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.
What a sell-out pig.
what’s the bribe? the huckster is one reason we got such a pathetic pos candidate as mcvain.
Romney?
Forget that.
Mike Huckabee must not be very informed about the goal of the Tea Party if he expects them to support Romney.
Waiting for the loons to tell us how conservative Huckster is and what a devout born again Christian he is.
Um.... NO!
Hucksters at it again.
Huck is rino
Will I get a bottle of whiskey if I do? /sarc
He must be out of touch to think the Tea Party is going to support Romney (yet), oh, they may have to in the end, but to get behind him before the primary, ain’t going to happen.
Let’s put some context to this. He is not endorsing Romney, he is urging us to vote for him IF he gets the nomination. I disagree with Huck - I dont see myself voting for Romney - but let’s get the facts straight before the bashing begins.
DONT HOLD YOUR BREATH HUCK
LEts send him some notes about how we feel about voting for “the lesser of two evils” anymore
Breaking News: Tea Party urges Mike Huckabee to STFU!
The shuckster’s advice is worth a warm bucket of spit, as far as I am concerned. Used car salesman, hiding behind religion.
Is this Shark-Jumping season or something?
Shut up, Huckster.
Screw you Shuckabee
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