Posted by Stormy Dragon

This reminds me of a comment by Von on Obsidian Wings, where he threatened to flee to Canada if Clinton or Obama became president (I can't recall which).

People rightly mocked him, since he had managed to refrain from fleeing under years of Bush.

Why on earth would you choose to continue to respond to him as if he has credible arguments? He was wrong, is wrong, and will be wrong, from this time forth and forevermore. Amen.

I am not convinced any of the GOP candidates are good choices, but Huckabee feels more like an old fashioned southern democrat than a republican.

He does appear to be a nice guy-but I don't want to elect a "nice" guy to the white house. I want to elect a competent one that stands for conservatism somewhere other than social conservatism.

How much of this is so, and how much of it only the result of one being the media's "darling", and the other the media's "demon"?

Funny, on Redstate they swear that Huckabee has been given a pass, even been boosted, by the media as a conservative foil.

I need a scorecard these days to keep up with everything the media is accused of doing.

The quick dismissiveness about Huckabee the preacher sort of reminds me of the early dismissiveness of Reagan the actor.

That line of reasoning is disconcerting to me, therefor I disregard it out of hand.
(which is my way of saying you may have a good point, damn it.)

How much of this is so, and how much of it only the result of one being the media's "darling", and the other the media's "demon"?

The quick dismissiveness about Huckabee the preacher sort of reminds me of the early dismissiveness of Reagan the actor.

Ding ding ding! We have a winner!

I strongly suspect either Obama or Hillary would just demolish Huckabee come november.

I think that any first-tier Democratic candidate would defeat Huckabee in November 2008. I also think that Republicans are pretty likely to arrive at that conclusion, too.

Dan Larison finds the prospect “terrifying” but believes “Huckabee counteracts everything Obama has to offer, such as it is, while outmatching him in a number of ways.”

Color me unconvinced.

Obama has so far run a competent campaign. Huckabee has tripped over his own feet every two minutes. I strongly suspect either Obama or Hillary would just demolish Huckabee come november.

KRISTOL ON HUCK....I read Bill Kristol's inaugural column in the New York Times last night, and I guess I had about the same reaction as Matt Yglesias: why? Basically, he planted great big wet kiss on Mike Huckabee's cheeks, and......

Unfortunately (in my view), both Romney and Huckabee, each in his own way, represents the next evolutionary stage in the continuum from Bush I to the present. Whether Republicans want to continue that development is what I've been characterizing as “death wish” and “survival instinct”.