Posted on 11/22/2011 10:55:40 AM PST by iowamark
Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee gave his thoughts on the 2012 Republican presidential candidates Sunday in an interview with WABC’s Aaron Klein. As the candidates continue to trade rankings in the national polls, Huckabee, who won the Iowa caucuses in his own election bid in 2008, spoke of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s chances of winning the primary. The former Republican presidential candidate urged conservative Republicans to support Romney because he believes the former Massachusetts Gov. has the best chance of defeating Barack Obama in 2012.
“Mitt Romney may not be their first choice, but Mitt Romney every day of the week and twice on Sunday is going to be a much more effective president for issues that they care about than Barack Obama,” Huckabee told Klein. “I think sometimes there is this anxiety within the Republican Party of who is the perfect candidate. The answer is there isn’t one,” the former Arkansas governor added.
Romney came in second behind Huckabee in the 2008 Iowa caucuses, largely because of Huckabee’s popularity among social conservatives in the state. A Bloomberg poll of likely Iowa voters last week showed a four way tie between Romney, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul. Huckabee’s popularity in Iowa could work in Romney’s favor as the countdown to the Iowa caucuses begins.
The former Arkansas governor urged Tea Party Republicans to throw their support behind Romney. “I think Republicans and conservatives and the Tea Party need to get behind him and say, ‘You may not be our first choice, but between you and Obama, I’ll vote 40 times to get you elected,” Huckabee said.
It would have made no difference. On the issues, there probably wasn't two degrees of separation between Romney and McCain. Unlike McCain who recognized his weakness on the right, it is highly doubtful that Romney would have brought in someone like Sarah Palin and instead would have selected another double-breasted dweeb RINO like himself.
The Huckster is right when he says that Romney is not my first choice — in fact, he is not even my last choice. Romney does not make it to the “choice” list of anyone for whom I will vote. Ever.
Stick to playing music, Mike. You are an a$$ as far as politics is concerned. You were not a Conservative in the last round, and you haven’t changed.
Read my lips — NO “new” Romney, no “old” Romney, no “flip” Romney, and no “flop” Romney. Romney is just not a choice (um, neither is Huckabee.)
” Jesus might love Mike Huckabee, but the rest of us think he’s a sell-out RINO and an A$$HOLE!! “
I’m pretty tight with Jesus, and he likely thinks Huck is an AH too : )
” My dog would be a better prez than zero, but I’m not voting for ‘em, and I ain’t gonna vote for mittens, either. Get lost huckster.”
I know my border collie is smarter than both of em : )
Heck, even my Papillon is smarter than both. Come to think of it, if my Papillon had fleas, even they would be smarter than both.
Of course my newt would be the smartest in the room ;)
LOL! Of course he does!
And you’re surprised? His big role in 2008 was to play Judas Goat for Juan McCain because it was McCain’s turn.
Most of the Establishment GOP will be just as happy with Gingrich and might consider him even less of a risk than Mitt since he has more schooling in the ways of Washington.
I never HAD any respect for him to begin with... And he keeps on showing me why I’m right about him!!!
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