The Huckster Strives for “Brokered Convention”
I have to admit, I am a Huckabee fan. Although I didn’t vote for him in the primary, I support his fight for the FairTax. I tend to be an optimist, but I’m not one to say “oh, it’s such a sunny day!” when it’s stormy outside. Huckabee’s days are essentially numbered….and he knows that. His new strategy is now one of aiming for a brokered convention. He believes that he will be the eventual nominee because he is the “true conservative”.
Well, someone over at Peach Pundit believes that Huckabee could declare himself as a third party nominee. If this were to happen, we would see either Hillary or Obama in the White House *shutters* because the GOP vote would probably be fractured since most hard-line conservatives would probably vote for Huckabee as a third party candidate rather than vote for McCain as the GOP nominee. I yield that there are some issues that I disagree with McCain on, but I disagree with both Democratic nominees more on fundamental issues of defense and domestic policy (i.e., socialized health care). I am willing to put my differences aside and elect McCain to the White House in November 2008 because I believe that the first 100 days of a Democrat’s administration would be more damaging than what McCain might do.
My only hope is that my conservative friends will take heed and take a closer look at McCain. He is a fiscal conservative. He would cut taxes and cut government spending as well! Isn’t this the president that conservatives have wanted since the days of Reagan? Talk is cheap, my conservative friends. It’s easy to say “I won’t vote for McCain because he’s a RINO” based off a few pieces of legislation and ignore his other stances. Granted, I hate McCain-Feingold and think it’s a horrid transgression upon the first amendment, but hopefully the Supreme Court will continue to examine it and determine its constitutionality. Bill Bennett wrote an article about McCain. I encourage you to read it and then take a second look at McCain and the alternative.
Huckabee running as a third party would be detrimental to the Republican Party and the United States.
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February 22, 2008 at 1:19 pm
i haven’t even heard a hint of the third-party candidate talk from huckabee’s campaign. if mccain becomes the nominee, i suspect huckabee will support him. as has been noted many times, huck is quite civil toward mccain.
but yesterday’s noise was just a hint of what the msm has in store for mccain. they will make him look bad in every way possible. i believe mike is the more electable of the two – traditional republicans would line up behind him with more support than new-right social conservatives will give mccain.
if mccain gets the nomination i think he will lose and posibly lose big. and huckabee will be a superlative candidiate in 2012