Why a Mike Huckabee presidential run is Chris Christie's worst nightmare

The Week ^ | December 13, 2013 | Jon Terbush, Boston-based columnist

[2ndDivisionVet]

Let’s throw Jon Huntsman and Ricky Santorum in there for sheer lunacy.

[SoConPubbie]

That's probably because Mitt Romney's tenure as Governor didn't look to much different than Obama's tenure as President.

Mitt Romney supported or implemented or tried to implement the following while Governor of Massachusetts:

1. Gay Marriage
2. Full-scale support for Abortion
3. Gay Adoption
4. Gays in the Boy Scouts
5. Taxed everything and anything that moved, including some things that couldn't anymore (see his mortuary related taxes)
6. Came within a hair's breadth of implementing his own regional Carbon Tax Scheme.
7. Vocal proponent of the Global Warming scheme.

I'm sure others can add to the list of facts, but your boy Romney was anything BUT a Republican, much less a conservative.

His record plainly declares him to be an extreme Progressive Liberal.

[SoConPubbie]

I know it is almost anathema to say so here on FR, but the USA would be in a whole lot better shape right now, and on the road to an economic recovery, if Mitt Romney were in the Oval Office right now instead of the Clown and his boss Valerie.

That's probably because Mitt Romney's tenure as Governor didn't look to much different than Obama's tenure as President.

Mitt Romney supported or implemented or tried to implement the following while Governor of Massachusetts:

1. Gay Marriage
2. Full-scale support for Abortion
3. Gay Adoption
4. Gays in the Boy Scouts
5. Taxed everything and anything that moved, including some things that couldn't anymore (see his mortuary related taxes)
6. Came within a hair's breadth of implementing his own regional Carbon Tax Scheme.
7. Vocal proponent of the Global Warming scheme.

I'm sure others can add to the list of facts, but your boy Romney was anything BUT a Republican, much less a conservative.

His record plainly declares him to be an extreme Progressive Liberal.

[fatnotlazy]

The media will continue to throw around names of RINOS like Christie, Huckabee, Jeb Bush because they are hoping one of them will be the nominee. A true conservative may be harder to beat. If another Mitt Romney type is the Republican contender, Hillary will be a shoo-in.

[TomGuy]

Last week Huckabee was on Fox&Friends. At that time, he claimed evangelicals were ‘begging’ him to run.

[If they make it to the primaries, the debate stages are going to be full of retreads and wannabes. It seems each primary season has around 15 to 18 who send out trial balloons and strong hints, hoping they will get a ground swell of support. Few manage to get much response.]

[gorush]

Huck performed at the GWB inaugural (Count the Silverware) Ball. He tried to convince us then that he was a conservative...and I fell for it for a while.

[TexasCajun]

[TomGuy]

A fair question would be whether he and Ben Carson are getting nudged into the race the way Cain and Bachmann, etc., were put in as decoys the last time around.

That is a possibility. There were some fairly substantiated rumors in 2008 that McCain made a deal with Huckabee that allowed Huckabee to win some state. IIRC, West Virginia was involved. By doing so, it stopped Romney from getting a head of steam, thus allowing McCain a better chance at the nomination.

[gorush]

Remember this?

[Bullish]

It would be like the battle of the 2 ton Rino’s

[Fledermaus]

Right. Huckabee is a nightmare too.

[afraidfortherepublic]

OMG! To the treadmill and the diet table!

But that was such a fun evening. Truly one of the highlights of my life. Huckabee was a character, wasn’t he? Such a good sport!

[GeronL]

earth shaking

[be-baw]

Just a few minutes ago, on The Five, Greg Gutfeld said that Huckabee will be on Red Eye at 11 pm tomorrow night and will make a big “exclusive” announcement

[9YearLurker]

Huck has always struck me as a huckster.

[Washi]

Hmmmm, root canal or rectal exam from Edward ScissorHands...what shall we choose?

[Washi]

Huckabee caught fire in 2008 because he was seen as a true conservative alternative in a lackluster field, and he could very well occupy the same space were he to run again.

"Huckabee" and "lackluster" certainly belong in the same sentence, just not as arranged in the sentence above.

[Washi]

Who ate the last three donuts?

That, there was funny. I don't care who you are. < /cable guy >

[stilloftyhenight]

He and Christie will split the Republican vote in the primary, ensuring that the favored RINO slips through. We need to unite behind the most Conservative nominee with a chance of winning the election to keep this from happening.

[Mastador1]

neither of them are any good

It’s always amusing to watch to RINO’s butt heads.