“Let me show you some polling,” Mr. Huckabee said, brandishing a two-page memo about a survey his longtime pollster took earlier this month showing him leading the Republican field in both Iowa and South Carolina. He boasted that such good numbers came at a time when “nobody has even talked about me being named” as a candidate…
“A lot of things I said that I was sneered at about turned out to be prophetic,” he said about the criticism he took from fellow Republicans over his focus on the working class during the 2008 campaign. “A year later I looked like a genius but nobody ever said, ‘Huckabee was right,’” he said…
“If Republicans want to win, they’ve got to go get a portion of the population they’ve missed the last two election cycles, particularly working-class people and minorities who have not thought there was a message for them,” he said, touting his ability with such constituencies. But Mr. Huckabee, a social conservative who has drawn fire from some economic conservatives over the years, also suggested his decision would also be based on whether Republicans continue demanding strict adherence to conservative orthodoxy.
“Does the Republican Party want to win elections or do they want fight each other in a purity war? he asked, calling attention to the many incumbent senators who have drawn primary opponents aligned with the Tea Party.
That complaint aside, I would prefer Huckabee to be in the race/acting as standard-bearer for social conservatives, over Santorum.
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) December 13, 2013
Good grief who needs him to run.the left?!
the left?!Christie is probably salivating at a Huckabee or other socon candidate
No to Paul Ryan
No to Mike Huckabee
No to Rick Santorum
Hell No to John McCain
No to Sarah Palin
No to Rick Perry
And just for good measure
No to Jeb Bush
Hell No to Chris Christie
EXACTLY!