Bradley in DC
08-02-2007, 10:21 PM
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HUCK & SAM BRAWL HEATS UP
P2008: The conservative Club for Growth made an $85,000 Iowa TV ad buy in Des Moines/Ames market for an attack spot against former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R). The spot -- named "Bill Clinton or Mike Huckabee (http://www.clubforgrowth.net/2007/08/bill_clinton_or_mike_huckabee.html)" -- trashes Huckabee as tax-and-spend liberal. The spot is clearly seeking to knock Huckabee out of the P2008 race, as he's vowed to quit if he finishes worse than fourth place in the Ames Straw Poll on August 11. In related news, the religious spat between Huckabee and US Senator Sam Brownback (R) is heating up. Brownback was angered earlier this week for a mass email a prominent Huckabee supporters sent to Iowa GOP evangelicals attacking Brownback for his conversation to Catholicism. Huckabee is a Baptist minister and former President of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention. The evangelical Huckabee supporter later apologized, and Huckabee told the media he was "glad" the pastor apologized. That wasn't good enough for Brownback, who loudly demanded that Huckabee issue a personal apology disavowing the remarks. On Thursday, Huckabee fired back. Huckabee's campaign spokesman said Brownback should "stop whining" and start showing some "Christian character." He further said the call for a direct apology was "silly" and that Brownback's reaction raises questions about whether the Kansan is "tough enough to be President."
HUCK & SAM BRAWL HEATS UP
P2008: The conservative Club for Growth made an $85,000 Iowa TV ad buy in Des Moines/Ames market for an attack spot against former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R). The spot -- named "Bill Clinton or Mike Huckabee (http://www.clubforgrowth.net/2007/08/bill_clinton_or_mike_huckabee.html)" -- trashes Huckabee as tax-and-spend liberal. The spot is clearly seeking to knock Huckabee out of the P2008 race, as he's vowed to quit if he finishes worse than fourth place in the Ames Straw Poll on August 11. In related news, the religious spat between Huckabee and US Senator Sam Brownback (R) is heating up. Brownback was angered earlier this week for a mass email a prominent Huckabee supporters sent to Iowa GOP evangelicals attacking Brownback for his conversation to Catholicism. Huckabee is a Baptist minister and former President of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention. The evangelical Huckabee supporter later apologized, and Huckabee told the media he was "glad" the pastor apologized. That wasn't good enough for Brownback, who loudly demanded that Huckabee issue a personal apology disavowing the remarks. On Thursday, Huckabee fired back. Huckabee's campaign spokesman said Brownback should "stop whining" and start showing some "Christian character." He further said the call for a direct apology was "silly" and that Brownback's reaction raises questions about whether the Kansan is "tough enough to be President."