Comments on: Huckabee Wins West Virginia Caucus

By: Todd in MD

Todd in MD — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:16:51 +0000

You can thank Gorge Bush, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin and the other ilk for electing John McCain. The grass roots Christian Conservative voters in the Republican party have always been from the Bible belt in the South. The Republican party had aligned itself with the Evangelicals and have used the Christian voters to win their nominee for years on end. Did they actually expect us to ignore our core values and vote for Mitt Romney when one of our own was running? Maybe their savings and paychecks were not affected by the corruption of Worldcom, Enron, Qwest, Tyco, Adelphia, Arthur Anderson, Global Crossing, Health South, McKesson, KMart, Dynegy, Rite Aid, Parmalat, Xerox and the others. Trust Mitt who has gone negative against everyone else running in his own party and lives in a world that most of us can not fathom? He spent over 35Million of his own money to win a job that pays 400,000 /yr. It would take him over 80 years to make it back. No, I don't think so. They supported the wrong candidate and have maligned Huckabee's character and record. They have split the Republican Party.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:07:40 +0000

J-dog: is there going to be a OTB "live chat" thing, like you had for the caucus?

I haven't seen any more mention of that. Lemme check into it.

By: Triumph

Triumph — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:17:26 +0000

J-dog: is there going to be a OTB "live chat" thing, like you had for the caucus?

By: floyd

floyd — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:24:05 +0000

Too many people are over analyzing the Huckabee campaign and his supporters based on their own prejudices.
Most of Huckabee's supporters support him because they perceive him as a decent, trustworthy man from outside the beltway! Nothing more sinister than that.
Fred Thompson had all the earmarks of a hired-gun spoiler. Huckabee does not.
He simply believes that he can win the presidency by earning the people's votes.
The "realists"[AKA cynics] all "know better"!

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:42:22 +0000

Now there's rumors that Huckabee promised Ron Paul delegates that he's give 3 of those 18 national delegates to Paul in exchange for them voting for him today.

This election just keeps getting weirder and weirder.

By: Triumph

Triumph — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:31:11 +0000

Huckabee 1 - James 0

What will the rest of the day forsee?

If anything, this stunning performance by Huckabee is evidence that Ron Paul will prevail.

It is clear that voters are not buying the McLame/Rom-bot horse race and that Paul will ultimately win.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:05:29 +0000

Commenter Michael offers a plausible counter-analysis

I can't take the credit for that explanation:
http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/02/west_virginia_intrigue.php

via:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/2/5/143227/9088

By: Super Fat Tuesday! Romney Surge! « Thoughts on God

Super Fat Tuesday! Romney Surge! « Thoughts on God — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:32:55 +0000

[...] a distant third on the first ballot, moved over to Huckabee, helping him to carry the day.” Full Article1:25 [...]

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:32:11 +0000

This defies the view of many Romney supporters, though, who have been claiming that Romney(Huckabee?) was essentially a spoiler who was splitting the “conservative” vote.

I don't see how it defies that view at all. It wasn't Huckabee's delegates that changed their vote, it was the McCain delegates. And from the reports I've heard, McCain told them to vote for Huckabee to keep Romney from winning. If the second round came down to McCain and Romney, the Huckabee delegates could very likely have broken for Romney. Unless the above wasn't a typo, but it doesn't make sense any other way. Yep -- a typo that I fixed before I saw your comment in fact. - JHJ

By: FireWolf

FireWolf — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:20:51 +0000

Huckabee 1 - James 0

What will the rest of the day forsee?