Huckabee Speculation and Mixed Signals
Steven L. Taylor
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
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According to Process Story, the signal seems to be that Huckabee isn’t running: Huckabee releasing S.C. team
We’ve been told that former Ark. Gov. Mike Huckabee, a rumored candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, is giving his former S.C. supporters the nod to seek work on other presidential campaigns.
However, The Hill reports: Huckabee camp shoots down rumor he won’t run in 2012.
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Steven L. Taylor is a Professor of Political Science and a College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored
A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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I saw that story yesterday and it was quickly knocked down by Huckabee’s team. There’s some speculation that this may be another example of the weirdness of the South Carolina political blogosphere, where spreading rumor and inneundo seems to be a pastime (remember the story last year about the political blogger who claimed he had a affair with then GOP candidate for Governor Nikki Haley?)