Mike Huckabee rebuilds political team with eye on another presidential run

Washington Post ^ | November 12, 2014 | Tom Hamburger and Robert Costa

[Uncle Miltie]

Who?

[Darksheare]

I wish Huckabee would just go away.

[DJ MacWoW]

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[TomGuy]

Santorum has more street cred

Any wannabe who lost the last elective seat is not going to win the nomination for the presidency. They are, however, if conservative or pseudo-conservative, likely to siphon enough votes to ensure that the GOPelite's preference wins the nomination.

It comes down to this:

Do you want to win or do you want another bunch of also-rans who will only be footnotes in the Annals of Republican Presidential Primaries?

[VanDeKoik]

And yet he will have people on the right support him the moment he mentions Jesus in a throwaway line in some speech.

Don’t be stupid! You know their playbook to split our votes! Dont fall for it!!

[certrtwngnut]

“I wish Huckabee would just go away”.
And take the rest of the RINOS with him.

[VanDeKoik]

Conservative’s problem is that too many opt for sentimentality over substance.

[Darksheare]

Would be nice!

[WellyP]

BARF!

[skeeter]

Mike reprising his role of taking down the most authentic conservative candidate in the running.

I hope people aren't fooled this time.

[TomGuy]

We need ONE true conservative running against 3 establishment types instead of the other way around.

Yes.

Look at some of the recent election results.

NC -- Graham had 4 or 5 contenders in the primaries. He probably hired a couple of them to siphon off votes from the others. Winner: Graham. Probably because of name recognition. Trying to introduce 3 or 4 or 5 newbies to the public is difficult with limited resources.

Louisiana -- 2 Pubbies running against Landreau. Had one of them defaulted to the other, that election most likely would have been won on election day by the other Republican. Instead, we have a run-off, multitudes of out-of-state influence, and a greater potential for massive voter fraud that favors the Dem.

Arkansas -- sitting Rep (R) decided to challenge sitting Senator (D). Rep had little primary challenge and faced the Senator in the election. The Rep, Tom Cotton, won 57% to 39%, even though most polls showed it neck-and-neck just days before the election.

Conservatives need to select ONE good/solid/strong candidate against the political machine.

[ICCtheWay]

Seemingly nice guy - but a namby-pamby and has no real clue - leans to the middle - looks at left - or what ever sounds or feels good to him -— TIRESOME

[TomGuy]

Needs repeating: Conservative’s problem is that too many opt for sentimentality over substance.

2008 and 2012 demonstrate that.

And for 2016, we already have many throwing around names out of sentiment.

I chuckle at the 4-year Iowa caucus cycles. Excluding Republican incumbents, their results since 1976 have been right one time for the candidate who got elected president.

[Wuli]

No Mike; wake up; do anything you want, other than another run for POTUS. You’d be doing yourself and everyone in the GOP a big favor, by not running.

[Polyxene]

Dittos and Amen! !

[McBuff]

[SharpRightTurn]

So who’s paying the Huckster to drain votes from conservative candidates this time around?

Or is he just trying to stay relevant so he can continue his current gigs?

[Bettyprob]

The families of the victims of Maurice Clemmons can’t wait for the opportunity to publicly ask Huckabee about his decision.

[CyberAnt]

My vote will be for TED CRUZ .. I sure hope he’s running.

ROTFLOL!!!

[OrangeHoof]

Megyn Kelly had him pegged. I’d bet dollars to donuts she uttered Huckabee’s Fox nickname offstage and it accidentally slipped on-air.