This past week Huckabee has continued his great success in persuading voters to vote for him. According to a CBS/NY Times poll and a CNN poll, Huckabee is tied for first place nationally with Giuliani among the Republican presidential candidates. This is an extraordinary accomplish for the “Dark Horse†candidate. In addition, in South Carolina, according to four polls, Huckabee is in first place among the Republican candidates. In Georgia, Huckabee has now reached first place (with 23 % of voters) among his fellow Republican contenders, pushing Thompson to second place (with 20% of voters). In Florida, Huckabee has climbed to first place. Watch out Thompson, Giuliani, and Romney!
As Huckabee rises in the polls, he receives increasing criticism. In addition, people are constantly pointing out his flaws. Individuals greatly criticized Huckabee, as they learned that Huckabee in 1992 desired to isolate individuals with AIDS. In addition, Huckabee asserted that "[homosexuality is an] aberrant, unnatural and sinful lifestyle" posing a "dangerous public risk."€ In response to Huckabee quarantine comment, Huckabee claimed, "the AIDS crisis was just that -- a crisis. ... If I were making those same comments today, I might make them a little differently." However, Huckabee did not release a statement regarding his comments about homosexuality. On the other hand, this week Huckabee has evidenced that he is a "€œflip-flopper." In 2002, Huckabee wrote to Bush declaring that he remove Cuba'€™s embargo. Monday, Huckabee asserted the exact opposite! He told Cuban American leaders that he would take great action to keep the United State'€™s embargo on Cuba. If Huckabee continues to flip-flop on other issues to potentially satisfy different constituents, how will the American people know what Huckabee really believes? Furthermore, Romney criticizes Huckabee'€™s stand on immigration in a new ad; Romney asserts that Huckabee allowed illegal immigrants to receive in-state tuition and scholarships financed by taxpaying citizens in Arkansas.
Moreover, Huckabee’s campaign has received more support. For example, Huckabee has hired the Republican strategist Ed Rollins as his National Campaign Chairman. Rollins was Reagan'€™s National Campaign Director for the 1984 election, in which he would 49 states! Watch out Republicans and Democrats, Rollins€™ could be an extraordinary asset to Huckabee'€™s campaign if Huckabee uses him well! Interest groups have jumped on the "I Like Mike's "€ team as well. This week, the Michigan Chooses Life PAC publicly endorsed Huckabee for the Republican presidential nomination. (I have a feeling, contrary to my own desires, that Huckabee will continue his success). On the other hand, Jim Gilchrist, who founded the Minuteman Project against illegal immigration, has declared his support for Huckabee. However, the organization, opposed to Gilchrist’s endorsement of Huckabee, sent a message to its members titled: "€œReal Minutemen Do Not Endorse Huckabee." The message claimed, "No National Minuteman Group has endorsed Mike Huckabee."
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Sounds like completely objective reporting here, Cindy. Nevertheless, I do think Huckabee will have some major dificulties if he wins the Republican nomination, particularly because of his fair-tax plan,which would implement a nation wide sales tax rather and eliminate the IRS and national income tax. He's the only serious Republican contender threatening to do so, but I don't think we'll see a nation wide sales tax, perhaps even in our lifetime, since the idea always generates huge criticism and since implementing a national sales tax over an income tax would require a constitutional amendment that invalidated Amendment XVI, something that's very unlikely to happen.
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