Much truth, you speak, Obi Wan.
This is exactly what we Arkansas FReepers have been saying since the day the Huckster got into the race. He’s positioning himself to be a VP candidate to supposedly “balance” the ticket for a northeastern RINO candidate like Romney or Rudy, to suck in the southern vote. I so hope FReepers and other conservatives see through this facade before they make a big mistake. The Huckster’s history in office is far different from what he says are his views on the political stump.
It would be a deal killer for me. I couldn’t stand to see his smirking mug on the television for four to eight years. Get him out of public life.
From what I understand (at a distance) is that Arkansas politics are a swamp. The RATs would like nothing more than for us to field a RINO and a crook. It would make Her Thighness look better by way of comparison.
Much truth, you speak, Obi Wan.
Could I swallow hard and support a Romney-Huckabee ticket? Probably, if the Huckster was kept on a short enough leash and carefully taught that (a)raising taxes is the worst way to grow an economy and (b)there's more to foreign policy than giving Tyson's an unlimited supply of cheap labor from Latin America and making George Bush look like Tom Tancredo by comparison in his efforts to please Mexico.
Among the first tier candidates, though, I would much rather see a Thompson-Romney ticket. If Fred pledged to serve one term only, that might allay fears of the mushy middle who think he's too old. It might also allay fears of those suffering from Mormon Derangement Syndrom that Romney will take his marching orders from Salt Lake City, an idiotic and irrational fear considering that most of his social views are to the left of mainstream Mormonism.
The worst possible alternative would be Guilani-Huckabee which I could not support in any combination.