"Buoyed by his surprise second-place finish in the Iowa Republican straw poll, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee is plotting an even bigger coup against Mitt Romney in the first presidential primary, in New Hampshire. His inspiration for the audacious plot comes from two unlikely people: Pat Buchanan and Bill Clinton."You should read the article, but I personally don't think that Rudy/Mitt/Fred are comparable to Paul Tsongas (Clinton's major opponent in 1992), or that Huckabee inspires rebellion like a Pat Buchanan (HW's opponent in the same year), or that Huckabee has the same squishy appeal that John McCain has (W's opponent in 2000). I guess time will tell . . . meanwhile, Charles at Evangelicals for Mitt concludes that such speculation reflects Huckabee's new status as the media's favorite candidate.
Saturday, August 18, 2007
NHites have surprised many a "front-runner"
David Broder ("the Dean of the Washington Press Corps"!!!) opines that New Hampshirites might hand a surprise to the current GOP frontrunners--as they have before David S. Broder - The Next Huckabee Surprise? - washingtonpost.com:
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New Hampshire conservatives are Fiscal Conservatives more than Social Conservatives ... and Huckabee cannot affort to shoot himself in the foot for the Vice Presidency. It will be fun to watch.
Here's an interesting article:
http://miraclesdaily.blogspot.com/
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