GOP 2012 primaries thread

[Dick Whitman]

I know this is political, but it seems we usually make an exception for big breaking news:

http://dailycaller.com/2011/05/14/huckabee-will-not-run-in-2012/

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Re: Huckabee won't run

I believe that opens the door for someone else to finish a distant third in the race for the nomination.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Re: Huckabee won't run

In other news, the Pirates announced they will not win the World Series this year.

 

[suburbia]

Re: Huckabee won't run

Does this make Rick "Google Problem" Santorum the favorite of the GOP base's evangelical bloc? I know he's Catholic, but I don't think that's nearly the liability among evangelicals that it once was. Especially since the evangelicals don't exactly have a lot of options now.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Re: Huckabee won't run

I suspect he'll wind up doing a daily program on FNC before too much longer. He's enjoying life in the private $ector.

 

[Boom_70]

Re: Huckabee won't run

At this rate Obama is going to run unopposed.

 

[Killick]

Re: Huckabee won't run

I think Huckabee learned how to bail out of the presidential campaign when he played for Nolan Richardson.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Re: Huckabee won't run

Looking more and more like Mitch Daniel is going to be the frontrunner.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Re: Huckabee won't run

I think Huckabee learned how to bail out of the presidential campaign when he played for Nolan Richardson.

Man, y'all don't let up.

 

[Bob Cook]

Re: Huckabee won't run

Looking more and more like Mitch Daniel is going to be the frontrunner.

Not if his wife has any say.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Re: Huckabee won't run

Looking more and more like Mitch Daniel is going to be the frontrunner.

Not if his wife has any say.

She can always run off to California again.

 

[suburbia]

Re: Huckabee won't run

Looking more and more like Mitch Daniel is going to be the frontrunner.

Mitch Daniels hasn't even entered the race yet.

Besides, he's almost as dull as Tim Pawlenty, and a lot more unsightly. And unlike Pawlenty, Daniels has a significant albatross - he was the budget director under Bush II. Doesn't necessarily mean he was actually responsible for the economic collapse (or even partially responsible), but it still makes for a plausible line of attack.

At the very least, being such a prominent figure in another Presidential administration means that Daniels is hardly a Washington outsider. And the electorate - Republican and otherwise - is not exactly happy with Washington right now.

 

[Bodie_Broadus]

Re: Huckabee won't run

Mike Huckabee let a man, who then went on to kill four police officers, out of prison.

The fact that didn't kill his political career is mindboggling.

 

[steveu]

Re: Huckabee won't run

Michael Dukakis, meet Willie Horton. Goes both ways.

As much as I suspected this would happen, I'm still disappointed. Huckabee supports a "fair tax" option that I think would be the answer for stimulating future economic development. With him sitting on the sidelines, I have a feeling we'll lose that option.

 

[NightHawk112005]

Re: Huckabee won't run

So much for that dream. President Huckabee was sounding good to me, but I knew deep down he wasn't going to run. I guess he just doesn't want to be president anymore, since I don't think he'll ever have a better chance.

 

[Bubbler]

Re: Huckabee won't run

So much for that dream. President Huckabee was sounding good to me, but I knew deep down he wasn't going to run.

Sounds like hell to me, but different strokes, etc.

 

[deskslave]

Re: Huckabee won't run

So much for that dream. President Huckabee was sounding good to me, but I knew deep down he wasn't going to run. I guess he just doesn't want to be president anymore, since I don't think he'll ever have a better chance.

I assume by better chance, you mean better chance to get his ass kicked by an incumbent with a 60% approval rating.

Huckabee's realized what every other legitimate GOP candidate (if that's not an oxymoron) save Mittens will realize: This is an audition for the role of Bob Dole.

 

[Starman]

Re: Huckabee won't run

I think the "grownup" Republicans may sit this one out, let the cuckoo birds take the fall next year, then run in the wide-open 2016 field.

The Dems are grooming nobody.

Hucky will be 61 in '16, a veritable toddler by GOP standards. Mitt will be 69, prime age.

They could run a Mitt-Huck ticket in 2016 and after 8 years, Huck would be ready to go in 2024.

 

[Mark2010]

Re: Huckabee won't run

Aw, I sort of liked Huckabee. There are a lot of nuttier types out there. But any word on Mitt Romney?

 

[Ben_Hecht]

Re: Huckabee won't run

Huck would accept a draft, but only if he didn't have to do any campaign-contribution begging. And that's not the way it works.

He'll still look to screw Mitt any way he can.