Huckabee: a Republican who can lead us back home
James P. Pinkerton
August 21, 2007
Let's compare Mike Huckabee to some of the other presidential candidates.
The former governor of Arkansas is not as rich or handsome as fellow Republican Mitt Romney, nor is he as heroic and tortured as John McCain. And he's certainly not as intense and operatic as Rudy Giuliani.
As for the top Democrats, Huckabee is not nearly as careful and calculating as Hillary Rodham Clinton. Nor is he as dashing and Bobby Kennedy-like as Barack Obama. And he's nowhere near as shiny and pretty as John Edwards. And he certainly doesn't talk as much as Joe Biden.
In an interview, Huckabee comes across as a nice guy, even after 15 years in politics, including 10 years as chief executive of the Razorback State. But don't just take my word for it: David Broder, the veteran columnist, calls him "friendly, down-home," and Steve Kornacki, writing in The New York Observer, describes him as "warm and personable."
Huckabee's warmth extends even to Bill and Hillary Clinton: "You know, I've never hated the Clintons," he told National Public Radio. Huckabee went on to say that Bill "made a lot of mistakes - a lot of personal ones," but noted that Clinton had risen up from a "dysfunctional family" to two terms in the White House.
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
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What do you make of the recent buzz about GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee?
1. Much ado about nothing;
2. A result of the lack of conservative candidates;
3. A promising boost to a potentially successful campaign; or
4. The beginning of Huckabee's rise to the White House
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I believe that its both 3 and 4, more importantly #4.
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