Sunday, March 9, 2008
Huckabee Hears (from God) Its Time to Drop Out of the Race
After “Critical Tuesday,” McCain finally surpassed the 1,191 delegates necessary to win the Republican nomination; leaving Former Governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee, little choice but to withdraw from the race. His announcement came Tuesday night from Irving, Texas where he publicly congratulated Senator John McCain and said it is not the time to ponder what could have been but what will be and how important it is to him that the Republican Party unites to fight for the White House for the next four years. Now that his at the Presidency is over, people have begun to hypothesize his future in politics. It seems he is not interested (nor would he be offered) as spot on this year’s Republican ticket, but analysts expect he will stay in the “public eye. Mike Huckabee leaves this campaign in a much stronger position nationally than when he entered it. I believe that his future is now national.” This quote by the Dean of University of Arkansas’ Clinton School of Public Service pretty much sums up why people are predicting Huckabee to become the major spokesman for Evangelical Christians, wait around for the 2012 or 2016 Republican Nomination or even get his own Tv show. People were even wondering if he would jump into the Arkansas Senate race because the week for candidates to file happened to coincide with his renunciation of his bid for the Presidency. However, Huckabee has stuck behind his February statement that “There's a greater chance that I would dye my hair green, cover my body with tattoos and go on a rock tour with Amy Winehouse” than join the Senate.
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The phrase "for the good of the party" seems to be popping up whenever someone drops out on eithe rside of the aisle, although in Huckabee's case it seems that his exit was for more economical/logical reasons then for party loyalty.
Poor Huckabee. In a way I was sort of hoping the underdog (Huckabee/Paul) would win the Republican nomination because then the Democrats would easily win the presidential race haha. I am interested to see what Huckabee decides to do. I am a little surprised he would not go into the Arkansas senate. He has been able to get a national name for himself in the United States so whatever he does now he is well known and will have a good support team.
I think this is actually pretty interesting that he's probably going to wait for the next chance to nab the presidential nomination. By stepping out, it's true that he essentially was able to stay in the spotlight long enough to garner attention, while dropping out just in time for people to say "How nice of him to drop out for the good of the party."
Hope to see Huckabee in the years to come!
Huckabee is not really dropping out "for the good of the party." I mean, come on, he literally could not win the nomination and was therefore forced out of the race. Also, it seems that if Huckabee does not get more political experience (which the Senate could give him), then people may be less inclined to vote for such an evangelical christian next time around. In four years, people may or may not have such tolerance for such a profoundly religious candidate. It should be interesting to see how this plays out.
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