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Saturday, January 19, 2008

Was This the End for Huck and Fred--Is Rudy Next?

The campaign trail is littered with corpses right now.  I am pronouncing Fred DOA after a horrible 3rd place statistical tie with Romney who didn’t even campaign in SC.

Huckabee is out of money and taking second in SC after being unimpressive in Michigan, NH, and Nevada does absolutely nothing to capitalize on his win in Iowa.  This was a state that he HAD TO WIN.  It is going to dramatically hamper his fundraising efforts and at this point, that is what the game is all about.  He lacks the money to campaign in a nationwide race and we have already seen that the Evangelical vote isn’t monolithic and all it is cracked up to be.

So after South Carolina mortally wounded Fred and Huck, I am making the assumption that Florida will mortally wound Rudy.  I don’t see how his momentum is going to turn around at this late stage.

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Principle.  People work for Huck because they believe.

Not because they get paid.

This isn’t over yet.


the AVATAR
Old Tigers are more dangerous when they believe this could be their last hunt.

From , “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen”
Old tigers, sensing the end,
they’re at their most fierce. 
And they go down fighting.

Gene on January 19, 2008 at 09:48 pm
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a horrible 3rd place statistical tie with Romney who didn’t even campaign in SC.

statistical tie?

was the election actually an opinion poll or something?

anonomisly on January 19, 2008 at 10:10 pm

Whats the thinking on this blog about Newt Gingrich?


"Here lies, in honored glory, an American soldier, known but to God.”

“Glory is not a conceit. It is not a decoration for valor. Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom you rely, and who rely on you in return.”
Senator John McCain, Faith of Our fathers

pparets on January 20, 2008 at 06:33 am

I like Newt a lot!

Zsa Zsa on January 20, 2008 at 06:39 am

He is a mealy mouthed, hypocritical piece of crap.


Una Salus Victus Nullam Sperare Salutem

2Hotel9 on January 20, 2008 at 06:48 am

Gene, people work for Hucklebee because he pays them.


Una Salus Victus Nullam Sperare Salutem

2Hotel9 on January 20, 2008 at 06:50 am

Zsa Zsa: I like Newt too!  He is smart, saavy and a realistic conservative. And, I think he would like to run. But…

(1) Can he attract solid conservative backing if Fred drops out?
(2) Is he electable?

[2hotel9] Thanks for your informative and intelligent analysis on Newt.


"Here lies, in honored glory, an American soldier, known but to God.”

“Glory is not a conceit. It is not a decoration for valor. Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom you rely, and who rely on you in return.”
Senator John McCain, Faith of Our fathers

pparets on January 20, 2008 at 06:53 am

2H9

Because I like you I won’t get into a pissing (1 Kings 16:11 KJV) match with you. I’ll just calmly correct a couple “misunderstandings”

About Huck on Rush Radio.  Huck has BEGGED Rush to have him on. Under any circumstance.  BEGGED.  Nope.  Rush says we ain’t gonna do it. Rush’s comment, WE DON’T DO INTERVIEWS.
He just doesn’t want to give Huck some free Airtime.  Huck would win that game.  Beck had Huck on.  Twice as I recall.  So, that whole thing is fiction.

AND

Except for a few underling support staff nearly EVERYONE on Huck’s campaign staff gets ZIP. In fact in addition to getting nothing they pay into the kitty.  This is a cause to them, not a campaign.

Rob said that someone had said that Huck was God’s Candidate.  I didn’t say that.  Others may have.

If He were God’s candidate I’m on God’s side.  Good place to be.

It’s Huck all the way.


the AVATAR
Old Tigers are more dangerous when they believe this could be their last hunt.

From , “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen”
Old tigers, sensing the end,
they’re at their most fierce. 
And they go down fighting.

Gene on January 20, 2008 at 07:54 am

Gene:  Oh, heavens!  You must be wrong!! You-know-who swears that Rush and Glen have invited every GOP candidate to be on their show. And you-know-who is never, ever wrong. Right?

Keep up the good work, Gene. Sometimes I don’t agree with you, but I enjoy your comments emmensly.


"Here lies, in honored glory, an American soldier, known but to God.”

“Glory is not a conceit. It is not a decoration for valor. Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom you rely, and who rely on you in return.”
Senator John McCain, Faith of Our fathers

pparets on January 20, 2008 at 10:46 am

Gene, Hucklebee has the number, all he has to do is call, posting a link to a month old Politico post is a bit sad. As I done schooled PP, Limbow’s broadcasts are archived, feel free to find when he said he would not have Hucklebee on. He and Beck have both repeatedly invited ALL candidates to come on and speak their piece.

And you honestly believe his campaign workers have gone a year, not only unpaid, but paying him for the privilege of working for him? Thats a good one.


Una Salus Victus Nullam Sperare Salutem

2Hotel9 on January 20, 2008 at 03:34 pm

Gene, your story talks solely about his campaign staff in Michigan, a state that he did not contest.  He has a bunch of volunteers in a state that he is not contesting… Hmmm, sounds like every other campaign.

How about this story:

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee of Arkansas says he will increase his campaign staff and make other changes.

After coming in second-place to Mitt Romney in the Iowa straw poll, Huckabee says he needs more help. He didn’t say, however, how many new staff members he would hire or what other changes he would make.

The former Arkansas governor says fund raising appearances in California and Georgia next week will be critical in determining the size of his staff. Currently, he employs 12 full-time workers in his Little Rock office and about eight interns or part-time staff members. He also has workers in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.

Huckabee himself said that God was behind his rise in the polls in Iowa.  It does not matter if Gene said it here, because Huckabee said it publicly.

Huckabee’s legion of unpaid workers doing God’s work don’t buy radio and TV spots in swing states.  He doesn’t have the money to campaign.  Unpaid volunteers or not, Huckabee cannot win if he doesn’t have money and donors don’t like giving money to folks that aren’t gonna win.  Huckabee isn’t going to win.  Plain and simple.  It is over.  South Carolina was a state that he had to win to get the nomination and the reality is that he is a liberal on economics, pro-amnesty, and like raising taxes.  The mainstream GOP doesn’t support him and as we saw in Michigan and SC, the Evangelicals are not even unified behind him.

Gene is still in denial that Huckabee isn’t carrying the Evangelical vote and thinks lots of the Evangelicals voting for Romney and McCain are not real Christians, but are instead Christians in Name Only.  Good God Fearing Christians should be working for Huckabee for free and providing him free TV and Radio advertising.

Justin B. on January 20, 2008 at 05:58 pm
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