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RedState on Huckabee

June 26, 2006 |

RedState had an interesting column on candidates for the 2008 GOP nomination. They did brief profiles on their top six:

1. John McCain
2. Rudy Guiliani
3. George Allen
4. Mitt Romney
5. Newt Gingrich
6. Mike Huckabee

From my view, the first four are unacceptable from a social conservative position. Guiliani, Allen, and Gingrich also have some personal baggage that I wouldn’t want to defend on the campaign trail.

If the Presidential options come down to this list (if Brownback doesn’t run), my choice is easy; I’d go with Huckabee. In that light, it’s interesting what Red-State has to say about him:

Mike Huckabee may be the most underrated of all aspirants to the 2008 GOP nomination, as he fits the mold of who wins Presidential elections in the United States, namely a center-right governor from a southern state.

Governor Huckabee is also extremely charismatic (see his appearence on The Colbert Report) with a great story to tell regarding his personal transformation. As one liberal commentor on the leftist Daily Kos put it: “When I saw him on Colbert, I didn’t know his party — I was really concerned when I saw that he was Republican.”

His problems lie in the “Invisible Primary”, where it has been said that the price of admission into the 2008 race starts at $100 million. McCain, Giuliani, Romney, and Allen will have no problems raising this kind of cash. But can Huckabee?

Huckabee’s 2008 chances rest on the conservative base rejecting McCain and Giuliani, Allen’s personal issues and a tough 2006 derailing his campaign, and Romney’s Mormonism proving to be an insurmountable hurdle. Those things coming to pass, as well as $100 million, and we could be looking at our second President from Hope.

I couldn’t have said it better myself.


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