Comments on: End Of The Road For Huckabee Nearing? http://informedspeculation.com/2008/01/22/end-of-the-road-for-huckabee-nearing/ Refunds Cheerfully Given To All Who Disagree Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:29:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mark http://informedspeculation.com/2008/01/22/end-of-the-road-for-huckabee-nearing/comment-page-1/#comment-434359 Mark Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:56:27 +0000 http://decision08.net/2008/01/22/end-of-the-road-for-huckabee-nearing/#comment-434359 If Romney takes Florida, he may very well take the nomination, Michael...you may be right. But Huckabee as VP? That part sounds like a stretch... If Romney takes Florida, he may very well take the nomination, Michael…you may be right. But Huckabee as VP? That part sounds like a stretch…

]]> By: Michael http://informedspeculation.com/2008/01/22/end-of-the-road-for-huckabee-nearing/comment-page-1/#comment-434300 Michael Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:20:47 +0000 http://decision08.net/2008/01/22/end-of-the-road-for-huckabee-nearing/#comment-434300 Romney will take Florida and the nomination with Huckie as VP. Romney will take Florida and the nomination with Huckie as VP.

]]> By: Clint http://informedspeculation.com/2008/01/22/end-of-the-road-for-huckabee-nearing/comment-page-1/#comment-433402 Clint Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:32:25 +0000 http://decision08.net/2008/01/22/end-of-the-road-for-huckabee-nearing/#comment-433402 I second what Sean wrote. The media spin seems to be that evangelicals don't like mormons. Or it could be that presidential politics is, as it always has been, as much about personality as about issues -- and Romney comes across as slick, while Huckabee presents himself as a plain-folks straight-shooter... I'm now rooting for a Giuliani win in Florida -- to take the shine off McCain (and make my vote on 2/5 potentially meaningful). (In the end, I could vote for either of them, or for Romney... especially when I look at who they're likely to be running against.) I second what Sean wrote. The media spin seems to be that evangelicals don’t like mormons. Or it could be that presidential politics is, as it always has been, as much about personality as about issues — and Romney comes across as slick, while Huckabee presents himself as a plain-folks straight-shooter…

I’m now rooting for a Giuliani win in Florida — to take the shine off McCain (and make my vote on 2/5 potentially meaningful). (In the end, I could vote for either of them, or for Romney… especially when I look at who they’re likely to be running against.)

]]> By: Sean P http://informedspeculation.com/2008/01/22/end-of-the-road-for-huckabee-nearing/comment-page-1/#comment-433191 Sean P Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:59:43 +0000 http://decision08.net/2008/01/22/end-of-the-road-for-huckabee-nearing/#comment-433191 First of all, now that Thompson is officially out, I suspect he will stay in at least until Florida. Second, I think the argument that his departure helps Romney more than McCain is debatable. According to Pew, Romney has a nine point negative rating among Huckabee supporters, while McCain has a 30 point positive rating. Seems to me that McCain could carry the majority of those voters. First of all, now that Thompson is officially out, I suspect he will stay in at least until Florida.

Second, I think the argument that his departure helps Romney more than McCain is debatable. According to Pew, Romney has a nine point negative rating among Huckabee supporters, while McCain has a 30 point positive rating. Seems to me that McCain could carry the majority of those voters.

]]> By: too many steves http://informedspeculation.com/2008/01/22/end-of-the-road-for-huckabee-nearing/comment-page-1/#comment-433061 too many steves Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:14:11 +0000 http://decision08.net/2008/01/22/end-of-the-road-for-huckabee-nearing/#comment-433061 If you say the word fast enough it is only one syllable! Take out 'too', it still works. But I like yours better anyway. ;) If you say the word fast enough it is only one syllable! Take out ‘too’, it still works.

But I like yours better anyway. ;)

]]> By: Fargus http://informedspeculation.com/2008/01/22/end-of-the-road-for-huckabee-nearing/comment-page-1/#comment-433032 Fargus Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:32:17 +0000 http://decision08.net/2008/01/22/end-of-the-road-for-huckabee-nearing/#comment-433032 One too many syllables in the second line, tms. :P Huckster's strapped for cash Florida will show us the South shan't rise again One too many syllables in the second line, tms. :P

Huckster’s strapped for cash
Florida will show us the
South shan’t rise again

]]> By: too many steves http://informedspeculation.com/2008/01/22/end-of-the-road-for-huckabee-nearing/comment-page-1/#comment-432960 too many steves Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:06:48 +0000 http://decision08.net/2008/01/22/end-of-the-road-for-huckabee-nearing/#comment-432960 He won't be missed, by me anyway. I said after he won in Iowa that he was the popular guy of the moment, that people didn't know much about him, and likened his new-found support to people trying on a hat or new set of clothes. Well, now that we all know so much more about the guy we apparently have decided the fit ain't so great; he is the horizontal stripes make us look fat. Big guy plays the bass But the sour notes are too many Huckabee is done. He won’t be missed, by me anyway. I said after he won in Iowa that he was the popular guy of the moment, that people didn’t know much about him, and likened his new-found support to people trying on a hat or new set of clothes. Well, now that we all know so much more about the guy we apparently have decided the fit ain’t so great; he is the horizontal stripes make us look fat.

Big guy plays the bass
But the sour notes are too many
Huckabee is done.

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