Posted on 02/09/2008 12:52:09 PM PST by indcons
Republican Mike Huckabee on Saturday said he won't quit the presidential race and rejected suggestions John McCain is the party's inevitable nominee, saying the voters in remaining states deserve an election, not a coronation.
"I didn't major in math," the former Arkansas governor told a cheering crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference meeting. "I majored in miracles, and I still believe in them."
Huckabee, who trails in the nomination race with 198 delegates to McCain's 719, said he was aware there had been rumors that he might quit the race, but assured conservatives: "Am I quitting? No."
"There are only a few states that have voted — 27 have not," Huckabee said. "People in those 27 states deserve more than a coronation, they deserve an election."
He said he is comfortable with where his campaign is now, given the resources he's had, and he plans to stay in the campaign until he can win or his opponent has the delegates to claim the prize. A total of 1,191 delegates are needed to secure the GOP nomination.
"I won't drop out until at least that happens, then we'll see," he said at a news conference later. He noted that his recent success has helped fundraising, adding: "We raised more than a quarter of a million dollars in 24 hours online yesterday."
His speech at the conservatives conference was attended by more than a thousand people who applauded wildly at his announcement that he is staying in the race. The ballroom was about two-thirds full, however, with rows of empty seats at the fringe. Several times supporters broke out in chants of "We like Mike."
A former Southern Baptist minister, Huckabee appealed to the audience by playing up conservative themes, including references to his faith, his firm opposition to abortion and his determination to replace the Internal Revenue Service with a national sales tax.
At the news conference later, he discussed McCain, an Arizona senator, noting their differences on a human life amendment, embryonic stem cell research, immigration, and campaign finance laws. But he praised the tenor of their competition.
"We are the two candidates who haven't attacked anybody," he said. "We're the two that have run a very civil, rather noble kind of campaign."
He said better to save the sharpest criticism "for the other guys."
Asked whether he was considering whether to run on the same ticket as McCain, he said:
"I'm not at all. I don't have any illusion that Senator McCain would select me as a running mate, or that I would automatically select him."
Get out, you’re done Huck.
So did Hunter, just about 2 weeks before he dropped out.
Show some class. Exit stage left, Huck.
“I didn’t major in math,” the former Arkansas governor told a cheering crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference meeting. “I majored in miracles, and I still believe in them.”
He attacked other Republicans at every turn. What a POS!
Well that's pretty obvious.
Yea, plus I’m pretty sure that McShame attacked Romney in Florida....of course I may not have been “calm” enough to have understood what McShame was saying....
Is that where he learned how to “raise hope”...majoring in miracles. :D
That's right, get out of the race and leave the nomination to the pro CFR, No Tax Cut, Pro Amnesty John McCain.
Yea not only his he a mathematically challenged fool he's also an outright lier.
My comment was in reference to Schmuckabee’s disgusting attacks on Romney (the “pulled” ad that he showed to the media, the Satan’s brother statement). I was never for Romney, but for Schmuck to say that his campaign has been “noble” is a blatant lie.
I’ve pretty much decided that Romney suspending his campaign isn’t enough for Huck. Huck wants to pass him in the delegates so he has more influence in the convention then Romney. That’s the only thing that makes sense to me.
Plus...McQueeg purposely distorted Romney's statements about the timeline for exiting Iraq. Of couse maybe some people don't think distorting the truth is a lie.
In Mikes own words. http://www.hucksarmy.com/videos/HuckCPAC2008.html
Yea, I’d forgotten that one. The ad he ran for the media to demonstrate he wouldn’t run negative ads. He thinks he’s so clever....
In the interest of being open, I am/was a Romney supporter. Negative ads, normally, don’t bother me. It’s the nature of the beast, it happens, and sometimes the ads are true. Very rarely, but occassionally. Also, unlike politicians, I don’t view ads that point out records, policy differences, and disagreements as negative campaigning. But when John McCain engages in negative campaign tactics, especially in the manner in which he did so in Florida, it does p*ss me off because of his temper tantrums re:South Carolina and on top of that, his CFR bill designed soleley because of the 2000 election.
bingo
He may as well stay in. Even though it might no matter, every vote he can take from McCain is a vote not wasted on McShamnesty.
“I didn’t major in math,” the former Arkansas governor told a cheering crowd”
That much is obvious. Go ahead, Huck, stay in. It will keep the Dems from focusing entirely on McCain. However, if McCain picks you for VP, I won’t vote for him either.
I agree. Huckabee has been personal in his attacks. He has behaved despicably.
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