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

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

[2ndDivisionVet]

I didn't know Massachusetts had legalized hallucinogens. If Governors Huckabee or Christie are the answer, what in the world was the question?

[GeronL]

neither of them are any good

[ifinnegan]

Who?

Not familiar...

[ifinnegan]

Who?

Not familiar...

[ColdOne]

Without a doubt!

[GeronL]

The two names mentioned in the title

[Jeff Chandler]

Like a sumo match.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Because they’re both progressive RINOs?

[Zathras]

Please tell me I have a choice between a mushroom I buy at Safeway and Mike Huckabee.
Both grew up in the dark, one grew in dung the other is full of it.

[ex-snook]

"neither of them are any good"

If that's the choice, woe is us.

[Vigilanteman]

Huck runs a reasonably entertaining TV show. But he was a terrible POTUS candidate in 2008 and wouldn't be any better in 2016.

Would I hold my nose and vote for him? Yeah, I might. Only because I did the same for McCain and Romney, two other equally poor candidates.

But I don't think I could do it for Christie.

[Paladin2]

The Huckster is persona non gratia as a POTUS.

[Ray76]

Huckawho?

[Colonel_Flagg]

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 caught fire in 2008 because conservatives torched him.

[chopperman]

I’m all for Huckabee running. He and Christie will split the Rhino vote and make it easier for a Conservative to win the state primaries. Hopefully, the Conservative candidates will pick and choose their states.

[Ghost of SVR4]

Huckabee caught fire in 2008 because conservatives torched him.

bwahahaha.... classic.

[ifinnegan]

Everyone knows who Krispy Kreme Is.

But this Huckleberry guy....?

[9YearLurker]

What an upside down analysis.

Huck is a moderate who gets by as a conservative because he suckers in the evangelical vote that might otherwise vote for a legitimate conservative.

Huck doesn’t take from Christie’s establishment vote. He helps out Christie by once again diluting the conservative vote.

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.

[SharpRightTurn]

Both of these prima donnas are nightmares.

[Fiji Hill]

Huckawho?

Maybe the writer is referring to Harlan Huckleby, the University of Michigan football star who made two Rose Bowl appearances.