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Even I (heart) Huckabee

Jacob Angel — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:05:01 -0700

I'm by no means a Republican, but I was consistently impressed with Mike Huckabee ... it was so refreshing to hear a politician, particularly a right-winger, affirming that it's possible to disagree with someone without hating them.

I think he'd be a very attractive candidate (although personally, I'm going with Obama).

It is all clear

Jack — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:07:34 -0700

It is all clear now. Hillary lost the compaign because of Iraqi war.

Kathleen Sebelius is the right move...

Women's Rights — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:24:19 -0700

I know the dream ticket of Obama/Clinton is the big thing, but I think the right women for the ticket is Kathleen Sebelius. Her family is deep in American politics on both sides... Republicans and Democrats. Her father was the Gov. of Ohio and her Father-in-law was a great Senator in Kansas. She has a very high approval rating and this is coming from a state (Kansas) that is arguably the reddest state in the Union. She has proven she can lead people from either party. She is probably the only women out there that can touch Hillary when it comes to the total package.

Woman leader

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:48:16 -0800

She thinks sleeping with the acting president of the United States qualifies her to lead a country?

Hillary

Cookiep — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:52:13 -0800

Give Hillary the votes from Florida and Michigan and she will be ahead, as she should.
It's been a sham from the beginning. The Democratic Party never planned on having Hillary as their candidate.

VP musings

kc — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:57:17 -0800

A friend sent me a note asking who I think would get picked for vice president by the remaining candidates.

That’s a really popular debate these days.

Here are my picks:
For Obama: 1. Bill Richardson 2. Wesley Clark 3. Kathleen Sebilus 4. Hillary Clinton
For Clinton: 1. Obama 2. Clark
For McCain: 1. Tim Pawlenty 2. Mike Huckabee

There seems to be a lot of people who want Obama (who looks like he has a lock on the nomination) to pick Hillary. That could still happen, but it would be a forced marriage like JFK and LBJ. The problem is that Hillary brings a lot of baggage to a campaign that likes to travel light. Obama will not have any problem pulling in Hillary’s people, so she doesn’t add anything to the ticket.

One school of thought is so Obama doesn’t appear to be slighting women, that he might pick Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebilus. It would be a smart pick that could bring in some midwestern states. Sebilus is a great leader who has proven she can reach across party lines, and she’s won two statewide elections as a Democrat in Kansas, the last one by a very big margin. Imagine Kansas voting for a Democrat for president!

But Obama’s big weakness against McCain is national security. To bolster this, he would want someone strong on military matters and foreign policy. Names tossed around here include Gen. Wesly Clark and Bill Richardson. Clark would seem to be a good pick. He has endorsed Hillary, but that might be a plus as Obama tries to smooth out the wrinkles of contention in the party. And if Obama is still looking weak among Hispanics, then Richardson would fit nicely.

If Hillary pulled out a victory, she would be under tremendous pressure to pick Obama as VP, unless he was somehow damaged in the process. If not Obama, she would pick either Clark, Richardson or Tom Vilsack. If Vilsack had delivered Iowa for Clinton like he did for Kerry in 2004, he would certainly be the VP. But he didn’t, so I have to drop him off.

I thought John McCain would for sure pick Mike Huckabee as this VP. But since Huckabee refuses to drop out, that’s probably out the window.

The top pick for McCain would probably be Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota. He would help McCain placate the conservative base, and would put a blue state in play.

If you really want to have some fun, try placing a bet at Intrade, where you can play the prediction market.