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Huckabee considering a 2016 run

by Phantom Ace ( 13 Comments › )
Filed under Elections 2016, Headlines, Progressives, Republican Party, Theocratic Progressives at March 20th, 2013 - 8:56 pm

Progressive Republican Mike Huckabee is considering running for President in 2016.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has revealed to Newsmax that he is looking at a possible bid for the GOP presidential nomination  in 2016.

Asked in a Newsmax TV interview if he is considering another White House run, Huckabee declares: “Yeah, I’m not ruling it out at this point.

“I’m not sitting around having meetings with the strategic team, but it’s something I will certainly look at and I’m talking to some people just to determine whether it’s a kamikaze raid or whether it has potential and possibility.”

I wish him and Santorum would have a MMA style cage match.

Mike ‘king maker’ Huckabee doubles down on the stupid and continues to support Akin

by Mojambo ( 18 Comments › )
Filed under Elections 2012, Headlines, The Political Right at August 24th, 2012 - 9:03 am

The Bible thumpin’ jackass is only concerned about  social issues and if he helps re-elect Barack Obama he does not care. At least his days as a self appointed “king maker” will be over.

I’ve been onto Huckabee since he admitted that he thought it was proper to use government to do God’s work. To me that signals that he’s willing to use big government to enact “utopia” which results in the same thing the liberals are working for from the other angle. Kansas is remarkably messed up thanks to an unholy alliance of big government soc-cons like the Hackster and the leftists.

by Steve Kornacki

It’s still very possible that Todd Akin won’t be running for the Senate this fall. He still has a month to leave the race and be replaced by a new candidate, provided he can secure approval from a Missouri court — something that would probably be a formality. He’d also have to pay for the printing of new ballots, another technicality that wouldn’t stand in the way of him exiting, if that’s what he wants.

In other words, Republicans still have good reason to try to isolate Akin, denying him political and financial support and separating themselves from him publicly with the hope that he’ll eventually conclude he’s on a doomed mission. This is why what Mike Huckabee did yesterday afternoon is so unhelpful to his party.

The former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate weighed in with a fiery defense of Akin and a call for pro-life Republicans to defy party leaders and their “sleazy” efforts to force Akin out and “feed his body to the hungry liberal wolves.”

The question of why Huckabee would do this isn’t that hard to figure. For one thing, he was the most (only?) prominent Republican to back Akin in Missouri’s GOP primary earlier this month, a race that Akin won in an upset. Both men are also closely aligned with the Christian right and place an unusual emphasis on moral and cultural issues. [……..]

But his strong affirmation of support provides Akin with a crucial lifeline. For one thing, Akin now has a major national Republican leader willing to stand with him and fight back against the party’s isolation campaign. Perhaps more importantly, Huckabee could also help Akin rake in small donations from rank-and-file Christian conservatives.

As his ’08 experience showed, Huckabee isn’t exactly a fund-raising machine, but what Akin needs right now is enough money to tide him over for a month or so – until after the final, more absolute September 25 candidate switch deadline passes. If he’s still in the race at that point and is within striking distance of Claire McCaskill at that point, it’s logical to assume that national Republicans will end their prohibition on supporting him financially. Whether this means the National Republican Senate Committee will begin spending money again or a super PAC will take up the cause is anyone’s guess. But knocking off McCaskill, who until this moment was this year’s most endangered Democratic incumbent, is too important to the GOP’s Senate takeover hopes for the party to sit the race out.

As for Huckabee, he has little to lose with his maneuver. A case can be made that this will enrage GOP leaders and that they’ll remember it if Huckabee runs for president again in 2016. But Huckabee seems to have concluded, correctly, that he’s never going to be the candidate of the GOP’s top fund-raisers, operatives, and opinion-makers. What he has is a powerful appeal to a very specific (and very big) component of the GOP’s base – grassroots Christian conservatives. And it’s doubtful he’ll pay an long-term price with them for being loyal to Todd Akin.

Read the rest – Mike Huckabee’s gift to the Dems

Palin endorses Ted Cruz, while Huckabee endorses Establishment pick!

by Phantom Ace ( 4 Comments › )
Filed under Conservatism, Elections 2012, Headlines, Progressives, Republican Party, Theocratic Progressives at May 10th, 2012 - 10:12 pm

The battle of Indian ended in massive defeat for the Establishment. Now the battle of Texas has become. tea Party Economic Conservative Ted Cruz is battling The Establishment candidate David Dewhurst. Progressive Big Government Republican Mike Huackbee has endorsed  Dewhurts.

This morning, Governor Mike Huckabee announced his support of David Dewhurst, calling him a “strong fiscal conservative, with a record to show for it,” and saying “Huck PAC and I are pleased to endorse Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst for U.S. Senate from Texas.”

“He’s been an ardent supporter of legislation to create new jobs and improve the economy of Texas,” said Governor Huckabee. “Lt. Governor Dewhurst helped pass the largest tax cut in state history, not to mention he’s balanced every budget since taking office. As a result, Texas’ economy has grown faster than the national economy and more Texans are employed than at any other time in our state’s history.”

Sarah Palin has come out in support of Ted Cruz.

AUSTIN—Just four days before the start of early voting in the Texas Senate primary, the Ted Cruz campaign announced the endorsement of Governor Sarah Palin and her husband Todd Palin.

In response to a letter from Ted Cruz, Governor Sarah Palin wrote: “We’re proud to join conservatives in Texas and throughout the nation in supporting your campaign to become the next Senator from the Lone Star State.”

“Your conservative principles, passionate defense of our Constitution and our free market system come at a time when these cornerstones of our freedom and prosperity are under attack,” Governor Palin added. “Our shared goal isn’t just to change the majority in control of the Senate, but to assure principled conservatives like you are there to fight for us.”

Ted Cruz responded, “Governor Palin has been an inspiration to conservatives across Texas and across the Nation. She is principled and passionate and never afraid to speak truth to establishment power. I am humbled and honored to have Governor Palin’s support as we fight to restore fiscal sanity to the circus that is Washington. With Governor Palin’s support, and the support of tens of thousands of conservatives from all across Texas, we will turn our country around, rein in out-of-control spending and debt in Washington, and restore the Constitution.”

I hope Ted Cruz pulls it and the establishments suffers another defeat. Ted Cruz is a viable conservative for the general election and would win handily in November.

Huckabee reconsidering 2012 Race

by Phantom Ace ( 6 Comments › )
Filed under Elections 2012, Headlines, Progressives, Republican Party, Socialism at September 30th, 2011 - 3:30 pm

Progressive witha  Bible Mike Huckabee is reconsdiering his decision not to run in 2012. He is now giving serious thought to jumping in.

(Reuters) – Mike Huckabee has been approached by Republican and conservative activists unhappy with the current crop of presidential hopefuls and he is considering entering the fray, two sources who have spoken with Huckabee told Reuters.

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“He is entertaining the request for conversations about it,” one of the sources said. “I do not think it is a complete 100 percent ‘I’m reconsidering’ but he hasn’t shut the door on it.”

Bible thumping Progressives are no different than Marxist Progressives. All are Neo-Feudal totalitarians.