Huckabee out (Mod note: speculation)

[Elwar]

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/05/13/does-the-huck-stop-here/

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee looks like he’ll give the 2012 White House campaign a pass, says Mr. Huckabee’s top political operative.

[Philhelm]

Outstanding!!!

[ItsTime]

booooooo yeahhhhhhhhhh

[devil21]

I hope this is reliable!!!!

[JamesButabi]

woot woot

[ctb619]

Another answered prayer.

[gerryb]

let's hope it is true and his big announcement is he is throwing his support behind Ron Paul -- now that Ron has officially announced

[dannno]

Another answered prayer.

lolz

[lew]

Unfortunately, that's just an opinion piece, with no actual facts. I hope it turns out to be correct though.


Huckabee needs to stay out.

[lew]

let's hope it is true and his big announcement is he is throwing his support behind Ron Paul -- now that Ron has officially announced

Not a chance. In Huck's book from a couple years ago, he had nothing nice to say about Paul.

[thehighwaymanq]

THIS IS SO BIG!

I don't think people understand how important him dropping out is.

[ItsTime]

How big of a jump will this give us? 5%?

[JoshLowry]

Excellent. I wonder how long it will take the polling companies to remove his name.

[angelatc]

I don't think it is reliable. Fox News is putting this out there so when he announces they can claim ignorance when they get hassled over not yanking his show. I heard that he's already putting together local campaign offices.

ETA: And speaking of my source.....Hello Bruehound!

[Bruehound]

I hope its true but I know his team has named an Illinois coordinator.

[thehighwaymanq]

How big of a jump will this give us? 5%?

More. It lets Huck fans have time to find a new candidate, it pulls him from polls (many he is doing well in), it opens us up in Iowa, and keeps us at the front of the pack.

[low preference guy]

Excellent. I wonder how long it will take the polling companies to remove his name.

If he decides not to run, polling companies will likely remove his name after this weekend. This weekend he is going to say whether he'll run or not.

[bb_dg]

Just some stuff from the article made me laugh.

“He has by far the clearest path to the nomination of all the 2012 candidates,” one of the would-be Huckabee team said.

Well of course the people who wanted to be part of his campaign would say that.

He leads or is near the top of virtually every poll of Republican primary voters
Really? Which ones?

[JK/SEA]

He wants to run against Rand for 2016....haha

[JoshLowry]

Yea, just read the article. It's still undecided.

[zacharyrow]

Let it be true.

[One Last Battle!]

More. It lets Huck fans have time to find a new candidate, it pulls him from polls (many he is doing well in), it opens us up in Iowa, and keeps us at the front of the pack.

Huckabee supporters are the most likely ones to jump onto the good ship Ron Paul if their own sinks. They are mostly motivated by his empty talk of a "fair tax" and his social issues, so Ron Paul can easily scoop many of them up. Check out online Huckabee forums and you will see many a man who is almost but not quite ready to support Ron Paul when Huck doesn't run.

[BenIsForRon]

I was thinking Huck staying in would be good because he would split Newt's votes. Do you guys really think Huckabee voters would be more likely to lean Paul than Newt?

[One Last Battle!]

I was thinking Huck staying in would be good because he would split Newt's votes. Do you guys really think Huckabee voters would be more likely to lean Paul than Newt?

Newt has had three wives. I heavily doubt Huck voters are into that.

[low preference guy]

I was thinking Huck staying in would be good because he would split Newt's votes. Do you guys really think Huckabee voters would be more likely to lean Paul than Newt?

It depends on what Huckabee says. If he attacks Newt during the primary, that'd be great.

[nate895]

I was thinking Huck staying in would be good because he would split Newt's votes. Do you guys really think Huckabee voters would be more likely to lean Paul than Newt?

Do you read polls?

[Cleaner44]

Don't be surprised when Palin announces that she will not be running either.

[nocompromises]

Huckabee cannot get elected. He would be guaranteed to lose the election against Obama.

1) No body is interested in paying a 23% national sales tax! The unfair tax is a sick joke!

2) The moderates will not vote for an evangelical preacher they think will violate people's rights to live their life how they see fit!

3) No Ron Paul supporter would ever vote for someone who supported the War in Iraq, wanted a new prohibition on cigarettes, does not want to dramatically reduce government, and believes the govt has the right to change human behavior!

[nocompromises]

With Palin and Huckabee not running, things would be much easier.

[Elwar]

1) No body is interested in paying a 23% national sales tax! The unfair tax is a sick joke!

It's actually a rate of 30%, they just use 23% as a valid comparison with the income tax.

[acptulsa]

Huckabee cannot get elected. He would be guaranteed to lose the election against Obama.

Absolutely. But Bob Dole couldn't have beaten LBJ, much less Clinton, and this fact couldn't have been more obvious from the very start. Yet the G.O.P. still nominated him for the job of trying to.

[Verrater]

Huckabee just said that his Fox News producer doesn't even know what his plans are.

He's not running.
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[realtonygoodwin]

I was thinking Huck staying in would be good because he would split Newt's votes. Do you guys really think Huckabee voters would be more likely to lean Paul than Newt?

Polls show that a lot of Palin and Huckabee voters go for Paul when those two choices are removed.

[NickOdell]

Less competition the better!!!

Lets get Paul elected! :D

[zacharyrow]

He sure sounded like he was running on Neil. It seemed like he had heard about the rumors that he's not. He pointed out that "anyone who says they know, doesn't"

[ScotTX]

Huck was just on Cavoto, right after that awesome 12 minute Ron Paul interview, and his body language indicates he is not running. He also didn't speak at all like a candidate would if they were laying the groundwork. Plus, he recently told his South Carolina team to seek work on other campaigns, so I say the planets are aligning, and Huck is out. (Fingers crossed!)

[nocompromises]

I follow a very simple principle.

If 10% was good enough for Jesus, it ought to be good enough for Uncle Sam! That includes ALL taxation though, local, state, and Federal!

[iamse7en]

He'll run. Mark my words. Announcement coming Sunday.

[zacharyrow]

Huck was just on Cavoto, right after that awesome 12 minute Ron Paul interview, and his body language indicates he is not running. He also didn't speak at all like a candidate would if they were laying the groundwork. Plus, he recently told his South Carolina team to seek work on other campaigns, so I say the planets are aligning, and Huck is out. (Fingers crossed!)

Guess we got a different vibe on the interview. To me it seemed like he saw the rumors saying he wasn't running and made a it a point to say "NO one knows yet" besides his family.

[nocompromises]

Huck and Palin are both neocons. They don't want to end the war in Iraq, don't want to abolish the FED, don't want to dramatically reduce spending, don't want to abolish the income tax and replace it with NOTHING, do not want to end torture, and do not want to end the war on drugs.

[ScotTX]

Oh, he diefinitely knows about the rumors, because there is so much evidence out there that he is not running, he's just milking the publicity for all its worth.

[zacharyrow]

Oh, he diefinitely knows about the rumors, because there is so much evidence out there that he is not running, he's just milking the publicity for all its worth.


I didn't think about it that way. Hmmmmm. Maybe he isn't running. I still think he might be, though.

[Fredom101]

let's hope it is true and his big announcement is he is throwing his support behind Ron Paul -- now that Ron has officially announced

I want some of what you're smoking! ;)

[R3volutionJedi]

Isn't Huckabee planned to be a speaker in June for a Presidential dinner or something????

[R3volutionJedi]

More. It lets Huck fans have time to find a new candidate, it pulls him from polls (many he is doing well in), it opens us up in Iowa, and keeps us at the front of the pack.

I agree. I, myself, am a former Huckabee supporter gone Paul.

[FreedomProsperityPeace]

He said on Cavuto that he will announce his intentions in his show tomorrow. It was hard to read him. He sounded like he was still in campaign mode, but there wasn't a "fired up" feeling to his voice. He spoke about Romney and his MA health care law, but didn't attack him like a potential candidate would.

[low preference guy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8Hrvxzn7EY

[trey4sports]

I really really really really really really hope he isn't going to run. He's intellectually weak, he's polarizing, and he's not right for America. With that said, he would be a thorn in Ron Pauls side....

[JoshLowry]

Watching that interview, I think he's in. Just a guess.

[low preference guy]

Watching that interview, I think he's in. Just a guess.

I think he is out. :p

[James Madison]

Any chance the GOP 'front-runners' decide not to run and all back Newt? Could be a way to prevent the neocon vote from being split.

[KramerDSP]

Isn't intrade reliable? If so, he's out.

[Galileo Galilei]

Huckabee's Intrade numbers have collapsed. he also has not leaked any messages that he is running.

[TIMB0B]

Ed Rollins on MSNBC with Cenk Ugar(?) basically said Huck will not run.

[FreedomProsperityPeace]

Ed Rollins on MSNBC with Cenk Ugar(?) basically said Huck will not run.Well, that holds some weight, since he worked on Huckabee's 2008 campaign.

[HOLLYWOOD]

INtrade up the past 3 hours from a -86% to a -77% still.... the snaggle-tooth preacher has to work a deal out that if he runs and doesn't get the nomination (used a distraction) that he gets his $1+ million salary show back on the air.

I say he's running after a book tour, show appearances, and spending days at NAMM in the spotlight. The people that support ole Chucko are what the RP campaign folks better be targeting ASAP... that goes for a professional and expensive runned campaign, full speed out the gate.

RP and support PACs should already be running boobtube commercials during primetime slots.

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