Huckabee To Be The New Paul Harvey?
Posted on March 2, 2009 at 4:16 pmFrom Bob Hovic:
As for his “News and Comment” show, which ran for a few minutes twice a day, it is unclear how affiliates might fill that programming. “There is no replacing Paul Harvey because he is a national treasure,” said ABC Radio spokesman Omar Thompson. But former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, whose new ABC Radio show already has more than 90 affiliates after launching in January, might be a good fit for many of those affiliates, in part because his show is also short-form.
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More Ballots, More Saltsman
Posted on December 18, 2008 at 6:43 amAlexander Burns, in breaking down the race for RNC chairman, suggests the road to victory for Tennessee’s Chip Saltsman may be the one paved with the most blood:
A former chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party and campaign manager to Mike Huckabee, Saltsman has more to gain than any other candidate from a protracted, multi-ballot knife fight for the chairmanship. The 40-year-old has been running a vigorous race against more established candidates, though he’s had to distance himself from the Huckabee campaign in a race where no one wants to support a stalking horse for 2012.
Saltsman knows he’s an underdog, but as a student of GOP politics he also knows that once an RNC race gets past the first or second ballot, all bets are off. If Saltsman can become a second- or third-choice candidate for a significant number of RNC members, and survive the first ballot, he could try and follow the Jim Nicholson path to victory. Yet even if he is unsuccessful, he’s established himself as a name to be taken very seriously in years to come.
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Respecting And Protecting Choices
Posted on December 10, 2008 at 11:24 amPolitical satirist Jon Stewart to Mike Huckabee on homosexuality:
Religion is far more of a choice than homosexuality. And the protections that we have for religion — we protect religion. And talk about a lifestyle choice — that is absolutely a choice. Gay people don’t choose to be gay. At what age did you choose to not be gay?
Shucking Huck: Saltsman Distances Himself From Huckabee
Posted on December 8, 2008 at 6:48 pmIn a late afternoon conference call with bloggers both national and local, newly announced candidate for RNC chair Chip Saltsman made it clear that he is no stalking horse for a 2012 Mike Huckabee presidential run.
While Saltsman’s national bones were made turning the long-shot presidential campaign of the little-known, socially conservative Arkansas governor into a juggernaut which came within striking distance of the nomination, Chip Saltsman is known in Tennessee as the young anti-income tax state party chair of the late 90s.
On the call, Saltsman emphasized that pedigree and his association with more moderate and traditionally conservative Tennessee politicians like Bob Corker, Lamar Alexander and the political figure he is closest to, former U.S. Senate majority leader Bill Frist.
“[The Huckabee campaign] is part of my resume but it doesn’t define me politically,” Saltsman explained. “I’m not sure if you look at my history that you’d think I was a Huckabee guy. You could just as easily say I’m a Bob Corker guy, a Lamar Alexander guy or a Frist guy.”
He also noted his strong leadership against his political mentor Governor Don Sundquist on the state income tax issue shortly after becoming chair of the Tennessee Republican Party as evidence that he is a man willing to go against politicians he may be associated with.
Saltsman certainly made no apologies for his association with Huckabee and spoke with pride of his “13 months” on the campaign but he did make sure to put a bit of distance between himself and the Huckabee message. Saltsman made it plain that he was a straight politics guy in his role as campaign manager — a hired hand — not the idea man.
“Mike Huckabee was responsible for the issues in that campaign, not me,” Saltsman said.
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Chattering The Obvious
Posted on June 3, 2008 at 10:25 amLiz Garrigan relays the chatter on Bill Frist 2010 Gubernatorial campaign:
By the way, consensus among the chattering classes is that Frist will tap Saltsman to run his 2010 gubernatorial campaign.
This, of course, is quite a surprise considering Chip Saltsman has long been a close Frist confidante, who was helping plan Frist’s aborted 2008 Presidential run and who would have likely been integral in a Gubernatorial effort regardless of the success of the Huckabee run.
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Stations Of The Cross: Obama Goes Fundie In Kentucky
Posted on May 13, 2008 at 7:49 amBack during last year’s Yuletide political season, Mike Huckabee took a fair bit of grief for allegedly inserting a subtle appeal to his fundamentalist faith in a television.
Fast-forwarding to the present, we find Barack Obama having essentially clinched the nomination locked in a struggle to prove his electability. How does he choose to go after the Appalachian Kentucky voters whose ethnic brethren have so rejected his candidacy?
Doug Forrester has scanned in some very interesting mailers the Obama camp is circulating in Kentucky in hopes of appealing to men and women of faith.
Anti-McCain GOP Primary Vote Not Unprecedented
Posted on May 7, 2008 at 12:53 pmThe Ground Game argues that the substantial vote against John McCain in the recent primary contests in PA, IN and NC are not demonstrably different from George W. Bush’s performance after he had clinched the nomination in 2000:
[A]re his primary results really that different compared to what George W. Bush received after effectively wrapping up the nomination against McCain in 2000? Bush was considered extremely well-liked by the party’s base, and was the frontrunner going back at least till 1999, up through when McCain officially withdrew on March 9, 2000.
So, what happened in the primaries after that? Results from the Associated Press show that Bush’s numbers in 2000 are largely comparable to McCain’s in 2008. For example, even in the June 6th South Dakota primary, Bush fails to cross the 80 percent threshold. In fact, Bush rarely crossed the 80 percent threshold despite having effectively wrapped up the nomination after Super Tuesday.
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Ron Paul And Mike Huckabee Combine For 27% In Pennsylvania
Posted on April 23, 2008 at 10:02 amR. Neal points out some interesting results yesterday from the Republican primary in Pennsylvania:
McCain won with 73% of the vote. Ron Paul Ron Paul Ron Paul got 16%, followed by Chucklebee at 11%.
73% doesn’t seem like a very strong showing by the presumptive nominee and savior of the Bush GOP legacy against two guys who already dropped out.
It sounds like a third party Ron Paul Ron Paul Ron Paul/Mike Huckabee ticket is just what the GOP disaffected need. Democrats would be happy with that scenario, too.
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