I think that this is fascinating. Here’s what the Machinists say: “Mike Huckabee was the only Republican candidate with the guts to meet with our members and the only one willing to figure out where and how we might work together,” said Buffenbarger. “He is entitled to serious consideration from Read more
Marc Ambinder reports that the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers endorsed Mike Huckabee. I wonder how many of these are Republicans? Does it hurt Huckabee by confirming his less-than-conservative economic record?
Last week, I said that Mike Huckabee is in a position to run an isolationist, nativist, populist race for President. I pointed out that, at least on the issue of immigration, one of the things that could get in the way of his doing that was his religious beliefs, which Read more
Reihan Salam responds to one of my recent posts about Mike Huckabee. I had said: On a deeper level, I hear in Huckabee an instinct towards the isolationism that Eisenhower fought against. … Reihan responds: I say "somewhat strangely" because Eisenhower was the peace candidate (i.e., the one who pledged Read more
One implication of Mike Huckabee’s "win" at Ames is that he is getting media attention as a potential first-tier candidate. In Bloomberg this morning he went after Mitt Romney and the whole Wall Street phenomenon. First, Romney: In a veiled dig at Romney, 60, Huckabee said his record on social Read more
Now that Mike Huckabee is in the first-tier, he is going to need a foreign policy, which he hasn’t articulated much of, as of yet. My friend David Adesnik dug up some on Huckabee’s foreign policy, as articulated in the Presidential debate two weeks ago: HUCKABEE: Well, the problem is, Read more
One way of viewing the result of the straw polls is how it re-organizes the field. For a while, at least, Mike Huckabee can claim a pseudo first-tier status, compared in the same breath as the big-4. The Wall Street Journal presented this this way: Should Mr. Huckabee capitalize on Read more
Here are some facts and a hypothesis: FairTax had 20-30 buses. (how can a 501(c)(4) give to a state party??) Mike Huckabee had no buses. The FairTax had enormous presence and good location. Mike Huckabee had a bad location and little on-site staff. But, Huckabee was the only candidate to Read more
Some time, some pushback, some reading, and some conversaton has filled out my thinking on Ames. Mike Huckabee is clearly the story coming out of Ames for a couple of reasons. The first reason is that he got a bump. A big one. He will be able to raise money Read more
Mike Huckabee gets a nice intro from Laura Ingraham. Give America back to the people on Main Street. This is an important undercurrent to the language Sams Club Republican thing. Is that really what Huckabee is? Michael Vick joke was cute "I’m not the best funded candidate. I don’t have Read more