Huckabee won Kansas (of What's the Matter With... fame), and has sworn to stay in the race because he "majored in miracles." I think he's running for Vice President.
The idea of Huck for veep suits this Democrat just fine. McCain is not easy for independents to hate, but placing Reverend Huckleberry on the ticket would rile up everyone who has had enough of ignorant, superstitious Jesus Christers romping through our political scene. Yeah, sure, McCain might fetch a few movement conservative back into the voting booth if he runs with the Huckster. But that choice would scare an even greater number of non-theocrats into voting against the Republican party.
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Joe—you are exactly right. And you may have saved me the trouble of posting an entry about why Huckabee's candidacy doesn't scare me, which I may do anyway (just to be thorough).
A treasure-trove from Laura Flanders*:
A New Moment?
The Grassroots and the Party, 1964 and 2008
By Laura Flanders
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020808P.shtml
original at:
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/174891
*the greatest political analyst since Emma Goldman
The strangest thing just occurred to me. We all know that McCain is a tough old bastard, but what if he gets sick? Stranger things have happened. (Remember how Rudy got cancer when he was slated to run against Clinton?)
Then what will the GOP do? Go for broke and draft Jeb?
Even if he toughs it out and makes it to the convention in one piece, I just can't see him agreeing to have Mr. God Talk tag along. There's just no way. He'll blow up at Laura Ingraham before he agrees to Huck or Mitt. In fact, maybe that's when he has the coronary, during the back room brawl that will ensue over choosing a running mate. WenG
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