"If you can't get your lips off the backside of George Soros long enough to use those lips to say it's wrong to declare a sitting general ... guilty of treason," the 2008 Republican presidential hopeful said, "how would you ever expect to have the support of the very military you might have to send into deadly battle?"I think he hits the nail on the head. Huckabee is still a second-tier candidate at this point, but he's within a very small step of breaking into the first-tier huddle. If you look at his position right now in comparison to Bill Clinton's presidential bid in 1992, they are in a very similar place. And, Huckabee is gaining momentum, placing second in the Iowa straw poll despite spending almost $28 million less than Mitt Romney.
I've said it before, but I'm not sold on any of the major Republican candidates at this point. All have great strengths, but all have some serious baggage, too. Huckabee seems to me to be the best conservative candidate at this point, but until proves that he can play with the big boys, he'll never get the press he needs to gain the national name recognition.
Another wrinkle that will be smoothed out soon is that of Newt Gingrich. He is launching his American Solutions campaign today, and he has been steadfast in refusing to speculate on a White House run until after this point in time. In an interview with Sean Hannity today, he said he would spend the next three weeks determining how much pledge money he would be able to raise, and if he reached $30 million in pledges, he would make a run. Otherwise, he would focus on his American Solutions organization.
Personally, I'd love a Gingrich/Huckabee team. I think both are solid conservatives, and would present a powerful team to counter another Clinton run.
A lot of time remains, so it's still a wide open ballgame.
There's my two cents.
No comments:
Post a Comment