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Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Huckabee on the Rise

Yesterday I highlighted some of Governor Huckabee’s latest achievements. Today, the big one came. One short week ago, Huckabee was in 5th place nationally with 12% in the Rasmussen daily tracking poll. Today, Huckabee has gained 8 points and sits at an incredible 20%. He leads the Republican field for the first time, and is actually a full 3 points ahead of Rudy Giuliani. This is an 8 point jump in just seven days - its truly astounding to think about. In addition, Huck is still first in Iowa when the five latest polls are averaged out. To be honest, when I supported Huckabee six months ago, I never could have imagined him taking the nation by storm in just a week. Will Huck’s latest surge in the polls be long-lasting? We will have to see during the next week.

With all of his latest successes, Huckabee has also been under fire on several issues. His handling of the Wayne Dumond case, as well as a video about taxes have all surfaced in the media. The video, in which Huckabee talks about supporting tax increases, was taken out of context. Huckabee was referring to a tax increase proposed to deal with the brief slump that followed 9-11. He later repealed these taxes when they were not necessary. Huckabee wasn’t a perfect Governor, but neither was Ronald Reagan.

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Huckabee wasn’t a perfect Governor, but neither was Ronald Reagan.

Neither was Bill Clinton, if you’re going for analogies! Rather lame as arguments go. Still, it’ll be enough to have Shill Mitchell micturating in your corn flakes fairly soon!



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Proof on December 6, 2007 at 06:27 am

Matt,

Huckabee might be a great candidate for the DLC/Blue Dog Democrat crowd, but he is trying to pass himself off as a serious conservative acceptable to the Republican Right.  His willingness to raise taxes puts him at odds with his intended audience, and squarely in alignment with Hillary, Edwards, and Barack Hussein Obama.  And being personable and glib is no substitute for fiscal responsibility in office.


“Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of the mind is irreparable.”

Bat One on December 6, 2007 at 07:06 am

Not to mention that he seems susceptible to loony conspiracy mongerers as in the Dumont case. wink


No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear
*Edmund Burke*

MikeAdamson on December 6, 2007 at 11:28 pm
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