Posted on 02/20/2008 2:04:57 AM PST by Kurt Evans
Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee vowed Tuesday to continue his campaign for the White House despite another loss to presumptive nominee Arizona Sen. John McCain in the Wisconsin GOP primary.
"It's not about ego," Huckabee told reporters at the Peabody Hotel after he telephoned McCain to congratulate him on winning the Wisconsin primary.
"Let me assure you that my ego doesn't enjoy these kind of evenings where we don't win the primary election," he said, adding there are several issues, such as pro-life and taxes, he wants to continue to speak out on and hopes to do so at the Republican National Convention in September.
"It's about convictions, it's about principles that I dearly, dearly believe in," he said.
Huckabee is running a distant second to McCain, who has won a series of state primaries since the Jan. 8 New Hampshire primary and holds what experts call an almost insurmountable lead in delegates race. A candidate needs 1,191 delegates to clinch the Republican nomination.
McCain also has been endorsed by former Republican rival Mitt Romney and former President George H.W. Bush.
"Clearly I'm disappointed with the results in Wisconsin," Huckabee said, adding he will remain in the race until either he or McCain secures the necessary delegates to win the nomination.
"We're really going against an incredible headwind every day, and what I have to remind individual voters is that their voice and their vote still count," he said.
Huckabee said he plans to campaign in Texas today and is optimistic he can win that state, which along with Ohio, holds its primary March 4.
"We're going to be working hard to try to get to as many voters as we can," he said, adding he hopes to force a brokered convention, meaning neither he nor McCain will have the necessary delegates before the September convention, and it will be up to the delegates at the convention to elect the nominee.
"We're going to keep marching on," he said. "There are millions of Republicans across the country who have yet to be heard from. Ending this race prematurely means they don't get a voice and they don't have a choice."
"I know there are those who say 'let's just get this over with,' but folks, elections can be messy."
Oh, I'm sorry if I misunderstood! You were praying?
I could say the same about your post--that you are resurrecting a thread over ten days old to whine about the persecution of "uppity Christians" here proves my point.
Your "uppity Christian" comment is simply laughable on a predominantly Christian site. That you can't see your victim pose is a joke here is telling.
Oh, wait--you're a Huckabee supporter. Answers everything. ;) (How's that smoking ban going? And the tuition for children of illegals? And those taxes? Oh, wait--Huck's changed his mind on all those, but he ISN'T flipflopping!)
That pesky "FR in the Address bar; DU in the content window" browser bug is acting up again....
Ronald Reagan was a lot closer to Gerald Ford in 1976 than Huckabee is to McCain.
Huckabee’s only chance at forcing a brokered convention was to keep Romney in the race. His only chance to do that was to help Romney on Super Tuesday, instead of helping John McCain.
Huckabee cannot stop McCain from getting the nomination in a 2-man race.
I don’t mind that Huckabee stays in the race, it helps keep McCain in the news. It would be nice if Huckabee didn’t question our nominee’s character (especially since the time to attack McCain was a couple of months ago when he was instead kissing up to him).
Smear on mindlessly, if you need, but you are deeply in the minority of conservative voters with your anti-Huckabee distortions.
Negative people will communicate negatively.
BTW, I was responding to this post, made at this time:
34 posted on 02/29/2008 1:03:07 AM CST by Kurt Evans
That pesky "FR in the Address bar; DU in the content window" browser bug is acting up again....
No, they don't put the quotes around the word. They look at some of the self-centered behavior of those who hide behind that word for the sake of preserving their own advantage in socieity and claim it applies to all of us.
He did help Romney. Huckabee, for his campaigning, spent nearly all of his time in states in which he was #1 or #2. Romney, on the other hand, tried to take Georgia, Missouri, and probably other southern states.
As for your other comment, I do not find Huckabee questioning McCain's character. Then again, it is dishonest to say that McCain is the Republican nominee.
Thanks for the ping.
What is this argument about and what side should I be on? Just tell me. I’ll slaughter them all.
How ‘bout them Cubbies?
Yes, if the Red Sox can win a couple of World Series, the curse of the Billy Goat should be lifted.
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