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Here is a 1000% Honest and un-biased Review of Mike Huckabee’s new show on FOX
(trust me you won’t get one of these ANYWHERE else.)
Well folks the mostly un-anticipated show of former POTUS candidate and Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee ‘premiered’ on FOX this weekend, as a result here is my ‘review’.
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I just heard a report from Fox News' Carl Cameron. He says the McCain Campaign is trying to keep a lid on the VP Choice. Here's a rundown of what he said:
- McCain has made his pick
- McCain is en route to Dayton, Ohio right now
- Mitt Romney was seen in California leaving for a flight with an overnight bag; may be headed to Dayton, Ohio
- Mike Huckabee is reportedly headed to Dayton, Ohio
- Pawlenty is still very much in the mix
- McCain could still surprise everyone with a name no one has talked about
Cameron said several of the possibilities may show up in Dayton, Ohio - such as Huckabee and Romney - to keep everyone guessing until tomrrow. Cameron is working hard to figure it out tonight.
Have you ever looked at one of the maps of county-by-county Primary Vote Results? They tell the story very clearly.
1) Huckabee dominated the rural areas.
2) McCain dominated the urban areas.
3) Romney competed with McCain for the urban areas and couldn't even touch the rural areas.
Between the 3 of them, the 2 who would complement each other the best is McCain and Huckabee. e.g. Missouri
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#MO
As an added bonus, Clinton voters will be easier to "pick off" this election, so McCain would be wise pick someone who is strong in her geographical areas. If you look, you will see that Obama and Clinton shared the same dynamic. Clinton dominated the rural areas and Obama took the urban areas.
It should be very obvious. If McCain picks Huckabee, HE WILL DEFINITELY WIN.
Fox News' Carl Cameron is reporting that John McCain may announce his Vice-Presidential pick before Friday - the date a rally in Dayton, Ohio is already scheduled. That would mean McCain could announce his selection on Wednesday or Thursday of this week, while the Democratic National Convention is still going on:
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain may announce his choice for a running mate earlier than expected, sources told FOX News on Monday.
McCain had previously said he would announce his vice presidential pick on Friday and would appear with that individual at a rally in Dayton, Ohio, following the announcement. Friday is McCain’s 72nd birthday.
But sources close to McCain’s campaign told FOX News that his decision may come sooner than that — possibly on Thursday, when Barack Obama accepts the Democratic nomination at Invesco field in Denver, Colo.
McCain campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds diminished the news.
“I wouldn’t much weight into reports that there are windows of possibility,” he said.
Several names have come up repeatedly as McCain’s possible running mate, including former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge and, perhaps, Democrat-turned-independent Joe Lieberman of Connecticut. Also named is Gen. David Petraeus, the incoming head of Central Command.
McCain’s camp last month floated the idea that he would announce a running mate while Barack Obama, the expected Democratic presidential nominee, traveled overseas to demonstrate his foreign policy chops. Obama’s trip was widely covered in the press, but McCain’s campaign was able to draw attention back to the Arizona senator, who never ended up naming his choice.
The McCain Campaign is certainly dropping clues that would indicate the pick is going to come before Friday. But it could all be a head fake to keep the media talking about McCain through the week.
NBC's Chuck Todd has posted the following as the list of speakers at the upcoming Republican National Convention. It looks like a great lineup!
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani will keynote the Republican National Convention. One-time Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Lieberman will also speak at the Republican convention.
Full list/schedule (Central Time) below:
Overall Theme: Country First
Mon -- Service Day
-- Split sessions 2:30-6 (this is where the rules, platform etc.. will get voted on, including a new primary calendar etc.) ... start again at 7Speakers:
--before prime-time (pre-9pm): Cheney, Lieberman
-- Primetime: Arnold, Laura Bush, George W. BushTues -- Reform Day
-- starts 6:30-7Speakers:
--before prime-time: Ridge, Rosario Marin, Thompson, Lingle, Steele;
--Primetime (9pm central): Palin, Huckabee, the keynoter is Rudy Giuliani.Wed -- Prosperity Day
-- starts 6:30Speakers:
-- pre-prime time: Coleman, Meg Whitman, Fiorina, Romney.
-- Prime time: Cindy McCain leads off, followed by the VP nominee; they will close prime time hour with the McCain nominator: Bobby Jindal... the roll call will take place about 11pm ET... they will roll through.. AZ will pass... AZ will put him over the top... hope to keep within an hour... could go as long as 90 minutes...Thurs --
-- Starts 6:30Speakers:
Pawlenty, Crist, Brownback, Martinez... In prime time: video of McCain, traditional lead-in to the speech... traditional demonstration... whole prime-time hour, packaged together as McCain's speech.During all four nights, sometimes in prime time and sometimes in the early evening hours, McCain will have a presence, meaning a live satellite hookup some nights where McCain says high to folks etc. They are not ready for details but expect that since the backdrop for the podium is a gigantic TV screen.
Hey folks, I'm back after being quite busy the past two weeks. I thought I would resume my series of VP Options. As you may recall, previously I examined both Condi Rice and Mitt Romney. I was going to review Fred Thompson next, but with Fred taking his name out of consideration, I won't do that. So, the next person I thought I would examine is Mike Huckabee.
I'm no fan of Huckabee myself, but here are some of his positives. He is the former Governor of an important must-win state, Arkansas. He is personally likeable. He ran a tough race on a low budget. He is certainly solid on most social issues, and would help with evangelicals.
The negatives are that his record is quite spotty, and that with conservatives as a whole, he's not inspiring. His record on accepting gifts and with criminals is full of holes that ObamaClinton could easily exploit. Word is that the most common phrase used in Arkansas prisons during Huckabee's term was "Pardon Me."
That said, he remains an option and must be discussed.
Huckabee is essentially the John Edwards of the Republican race except for the fact that Edwards had enough sense to drop out of the race before alienating himself from the true contenders and the electorate.
Huckabee, on the other hand, seems to relish the attention he receives while having a total disregard for the evenutal consequences of his egotistical venture. A major majority of the Republican electorate see him as a fly in their soup and resent the fact that he refuses to step aside and allow John McCain to assume his inevitable roll as the nominee of the Republican party for 2008.
Only Huckabee knows what he is trying to accomplish. Perhaps it is that he hopes to win more delagates than Mitt Romney received. Perhaps he believes he will be picked as the VP. The former is certainly possible but the latter is most certainly out of the realm of possibility as that bridge was burned weeks ago.
It is easy to find stories similar to the one below. The last paragraph of the story supercedes all of the others. It refers to Huckabee's bid for delagates in the Texas primary.It's a non-story about a non-contender.
"It will help turnout," Texas GOP spokesman Hans Klingler said of the new grassroots organization. "And I guarantee you that at the end of the day Republicans will come back behind the nominee and will be ready for battle in November.
