Huckabee
I’ve been rooting for Mike Huckabee to gain some traction in the Republican presidential race for months, but now that he’s actually climbing to the top of the polls, I’m not sure what to make of it.
I was rooting for him for several reasons:
- Unlike most of the Republican candidates, he seems to decide his positions based on something other than the latest polling results.
- He believes that immigrants and poor people are also God’s children, and isn’t afraid to say so.
- It gave me the opportunity to tsk at the religious right for their hypocrisy in not supporting him. (It’s obviously a sign that I’m still not as cynical as I need to be that I was shocked that Robertson endorsed Giuliani.)
- In general, I’m a sucker for underdogs.
But now, he’s not looking like an underdog anymore. And I think that he’d be a hard candidate for any of the Dems to run against in the general election, because it would put those social wedge issues front and center in the campaign.
December 22nd, 2007 at 6:48 am
Huckabee is the one who guarantees that I vote for the Dem, even if it’s Edwards. Yes, Huckabee says what he believes, but I don’t like what he believes! I probably vote for Romney over either Edwards or Clinton – I kind of like old style Main Street Republicans, and he’s the closest we’ve got running. But, Elizabeth, I tend to think Huckabee is an easy kill in the general – he has a lot of little peccadillo type ethics problems which are extremely understandable. This is not things like the White House travel office or the spectacular success with commodities trades, this is things like registering with a department store for presents when he and the missus had a ‘recommitment’ ceremony, and diverting governor’s mansion funds to personal use. And he pardoned a large number of people, far more than other governors in neighboring states. I see him as sort of like Howard Dean – booming when Reep primary voters focus on the problems with everyone else, but declining when they look at him carefully.
December 23rd, 2007 at 1:31 pm
Huckabee scares me due to his being a reverend. I think religion and government should be separate. One thing I find strange is that alot of republican candidates are religious when it comes to moral issues, but find it acceptable to endorse Darwinistic business and economic ideology. We may all be God’s children, but we are not entitled to the same opportunities. As a christian who went to 12 years of religious schooling I think these guys are a long way off in living Jesus’ principles.
December 28th, 2007 at 9:23 am
Yeah, I had been passing along somewhat favorably Huckabee’s thoughtful views on food and health policy, but am now thinking that future posts will also mention the large volume of religion mixed in with his politics.
January 1st, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Now that I think more about it, maybe I vote for Huckabee over Edwards. Holding my nose, and counting on Congressional Dems to restrain him.
http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/RichLowry/2007/12/31/john_edwards_the_hater
it’s a near thing. But I definitely vote for Clinton or Obama over Huckabee.
January 1st, 2008 at 8:47 pm
My concern with Edwards’ rhetoric about Pfizer, etc. is that it’s inconsistent with his actual health plan, which would require the insurance companies’ participation. If you think Big Health is the enemy, the only logically consistent response is a single payor system, like Kucinch is calling for.
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:31 am
As a doctor’s wife I will vote for a few of the republicans over Edwards. Didn’t Edwards law work tend to destroy the doctors. He really would not be balanced when it comes to healthcare reform. Can anyone explain or clarify his position?