Posted on 02/10/2008 3:01:18 AM PST by Kurt Evans
Not so fast, John McCain.
Republican White House long shot Mike Huckabee cast himself as the New York Giants of political candidates, a scrappy David hustling to knock off Goliath.
Huckabee won the Kansas caucuses and beat McCain, the presumptive nominee, in Louisiana Saturday night - though there will be a runoff because neither crested 50%.
Huckabee insisted yesterday he's in the race for the duration, or until McCain wraps up the 1,191 delegates needed for the nomination - even though the Arizona senator now leads 714 to 214.
"I didn't major in math," the former Arkansas governor told a cheering crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington. "I majored in miracles, and I still believe in those."
McCain, whose team was not surprised by the results in Kansas, said the key to locking up the nomination is to stick with what has been working.
"I love the way we've been doing things, and our challenge, if I win the nomination, is to make sure that I can keep that flavor, that methodology, that way of doing business," he said.
“Republican White House long shot Mike Huckabee cast himself as the New York Giants of political candidates, a scrappy David hustling to knock off Goliath.”
For reference:
“Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has taunted the armies of the living God.”
—David (1 Samuel 17:36)
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1_samuel_17&version=49
So maybe Giuliani was like the lion, and Romney was like the bear?
he needs to keep the message of his campaign alive. he knows how to connect to reagan democrats
There is no reason not to vote for Huck at this time since when one looks at the alternative (McCain) can it really be any worse.
Huck owes me an explanation of why he wasted his time in Massachusetts the Saturday before the Super Tuesday primaries. It looked like he and McCain were tag teaming Romney in his home state.
Rush Limbaugh claims a McCain-Huckabee ticket, but I wonder if that’s true. The MSM and others like Club for Growth have their picks. I don’t see Huckabees name on those lists.
There’s no McCain on my list for anything, I know that for sure.
I was never a Huckabee fan, but I want to see him win as many states races as possible so he can place a big foot into McCain’s rear end.
Where is the barf alert?
Really? Exactly when did he "claim" that?
He’s put the mockup on his website showing the two of them together, although Rush has never endrosed the idea, its something Rush was afraid of and concerned about.
He raised the idea on a number of occasions and has a mockup for his website that you see on the page I linked.
His line now is that Huckabee will be dumped overboard by McCain with Romney taken out.
Maybe that means we should pick Huck up?
Rush says he sees no conservative alternative in the race.
Link: http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_020808/content/01125109.guest.html
Nasty is as nasty does.
sorry huckster...I root for the Giants...and you ain’t no Giant!!!!
You obviously listen to MSNBC. David Schuster (who's since been suspended for dissing Hillary), spread that lie on Thursday.
If you listen to Rush at all, you'd know that he spent a half-hour on Friday playing Schuster's quotes (repeated many times on MSNBC the night before), and then playing the tape of what Rush did say: which was, paraphrasing: Now that Huckabee has done his job (splitting the vote), McCain would throw him under the wheels of the Straight-Talk bus.
Rush still put the mockup on his website showing them together and discussed the possiblity of such a ticket in the past.
Now McCain doesn’t need Huckabee so Huck can be tossed over the side. That’s Rush’s message now and I get it.
"Discussed" is quite a bit different than "endorsed," and the "mockup" is just that -- mockup.
Huckabee insisted yesterday he's in the race for the duration, or until McCain wraps up the 1,191 delegates needed for the nomination - even though the Arizona senator now leads 714 to 214.
Where is this coming from? A runoff..... Not according to the rules in LA. The delegates go to the National convention as uncommitted.... Guess the Huck is hoping or damn poor reporting......
......even though the Arizona senator now leads 714 to 214. .....
The Huck needs according to the above numbers 977 more delegates. There are only 941 delegates left to be selected. Of course there are uncommitted delegates which could conceiveable become his such as the ones MI took away from Romney after his dropping out or the Party - bonus delegates in some states which go as uncommitted.
McCain still needs some 477 delegates in some from the available and uncommitted. That means using just the available that left to be chosen he'll need just over 52% of them.
If Huck or some other candidate could split up some 465 if the 941 that's left then we may could have a brokered convention..... So many senarios it gets confusing at times but interesting....
Your boy Huck would have done a lot for his cause if he hadn't been saying stuff like this.
Huck can do the nation a favor by attacking and pushing McCain’s self destruct button. Get him pissed and see him go off on a tirade.
On the other hand maybe America is tired of calm religion-of-peace type Presidents. Either way we need to see if McCain can STILL handle the SHIITE.
Your boy Huck would have done a lot for his cause if he hadn't been saying stuff like this.
Maybe... but when my wife heard this Huckabee quote, she smiled and gave Mike a cheer. Statements like, "I majored in miracles..." go a long way in attracting the conservative Christian voting block, many of who see Huckabee as a much better choice than McCain right now...
“”I majored in miracles... “
Your boy Huck would have done a lot for his cause if he hadn’t been saying stuff like this.”
There is no religious test for political office - if he is comfortable with who he is, I like him that much better for it.
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