| Mr Khan said: Huckabee is a never-was, even within the party. If you want to go presidential, you have to give voters a hook. Huckabee was a GOP governor of an insignificant red state. If you're a governor, you either have to be from a famous family, lead an important state (large or battleground), or be a "play against type" governor (why Clinton from Arkansas had something going for him, while Huckabee from Arkansas had zilch going for him). This is why Walker and Christie have momentum, from blue New Jersey and Wisconsin. Walker's stronger, though, because he's more "ideological" than Christie (who will be haunted in right-wing circles by his cooperation with Obama after Superstorm Sandy in '12) and his scandals haven't stuck (though he certainly has his ethics skeletons). Clinton is the name to beat unless something happens to tank the economy or we have a major terrorist attack, or start a war, in the next 21 months. The steady US economic recovery will get credited to the Dems, the demographic map is in their favor for Presidential years, and Clinton can sell the middle class with '90s nostalgia (remember the last time you felt well-off without being drowned by credit card debt?). |
I would agree but it seems like the Repubs have a bad habit of just giving the nominee to whoever has been waiting in line the longest. Huckabee also saw a bit of success going up against much more popular candidates in 2008. I really hope he doesn't win the nominee. The party is also too far right at the moment. So even if they do give the nomination to Walker/ Christie the candidate we would get would be nothing like the politicians we have now. Kind of like the difference between Governor Romney and Nominee Romney.
Huckabee also ahd a little success when it came to the 2008 primary. He managed to grab a few states. Better than any 3rd place candidate in the last Repub primary at least.
I just looked it up actually. McCain ran in 2000, Romney in 2008. And since we had terrible candidates in 2012 minus Romney, Johnson, and Huntsman(lets face it these two aren't going to do anything anymore) my best guess would be for Huckabee
