Posted on 12/14/2007 2:08:19 PM PST by FocusNexus
While Huckabee is the most ardent social conservative of the top Republican candidates, he is also the one who takes the economic anxieties of the lower middle class most seriously.
When the Republicans met in Dearborn, Mich., to debate the economy, most of the candidates maintained that times were good and that people who thought otherwise just hadn't seen the statistics.
Huckabee had a different message: "For many people on this stage, the economy's doing terrifically well, but for a lot of Americans, it's not doing so well." He talked about people who have trouble paying their rent or getting health insurance or paying for college. Huckabee does not always have convincing answers to these problems, but at least he recognizes them.
On environmental issues, too, he has broken from the pack. Only John McCain and he have urged the Federal Government to combat global warming. "I'm one of the few Republicans who talk very clearly about the environment, health care, infrastructure, energy independence. I don't cede any of those to the Democrats," he says.
Previous evangelical politicians have run as single-issue candidates opposed to abortion. Huckabee isn't doing that. But he is very nearly a single-constituency candidate. His ads tout him as a "Christian leader," and he says that being a pastor is "pretty good preparation to lead a country."
(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...
Oh, this is something new? Sounds like sound bites from Hillary and her move to socialism where everything will be taken care of by government.
And most conservatives don’t believe it is the gobments job to run healthcare, redistribute wealth in the name of global warming, allow unresticted illegal immigration, or gurantee and living wage. But I’m sure glad he’s a “conservative.” Well he is pro-life but beyond that he’s sounds an aweful lot like Hillary lite.
Note: Ramesh Ponnuru is part of the National Review gang that backs the liberal, Willard Mitt Romney for Prez.
You know what gives ME economic anxiety? The fear that my taxes will continue to increase. The fear that a guy like Huckabee will destroy our economy with regulation and nanny-statism. The fear of another law being passed to stifle my ability to earn a living.
Please point out if anything the author says is incorrect.
He is quoting Huckabee. Are those quotes incorrect?
If the RNC and corporate cons weren’t so eager to push RINOs like Guiliani or Romney down the social cons throats, then the social cons wouldn’t be rebelling by going to guys like Huckabee right now.
The social cons got tired of being told by Republican leaders that “We WILL cut taxes, we WILL have free trade, and we will TALK about the issues you care about”. So just vote for us and shut up”. Now it’s coming back to bite them.
Even his position on life is NOT in line with federalism. He favors a federal Gov't nation-wide solution that does NOT allow States to make their own decisions.
I have lost a great deal of respect for the evangelicals in this country, particularly in Iowa. Seems most want a quasi-theocracy, not a constitutional republic.
I hope they’ll pull their heads out before they get slicked by Huckabee.
How many nails can this guy have in his political coffin, and still remian leader of the pack.
Something smells of rotten mackeral in Iowa and a few other places. Who are these registered voters, three month (democrat operative) switcheroos assigned to destroy the Republican process?
Guiliani, Romney and now this...
Sure sounds like solid Republican supporters to me...
NOT
Huckabee doesn't seem to comprehend that the problems that the working middle class has have been exacerbated by illegal immigration. Construction trades, mechanics, all kinds of laborers, have been undercut by illegals, and have either lost their jobs or lost wages because of them. I don't trust his phony immigration plan, either. His record in Arkansas speaks for itself, and the fact that he changed his position so sharply shows he either is lying now, or is so fungible in his public positions that we have no idea where he will stand on anything in the future. Either way, it's not want we want in a GOP nominee.
Just revealing NR`s backing of Mitt Boy.
Neither Huckabee or Romney will get my vote.
GO FRED GO!!!!
Another good article about the real Huckabee, posted by Responsibility2nd:
Huckacide (Huckabee = Dean)(author: Rich Lowry)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1939131/posts
“In general, the public tends to support Democratic proposals for bigger government, which Republicans counter by saying that the proposals will require higher taxes. Huckabee will be equipped poorly to make this traditional Republican comeback, given his tax-raising history in Arkansas. Huckabee tries to compensate with a sales-tax scheme that allows him to say he supports eliminating the IRS, but is so wildly implausible that it would be a liability in a general election.
Then, there’s national security, the Republican trump card during the Cold War and after 9/11. Huckabee not only has zero national-security credentials, he basically has no foreign-policy advisers either, as a New York Times Magazine piece this Sunday makes clear. In a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in September, Huckabee struck notes seemingly borrowed from Barack Obama, hitting the Bush administration for its “bunker mentality” and strongly supporting direct talks with Iran. A foreign-policy debate with a Democratic nominee would be a competition over who can promise to be nicer to foreign countries.
Democrats have to be looking at Huckabee the way Republicans once regarded Dean — as a shiny Christmas present that is too good to be true. “
It’s not just Iowa — Huck is leading in S Carolina, Florida (!) and some national polls.
The Democrats must have put something into the water...
Below...my post about the problems Huckabee’s going to face getting elected just as soon as the ladies at the beauty parlor get a whiff.
http://patfish.blogspot.com/2008/12/cover-page-december-2007.html
The Sheeple are anxious for their free cheese and a check-up.
Folks, all this tells us is that the MSM still wields the largest stick in the bunch. Period. They are pushing Mitt, Rudy, and now Huckabee on us. We have to continue to fight and make sure we get out their and vote!
Well of course I feel stupid with the wrong link.
BUT, the story will be on the sidebar if the above link is used.
:::sigh:::
http://patfish.blogspot.com/2006/12/wayne-dumondmike-huckabees-hero.html
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