let’s nominate someone who can win

No, nominate someone you think is best, and then make them win. To base your choice on these kinds of polls is to let your mind be made up for you by others (and not very well-informed others, at that).

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Alex, why do you not include Fred in your list. I wasn’t born liking Fred, never even watched “Law and Order”. I only became aware of him in March of this year. I consider him a far superior candidate to anyone running based on his positions. Please consider Fred as your preferred choice.

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I’m a conservative, pro-life Christian, and I can’t stand Mike Huckabee. I bet he is a great guy, but he would not be a good President. Some say that he is economically populist, but the boundry between populism and liberalism is very vague.

As a party, let’s nominate someone who can win: John McCain, or perhaps Rudy Giuliani.

Last Opinion research poll that had Huckabee getting killed showed McCain beating Hillary by 2 and tying Obama

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The problem for the GOP if Huckabee is nominated is significant. Elections are won and lost by those in the middle, NOT the far left and right.

Several of my friends who normally vote Democrat will vote for Juliani or McCain, over Hillary. They are that pissed with her. Likewise one who is a Militant Southern Lesbian will vote for Juliani over Obama (Shes undecided about Hillary vs Juliani.) None of these individuals will vote other then democrat for the rest of the GOP candidates.

While things could change, and polls can be wrong, My guess is that Hauckabee would cause many of those who are undecided to swing to the left, and many who are apathetic on the left to mobilize.

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Huck’s strategy for dealing with criticism not posed as a direct question has become to claim that it’s “desperation”, but now it’s gotten ridiculous:

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/12/huckabee-romney.html

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The Mike Huckabee “surge”

Much is being made about the “surge” in the polls former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee has seen the last few weeks in the run-up to Iowa. I think this says a lot more about the sad state of affairs in the Republican presidential race tha…

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I think what Philadelphia Steve is saying in his useles idiot way is that unless the candidate is Lennin reborn with a mix of Stalin and Mao, then Steve just don’t like him.

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Non-agrarians prefer Fred:

http://www.channel3000.com/politics/14818555/detail.html

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Re: “Myself, I think he is rising in the polls because the MSM are pushing him the best they can. They know he is our McGovern and he’s the best chance the Democrats have of gaining the White House.”

Of course.

It’s always someone else’s fault when something happens that a Conervative does not like.

How about this for a reason: Mike Huckabee is exactly the kind of Theocratic, Fundamentalist, Gay-bashing, Creationist President that the core of the Republican Party wants for America. No one “outside” of The Party is imposing Mr. Huckabee: He is exactly what the Party Loyalists want.

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Huck is being propelled by these factors:

-He is “clean and articulate”, and thus represents the same kind of change without substance that Obama represents. There is a fatigue with years of the Bushes and Clintons in the White House, and the voters with the collective attention span of a three month old baby need some extra stimulation to stay interested. This is the theory of “bright and shiny objects.” His self-depreciating humor is just the ticket to “go to Hollywood” as it certainly trumps any lack of foreign policy experience or his stance on taxes and the illegals or his daring flip-flops in these areas. Now that the viewing public is tired of the American Idol why not apply the lessons learned to politics?

-The “social conservatives” haven’t had enough homage paid to their spiritual concerns by the front-runners of the Republican Party. To them the War on Terror and the illegal immigration are at best sideshows to the real war on God by the the secular humanists. They don’t give a flying prayer about whether the Constitution seems to point away from the right of the federal government to restrict abortions or homosexual behavior, or for that matter about the whole “separation of church and state” thing. Pardoning the killers and applying the golden rule to Iran is the moral thing to do, just as the book says. You gotta talk the talk otherwise they’ll put a curse on you. Huck talks the talk like the pro he is.

-The Fox/Dick Morris team seems to be playing games with calibrating Hucks ascent just enough to improve Rudy’s overall chances, not too hot not to cold. Huck’s gotten a little big for his britches so they’ll cut him down to size. But he needs to decisively beat Mitt and Fred in Iowa, I’m guessing ideally by five points or so, and they’ll be aiming for this target. After that they’ll gradually ratchet up the pressure on him to make sure he keeps those two under control in South Carolina but loses to Rudy or at least doesn’t beat him too bad. It’s a tough act, but if it was easy Rudy would be doing it himself.

-The Dems attacking or not attacking him: not sure that makes any difference at this point. He’d get some brownie points if they did. On the other hand, I see the beginning of desperation among many conservatives about his ascent. Some are threatening to vote for Hillary because she is more likely to deal with Iran in a more rational manner than Huck. I kinda doubt they will, but how bad do they have to feel to even say something like this?

Hey, if the Iowans propel the Arkansas Gov’ner whose main concern about Cuba had been to sell them rice, to the top slot I have a catchy title for the introspective examination of this “miraculous” ascent: “Agrarians at the Gate”.

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