Huckabee Not Winning Friends And Influencing People
About 60 minutes into the debate, fresh from a commercial break, Chris Wallace T-boned Mike Huckabee, calling him on the fact that taxes were higher in Arkansas when Huckabee left office than when he first became Governor, and why did that happen. Huckabee gave a minute and a half answer, and did not deny the Wallace assertion. Instead, he gave a laundry list of what he spent the money on, everything from schools to roads, and how much better the state was for it.
But what really frosted me was the fact that he threw a little jab at my Minnesota brethren in there, saying, looking at my record in Arkansas, with the roads we had to build, “no bridges fell in Arkansas.” As soon as the video hits YouTube, I’ll find it and post it.
If you look at any Electoral College map, you know that whoever the Republican nominee is, he will have to expand the map to cover the upcoming loss of Ohio to the Democrats. The greatest possibility of a Republican pick-up is in the Upper Midwest, most likely Minnesota, Wisconsin or Iowa. How in the world does Mike Huckabee expect to help flip Minnesota when a Democrat operative finds that soundbyte and uses it to alienate the Minnesota voters?
It was a cheap shot, and an ill-advised one, especially for a candidate who should have at least a marginal understanding of what he’s going to need to do to win the White House in November.
January 10th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Considering that the Chairman of the MNGOP is now the Hucksters MN Chair, I agree, that was a horrible statement.
As a Minnesotan that just ticked me off to no end!
LL
January 10th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
You know that comment just went right over my head, I was so flummoxed by the ‘Truckers Magazine’ reference. If he was referring to the Minnesota bridge collapse, that is reprehensible.
January 10th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
When is someone going to ask the Huck about Tyson Chicken plants in Arkasas? A judge just ruled that the law suit against Tyson Chicken (Arkasas) will go to trial in March, ‘08. Tyson is being sued for displacing American workers and replacing them with illegal immigrants in eight of their plants since 1998.
WHO WAS GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS THEN?
I would like someone to ask Huckabee how many times the poulty industry of Arkasas was sued for hiring illegal immigrants during his tenure.
How many illegals moved to Arkansas during his tenure?
How much did he cut taxes (dollar wise) and how much did he raise them (dollar wise) during his tenure?
Lady Logician, it should have ticked you off. He is a liberal with an “R” behind his name.
No to Huckabee
No to Paul
No to McCain
Well, guess that narrows the field.