Huckabee’s weight-loss was part of how he sold himself last election (I think he wrote a book about it), so gaining weight would probably be more damaging for him then it would be for other candidates who hadn’t made a big deal out of their self-discipline in saying no to cheeseburgers.
Maybe, though I’m not sure the public is going to take a candidate seriously that they know primarily through eight years or more of “Obama is a jerk” Twitters and appearances on reality shows. I imagine we’ll see more people try in the next couple cycles though (this year we already have Newt and Gary Johnson), so I guess we’ll find out.
Rich conservatives have built up a pretty impressive infrastructure of well funded think tanks, media outlets, and Republican elected officials/candidates.
I actually got a robo-call from Huckabee a few weeks ago. Robo-Huckabee wanted my support in his efforts to repeal Obamacare. I feel he does not really know me as well as he seems to think.
I’m almost certainly going to vote for Obama again, but Huck was easily my favorite Republican despite a couple of flaws. I probably would have voted for him in the Republican primary (probably no point in voting in the Democratic primary next year).
I doubt it had to do with his poll numbers, which were actually very good. But he likes what he’s doing now and recognizes that Obama would be tough to beat. Plus I don’t think he likes raising money for campaigns, and he would need a LOT to race against Obama.
I believe him when he said he feels called by God to do what he’s doing now. Good for him.
He runs his own PAC to raise money for GOP campaigns even when he isn’t himself running, so I don’t think he has any problem with fundraising (see njtt’s post). Or at least, he doesn’t dislike it enough to forgo the perks that come with having money to distribute to GOP candidates.
I don’t find this much of a concern since our current President has associated with a terrorist and was the member of a church whose preacher spoke treason. Shrugs
So, yes, he associates with Christian Reconstructionists and perhaps is sympathetic to their ideas. What’s so wrong with that-Obama has not put the far more insane ideas of Ayres into practice, neither will Huckabee should he be elected-he did not when he was governor of Arkansas.
I’m not sure what ideas you’re you’re talking about here, but I’m not at all persuaded that they’re “far more insane” than the ideas of Christian reconstructionists.
First of all, writing a book with one of them is quite a bit more than “associating” with some of them, and WAY more than going to some cocktail party with a leftist academic.
Second, virtually EVERYONE who sit in a church listen to preachers preach is listening to big lies, because that’s what priests do. And Obama has at the least pulled away from the preacher, Huckabee continues to embrace his set of madmen.
Last, you ASKED for evidence, and two of went to the trouble of finding it for you. And then you dismiss it because you don’t care in the first place. That is just plain rude. Next time, if you don’t care about evidence, don’t ask for it.
Is that not insane? Tell me if I’m wrong, but wouldn’t we all have to be members of their church? Wouldn’t there be witch burnings? Women who couldn’t vote?
On the contrary church membership percentage-wise was actually lower than to-day because they wished to make sure you were saved before you became a church member.
Which was condemned by all major clergymen and politicians within months.
That is a debated point within such circles.
Not my ideal society, but better then Ayers’ version of utopia.