Huckabee: ‘I May Be Killing My Political Career’

You Go Huck!
It’s about time we had someone challenging political dinosaurs and giving all of the 50 United States the chance to vote.
It’s about time we had a man in office who isn’t a quitter and a sell out and knows how to run a race. Whoever heard of a real athlete quitting a Marathon just because he was told someone is close to the finish line but not there yet. Let’s not forget the story of the Tortoise and the Hare.
We haven’t seen a true hero in many years. Mike Huckabee didn’t quit on his wife even when she went through years of cancer.
Already he’s proving he’s got the endurance to not quit on his supporters, even though he’s the only Candidate having to earn his living while campaigning. And on a shoe string budget, he’s still winning States. All the others are living on easy street, spending our over taxed, Taxpayer money.

huck is just being stubborn for the sake of being stubborn at this point. this idea that it’s somehow offensive to him that people urge him to get out is ridiculous. the guy just wants to be an ass, just because he can.

I think Huck has every RIGHT to say in the hunt until it is over. Even some GOP members act like if you are an evangelical you are a red necked dirt bag from the dinosaur era and have no right to express yourself. Between the press and GOP leaders there is a very good chance they will not get the vote they are taking for granted. EVEN for evangelicals ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. I never thought he was running for the VP slot, that in my opinion was manufactured by the McCain team. My candidate is GONE, but I encourage Mike to continue to get the “PEOPLE” not the machine behind his campaign.

In 1976, Reagan was neck and neck with Ford on into the convention. He (Reagan)was entirely correct and honorable to stay in the race.
Not the case in 2008! Huckabee is way behind, hopelessly beaten, and should get out!

Everyone forgets the story of Lincoln. He went to the convention with as small of a percentage of delegates as Ron Paul has. There is no real support (outside of the media pounding his name into the masses not unlike what they’ve done with Paris Hilton) for McCain. One thing is certain, McCain will not beat either Clinton or Obama. So the convention delegate could be smart and go with Ron Paul who can beat them in a fair match.

I agree with Huck.
He can stay in and make some people “think” for a change.. Maybe McCain is who we will get, but having a better candidate in the race such as Huckabee, is a good thing.

Who is Ron Paul ?
That’s the question DanNC. You wouldn’t know who he is by watching the mainstream media who has all but ignored him. He is however the top fund raiser from people in the military, and was the top GOP fund raiser last quarter. Its criminal how much he’s been ignored.

Interesting how Huckabee has progressed this far mostly without support from the conservative talk show hosts. In fact some of them acted as if Huck was worse than McCain. Now you ask: “Why is McCain winning even though he was trashed by the Limbaugh crowd, et al”? Answer: Because they all treated Giuliani & Romney as if they would be Reagan re-incarnate. We all know Rudy was a huge liberal, and that Mitt was no conservative, in MA. So those who may previously have trusted the host’s advice in the past lost faith in it after seeing how they ignored and/or trashed the most decent man needed for the job. Was it the fact that Huckabee always put God first which drew the disdain of many “Conservatives”? I am anxious to see their responses when Mike becomes the nominee. Conservatives need to research Huck’s accomplishments as governor of Arkansas. It’s not too late to save our party and maybe our country by voting for a God-fearing candidate.

Stay the course, Governor Huckabee. The press and the pundits may have crowned McCain, but he still hasn’t got the magic figure and I am still beleiving that a miracle will happen and you will get the nomination. Rush & Hannity are good but they are sure wrong this time.
You are the only one that I feel that I can trust.

Keep it up, Huck! Keep it up, Huck! I’ve been praying you will be our next president! Thank you for hanging in there!!!

It appears as if most of these comments are from democrats in republican clothing. As a military officer who has been in Iraq twice I can tell you that the chance of me voting for McCain is the same as for a democrat; zero! Therefore, if the Republicans wish to put forth a candidate that will ensure a democrat in office, than by all means go ahead and put McCain forward; then perhaps we will finally be able to either clean up the Republican Party while the democrats take over or we’ll be able to replace it with the much needed “Constitution Party”. If you think that perhaps I’m alone in my assessment you’re wrong. I have no doubt that you (the Republican Party) are getting ready to feel rejection (ergo, wrath) of the constituents you’re counting on as sheep.

Our prayers are with you, Mike Huckabee. We, too, believe in miracles. Our country desperately needs you for our president. Don’t give up!

At least Gov. Huckabee has shown the honor and dignity we have been asking for in a national candidate. I don’t see him out trashing others in order to promote himself. He has kept the faith with his supporters by honoring his pledge to stay in until someone had the race sowed up. Gee, it is really great to watch a candidate actually demonstrating what it means to keep a promise, no matter what. If the Republican Party had more men like this, they wouldn’t fear opposition from the socialist party.
I am going to vote early tomorrow for Gov. Huckabee in Texas. He actually deserves my vote.

Maybe some would be better served if they engaged in a little more research, being an informed voter is our responsibility and voting is a right.
Huckabee is a very intelligent man, some of these posts reflect more about the writers than Huckabee. Some, I am well aware, like to see themselves blog as well as hear themselves talk. Check out Mike Huckabee’s record, then come back and blog some more, you might be impressed.

Hey Huck,
YOU ARE NOT REAGAN!
YOU ARE NOT REAGANESQUE…
RONALD REAGAN AND YOU HAVE AS MUCH IN COMMON AS I DO WITH LINDSAY LOHAN…
Give it up…pass your votes to Ron Paul..

As a conservative, picking Mike as a VP would be the only way I’d consider voting for McCain.. I believe there are many others w/ the same opinion. Under no circumstances will I stand for a slim minority in our party to call all of the shots! If 3 conservatives hadn’t split the vote we wouldn’t be in this mess.
Regardless, I’ll say it again. Do not dare think that you will unite this party without choosing Mike as the VP. Do not listen to Karle Rove and the other Republican establishment types if you want to have a chance of winning… Mike Huckabee is the only one that will win you the entire south where most Christians live.

Huck: Your “miracle” isn’t going to happen! If you are not politically astute enough to have this figured out by now, then you sure in the hell aren’t astute enough to be President! You are hurting the party. Shame on you! GET OUT!

Huckabee puts God first? Huckabee puts Huckabee first, while using God as a pawn. I am embarrassed on behalf of all religious people who succumb to his deceit. Fortunately looks like he will get what he and the country deserve. Nothing. Huck should have taken lessons in class and integrity from Mitt.

Fight on Mike Huckabee. You are the true conservative!!!!

Blaming tax hikes on a govenor is a display of intellectual dishonesty.
The citizens of Arkansas raised their own taxes by their own votes and through the votes of their representatives, which were almost entirely of the Democratic persuasion. That was the right of the people of Arkansas to charge themselves for better schools (upon the insistence of a federal judge, also a Democrat) and for better roads, which has led to a far better economy in the state.
Let’s have a little intellectual honesty from both sides of the aisle if we can. Please?

John…good post….I am backing Mike Huckabee too, we need him, McCain is a loose cannon, Huckabee is the most appropriate man for the job, he is highly intelligent, skilled, sincere, with a stellar record from his governing days, he knows how to commit himself to a mission, his platform is more conservative than any of the other candidates. GOOOOOOOOOOOOO Mike.

Huckabee’s past actions imply that he is really continuing in this race to amass as many contributions and
fed matching in his campaign fund as he can. While he can’t live off the fund he can barter with the $millions forever if he chooses to and a few extra months of campaigning is a small price to pay for this capability.

I will be glad when this hayseed’s 15 minutes of fame are finished.

And if Huck quits and something happens McCain can’t continue, where will the Republican party be? I can appreciate someone who keeps fighting to win. He is not only having to run against McCain, he has to run agains the media as well. I would like to see the next President chosen by the people..not the media.

His career is over already. That’s why he’s running for president. It is possible for politicans to pursue other careers. Look at Fife Symington, all of those South Vietnamese bigwigs who opened up liquor stores in Orange County, and the former Soviet bureaucrats and generals who succeeded in business. Or Gary Condit.
Good luck, Huck. But you lost. Republican candidates have to be edgy to win these days. The voters picked the right one.

I’m still looking for Huckabee to have his miracle. If McCain does become the Republican nominee, the only way I would vote for him is if Huckabee is his VP. Otherwise, I’ll probably write in Huckabee on the ballot.

Speaking for quite a few conservative voters, if the GOP bus has left the station, then we will just call Avis and head off in another direction. McCain is not going to get a sizable portion of the base to back him because he is a greater long term danger to the Republic than any short term Democratic administration will ever be. At least, we can get in the way of Democrats. How are we to stop the President of our party from surrendering the Republic?
Wise up folks. Winning a race is not everything. This isn’t football. This is real life.
And, oh DanNC, can you not answer one simple question?

My dear sagacious one, your argument would have merit if Gov. Huckabee was the center of his own moral universe, which is obviously what you are claiming for yourself.
You might be interested to find out that this is the very definition of “sin” as found in Genesis 3. Man’s eyes were open and was able to determine right and wrong all on his own. Or, as the rest of the story shows, he only thought.
The man who justifies himself morally only deludes himself from his own folly.

Okay DanNC, you say you are a Christian. Then, tell everybody how that came to be, if you would sir.

I meant to say:
Bravo Keith. Excellent post. Right on every point withOUT question.

I am glad Huck is still in and hasn’t quit like the others did when the going got tough.
I have always voted Republican but if McCain gets the nomination I just can’t bring myself to vote for the guy. I don’t like him nor his policies. And worse he is a hot head that no other countries leadership wants to work with. He will be much worse than Bush.. more of the same and more people will hate U.S. because we can’t work with others to solve things.

I agree with you Michael. I just cannot bring myself to accept any argument for voting for McCain. And shaking the Supreme Court before me doesn’t work anymore. I remember George H. W. Bush’s appointments to the Supreme Court. I really don’t think that McCain will do any better than Poppa Bush did. So, what argument is left to convince me.
There is none.

I am not a fan of McCain, but I will vote for him.. without question. An Obama or Clinton presidency would be MUCH MORE disastrous for our country. It seems to me that some are not so much concerned about the effects a McCain presidency would have on our country, but more so concerned with how it will affect the Republican party. That’s looking at it the wrong way. The country always comes before party… and without question… as flawed as he may be… McCain would be much better for the country than Obama or Clinton.

E. ZachLee,
Candidate cannot use campaign contributions for personal gain. It is very illegal and those things are watched very closely.
If anything, Huckabee’s modest bottom line is being hurt everyday he is in the race and not making money doing something else for personal gain.

huckabee has ruined his national career. He stayed in to make sure Romney lost on super Tuesday. The reason is because he is for benefits for illegals. He knew Mccain is for the same thing he is regarding illegals and the key was to get Romney out. Now that Romney is gone we see the Prez of Mexico expressed his happiness last week. We get what we deserve

One last point (and it pertains to the article :) – I’m not a McCain fan by any means. I’m no pundit of the backroom discussions between the campaigns either, but the sound bites show quite a bit of contempt by Huckabee’s people for any other campaign- especially Romney’s. I would have honestly expected those two to team up and unite the party. They’re more in line with each other and either one with McCain. Judging by Huck’s comments throughout the campaign, I’d say religion played a part of that not happening. Regardless, I’d be a lot more comfortable with him as Pres if Romney got the VP. Looking at the early contests, McCain beat a split vote. Romney knew Huck wouldn’t drop and a McCain nomination was inevitable anyway- so why waste money and time when only dividing the party? The Republican party is in shambles right now and it’s got to get regrouped by November (fortunately, so are the Democrats). It’s so bad now, if the votes don’t line up soon and Obama is the opponent, the Democrats will win. Cut the loses and let’s unite and move on.

Here’s what we need to worry about… WHERE ARE THE STRONG REPUBLICAN CANIDATES GOING TO COME FROM IF WE LOSE THIS FALL?
The two “2012 front-runners” a quite flawed:
Huckabee… I see the charisma (don’t trust him, though)strictly regional/evangelical appeal and liberal on several issues… plus… there appears to be some mean-spirited darkness behind the aw-shucks facade.
Romney… nice guy…scarey smart.. brilliant… but not a good candidate… doesn’t inspire people or connect with them. Do we really know his core beliefs?

That should be “scary smart”

NOCALTV,
Revisit Romneys speech at CPAC. You’ll get a clue to his core beliefs. You will be impressed with his attitude about kids being born out of wedlock and having the courage to point out the facts. Too bad we didn’t hear more of that type of thing during the campaign.

forrest,
I saw the speech. It was marvelous… but was he telling us what we want to hear, or what he truly believes? He has 4 years to try and fix his message/credibility problem. Yes.. he ran a very flawed campaign.

Huckabee is still in this for ONE reason… to sell his stupid book.
Huckabee is a self-serving dolt.

“Even some GOP members act like if you are an evangelical you are a red necked dirt bag from the dinosaur era and have no right to express yourself. ”
Half right. He has every right to express himself…

I don’t trust Huckabee. I read a lot about his time governing in Arkansas and was not impressed. Taking $70,000 worth of furniture out of the governor’s mansion, and being forced to bring it back–that’s revealing. Signing he and his wife up on wedding registries (married 28 years) to skirt the stake ethics rules that barred gifts over $100 except for wedding gifts–that’s WAY tacky. A lot of that kind of stuff ALONG with the religious bigotry turned me OFF to him completely.
I do like Romney and hope he will run again in some capacity. I think he is smart as a tack, intense, very focused, analytical, and decent. I think he could do an incredible amount of good.
Romney was bishop and stake president. He could NEVER have gotten a temple recommend, much less served in those positions, if he was not pro-life. I think he is personally very conservative; he governed 100% pro-life, pro-family. Some people assume that because he was for gay rights, that he was for gay marriage. He wasn’t and fought it in Massachusetts. However, gay people should still have rights in this country and be treated fairly and with respect.
Romney was a bit conflicted about abortion because his brother-in-law’s sister died of a botched back-alley abortion. He was privately against abortion, but decided to let the law stand, stay neutral in the public sphere. However, when MA decided to do embryo farming for parts, he said–TOO MUCH! No way would he support that.
If something did happen that McCain could not run and we had to have a brokered convention, could Romney get back in and compete there? He suspended his candidacy, didn’t drop out. I’d love to see him go up against Obama who will probably be the Democrat nominee. I think McCain might have a chance against Hillary, but Obama will probably wipe the floor with him. Romney, on the other hand, could hold his own. The more people see of him, the better they like him.
I was impressed with Romney’s classy way of stepping aside for McCain. I was determined not to vote for him, but I must say that Romney has influenced me and I will probably do it. I’d sure rather vote for Mitt, but maybe some day.

There are so many ridiculous comments: some people say Huckabee is overly religious and is trying to create a theocracy, (bs)…others are saying he is only a religous fake…while the truth is that he has been in politics for 11 years now, and while he is faithful, he certainly hasn’t been all about religion. The fact that there are two decent human beings left in the race, and having no displays of nastiness and acrimony actually shows very well for our party. Geez, people get out of the race because they can’t raise any more money, and if huckabee wants to go to the trouble of raising a few thousand bucks and staying in a race that casts a respectful and deferential light on the ultimate candidate, why would you not want that? Huckabee is campaigning about ideas, and I am still glad to see him talk about ideas, regardless if he can win or not. He might even be there because mccain wants him there…Try to think beyond your noses…

Americans of conscience should vote for McCain over Obama or Clinton, and here’s why:
1. Do it for the troops. Remember them? Oh, yeah! McCain will be fantastic for our troops.
2. Do it for the unborn children who will be murdered in larger numbers under a Democrat Prez. Both Democrats support murdering children when they’re halfway sticking out of their mother’s stomach. You want to give them a protest vote by staying home? Shame on you!
No, McCain’s not all we might want, but you have a duty to vulnerable Americans. In discharging that duty you will make America stronger, including stronger on the paths of the heart.

I like Huckabee. He seems at least nice and he seems at least human. And he has the guts to stand up to the McCain steam roller, even at the risk of harming his own career. Good for Huckabee. McCain seems like a rigid old high-handed slanderer. Huckabee seems like a good natured human being. What a contrast. I feel threatened and bad when Mccain comes on TV. I feel relzxed when Huckabee appears.

Too bad I cannot vote for Bush again, he has done such a bang-up job. I will cast my vote for the next best candidate; the one who will carry on the Bush doctrines. McCain, Huckabee, Clinton or O’bama, wow they are ALL such amazing individuals and will carry the same torch for the stabilization of our country. A vote for any one of them is a vote for more Bush, how lucky for us! Awesome!

ALL RIGHT! The Republicans’ answer to Nader in 2000! Oh *man* I can’t wait! Run, Huckabee, run!

Huckabee’s earned my respect from standing his ground. There’s nothing unamerican about going to the convention, it’s pathetic to pressure him into dropping out and only shows how nervous McInsane and supporters are.

stgeorgeschapel – you might want to look in the mirror before you go calling other candidates’ supporters wackos…

You are corrent, huckabee, your career is over, cuz the real conservatives will remember what you pulled on Thompson and Romney.

Exactly when did Huckabee ever say he wanted the VP slot? That is an idea that the news has fostered and nothing else. Did it ever occur to anyone that he says and acts like he is running for President and could still win the nomination if McCain doesnt get the required amount of Deligates, or he could still run as an Independant It is not immpossible for him to win as the News is saying so often and the sheep are believing every word. I am not a Huckabee supporter, but it is insulting to me to have the media foster and demand that he get out of the race “for the good of the party” I wish there were not Parties just a simple vote of the people.

Although I disagree with Huckabee on many issues (he has a liberal record), I do agree that he has the right and reason to stay in the race as long as he wants. The media is trying to choose the Republican nominee this time. Sadly, they look as though they are succeeding. I wish Newt would have run. The media would have destroyed him. I wish Fred would have stayed in. The media ignored him and see what happened. Mitt should have stayed in as well. McCain is a selfish angry little man that has betrayed conservative principles. And Independent and Democrats crossed over to vote for him. We need to change our primary system to eliminate this next time!

john mccain IS not right for this country.
WAKE UP PEOPLE DON’T JUST WATCH MSM
RESEARCH THE CANIDATES

As someone on active duty, I echo the sentiments of the active duty poster above that the chances of me voting from McCain are zero. That said, it is interesting to see the comments “Praying for a Huckabee Presidency.” When it comes to issues such as: Amnesty, Taxes, Big Government, Global Warming hysteria, Huckabee is no different than McCain, and Huckabee is down right child like, when it comes to his grasp of foreign policy issues. I know I’m wasting my breath, however, since the Huckabee Kool Aid drinkers don’t care where the Huckster stands on the issues, just as long as he stands behind a pulpit.
Write in Thompson, save the GOP from itself!

Sen. McCain won almost all of his delegates in states where the majority always vote for Democrats in Presidential elections — in other words, he’s got big numbers that don’t count. Mike Huckabee has much smaller numbers, but virtually all of them came from states where the GOP has a reasonable chance of winning in the General Election.
The people who are backing McCain aren’t doing so because they think it’s his “turn” but because they think it’s the Democrats’ “turn.” If Huckabee gets to the Convention, the GOP may be forced to find and nominate a candidate who is actually supported by a majority of the Party (and it probably won’t be either McCain *OR* Huckabee, given the GOP leadership’s actions toward each to date). But if Republicans don’t support Huckabee now and into the Convention, McCain will be the Nominee and a Democrat will win the White House.

Some of you people live in a fantasy or something! Romney dropped out only because it was costing him big bucks and he was not going to win. Huck is behind but has not lost until McCain gets enough delegates.
Poor Flip Romney supporters still can not deal with the abandonment!

I may HAVE to plug my nose (again) and vote for McCain…but one thing I am sure of…McCain is the only remaining Republican in this race that stands a good chance to be elected over the Democrats. The fractures in the Democrat party are deep, a virtual Democrat like McCain stands a real chance. Unfortunately the damage his bad policies will do to the economy will draw blame to the Republicans.
The best we could hope for is that either Obama or Clinton win, wreck the economy for two years, hand Congress to the Republicans, and then nothing much happens for two years until a real Republican is elected after that.

Keep in mind, in the end it’s all about delegates. The delegate process is rather complicated when dealing with “bound” vs. “unbound”. One thing is blatantly obvious, thank God, the MSM knows absolutely nothing (and I mean nothing) at all about the variables within the delegate process. And as I continue to support the candidate who’s name shall never be uttered publicly,I feel confident about the possible outcome once we have the brokered convention that’s forthcoming. The only way a brokered convention can be avoided is for McCain to win at least 65% of the remaining “bound” delegates. This prospect is highly unlikely considering there is only one (Vermont) winner take all state left. Barring election fraud and / or dirty politics at the local and state levels, I don’t see any possible way McCain can win 65% or more of the remaining “bound” delegates!

Huckabee, go back to church! You’re in no way capable of running the free world!

Go Freedom,
No One has won you got that no one! No matter how hard the MSM spins it no one has confirmed delegates required for the nomination!
The GOP is in total disarray and is at a critical moment. It may be the end or the beginning of something new you decide.
You can get all the endorsement of the status quo and the MSM but it will be meaningless without the peoples support!

Everyone here saying that Paul Huckabee should exit the race for the good of the party have rocks in your heads. That is exactly what’s wrong with this party if you can call it that. McCain is being setup to lose to Hillary in a general election. McCain was broke three months ago and his rich wife wouldn’t even loan him the money to continue (nice endorsement) He took matching funds (now he is broke again) McCain has won a grand total of 5 straw polls before these primaries. Now he wins by dubious means.
Fraud then a recount and a recount appeal in New Hampshire (not sour grapes blatant fraud) A South Carolina primary that also involved fraud and no paper trail on these machines? Florida another name (machines/fraud) California
nearly 1 million ballots to count still and the state is called for McCain? Washington State McCain=fraud…John McCain is THE LAST CHOICE OF REPUBLICANS. When people say anyone but McCain they mean it. Yet here we are. Your kids going to die in 100 years of McCain wars. Your country looted still and your kids picking up the tab.McCain/Kennedy Amnesty that will ruin what is left of the economy here.. Vietnam vets against McCain for a reason, Senator McCain has left their fellow POW/MIA to rot in war prisons for the last 30 years. He didn’t want the propaganda he did for the Vietcong found out so he helps to destroy these families. John McCain is a traitor. He said that he could fix the illegal problem quickly as president. well he’s had a chance for 22 years as a senator from a border state(Arizona with the highest illegal problem) Guess what, it’s worse there now than ever. I could go on. Again there is a reason that people say anyone but McCain, he is a cancer. He blongs in a jail somewhere not the White House.

I didn’t support Huck until reading this article. All my guys have dropped out. I was going to write in until Huck showed this kind of resolve. Hope he makes it to the convention. He’s got my vote!

It would help Huckabee’s argument if there was any path anyone could see to how he might actually catch McCain’s delegate count.
I remember a week ago, CNN ran the numbers. Huckabee could win every remaining state 60-40, and McCain would still win the nomination. So what’s he trying to accomplish if he can’t win?

Conventions of the past did a far better job of selecting quality candidates than have primaries and caucuses. Let’s hope the convention revives that tradition and nominates Mike Huckabee!

It seems both parties have set up rules for picking presidential nomination based on who the elite (establishment) wants to be.
Toatl system is unfair and undemocratic Why the nominee should not be picked based on TOTAL popular vote?

Romney supporters now saying their candidate was hurt by Huckabee splitting the conservative vote? Haven’t you all been listening to the pundits (who also nearly unanimously supported Romney in his Last Days)? I thought Huckabee was a liberal?
Bad for the party? Hopefully, as these parties have become awful for the country.

Huckabee is not thinking of the common folk, the taxpayer or the voters. He is thinking of himself. He has always thought of him self, above those he is running for and against. He left his Arkansas progressive platform to begin to lobby the evangelical base, for what purpose, because he knew they did not like the other candidates. He also knew his religious values and practice would comfort them. He did not make this shift because of what he valued in others, but because of what he valued in himself. All these statements about “doing the right thing for the voters” are true statements. The later primary states do not get a vote, and that is wrong. Yet, Huckabee does not believe for a minute what he is telling the voters. Do you think that if he was in McCain’s shoes, and McCain was way behind in delegates, that he would stand by his current statements and encourage McCain to stay in the race, “Because the American voters deserve it?” He is only making these statement to pull at the heart strings of those that are rightly unhappy. He is lobbying these voters for his benefit, not theirs.
I am not a McCain supporter. I hope that Huckabee stays in the race to the end. The longer he stays in the race the more people are seeing the character of this man, and how self serving he really is. Just maybe than he will go a way and never haunt the political process again.

Correct me if I am wrong but didn’t McCain win the states that let the independents(dems)vote in the rep. primary? He gets about 30 to 40 percent of the vote in the red states and wins the states that always goes for the democrats. Just who is the republican party trying to fool. And Huckabee ruined Romneys chances and now he is ruining Pauls chances and also McCains run.. Gee, maybe Huckabee should be the candidate to beat Obama.

I was not a Huckabee voter either and my vote still goes to Ron Paul. But, the issue with our country in this day and time is that we have total lost the idea of competition. That is what is wrong with our economy and health care systems. We have allowed the government to take so much control over these areas and monopolize those areas that there is no longer competition that keeps the prices of everything at a reasonable level. The same is true with everyone screaming about these candidates dropping out of the race. It’s a competition of who the American people believe is right for THEIR country, not a monopoly of who the Republican Party believes should be our candidate. I don’t believe that we should be forcing a candidate to drop out because it’s best for the party. What’s best for our country is good ole competition that doesn’t sell the people something less than want they need or want. Let’s use the superbowl as an example. Never in a million years would Americans say, “The Giants don’t stand a chance in the superbowl, the Patriots deserve to win because they’ve won all their games this season, so they need to drop out and not go to the superbowl because the Patriots deserve the championship”. That superbowl right there goes to show you that if you stay in the race and don’t give up you just might win after all. I believe that’s what stirs up the most fear in these people that are screaming, “drop out”. They are afraid that the in the end the people might stand up and say we prefer to have a different candidate than what the Republican Party thinks we need.

I won’t vote for him but I’m glad he’s doing this.

He is conservative and has led the conservative education process since he has been on the radio. You do not listen with your ears open if you do not know this. When one has to toss out their own core values and principles to vote for someone because they are “in the party” it is disgusting. Sure, I don’t want Obama or hillary. I don’t want McCain or Huck either. We had no real viable conservative leader in the race. We have a dumbed down candidate with a thin line between sanity and insanity.

In my opinion McCain is not stable and if elected President, I beleive the strain and pressure of the job will bring that out. Unfortunately we will be the victims of his insanity.

I’ve never liked the way the political parties cater to an early front-runner. I usually do not prefer the heirs to the throne (of either party). In ’76 I was for Reagan over Ford. Watching the convention on television, you could sense the electricity in the air when he took the stage. Everybody knew (even the Ford backers) they had picked the wrong man. I also don’t like the uneven amount of power that Iowa & New Hampshire are given. Particularly on the Republican side. Tha party as a whole is much more conservative than those two states and they always set the pace with a more liberal/moderate candidate. What they deliver to the rest of America’s Republicans is usually a less conservative, more boring candidate who is more popular with the party apparatus and less popular with the average GOP voter. Let Huckabee run. While he will not win, he has some good things things to say and his voice should not be silenced…

I think both remaining “top-tier candidates” are ridiculous. Their interest is not with the American people.
Also, check out McCain and his “military career”.
The only candidate around who understands the problems with the economy and foreign policy is Ron Paul. He’s got my 100% dedication and if he is not the nomination then my vote is going elsewhere. I refuse to vote for the “lesser of two evils”.
Google: Ron Paul
The OLD MEDIA is wrong.

While John McCain was not my candidate, he now has sufficient lead in delegates and likely wins to get over the top to be nominated. I will not support a democrat for president. Having said that, I also believe that Huck needs to be chucked!
I am not voting for my “pastor in chief” and I already have a Saviour in Jesus Christ. So, stop being another “dope from hope” and get out Mike. You are simply being an ass about your candidacy and doing no good service to the party!

Huckabee is a joke. He doesn’t stand a chance mathematically to become the GOP nominee but continues to plod along as though he is a real political force. He’s still in the race to raise money through donations to pad his warchest. He has had no real job outside of the governorship and pastoral assignments, so he leaches off of the public as long as he can get away with it. Send him a message and quit giving him money that he can put in his pocket.

There are three candidates still in this race and EVERYONE of them should be given EQUAL RESPECT. I am sick of obvious slanted media bias. Ron Paul message and experience makes him a contender those who really research his platform realize he would make huge positive change in our nation. Peace, Prosperity, Freedom and Hope.

There is no clear winner yet. McCain is ahaed in the eyes of the media only. They want him in to continue this war. They are trying to shut out the person that is speaking for the American people. Ron Paul! 80% of American’s want this war over. With current approval ratings at 20% (President Bush) who cares if Bush Sr. endorses him. If you vote for McCain your voting for a global goverment, do your research.Look who has donated to his campaign,mostly defense contractors.
Ron Paul is the only one speaking and working for the American people and he has for 30 years. He’s record backs it up. Can’t say the same for McCain. Plus Vietnam Vets and Military support Ron as well. Ron Paul received more donations from the military than any other person running for president.

I think it’s wonderfull Huckebee is staying in the race! It’s just as hilarious to see a creep like John, ‘Keating-5′McCain invoke the
‘Family_Values’ spirit of Ronald, ‘Iran-contra – drug-dealer – Bin_Ladin supporter Reagan, (from hell, where he surely is!), while the ‘American Ayatollah’ (‘Huckatollah’) rants about Christian_Evengelical_Sharia as a constitutional framework in a ‘never to be’ Huckebee administration!

Stay in Mike, you are our voice. And I wish the media covered Ron Paul a little more, he’s still in. The debate only strengthens our democracy — or brings us back to it. Get rid of the IRS and the FED. Huckabee / Paul (how’s that for an Odd Couple)

You tell ‘em, Huck! Hang in there! And Ron Paul is hanging in there too. We won’t give up! McCain isn’t even a Republican.

Duh

Huckabe is saying he might be killing his political carrer. Well, that isa shock to me. Since he has no chanceof wnning the nomination and is just staying in to get his name in the MSM. He is not going

I firmly believe Huck is aiming for a tv or radio career. He’s already predicting the end of his political career.

I am a republican living in Wisconsin. Why doesn’t my vote count today? I would like to have a voice in the nominee but it has apparently already been decided that McCain is the one so what is the point of my vote. I am glad Huck is still in although I wish Romney was still available.

jorje: if you don’t vote that is your choice, but if you let the media and others influence that it doesn’t count, they win and decide. The only way to break this “communism” in a democracy, is to exercise our only right as a citizen and vote your conviction of who you believe is the right candidate. Please do your civic duty and vote.

I think we all know that McCain has no chance against the dem’s in the general election. His stance on war is enough in itself to soundly defeat him, as public sentiment soars to over 3/4 against the occupations. Add to that his amnesty for illegals stance and record, his health care bill for Mexico, and his irresponsibility in supporting so called “free trade” agreements that outsource our jobs, and you quickly find that he is absolutely unelectable.
Huckabee continues to run, and although he has more charm than McCain, he has a record of increasing taxes for big government, and supports the occupations. He does seem more and more appealing as he continues to take points from the third candidate still in contention and add them to his platform. Unless he gets a clue about our foreign policy, though, he is as unelectable as McCain. I would suggest he read Michael Scheuer’s(founder of the CIA’s Bin Laden unit) books.
Which brings us to the one Republican candidate left in the field who could actually crush the dem’s in November. The one who promises us the real “change” that we all know we so desperately need – a return to lawful, Constitutional government. The one the troops overwhelmingly support because he understands the damage our current foreign policy is wreaking on the world. The doctor who has a prescription for what ails this nation. That prescription is a direct Constitutional injection administered vigorously and repeatedly followed by years under close observation by the people.
There is “Hope for America”, and there is hope for our party. We CAN defeat the democrats and win the White House this year. All we have to do is be wise eonough to nominate Dr. Ron Paul in November.

It doesn’t matter now whether he stays in or gets out. He’s already screwed things up by staying in, even though he never had a chance of winning, and splitting the conservative vote until there was no one left except closet-liberal John McCain (who has yet to win the majority of conservative votes in any primary.) McCain would never pick him for VP, so at this point he’s just staying in to increase his name recognition for the 2012 race.
But I for one would never support him even though I agree with his policies more than John McCain’s. His hatred of Mitt Romney (including some probable collusion with the McCain camp in West Virginia) meant more to him than the good of the country or the good of the conservative cause, so that now, no matter who wins in November, we’re doomed to having a leftist in the White House.

Neither of them is Mitt Romney, probably the only true conservative in the race and the only one who could unite the Republican party. John McCain is Bob Dole redux: it’s his time (to lose to a Democratic candidate).

“I believe it’s a lot easier to change the constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God”. – Mike Huckabee
Please get more support behind Huckabee, see if he can get his “Miracle”. If he is to get the nomination, I would be forced to vote for Clinton. See folks, many liberals like myself, (Who you all hate) would glady go for McCain or Romney against Hillary. We don’t like her either. But, against Huckabee? Not even close.
Aren’t you republicans the ones who never want to mess with the constitution? Read that quote up top again. How can you even consider this?

GO HUCK!!! We need a Brokered Convention – If Mccain wins the nomination, it’s a victory for the liberal media. Let’s nominate a real conservative – Ron Paul.

Wow, there goes another candidate propping up the ghost of Reagan… Funny thing is, the only candidate who has a right to claim any allegiance with RR is Ron Paul, and you don’t hear him riding his coattails every chance he gets. Sure, he mentions him and even uses photos of them together in some of his ads, but it is always the early Reagan that he refers to, when his platform stood for something truly conservative. Geez, Reagan even wanted to bring back the gold standard until his “advisors” talked him out of it… By 1983 RP had predicted the 1987 recession, and by the time it hit, he had done his best to disassociate himself with RR. Some have called it “waffling”; I call it genius. We haven’t head the last from Dr. Paul, just wait until the convention. By that time the dollar will be worth $.000012 (right now it’s at $.04), and there will be a resounding chorus of “HELP US!” rising from the ashes of America’s economic calamity.

As a long time Republican I will not support McCain or Huckabee. I cannot believe that the GOP is trying to force feed us these two clowns, especially when both are liberal.

Get out Huckster!!! You are a disgrace to the party! You were in Arkansas and you are nationally now, too. McCain is the party nominee. Get over yourself!

Don Venable, you’re absolutely right that a McCain presidency will hurt the conservative cause worse than enduring a few years of Obama.
McCain lately has been spouting conservative policy on taxes, but frankly it’s a late conversion and I just don’t trust him; he’s betrayed the Republican Party before, and certainly will again when there is nothing to restrain him. Yes, Obama is promising to remove the troops from Iraq, but I don’t think any Democrat is going to want to take the chance of being labeled “the man that lost the war” (especially since things are going fairly well there now), so that’s just so much of his famous rhetoric.
On almost every other issue, though, they are more in agreement (on the leftist side of the table) than not. President Obama, an almost completely inexperienced lightweight, would have a hard time enacting his socialist agenda (especially if Republicans in Congress grow some backbone, as they might with a Democrat in the White House.) But as President, McCain could count on at least tacit support of some congressional Republicans, who would go along for the sake of “party unity”, just as they have when George Bush has leaned left (on steel tariffs, Ted Kennedy’s education bill, prescription drug benefits, etc.)
I say, let Obama have a couple of years to try his agenda (against reinvigorated Republican opposition) and reap the benefits at the mid-term elections just as we did in 1994 when the country had seen a couple of years of Bill Clinton.
P.S. – It would also almost be worth four years of Obama just for the wind it will take out of the sails of racial hucksters like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson.

A direct quote from the article:
“And my point is, if people say, ‘well, he should have left’ –- they said this of Ronald Reagan in 1976, when he continued to campaign right on until the convention,” Huckabee argued.
This is why Huckabee was such a poor governor in Arkansas and would make a very poor president, he does not do any real homework. To cite 1976 is crazy. Ford was an incumbent president who had angered conservatives by choosing Nelson Rockefeller as VP and by mismanaging foreign policy and inflation. Reagan was always a viable candidate to the time of the GOP Convention in Kansas City on Aug. 16. Ford, the incumbent, only led Reagan by just 60 delegate votes on Aug. 12, four days before the convention. It was very close and the final tally after Ford picked up some uncommitted delegates was 1,187 for Ford to 1,070 for Reagan or a difference of 117 votes in Ford’s favor. Huckabee trails McCain today by some 600 delegate votes with no way of closing that huge gap before McCain nails down the nomination. Further negative campaigning like the push polls Huckabee used in the Potomac primaries serve no positive purpose and only harm the GOP nominee who would be so much better than Hillary or Obama.

I’m in Ohio and I really want my voice heard on March 4 when I will vote for Mike Huckabee. He may not win it this year, but just like Reagan he will spend the next 4 years organizing and *raising money* take it for sure in ’12. Look at what the guy did on a shoestring this year!! Thanks for staying in and giving Conservatives a voice, Huck!!!

Juan “open borders” McCrazy is the best Democrat money can buy. I love too Huckabee because he will give Ron Paul a chance to keep fighting all the rabid dishonesty in our country. The lying, the stealing, the lobbying, corruption. The answers to all of our problems are the same as they always have been…follow the founding documents. Liberty encourages the growth of self control and morality. Liberty of individuals leads to liberty of states, and liberty of governments and liberty of the world. Truth can lead us out of all of the converging disasters. Don’t ever believe that the government can solve your problems and do what’s best for your family. Only you can do that. Taking care of yourself is the most empowering experience there is.

Huckabee has some good points and has put them across. Now he is just trying to extend his 15 minutes of fame to 30 minutes of fame.

robertv-
Being a team player doesn’t mean to quit. I respect Huckabee’s admiration to stand up for what the founding fathers truly envisioned when it came to running for the Presidency. Its times like this that make this nation great. I never was a quitter and I hope you weren’t either. I want my candidate to be someone who doesn’t quit, who shows respect for their adversary (not Hillary), and is dedicated to what they say.

I keep seeing all of these comment posts telling Huckabee that McCain is the nominee and Huck should just drop out because he’s “dividing the party”. Do you actually believe that if Huck and Paul dropped out, everyone left would rally behind McCain? I, for one, will certainly not. And I know there are MANY others that are in the same boat. So, when you examine the turnout at the polls for the primaries and how the Democrats are killing us there (roughly 8 million of us to over 18 million of them on Super Tuesday alone), what do you think that means? It means that a Republican candidate that doesn’t have the real support of a solid majority of his party, plus the ability to rally MANY more of the rest, is gonna get KILLED in the general election. KILLED!
If McCain has been unable to sway this support to his side (and unless he has a MAJOR change of heart on some of his platforms, he WILL NOT), why do you think that having him as the only choice will magically change that? What’s more likely to happen is that you’ll get lots of voters either writing in someone that they want, or just not voting at all. Neither Huckabee nor Paul are “dividing the party” here, that’s the party’s doing. And if you’re out there calling people (candidates and voters) names and telling them to get out of the way before a REAL decision has been made, you’re part of the problem that’s dividing this party, too!
The primaries aren’t going to stop because one or both of the other candidates drops out. Let Americans decide who they want. Then, once they do, let America decide our next President using the system defined in our Constitution (not that many politicians actually bother defending the document that empowers them, despite promising to do so in their oath of office).
Oh, and I’m voting for Ron Paul, a real pro-life candidate, a real conservative, a real Republican, and a real solution for what troubles America today.

Listen to them all. Who sounds like a President. Hillary every other word is “I”. She plays on peoples fears and make Americans out to be our own enemy. Obama does not say any thing but can sure rally hatred to the status quo. Mike Huckabee speaks from the heart and sounds Presidential. For me Its a clear choice.

Romney has given away many of his votes. He quit 3 weeks ago and he still has more than Huckabee.
The real difference is, Romney knows that stupidity and embarassment don’t help a future campaign.
Huck’s stubborness has guaranteed that I will vote for anyone else.

It is a long shot for Huckabee, but between now and the convention, it is quite possible that McCain can blow it. He is incredibly un-popular and has a track record of shooting himself in the foot with his own mouth. If suddenly he becomes a political Hindenburg, it will be nice to have someone to turn to who didn’t fall in line and drink the Kool Aid.
I myself feel even stronger for Huckabee, knowing that he doesn’t give in in a fight just because he is getting beaten. He knows he hasn’t lost until he has stopped fighting and gives up. America needs a guy like that.

Mike Huckabee will make the best leader for America.

Why is the GOP so anxious for this race to be over? Really I think anyone would have been better than McCain. The guy is worse than Bush about stirring up as much trouble as possible in the world.

We can only hope that he is killing his political career. this guy is ridiculous. doesn’t he realize the only people voting for him are evangelicals that will only vote for an evangelical.

No, Mick, he is in the race to WIN.

Remember Republicans a vote against McCain in the primaries is a vote for moving the Republican Party to the right and a vote to stop the Party’s slide to the left.
John McCain has about 740 committed delegates. That is a far cry from the 1191 needed to win the nomination.
If John McCain does not win the 1191 delegates before the convention, anyone can become the nominee at the convention. Seems like a pretty good reason to turn out in the primaries and vote against John McCain to stop the Party’s drift to the left. The more leftist the Party becomes, the weaker the Party becomes.
Republican leaders may control the money but that does not make them intelligent.

I voted for Romney but if he were not in the race I would have voted for Huckabee, I can’t stand McInsane.

I think Huck should stay in as long as he wants. He knows he is paying for it. If he kills his career, that is fine, I have never been about Theocracy anyway. Ron Paul? I looked him up. Read about him, liked what I saw. THEN saw him on Meet The Press and percieved he is just another politician. I see him as a little nutty now.

Hang in there Huck! Every American has a right to run to the finish. Upholding America’s core values is what’s going to define the next “Great President”, whoever that may be. America doesn’t just lay down for the establishment (Tea Party anyone?) and neither should her candidates for public office.
I fear where this country is headed if we don’t soon see a leader who can think back past Reagan and remember the courage and American pride of Licoln, Jefferson, Washington and may others who were willing to sacrifice their own livelihoods for the sake of a free nation where the people held the politician’s accountable and national progress was only limited by the imagination and determination of her free citizens.

Americans, is it not God who exalts one and abases another? Just might not be in our hands as much as we would like to believe.Pastor Perry Stone from manifeast t.v. program (Clevand Tennessee) went on public television two years prior to the 2001 election and said the governor of Texas Ie Bush would be the next president. HE SAID HIS KNOWLEDGE WAS FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT OTERWISE KNOWN AS THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST FROM THE BIBLE. It’s public record for the show, however our news people wouldn’t touch it with a ten foot pole.As for Huck he seems genuine he wouldn’t be the first person to hear from above and then again he wouldn’t be the first to be hearing from himself!

Hey Huck fans,
There is a reason that teams take a knee when they are behind 35 points late in the 4th quarter. The game is essentially over, and to keep playing like it’s not is embarrassing and risks injury.
No time for a hail Mary. Assume the position, Hucksters. Take a knee (or two). Live to fight another day. It’s the right thing to do. You know it, I know it, and the American people know it.

Governor:
Read your book, “Stop Burying Yourself With Your Knife and Fork”.
Perhaps the new one will be “Stop Burying Yourself Tilting At Windmills”.
There is a lot more pride and grace in acknowledging the obvious than there is pretending it’s not right in front you.

Leading teams take a knee to avoid embarrassing losing teams further. They don’t want to be accused of running up the score. The coach will empty the bench and let the 3rd and 4th stringers play. The losers are losers, and EVERYONE knows they are the losers. Sadly, the losers are the last to know sometimes.

Alright, brokered convention means a win for Ron Paul!

Mike Huckabee is running for PRESIDENT, not VP. And apparently no one has heard yet that McCain does not have enough committed delegates to win the nomination. Why can’t we have an election in EVERY state and then see what happens at the convention? It’s insulting to think that America should choose it’s President by popular opinion instead of an election.

I am sick and tired of all the whining about “splitting the party” when the fact is that the Republican Party has become the Democratic Party of 1980. Likewise, it seems like everyone can read minds based on some of the comments on why Huckabee is doing it. I will not vote for McCain OR Huckabee because they BOTH are not true conservatives. Most Republicans would not know a true conservative because, other than Ron Paul, Tom Tancredo, and a few others who have been ignored by the press, the only candidates being covered are liberals of the Blue Dog Democrat stripe.

McCain is not a Republican. He has spent all his time being the anti-Republican and now is the time to tell him to take a hike!

I like Ron Paul but don’t agree with some of his views and he doesn’t articualte them very well. Huck is what this country needs; too bad most so-called conservatives are lemmings and are following McCain blindly now because “they” say so.

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Kim Segar
I have been trying to do homework, why do you think or know Huckabee is a Globalist? I know OB,HC,JE,MR,JM are but Huckabee is for sovereigty of the states and America’s border?

The only reason McCain is there because Romney and Huckabee split the conservative vote. McCain (or McHillary) always won with less than those two combined except in the small highly liberal east coast states. Get your Somberos and Tejano out to celebrate the removal of the Southwest from America! Thanks John!

Huckabee is being courted and encouraged, by Senator’ Tancredo and Duncan Hunter to continue running for president because of their stance on Illegal immigration. Yet they are using Huckabee as a scapegoat, because of their hatred for McCain. Now it seems they will leave Huckabee holding the elusive bag,because they have announced their retirement in 2008, Why are they retiring now????wake up Huckabee.

Why should anyone be HANDED the keys to the KIngdom!!! I believe there are primaries for this very reason that the PEOPLE, not the party choose who they want to represent them. It’s called DEMOCRACY Brother!!!! WHy should he quit the race when it is not over yet, MCain doesn’t have the required delegates yet, so the show must go on…

This is the first blog I have ever written in so forgive me if my grammer isn’t 100% correct. I am a Christian first and foremost and because I am a Christian I am a conservative. I have a 4 year degree and I can think for myself without having to be told by the media or gov’t what to think or do in life. I take politics very seriously and when going to vote I look at every candidate thoroughly. I am only 29 but during the course of my life I have seen great presidents and stuided about other great presidents. I am from the great state of Tennessee and when Thompson said he was running I knew he was a good choice for Pres and I supported him. When it was clear that Fred wasn’t giving the campaign his all I re-evaluated the conservative candidates and Mr. Huckabee was/is a guy who has incredible integrity and character who is a compassionate conservative. Why does it matter if he stays in the race? Who is he hurting by staying in? How is he splitting the party? He isn’t. He’s not egotistical and does not bask in the political lime-light. He is not a quitter, oure plain and simple. Something most Americans have lost sight of. Reagan was no quitter. In the face of adversity these men have stood strong. Say what you might to continue to run Mr. Huckabee through the mud and some say he has committed political suicide but I say on the contrary he has been a fresh breath of air for conservatives. I applaude Mr. Huckabee for not being a quitter.

I would like to vote for Ron Paul in our election today. But where is he? Has he visited Wisconsin? Hey, it’s nice to be a great fundraiser, but what are you doing with the money? It sure isn’t introducing yourself to our state.
I will vote for Huckabee. At least he shows up.

McCain is only winning because others were in the race. Up until Romney droped he had not won a majority in any state. The people want alternative, right now Huckabee is the only viable one out there (I like Ron Paul but let’s get real!) I know media wants us to think this is over, but if Huckabee continues to win the heartland states McCain will not have the 1191 delagates he needs and Huckabeee will be within 200 delegates of McCain at the convention. Why is everyone so eager for him to throw in the towel. When McCain has the delagates he needs locked up I agree he should quit, but until then I hope he stays in it.

We are sick of these geriatric candidates!
Has anyone listened to McCain speak??? Definitely not one to get you fired up for a cause in a political rally! Are we supposed to believe that he can win over Obama after hearing BOTH speak??? Listen to Obama speak, and then listen to McCain (yawn) Where in America can we find a conservative Republican Barak Obama with zeal and fire??? The Republican party and the Dems might as well merge as one party since they are all untrustworthy! I wouldn’t trust John McCain now, or probably ever. You may think that its silly for people to vote for “personality” over substance, but thats the facts whether we like it or not! Face the facts republicans! We need someone who is at least likeable!

The main media completely ignored Ron Paul. McCain has been running for President since 1998. Had Ron Paul gotten HALF the media attention as the other guys, who knows what could have happened.
I too will be writing in Ron Paul’s name on my ballot.

Our fore-farthers are rolling over in the grave right now because the only requirement now needed to elect a candidate is how likeable they are. That’s disgusting. The day when the American people have decided not to look at the issues and only care about how good a candidate looks is the day we as a nation are headed for destruction. Only word I can think if of to describe this is terrible.

Question: when did our government switch to a democracy?

Huck and McCains never ending wars will only kill more of our countrymen.
They trade in fear and big government.
Hmmmm…Republican?
I’d rather die free then live in constant fear and control.

Huck is hurting the Rep party? Is that a joke? The Neocons have destroyed the party. Period. McCain is pathetic and a bot for the neocons. Ron Paul gave the Rep party a chance. The neocons destroyed that. When will America wake up and realize the neocons are also trying to destroy the Constitution?

Huckabee has the right to continue…although I would hate to see him nominated for anything. McCain is a compromiser’s dream; not Presidential material. The Far Left are behind him. Need I say more? Which leads me to Ron Paul. Will people stop throwing up his Iraq position…and realize that we are already withdrawing troops – that the Election isn’t until November -and that it takes a long time to re-deploy. Dr. Paul is no fool. Everyone on Capitol Hill knows it. Our active Troops know it. The Democrats and the hi-jacked Republican Party know it. Everyone agrees that we have a heap of problems. The Democrats are determined to make them unbelievably worse. “Mainstream” Republicans want to maintain the Status Quo, i.e. maintain our heap of problems…which leaves Ron Paul; the Candidate who wants government to be re-conformed to our Constitution; the Federal Government downsized appropriately for the first time in decades; States to reaffirm responsibilities stealthfully stolen over time; sound monetary reform, foreign policy reform… all this to TRANSITION back to what should have been all along. He scares the bejiggers out of elitist, socialist-democrats and RINOs. Ron Paul is good for the health of America; health that is ailing – in case you haven’t noticed. If his positions didn’t expose unamerican behaviors, he’d get fair and respectful coverage like any other candidate. Think…Think. And, you may start to realize that, for the most part, Ron Paul is right.

Huckabee is doing a great job of “Goring” the process. He should get out now !

I’m glad that Huckabee is still in the running. Until the Rebuplican party makes the Fair Tax part of it’s platform for every election until it is ratified. Especially the 2008 election cycle. John Mc Cain and many other Republicans are nothing more than a Lieberman Democrat. Even Democrats with half a brain would understand the Fair Tax would give them more money to spend. Forget the name on the ballot. Vote Fair Tax!

I think a lot of people were surprised to find out Huckabee actually was running on princible all along and not for VP. He said it quite well on GMA that he knew he probably would not be selected for the position anyway.
Him staying in does damage to his career by putting him at odds with the powers that be in the RNC and GOP, but it will do quite a lot in keeping the socially conservative wing of the party from defecting. Why? Because when he finally does lose to McCain, he will lose gacefully and give his galvanized support group to him gift wrapped with a bow. But he would have forced the RNC and GOP to place emphasis on socially conservative issues and have tax reform be a part of their platform.
Huckabee is a class act and obeys Reagan’s eleventh. He is doing McCain long term good despite short term inconveniance and he knows it. He was in this game because of his pricibles unlike Romney who changed his princibles to be in the game.

Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton should both be locked in a room together so they can kill each other. They are sure killing the democratic party. As far as Ron Paul and Mike Huckabee are concerned—THey should be elected and as a team. They are the only two who REALLY care about the American people but the American people are so down trodden by this whole process they are too weary, tired and just plain stupid to see it. Go ahead–elect that knot-headed woman and go ahead—elect that muslim—-I promise you—Life as we know it in this country will change alright—-FOR THE WORSE!!!!!

I’m glad Huckabee is still running. Hope he stays in until the convention. Gives us here in New Mexico (whose primary is not until June) a chance to vote for someone other than the slimy McCain.

I voted once for a Southern governor, Baptist preacher. I won’t make that mistake again. I may agree with many of Huck’s values, but it takes someone with success in bringing folks together — not driving them apart, to be an effective national leader. Huck just isn’t that kinda guy. Never was, never will be. In fact, few are!

If it’s INEVITABLE that McCain will be the nominee of the GOP, why does the party and McCain camp clamor so much that Huckabee move aside. Won’t all the people who vote in the upcoming primaries just move him aside anyway. One would suspect that there would not be much reason to get all over Huckabee if the outcome was so certain. Plus, at 71 years old, who would the party select if McCain had a serious health ailment between now and the convention? Huckabee has ever right to earn the 2nd place title in the delegate count, and I don’t quite get why the GOP is bothered by that.

Kent,
As I stated, unless WE are willing to get into the fight and stay in it; it is indeed too late. We had a Golden chance in 1994 to do some real good. But the Republicans that were elected lost their way and ultimately both houses back to the liberals. Why? Not because they stood up for their values and principles, but because they compromised them. They adandoned the reason they were sent to Washington. Then Bush gets elected, and we have both houses and the Presidency. What was the single most important thing he was sent there to do?
REPLACE LIBERAL UNCOSTITUTIONAL SUPREME COURT JUSTICES WITH CONSERVATVE CONSTITUTIONAL JUSTICES
and do the same thing at the appellate courts as well. What did he do? He let the liberals dictate who he could nominate. He and both houses failed, and we WILL suffer the consequences for their faiure, because it is ultimately our failure, we could not see their true character. If we do not return to the founding principles and exercise individual integrety, and put in place conservative thinkers at the University, High school, and yes elementary levels of education, as well as journalism, we have lost already.

Huckleberry? No way, I’ll vote Quick Draw Macain!
yabba dabba dooo!

its Huck or stay home….dont wanna hear no more.

Well Huck doesn’t have any other job right now, so I cannot blame him for trying. Odd though that Huck and McCain were considered working together to get out Romney, but once ROmney was out the Repubs wanted him to support McCain because he would flip-flop his policies to aligh with conservatives. Now that McCain is receiving some of he conservative push (HW Bush, Romney), Huck is now an obstacle to McCain nomination (though the nomination is more than likely). Intersting change of events, read into it what you want. Maybe Huck can be a political analyst on the Colbert Report, he surely wont get the VP nod, Repubs like the evangelical vote, but they prefer the conservative approval

I lost interest in the race when Romney bowed out. I still hope a Republican wins, but only because I don’t want liberal activist judges in the Supreme Court.

…it aint over till its over!!!
…you go huck, america wasnt built by quiters, and quiters give up before the race is finished…

Huckster, By all means, ruin your political career. You’ll just be a few months into ruin sooner than McCain who will be history after November as well.

The Dems’ rulebook is to work behind the scenes to insure that the Republicans’ weakest candidate is nominated. For them that’s senior moment McCain with the beer distributing rich wife, not vibrant Huckabee or plucky Paul. Proof of this is Soros and Theresa Heinz Kerry’s money lining McCain’s pockets for years.
America, wake up. All is not what it seems, what the media is telling you.

You go on and run, Sir, as it is your right, Mr. Huckabee. By staying in the race, you will indeed show how weak a candidate Sen. McCain is. And he is too, Sir. The race is not as finished as the Republican’s may like. You go on now sir, to victory! The last thing this race needs is another Bob Dole!

I’m from Arkansas. This is Huck at his best (worse??). He’s got nothing better to do so why not run around the country on his contributors nickel. He had a major ego problem while Governor here and now it looks like he’s gotten an even bigger problem now.
He’s an embarrassment to our state and our party….and yes, I am a Republican, but one that would never vote for him.

This is only the primary, and it is healthy for the party to have a choice of candidates going into the convention, after all the states have voted. Lord knows, the G.O.P. needs something healthy. It has been sick for years, and for it to say Huckabee is not conservative is the pot calling the kettle black.
Go Mike Huckabee!!!

As a conservative independent, I will not vote for McAmnesty. I know my vote will go for nothing, but I’ll do a write in. Huckabee is certainly a social conservtive, but on crime, taxes & big government he comparable to Clinton or Obama.

No small messiah complex at work here. I knew Ronald Reagan, and Mike Huckabee is no Ronald Reagan.

Don’t worry Huck – there will always be religious fanatics for you to pander to.

Huck is the best.

I have changed my view of Huckabee from preacher, to viable republican party presidential nominee, and now back to preacher :-/ Too bad. McCain has sewed up the nomination and now I hope he chooses Romney for V.P. End of story. I will never vote for Huckabee again. Why? If anyone, Huckabee included, makes McCain spend $1 on any race other than the Nov. 08 election vs. the Dems. then they are not a Conservative, Republican, etc. Instead, they are Hillary’s and Obama’s best friend.
JT from CA

There is only one Conservative in this race and it isn’t who the media are touting. Do a little research. Ron Paul is the only pro-life, pro-family candidate who is willing to introduce legislation to end abortion and return power to the Churches over moral questions. Mike Huckabee is on the Judicial Watch’s “10 Most Corrupt Politicians of 2007″ list and John McCain could run as Hillary’s VP. Ron Paul is the one and only candidate to save America…a physician and an economist who is despised my the main stream media. Also, Huck’s foreign policy advisor is the former director of the CFR…They’re all in the same globalist club except for Dr. Ron Paul. Wake up, America, before it’s too late.

SAY HUCK,
YOU TRYING TO TELL US YOU WON’T BE ASKED TO BE THE VP?
YOU HAVE A REAL GOOD CHANCE TO BE A SENATOR IN THE NEAR FUTURE, I JUST HOPE YOU ARE A GOOD ONE. WHAT’S IN THE SENATE NOW IS JUST ABOUT USELESS FOR THE MOST PART.

Hickabee is only in this for himself. The longer he runs, the more evangelical cash he accrues. What a poor loser.

Huck will get out if he doesn’t win Texas.

How many votes for Romney, Thompson, and Guiliani were votes against McCain? Has McCain ever pulled 51% anywhere? McCain is another Dole. The party tells us it’s his turn because he’s been on deck waiting and sucking air the longest. Huckabee actually stands for something besides spending taxpayer money in D.C. I’m not a “Bible-thumping evangelical,” but I don’t worship at the church of Free Gov’t Services either. Like Huckabee, I believe in something greater than the IRS. He advocates the Fair Tax. Now that’s something we can all believe in!

I think Huckabee is doing something good, and I’m a liberal. It is about time somebody challenged those in DC who feel so confident about their positions. The more we let the candidates on both sides know that their victories depend on the voters and only the voters, the more they’ll work for us (I voted against every shoe-in candidate, Democrat or Republican, in my state election for the purpose of unsettling them).

Stay in the race Mr Huckabee. I will vote for you when you come to Texas. I want pro choice on voting.

I’d like to know why McCain ran like a scared dog away from a debate with Mike Huckabee. Just curious what he’s afraid of. There’s no question though, John McCain is expecting the nomination to be handed to him by the Republican party rather than being elected by the people. Huckabee is really messing that whole coronation thing up really bad.

I’m proud of Gov. Huckabee for showing that he cares that we ALL have the right to vote for who our (Republican) candidate for President will be in November. He isn’t seeking the VP slot, as some assume, but instead is causing discussion among the ranks. I like his ideas, too. I believe that McCain run for President will turn out to be a repeat of Bob Dole’s failed attempt! IT’S NOT OVER UNTIL IT’S OVER! So, stay tuned… The fat lady has yet to sing!

Even if you combined all the voters of McCain, Huckabee, and Paul tonight on the Republican side it only comes out to less than half of the voters who came out to vote for Obama and Hillary.
Let’s face it, the GOP is finished, for the time being, until they find another Reagan, but by then it will be too late, the Dems will have turned America into a totally socialistic-communistic cesspool.

“Maybe some would be better served if they engaged in a little more research, being an informed voter is our responsibility and voting is a right.
Huckabee is a very intelligent man, some of these posts reflect more about the writers than Huckabee. Some, I am well aware, like to see themselves blog as well as hear themselves talk. Check out Mike Huckabee’s record, then come back and blog some more, you might be impressed.
Posted by: truetotheend | Feb 18, 2008 11:05:38 PM”
TOTALLY!!!!
GO MIKE mccain is gonna kill americas as would obama or clinton.
i already voted for mike and have donated several times to his campaign though i am a poor college student.
i spent over 300 hours researching all the cantidates and 200 hours on mike’s record. he is the only conservative!
GO HUCK!!!!!

Huck is the only one running that has our country’s best interests at heart.
The dinosaurs of the Republican Party have swung so far left that you can hardly distinguish them from the democrats.
The only noteable difference between McCain, Hilery and Osama is McCain’s stance on Iraq.
GO HUCK!!! YOU’RE THE ONLY TRUE AMERICAN IN THE RUNNING!!!!!!!!!!

Huck, don’t give up! Keep fighting! Your voice needs to be heard! Don’t pay any attention to those calling for you to drop out. It is still possible that no Republican candidate will have the required number of delegates before the convention. If it was really impossible for you to win, then McCain would have already stopped campaigning against you.

Thank God Gov.Mike Huckabee, a true American Christian patriot, is staying in the race and not bowing down to the alter of the North East RINOs.

bpjam:
The only one who will be history after
November will be Obama!
1. No experience to speak of.
2. Wants to bomb our allies(Pakistan)
3. Wants to have tea with our enemies
4. His huge spending programs will bankrupt our economy!
Get used to hearing President McCain!

Looking at all the strong opinions abotu the Huckabee. I would say that the Republicans were not happy with the Choices they had and don’t like what is being imposed with McCain. What is worst the party is telling us to get in line. I just voted early for Huckabee and I am glad he is staying in the race. I hope he will not be VP or in a McCain administration. He and Remney are running for 2012. huckabee should have been more critical on McCain on cultural issues. Unless, McCain will get off this get in line stuff I will vote for the Democrat because I will not have McCain impose liberal polices. We need to wash our hand of this election and start over for next go around. I think I can live with Barak, he seems to be dereeating the clintons 2 cool points.

Did Romney exit due to conviction or due to future political aspirations?
Is Huckabee staying in to be for his self serving interests or due to his conviction?
Where does McCain stand, are his convictions on the right or on the left?
I believe the latter in each case. Mr. Huckabee stands for what I and many around me do far better than Mr. McCain.
I applaud Mr. McCains’ staying power, I do not support many of his ideals.

It is sickening to read all the mean-spirited comments by those who want Mike Huckabee out of the race. Look! I didn’t support Romney, Thompson, or any of the others, but I NEVER told them to quit the race! The comments directed toward Mike Huckabee ordering him to quit the race, are simply a waste of space! Mike Huckabee is a winner! The media is afraid of him and determined early on to select John McCain as the frontrunner, thus influencing mindless voters who do not think for themselves or search out information independently of the media spin. The media knows that only Hike Hucakabee can beat Obama or Hillary! Mike Huckabee is the only candidate fully equipped to be president and with the steady wisdom necessary in the time of war to make clear decisions! He got my vote on Super Tuesday, and I regret I had but one vote to cast! GO MIKE HUCKABEE!!!

Don’t worry – give Hickabee a few days and he’ll be endorsing John McCentury (JUST LIKE ROMNEY DID, REMEMBER?) – for a nice payout or a comfy position in his newly-formed Cabinet of Perpetual War.
Ron Paul is STILL the only man for the job!

Face it… Huckabee is in it to the end only because he has no where else to go, after these nominations he’s back to flea markets and bookstores trying to make a buck.

Just a bit of off the wall thinking – McCain is 72, not in the best of health and could die before November. Who would stand the best chance then, Hucksterbee or Romney ? Remember, Romney suspended his run, he didn’t quit.

I agree with James. Hukabee and Paul should join up and save our sinking ship. Hukabee most certainly should not give in to McCain, because a HUGE part of the country hasn’t even had the chance to vote yet. Anyone else feel like the candidate for the big parties are picked BEFORE the primaries?

I have been misled into thinking that John McCain is pro-life. I really don’t know anything that is conservative about him except that he wants to win in Iraq. I think I’m right about that. But he is not pro-life. If that is right, then why doesn’t he drop out so the conservative voters who want a true conservative leader in the oval office can have one in Mike Huckabee?

It seems obvious to me the media has picked their canadates for the public in general. When you get nothing but large portions of B.S. concerning three canadates while two of the best are left out it hard to come to any other conclusion than a personal agenda over objectivity is in play.
While there is lots of talk about change the two canadates who would really bring change as a result of getting rid of the IRS and the Fed and getting us out of trying to play world police man are set aside and ignored while we continue to be sold out to the globalists.
What hope does this country have as a soverign nation when we do not even control our own borders?
If Huckabee and Ron Paul would come to terms and establish a joint purpose of saving this country the two have enough voter support to get things done regardless of the liberal media sale out.
If they do not then the majority vote will go democrate just because the Republicians are not united and can not swing a majority vote.
We need a party we can agree on and we do not have that. But I think we could in Ron Paul and Huckabee.
Some thing to think about anyway. But don’t think to long, times awasting and there needs to be a strong stand now.
Now is the time to tell the rest of the world to do their part or suffer the consequences.
As for the United States it is time to rebuild as a strong and soverign nation willing and able to take care of itself.

Goooo McCain!!! You are the BEST chance us democrats have to help our party win the election!!! keep going and keep talking about the war everytime you do it seals the deal more and more.

Kenny asked:
“If he was such a poor governor, why did Arkansas reelect him twice overwhelmingly?”
The others that ran were even worse than him
“Why was he named one of the top five governors in the USA?”
The other 45 were even worse than him.
“Why did the governors of all 50 states choose him to become the chairman of their governors’ association?”
They didn’t unless he voted for himself. Besides none of the others wanted the job.