Has Huckabee gone back to running for VP?
Way back when two months ago, before his Iowa success, it was my theory that Mike Huckabee was in the race to present himself as a VP candidate, valuable to a Giuliani to shore up the evangelicals.
Well, times change, things change, and Huckabee's far stronger while Giuliani is far weaker. So, are we now seeing a Huckabee pivot towards being a possible VP for McCain? He would bring McCain all the evangelicals.
Just as a teaser, look at how Huckabee's conducting himself now, practically toadying for McCain while trashing Romney at every stop. In some ways, he's campaigning as if he's already McCain's VP.
(At the very least, Huckabee will travel to the convention with delegates to trade or sell.)
Well, times change, things change, and Huckabee's far stronger while Giuliani is far weaker. So, are we now seeing a Huckabee pivot towards being a possible VP for McCain? He would bring McCain all the evangelicals.
Just as a teaser, look at how Huckabee's conducting himself now, practically toadying for McCain while trashing Romney at every stop. In some ways, he's campaigning as if he's already McCain's VP.
(At the very least, Huckabee will travel to the convention with delegates to trade or sell.)
posted by mikevotes at
2:28 PM
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I believe there's a visceral loathing between Huckabee and Romney. Oh, yeah. Never mind the policy gulf between the two, this is personal.
Politically, Huckabee and McCain probably have more overlap. I'm thinking of immigration where neither of these candidates (despite Huck's blatant pandering) really falls into the ethnic cleansing wing of the GOP.
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-epm, at 3:23 PM
Yeah, but I think there's more than that. They've developed a "working relationship." I mean, name the last evangelical guy that McCain liked and liked McCain back.
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mikevotes, at 5:31 PM
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