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Huckabee ends GOP presidential bid

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Mike Huckabee is withdrawing from the Republican presidential race after a poor showing in the Iowa caucuses, an event he won just eight years ago.Huckabee tweeted the announcement Monday night.
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The former Arkansas governor failed to

Down goes Huckabee... Huckabee seems like he was begging for a cabinet position with Santorum towards the end. The question now goes, where does their support nationally go? To which candidate?
 
I don't think Huckabee is a loony tune. I do think that the others who won only 1% tonight should consider making the same decision.
 
Another one of the last of the dying off talibornagain homophobes.
 
TheDemSocialist said:
The former Arkansas governor failed to

Down goes Huckabee... Huckabee seems like he was begging for a cabinet position with Santorum towards the end. The question now goes, where does their support nationally go? To which candidate?
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Ted Cruz wants to be the religious guy, but my hope is that someone much more optimistic, compassionate, and reformist gets Huckabee's support. For that, I think he would do the Party a big favor if he said Rubio, Bush, or Kasich. Each man has hit at the same notion of what Christians need to do, which is to give back to the community. That's where Huckabee's bread and butter truly was, and that's where he should look. Ted Cruz has always struck me as the type of man who would cringe at mention of the rich guy having a hard time getting into heaven. Rubio, Bush, Kasich...they'd nod in agreement.

If the evangelical base merely goes to the guy who says he likes God, but only speaks venom, then they go with Cruz. If they are smarter Christians, however, they ought to move in a more enlightened direction.
 
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nota bene said:
I don't think Huckabee is a loony tune. I do think that the others who won only 1% tonight should consider making the same decision.
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They will...after NH. Carly should, but she has about 10 events scheduled in the next few days, and of course we have a debate here on Saturday night. I think she'll be gone after NH.

Santorum should go now.
 
I think the following should drop out now.

Christie (He won't but he should NH will do him in)
Jeb (He won't but he should SC will be his undoing)
Carly (She might but NH will surely knock her out)
Kaisch (He's got some staying power but if he has a poor showing in NH he should consider dropping out)
Santorum (Go now)
Carson (Go now, nice guy, but not your time)


If Cruz can gain this support, Trump will be done.

Tim-
 
clownboy said:
Nope, all indication say his support goes to Trump.
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I'm not doubting you, but I live here and I haven't seen anything to say that most Huckabee supporters have Trump as their 2nd choice. Did someone poll that somewhere?
 
They're really going to start dropping like flies after New Hampshire
 
tres borrachos said:
I'm not doubting you, but I live here and I haven't seen anything to say that most Huckabee supporters have Trump as their 2nd choice. Did someone poll that somewhere?
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Nah, it was a rumor going around, mentioned by some talking head when he dropped out. Huckabee has since said he's not endorsing anyone "this week".
 
disneydude said:
I don't think most people are concerned about his four votes
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Then you're not as politically savvy as you think you are. The evangelicals are influenced by Huckabee and Santorum. To gain their support is to gain evangelical cred.
 
clownboy said:
Then you're not as politically savvy as you think you are. The evangelicals are influenced by Huckabee and Santorum. To gain their support is to gain evangelical cred.
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If you believe that Santorum or Huckabee have much political influence at all.....then I think it is you who is not very politically savvy. Neither has much political clout.
 
disneydude said:
If you believe that Santorum or Huckabee have much political influence at all.....then I think it is you who is not very politically savvy. Neither has much political clout.
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Now that the Ralph Reed set are on the wane you're correct about the political clout. But that isn't what we're talking about here now is it.
 
clownboy said:
Now that the Ralph Reed set are on the wane you're correct about the political clout. But that isn't what we're talking about here now is it.
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I thought that was what we are talking about. Outside of the fringe...I don't think Huckabee or Santorum have much clout/sway/influence...whatever you want to call it.
 
Not everyone thinks that evangelicals are "fringe."
 
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clownboy said:
Nope, all indication say his support goes to Trump.
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Nope because much of Huckabee's support was from the religious sector and Trump is about as religious as the toenail I cut off last night.
 
I think by the time they get this far, they should not let Iowa decide.
What sells in Iowa, may not be what sells elsewhere.
 
TheDemSocialist said:
The former Arkansas governor failed to

Down goes Huckabee... Huckabee seems like he was begging for a cabinet position with Santorum towards the end. The question now goes, where does their support nationally go? To which candidate?
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Probably Cruz, if anyone.

Cruz is a social conservative, even if not quite as hardcore as Huckabee and Santorum.

Trump's position on gay marriage is probably too tame for them, for example. ("It should have been left to the states" just doesn't have the same kind of ring to it as "It makes me want to vomit")
 
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