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2012/2016 jockeying continues as Huck dings Romney
Jonathan Martin's Blog — Mitt Romney and John McCain may have patched things up, but the bad blood between Romney and Huckabee apparently still simmers. Asked about Romney's veep prospects, Hucakbee said this to CBS: "I think a lot of people, not just social conservatives, but a lot of the Republicans I know are not necessarily comfortable with Romney," Huckabee told CBSNews.com. "But it has nothing to do with religion. It has everything to do with inconsistencies in positions he's held, and that's it."  Which is to say that we may not have seen the ...

Huckabee Knocks Romney
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — It seems the 2012 Republican presidential race is already under way with Mike Huckabee shooting down the idea of Mitt Romney as a possible running mate for Sen. John McCain, according to CBS News. ...

HUCKABEE KNOCKS ROMNEY AS VEEP
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... Says earlier: “A lot of the Republicans I know are not necessarily comfortable with Romney.” ...

Carol Platt Liebau: Consider It a Compliment
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — ... What's interesting is that Mike Huckabee is trying to stir up opposition to Romney, too. That clarifies two things: First, that Huckabee is desperate to prevent Romney from gaining whatever political advantage a veep nomination would bring him. Second, it shows that Huckabee is willing to stir up party dissension -- and thereby increase the chances of an Obama victory, however incrementally -- for his own personal advantage. That's revealing, and (alliteration alert!) part of an ongoing Huckabee ...

New GOP group: Social Conservatives Against Romney
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — The GOP theocrats, let by Mike Huckabee, are putting their feet down over the possibility of Mitt as McCain's V.P. It may violate the Golden Rule, but it sounds like they hate Mitt, they really hate him: ...