Elections Why does Huckabee have a following?

[Its Me Austin]

Which really didn't matter with all the goofballs the GOP had running.

 

[ucunc156]

racial code words.

I'm not saying he spoke like a ghetto person or anything like that in the the second election. more so that in the first election he played into the public much better and handled himself in the debates much better. His rhetoric also wasn't stale the first time around, so that might be part of it, as well as the fact as standing next to unpolished mccain is a lot different than standing next to polished romney, who unfortunately came of as disingenuous thanks to the picture obama's campaign was able to paint.

 

[punkmother]

I'm not saying he spoke like a ghetto person or anything like that in the the second election. more so that in the first election he played into the public much better and handled himself in the debates much better. His rhetoric also wasn't stale the first time around, so that might be part of it, as well as the fact as standing next to unpolished mccain is a lot different than standing next to polished romney, who unfortunately came of as disingenuous thanks to the picture obama's campaign was able to paint.

wasn't aimed at you. it was in regards the original praise obama received as being well spoken.

replace powell with obama:

 

[UpaLoompa]

romney, who unfortunately came of as disingenuous thanks to the picture obama's campaign was able to paint.

Or, as an alternative, Romney was wholly disingenuous.

 

[Its Me Austin]

I'm not saying he spoke like a ghetto person or anything like that in the the second election. more so that in the first election he played into the public much better and handled himself in the debates much better. His rhetoric also wasn't stale the first time around, so that might be part of it, as well as the fact as standing next to unpolished mccain is a lot different than standing next to polished romney, who unfortunately came of as disingenuous thanks to the picture obama's campaign was able to paint.

lol
Obama didn't have to "paint" anything. Romney flip-flopped on practically EVERYTHING. It was impossible to know where he stood. He was running against the very same thing that he implemented as a governor in the past ffs.

 

[ucunc156]

Or, as an alternative, Romney was wholly disingenuous.

agree to disagree. At least, not anymoreso than obama or any other typical politician.

lol
Obama didn't have to "paint" anything. Romney flip-flopped on practically EVERYTHING. It was impossible to know where he stood. He was running against the very same thing that he implemented as a governor in the past ffs.

Romney even stated how things enacted on a state level (in a predominantly wealthy upper middle class state like Mass.) is much different than a coverall nationally.

 

[Jack V Savage]

Romney even stated how things enacted on a state level (in a predominantly wealthy upper middle class state like Mass.) is much different than a coverall nationally.

That was an example of him being slimy, actually. Just what the campaign came up with to distance himself from the ACA.

As for the question, he seems like a genuinely decent guy. That's pretty much all there is to it. Is it a good reason to vote for a guy who is wrong about almost everything? No. But it's a reason, and it's enough to explain why he has a following.

 

[ucunc156]

Not really, its a very valid point. The deviation among the wealth of the people in Mass. is FAR LESS than the deviation among the wealth of the people in all of America, not to mention its predominantly an upper middle class state (yes I know there are rough parts in Mass). Similar to the idea that school levies in rich areas typically pass but not in poor areas or areas with great economic disparity. I will always vote for school levies in the district I live in but I wouldn't vote for one statewide or nationwide.

Just because something works on the state level, doesn't mean it should or would work on a national level.

 

[UpaLoompa]

Romney even stated how things enacted on a state level (in a predominantly wealthy upper middle class state like Mass.) is much different than a coverall nationally.

Except, you know, all the times he said otherwise.
I honestly can't think of a major issue on which Romney didn't drastically change his stance. Now, I think it is important to distinguish between changing a policy position on the basis of new information and switching to the more politically expedient stance. Romney clearly was doing the later (much like Obama's public position on homosexuals).

 

[afrdzak]

You cannot, with a level head and knowing history and facts, agree with Romney's positions during the election.

He flip-flopped on everything. And, it seemed after every speech/engagement that his team had to come out and "clarify" what Romney "really meant"...which was always the exact opposite of what he was saying. It became comical. He had no backbone for his own positions. He wasn't able to run on his platform.

It was a simple issue of him having to pander to the GOP that got him out of the primaries....which was in stark contrast to what the rest of the nation wanted to hear.

In truth, he probably didn't really feel as far-right as he appeared in the primaries. It's just that he couldn't abandon the very people who got him to where he was. So he had to keep recounting his statements whenever he was speaking to a group that wasn't GOP-centric.

 

[Mpower]

Hes essentially a mascot for primitive southerners.

 

[Diamond Jim]

He's against gays, women, poor, gun control and wants to go to war with anyone who looks wrong at Israel. You know, a true Christian.

 

[PainIsLIfe]

I know it's early and fairly pointless to be looking at polls now but I can't believe Huckabee is the leader in polls for Republican's nominee. I just don't understand what category he is falling into to receive that much support. Would both him and Santorum in the primary split each other's votes?

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/ep..._republican_presidential_nomination-3823.html

Because he's articulate, relateable, and actually had a decent record as gov. How is it hard to understand?


And no, if Huckabee runs (which I doubt) he takes 90% of Santorum's supporters.

 

[Tankeray]

Mike Huckabee, despite being a creationist, and backwards in all things science comes off as a genuine individual. He has that southern charm and is very likable...

I would take him over any (with the exception of Ron Paul) GOP candidate who ran in 2012.

completely agree

 

[PainIsLIfe]

I'm not saying he spoke like a ghetto person or anything like that in the the second election. more so that in the first election he played into the public much better and handled himself in the debates much better. His rhetoric also wasn't stale the first time around, so that might be part of it, as well as the fact as standing next to unpolished mccain is a lot different than standing next to polished romney, who unfortunately came of as disingenuous thanks to the picture obama's campaign was able to paint.

Obama didn

 

[Strychnine]

The GOP had better start being more inclusive if they want to get the Presidency.

 

[Strychnine]

Obama didn

 

[PainIsLIfe]

Well let's take a look at Cain. Word has it that he was going to win Iowa (or one of those states) easily. Then the story broke/leaked about him being a woman-chaser.

I don

 

[UpaLoompa]

I don’t know if it was sinister politics, but it was odd how every time someone moved into a position to challenge, the skeletons rolled out of the closet.

I think Cain was more of a novelty than a contender though. I just always had the feeling that his appeal would wear off.

Post-Nixon skeletons don't really get to stay hidden. That's not a media bias issue with GOP candidates being unfairly targeted either, look at Gary Hart (or the wide and intense coverage of slick Willie's personal behavior as Gov). An interesting aspect of the 2008 campaign is actually how effective the Edwards campaign was at keeping his dirt hidden.

 

[MicroBrew]

He has that persona of a down to earth Christian Southerner.