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Re: Huckabee as Veep
Not that I'm representative of any big constituency or anything (libertarian-leaning law profs in swing states?), but if McCain were to select Huckabee as his running mate he would lose my vote for sure. I'm luke-warm on McCain to begin with, but I care enough about judges, trade, judges, spending, and judges that I'm still likely to pull the lever for him come November. But not if he were ...
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Rich Lowry goes there: Huckabee for VP?
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... against Barry O’s windbag of a VP: “They’re going to have to extend the length of the debate to two or three hours.” And of course, unlike Huck, Pawlenty could flip his home state. Isn’t the real problem with Huckabee that a lot of conservatives simply loathe him? He and Mitt are similar in that regard, ironically, although of course there’s practically no overlap between one group of haters and the other. In fact, Jonathan Adler’s already threatening at the Corner to walk the plank if the Lowry plan is put in play. Exit question: Gosh, I wonder how the ...

Huckabee for Veep: Deal-Killer for Conservatives?
The Jawa Report — ... " for the Dems in the general election--and they're probably right in that assessment. Jonathan Adler has more sense : [I]f McCain were to select Huckabee as his running mate he would lose my vote for sure. I'm luke-warm on McCain to begin with, but I care enough about judges, trade, judges, spending, and judges that I'm still likely to pull the lever for him come November. But not if he were to tap the Huckster. Kathryn Jean Lopez has ...

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