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Huckabee Opts Against 2012 White House Bid

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Mike Huckabee will not run for president, and as a former candidate for public office I fully understand what he is doing. He feels he has a better chance to make a difference doing what he is dong.


I applaud his decision and the reasons .

Huckabee Opts Against 2012 White House Bid - FoxNews.com
Mike Huckabee said Saturday there would be no sequel to his surprisingly strong 2008 White House bid, in which he won the Iowa Republican caucus and finished second in the primaries to Sen. John McCain.

"All the factors say go, but my heart says no," Huckabee, who was considered the GOP frontrunner in several national polls, said on his Fox News Channel show.

Before his announcement Saturday night, Huckabee
 
Mike Huckabee will not run for president, and as a former candidate for public office I fully understand what he is doing. He feels he has a better chance to make a difference doing what he is dong.


I applaud his decision and the reasons .

good move, he was a joke of a candidate who only hurt his party by running
 
I must say, I'm happy about it. Gives my guy Cain a better chance.(I think) Although, curious who Huckabee supporters will migrate to.
 
good move, he was a joke of a candidate who only hurt his party by running

I don't see him as a joke but more that he recognized the reality of the political situation. Herman Cain has a better chance because he's black and more intelligent than Obama on the issues
 
I must say, I'm happy about it. Gives my guy Cain a better chance.(I think) Although, curious who Huckabee supporters will migrate to.

that becomes the question. the politicrat belief is "santorum", but santorum isn't well enough known to have them naturally flow there. I would say they are up for grabs, and that the removal of Huckabee from the contest will decrease the extent to which the primary will be about social values.
 
You wonder why, the Rep Party ain't worth a bucket of skim piss

Hopefully the GOP takes the time to un-**** themselves and actually become conservative again, and start listening to us on the issues we want fixed IE: border control, tax reform etc...

GOP has nobody to blame but themselves; they ignored the base, became fiscally irresponsible, and grew the government. And they wonder why the base became pissed...
 
I must say, I'm happy about it. Gives my guy Cain a better chance.(I think) Although, curious who Huckabee supporters will migrate to.

T-Paw I guess
 
I can see Herman Cain beating the pans off of Obama because of his business acumen that Obams can never live up to.

We need to look at the reality of the facts.

Obama has been promoted as being brilliant when all of his decisions show the opposite .

Mr. Cain is a real American who has fought his way to be a great person with experience in Business and and as person involved in the Federal Reserve. He knows the system, Obama knows nothing about anything.
 
I must say, I'm happy about it. Gives my guy Cain a better chance.(I think) Although, curious who Huckabee supporters will migrate to.

Who Benefits If Huckabee Doesn’t Run?

...Here’s how this is going to work. I’m going to list six characteristics of Mike Huckabee, each one of which has some salience as to the sorts of voters that he’s liable to appeal to. We’ll then see which of the other Republican contenders share this characteristic in common with him. The more like Mr. Huckabee the other candidates are, the more they’ll benefit if he chooses not to run ...

1. Mike Huckabee is a social conservative. Although Mr. Huckabee does not always wear his social conservatism on his sleeve, his credentials are not really in question. How many other Republican candidates does this describe? I don’t think I’d get any debate on Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, or Herman Cain. Tim Pawlenty gets a point in this category — he’s more socially conservative than people realize. Newt Gingrich may be considered hypocritical because of his multiple marriages — but his positions are down-the-line social conservative, so he gets a point. Mitch Daniels, like Mr. Pawlenty, is more conservative on social issues that he’s usually given credit for — but he’s also called for a “truce” on them; we’ll give Mr. Daniels half a point....

2. Mike Huckabee is an evangelical Protestant. It’s important to distinguish this characteristic from the previous one. Rick Santorum may be extremely socially conservative — but he’s Roman Catholic, and not an evangelical Protestant — and to some religious voters, that makes a difference. The candidates who, as best as I can tell, would consider themselves to be evangelical Protestants are as follows: Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Mitch Daniels, Sarah Palin, Ron Paul and Tim Pawlenty. They score a point in this category.

3. Mike Huckabee is a Southerner. This is true of surprisingly few other candidates, given the dominant role the South often plays in shaping the G.O.P.’s electoral coalition. The exceptions are Mr. Cain, Mr. Gingrich, and Mr. Paul.

4. Mike Huckabee is an outsider. This characteristic may be a little harder to define than the others — but that doesn’t make it any less important. In a primary field, candidates often work to differentiate themselves as much by whether they operate from inside or outside the party establishment as by their policy positions. To score this category, we’ll give half a point to every candidate who is not a member of what I call the “Fairfax Five”, which are the candidates who are most lauded by Republican elites in and around Washington, D.C. ...

5. Mike Huckabee runs strongly in Iowa. He won the caucuses in 2008 and leads in almost all polls of it now. If Mr. Huckabee does not run, the candidate who runs a clear second place in the Iowa polls — Mr. Romney — would benefit, possibly opening up the door for him to sweep both Iowa and New Hampshire. Mr. Romney scores a full point. After that, the field in Iowa looks pretty muddy. But I think we can give half a point to the three Midwesterners in the race, who are Ms. Bachmann, Mr. Pawlenty, and Mr. Daniels,...

If we add up the points across all six categories, the clubhouse leader, with 4.5 points, is Herman Cain of Georgia, the radio talk show host and entrepreneur who is beginning to get more attention lately. He’s the most Huckabee-like of the other Republican candidates. Closely behind him, with 4 points each, are Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, and Michele Bachmann. Mr. Pawlenty, Mr. Santorum and (somewhat to my surprise) Mr. Paul also score reasonably well...

the guy who immediately benefits the most is Romney - though, as the not-Romney crowd no longer has anyone to unite them. Currently Romney is sitting on a plurality.

So..... now we need another consusus candidate. Someone with a history of experience in bringing conservative ideas to government and making them work, who is socially conservative with some achievements in that regard, but who is also very strong on fiscal matters, and has some solid performance to point to there as well, as that is where the 2012 election will naturally center....
 
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I can see Herman Cain beating the pans off of Obama because of his business acumen that Obams can never live up to.

We need to look at the reality of the facts.

Obama has been promoted as being brilliant when all of his decisions show the opposite .

Mr. Cain is a real American who has fought his way to be a great person with experience in Business and and as person involved in the Federal Reserve. He knows the system, Obama knows nothing about anything.

I like the man and his views but don't think he will receive the nomination. I thing Gingrich or Jeb Bush would receive more support from conservative voters. Just my:twocents:
 
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I like the man and his views but don't think he will receive the nomination. I thing Gingrich or Jeb Bush would receive more support from conservative voters. Just my:twocents:

I'm hoping some minds will be changed once Cain gets more air time. People who never heard of him or hadn't heard him speak, usually fall in love. (the Luntz focus group is a good example and not all that surprising for him) I know I did, back in 2009 sometime. I started praying then that he would someday run. I'd be proud to call him Mr. President.

I sure don't want 4 more years of Bush bashing:) However, the liberals would go nuts and it might be worth it.. Nah... A Black Conservative will make them even crazier. Newt is just boring, and not all that conservative in my opinion.
 
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I like the man and his views but don't think he will receive the nomination. I thing Gingrich or Jeb Bush would receive more support from conservative voters. Just my:twocents:

Just thought of something. Jeb Bush must be a no go. Laura Bush called Mitch Daniels wife, supposedly to give here first lady advice.
 
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I like the man and his views but don't think he will receive the nomination. I thing Gingrich or Jeb Bush would receive more support from conservative voters. Just my:twocents:

Jeb Bush is not running.
 
The field still seems very amorphous but one thing that rings solid is the fact that Laura Bush called Mitch Daniels' wife to encourage and advise her. That means the big dogs like Daniels. He is well connected and seems like someone that group would support.

The problem is conservatives don't like his resume. If the Republican bigs push Daniels we could see a third candidate. Frankly I don't think they care whether its Daniels or Obama in the White House, just so it isn't an outsider.

The bankers want their own dogs running the government they bought and paid for.
 
I'd feel a lot better about Cain if he has ANY government experience. Yes, he's been the CEO of a pizza chain I've never heard of, but he doesn't have the first idea of how government works. Obama was at least a legislator and a senator, Palin was a mayor and a governor. Cain literally has no experience.
 
The thing is from the polls I have seen Mike Huckabee, and Mitch Romany are the top two people that would stand a chance at the white house. If the Republicans want the White house this means don't put people that have baggage like Donald trump, or Sarah Plain in the running. Thought, I agree with Cpwill in that I like the man's reason for not ruining. You'd have too be nuts to run under the Political stupidity we have today.


Off topic: for Cpwill
I'm also glad to see you are doing well.
 
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I'd feel a lot better about Cain if he has ANY government experience. Yes, he's been the CEO of a pizza chain I've never heard of, but he doesn't have the first idea of how government works. Obama was at least a legislator and a senator, Palin was a mayor and a governor. Cain literally has no experience.

He has more experience than you realize. There's lots of stuff here people aren't talking about. He's alot more than a former ceo of a pizza chain. Even Newt enlisted him. LOL poor Newt. I think he just lost Ga. to Cain.

Introducing Herman Cain - Robert Costa - National Review Online

The Clinton–Cain scuffle also drew the attention of Republican leaders, from Jack Kemp to Newt Gingrich, the two of whom enlisted Cain for the Economic Growth and Tax Reform Commission, a congressional study group, following that year’s midterms. For Cain, who had little prior interest in politics, it was a sudden, though welcome, development.
“When I confronted Clinton, I was just trying to help save Godfather’s Pizza,” Cain says. “I never had a desire or inclination to get into politics. People then started to encourage me to run for office, but that was not part of my game plan.”
But the bug had bit. Cain, who was already a leader at the National Restaurant Association at the time of the Clinton town hall, was retained in 1996 as the group’s full-time chief executive. He left Godfather’s to become a national corporate advocate and motivational speaker. He began to crisscross the country, giving hundreds of speeches to business and educational groups.
After the Hillarycare battles, Cain continued to find himself dabbling in national politics. During the 1996 presidential campaign, he was an adviser to Kemp, a former congressman and housing secretary and Bob Dole’s vice-presidential nominee. The pair had clicked the previous the year on Capitol Hill while serving together on the congressional study group.
 
The field still seems very amorphous but one thing that rings solid is the fact that Laura Bush called Mitch Daniels' wife to encourage and advise her. That means the big dogs like Daniels. He is well connected and seems like someone that group would support.

The problem is conservatives don't like his resume. If the Republican bigs push Daniels we could see a third candidate. Frankly I don't think they care whether its Daniels or Obama in the White House, just so it isn't an outsider.

The bankers want their own dogs running the government they bought and paid for.

that's one of the better thing about the dems. when their candidate of choice LOSES in the Primary (witness Hillary's harpies) they tend to support the nominee rather than some whiner who wants to be a spoiler. The Connecticut situation with Lieberman was a bit different given it was internet insurgents who promoted that idiot who won the primary over lieberman. But the GOP has too many "purists"-especially the idiotic Bible Thumpers who gave us Obama by torpedoing the guy who could have beat him in 08-Romney-because his brand of Christianity didn't sell well with the evangelical nutcases
 
I'd feel a lot better about Cain if he has ANY government experience. Yes, he's been the CEO of a pizza chain I've never heard of, but he doesn't have the first idea of how government works. Obama was at least a legislator and a senator, Palin was a mayor and a governor. Cain literally has no experience.

His lack of, "government experience", is what I like most about him. Yeah, Obama had been a senator for a year--big whoop--and look how he's cocked things up.

Regarding huck, though, I like his decision. He can do far more good lighting up the base now, than he could have as a candidate.
 
His lack of, "government experience", is what I like most about him. Yeah, Obama had been a senator for a year--big whoop--and look how he's cocked things up.

Regarding huck, though, I like his decision. He can do far more good lighting up the base now, than he could have as a candidate.

Wow just wow! Go unelectable candidates election 2012. So having a candidate that has no idea how to work with politicians is a good thing? Yay for not being able to get your ideas trough. Also having someone who is a founder of a pizza chain is nothing but saying hey I'm going to screw the middle class, but I'm still for smaller government so vote for me the rich guy who founded a pizza chain. At least Mitch Romany, and Mike Huckabee are freaking electable
 
We have to face reality which the Liberals have been unable to do since Obama cm on the scene he has them under some sort of spell, I don't understand it at all.

Obama has been a total failure, he seems to be an uneducated idiot, to me. He is the second person in the job that comes to it with less credentials than I have for the job an that is just sad for the Nation.

Obama has never been an executive Manager of anything, he has been one who uses threats and intimidation to force others to get his way and he lies to accomplish it.

Herman Cain has the experience and education in business that can be translated into the office that can make him the kind of person we need in the office of President we need to do what is required to get us back on track.

He also takes the claim that conservatives are racists and shoves it in the Liberals faces, and I love that.

Fight fire with fire.
 
With Huckabee out it would clear the way for Palin to lock up the primary vote from that wing of the GOP electorate. Huckabee was her main competition for the born again - rural social issues voters who make up such an influential portion of the primary electorate. However, with 2 out of every 3 Americans saying they would NOT vote for her for President it might cause her NOT to run.

I hope it causes her to look hard and long at this and jump in the race and win that nomination. She could convince herself that once having won the nomination, anything is indeed possible.
 
that's one of the better thing about the dems. when their candidate of choice LOSES in the Primary (witness Hillary's harpies) they tend to support the nominee rather than some whiner who wants to be a spoiler. The Connecticut situation with Lieberman was a bit different given it was internet insurgents who promoted that idiot who won the primary over lieberman. But the GOP has too many "purists"-especially the idiotic Bible Thumpers who gave us Obama by torpedoing the guy who could have beat him in 08-Romney-because his brand of Christianity didn't sell well with the evangelical nutcases

The choice would be much more clear for many if the Republicans hadn't gotten in bed with the religious right in the 1980's. But it was necessary to be competitive. Remember the Dems controlled congress for some 30 odd years. As a result the modern Republican platform is likely to be at odds with a lot of folk on certain social issues. ..

The Republicans IN THE PAST at least were trying to do something besides sitting back and bellyaching about the other political party, but not anymore....

The Republican party of today is not the same one from even 30 years ago. You can't even compare both parties today to the parties of the past.

Both suck ass
 
The field still seems very amorphous but one thing that rings solid is the fact that Laura Bush called Mitch Daniels' wife to encourage and advise her. That means the big dogs like Daniels. He is well connected and seems like someone that group would support.

The problem is conservatives don't like his resume. If the Republican bigs push Daniels we could see a third candidate. Frankly I don't think they care whether its Daniels or Obama in the White House, just so it isn't an outsider.

The bankers want their own dogs running the government they bought and paid for.

how do conservatives not like Daniels' Resume? He turned a deficit into a surplus. He reformed education into a voucher system. He passed one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the nation (passing the same planned parenthood ban on funding that the Republican House tried and failed to achieve). He pulled off the same collective-bargaining-rights coup that Walker spent a month suffering for in a single day.

what are conservatives going to complain about in his resume?
 
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