes the closest to satisfying their base. And he does have the quality of seeming like a kind of nice amiable guy - a sort of Republican version of Bill Clinton.

I don't think someone who is as much a culture warrior as Mike Huckabee could win a general election. I think he would be a bit scary for to a lot of people who might lean Republican but are uncomfortable with the kind of cultural warfare his campaign would represent.
But then again things like the economy, the mood of the country and unpredictable factors may have more effect on the 2012 outcome then the appeal of a specific candidate.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

15. He's a twit

[opihimoimoi]

17. He is a "THROWAWAY CANDIDATE" The GOP noes he gonna lose

as would any of them in the wings...

Obama looks invincible

GOP Need someone to carry flag to the fight....

Will bide time with throwaways...

McCane and MooseyLady were two other throwaways

GOP waiting for rising stars yet to make appearance...

Ensign, Macaca Allen, Jindal, Mitt, Ghoulyani, etc all fail to even make the throwaway cut..

GOP is in steep slide and is flummoxed as how to stop...

[Vampire Knight]

20. I don't think they're giving up

this round. That's why I don't think they're running Huckabee.

[AlinPA]

28. John Thune is a possibility.

[zulchzulu]

19. Huckabee would be vapor against Obama... so where do I contribute?

:rofl:

[Arkana]

22. He'd have to give up the TV show--he won't do it.

[Alexander]

24. I was worried McCain might pick him in 2008.

I think the election would've been a lot closer had he done so.

[opihimoimoi]

25. Polarities too Diverse....musta been considered and rejected in what turned

to be in favor of Palin

Hucky musta felt like shit....

His forces couldn't sell the case.

[tanyev]

26. I'm kind of looking forward to the 2012 GOP primary.

:popcorn:

[mikekohr]

29. MIKE HUCKABEE’S WILLIE HORTON

cached at: http://journals.democraticunderground.com/mikekohr

Republican presidential candidate, Mike Huckabee, the former governor from Hope, Arkansas, is hoping you don’t look in his closet because there's a Willie Horton hiding in there.

Huckabee's Horton, is a monster named Wayne Dumond. A criminal with a long rap sheet of assaults, and sexual molestations, Dumond was an admitted participant in massacre of a Cambodian village when he was stationed in Vietnam. Upon return to the United States, he admitted to participating in a claw hammer murder of a fellow soldier in 1972. Dumond was convicted of sexual molestation of a teen age victim in 1973 and confessed to a rape charge in 1976.

Huckabee, ignoring Dumond’s reprehensible criminal record, bought into the Clinton hating, rightwing, partisans, that were attempting to smear Bill Clinton in the rape of a 16 year old girl high school cheerleader that Dumond kidnapped at knifepoint, raped and terrorized for two days. Dumond was convicted of this crime in 1985 and sentenced to life plus 20 years.
Huckabee worked, against the advice of the parole board and law enforcement officials, to secure Dumond's release from prison. Dumond's 16 year old victim, Ashley Stevens, upon learning of Huckabee's attempts to free her assailant, met with the governor and said she put her face inches from Huckabee’s and said, “This is how close I was to Wayne Dumond. I will never forget his face. And now I don’t want you ever to forget my face.”

Undaunted, governor Huckabee toiled on, eventually securing Dumond's release from prison on the condition that Dumond move out of Arkansas. Dumond complied, and moved to Missouri, where six weeks later he raped and murdered, 39 year-old Carol Sue Shields. Dumond was convicted of Shields’ murder based on DNA evidence. Dumond died, peacefully in his sleep on 9/7/2005, before he could be brought to trial in the rape and murder of a second victim, Sara Andrasek.

Dumond’s murders committed after Huckabee had secured his release from prison resulted in a firestorm of public condemnation. The governor responded to the criticism by denying he had anything to do with turning Dumond loose on the American public, in spite of voluminous testimony to the contrary.

Blind adherence to rigid political ideology, an absolute refusal to accept advice from others and stubborn refusal to accept responsibility for his own actions, has not served George W, Bush well as a President. These shared character defects will not wear well on Presidential candidate, Mike Huckabee either.

Ironically, or perhaps predictably, Huckabee is emerging as the consensus choice among so called Christian Conservatives. Go figure.

Written by: mike kohr 10/29/2007

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