Sarah Huckabee and father
Posted on 07/05/2011 2:02:09 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Tim Pawlenty's Iowa operation has just added a big name: Huckabee. Not Mike, but Mike's daughter and former campaign manager, Sarah Huckabee Sanders. She's signed on as a senior political adviser to Pawlenty and will spearhead his effort to place at or near the top of the Ames Straw Poll in August. That's nice and all, and Huckabee Sanders is certainly qualified — she also ran a successful campaign for Arkansas senator John Boozman last year — but the reason this hire is making such a splash today is that name of hers.
Mike Huckabee is a popular figure in Iowa, where he won the Republican caucus in 2008. Merely having his daughter in a senior position is bound to solidify Pawlenty's bona fides a bit with Iowa primary voters. It could also signal that the elder Huckabee might grace Pawlenty with his endorsement at some point down the line. An endorsement from Mike Huckabee would carry a lot of weight in Iowa, and that is also not a fat joke.
Okay, that says it all for me right there! I was starting to get scammed into thinking Pawlenty could be possibly be a conservative, but this really puts the nail in the coffin.
Huck was a Baptist version, except that he didn't have the excuse of a liberal constituency to excuse his poor to mediocre record.
Bless her heart. She looks like her father.
Well, at least he didn’t hire all the Huckabee “kids”. One is manageable but more than that could damage the landing gear on his campaign plane.
Well, it seems that she is qualified and she does have a proven track record but having a Huckabee on staff does NOT make me want to vote for T-Paw. The Huckster is a chameleon.
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