tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13368104.post1923142726772907954..comments2024-03-06T05:30:41.694-05:00Comments on Pho's Akron Pages: Huckabee's Veep GambitScott Piephohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05849171870929674248noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13368104.post-9216725070298379942008-02-07T10:13:00.000-05:002008-02-07T10:13:00.000-05:00GrandpaBoy:Glad to hear from you again. Thanks fo...GrandpaBoy:<BR/><BR/>Glad to hear from you again. Thanks for the love. Looking forward to you getting your Grandpa on again.Scott Piephohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05849171870929674248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13368104.post-17182605723929161372008-02-07T10:12:00.000-05:002008-02-07T10:12:00.000-05:00Red:I'm not sure Huck helps that much with Conserv...Red:<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure Huck helps that much with Conservatives. On immigration Huck has been as guilty of deviating from hard right orthodoxy as McCain. Similarly, he has a checkered (in the eyes of GrowthClubbers anyway) past on taxes. <BR/><BR/>The one place where he might help is bringing into the fold enthusiastic pro-lifers. McCain has a perfect (again from that perspective) pro-life record but that movement is pissed at him over McCain-Feingold.Scott Piephohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05849171870929674248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13368104.post-27169826830741541582008-02-07T00:01:00.000-05:002008-02-07T00:01:00.000-05:00"Those same independents will grow increasingly ne..."Those same independents will grow increasingly nervous as Huckabee's borderline wingnuttery is run out in a general election campaign. And if McCain is elected as the nation's oldest President ever, his pick for Vice President matters a whole lot."<BR/><BR/>That's the first time I've seen a contrary arguement to VP Huck. Nicely done. Needless to say, Vice President Huckabee is almost as scary as President Huckabee. Especially under McCain. I still worry, but the last seven years have only reinforced my "worst case scenario" reflex.<BR/><BR/>PS I will post something again - promise.grandpaboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13244879389237824763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13368104.post-69744089304446780902008-02-05T14:23:00.000-05:002008-02-05T14:23:00.000-05:00You are right about his stratgey...as a Republican...You are right about his stratgey...as a Republican I am hoping it doesnt work out the way he wants.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00858781035308252728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13368104.post-62923344496477792132008-02-05T01:05:00.000-05:002008-02-05T01:05:00.000-05:00This Huck VP stuff makes for an interesting conver...This Huck VP stuff makes for an interesting conversation. For while you see McCain needing a moderate due to his age, I think him hoisting Huck into the 2 spot works b/c hard right voters that don't like him will like Huck.<BR/><BR/>The calculus then is this: which is greater -- the number of hard right voters Huck brings in or the number of indies he loses?<BR/><BR/>I don't know that answer, but I do know that Mama McCain is 137 years old, so presumably the son has growing to do.Jason Haashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14581224941149292415noreply@blogger.com