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Huckabee on Hillary: "I Feel Her Pain!"
May 08, 2008 8:43 AM
As someone who faced criticism himself for not exiting his presidential nominating race "properly," former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee suffered through some of the same criticisms Sen. Hillary Clinton is going through right now. (Though of course the math was even more stark for him.)
So this morning I asked Huckabee what he thought of Clinton's dilemma.
"In the words of her husband, 'I feel her pain!'" Huckabee says.
"She is playing by the rules. She didn’t make the rules, the party did," he continues. "If they wanted to have the game end before the end or regulation, they should have written the rules that way. Does Major League baseball or the NFL prematurely end the game if one team gets overwhelmingly ahead? Even in boxing, unless there is a knockout, the fight goes the distance.
"The idea this 'hurts' the Democrats is not absolute. It hurts them if things get rancorous and personal (which it has). But the mere fact of the ongoing race doesn't automatically hurt. In fact, the Dems are on page 1 everyday and John McCain is on page 7.
"True, he's not really taking any body blows right now, but there is some value in being battle tested.
"There is one thing that has to be noted, however: As long as the only people calling for her to get out was Obama supporters it wasn’t a big deal. Now, she's beginning to see the defection of long time loyalists like McGovern and that hurts. If that continues, she may not have a choice if she wants to 'leave the party so as to get a return invitation.'"
- jpt
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staniam
I am an independent. I could never, in good faith, call myself a Democrat because of crap like this. The Democratic Party will lose the White House (AGAIN) because they love to fight more than they love to win. I watch this election after election.
You are right staniam, we do need another Party, one that isn't paranoid, racist, dishonest, self-involved and devious.
Posted by: Jeanne from Michigan | May 8, 2008 12:24:56 PM
remember obama said if one of his daughters made a mistake he would not want her PUNISHED WITH A BABY
Posted by: jgaw | May 8, 2008 12:13:18 PM
i agree with you mary.
all a show-planned from beginning to end.
that is why he cannot answer questions off the cuff, and why he cannot think on his feet.
and our country is about to suffer, who know what, but we the working class will soon find out.
we may find out sooner rather than later why sen. clinton was fighting so hard to win this. being as smart as she is she must know what is coming down the track for the working class.
Posted by: jgaw | May 8, 2008 12:07:21 PM
hey, buck,
i think obama should not let hillary campaign in the fall for him?
do you agree?
she should go back to the sen. and get back to work.
under no circimstances should obama let bill or hillary camp. for him in the fall.
Posted by: jgaw | May 8, 2008 12:01:12 PM
There would be no objection to her staying in the race if she were honorabler. But in football and basketball, when players commit flagrant fouls they are kicked out of the game. If the whole team does such things they forfeit the game. Now Her Hillariness has been playing as dirty as a skunk in a mudhole. That hurts everyone. She needs to have her dirty racist game sent home -- to wherever her home really is!
This old white hard working American is tired of her unAmerican ploys. Let's drop her before she totally obliterates us with her filth.
Posted by: BuckBurris | May 8, 2008 11:54:50 AM
If Hillary Clinton's name does not appear on my ballot in November, I will write her name on my ballot. Under no circumstances will I now or ever vote for Obama. I do not trust him; I do not believe he truly will do "for the good of the Nation" and I cannot stand his bitter, no-pride in America wife. Further, his loyalty comes into question - when Wright got going; Obama left. He really had no loyalty to his minister or his grandmother. What makes you think he has any loyalty to white Americans? Read his books, draw your own conclusion.
Posted by: dixiecharms | May 8, 2008 11:52:54 AM
We must have fortune tellers in here
Posted by: Joe | May 8, 2008 11:44:14 AM
mr. joe,
the difference between sen. clinton and geo bush, is sen. clinton has a brilliant mind, knows politics-and geo bush does not.
i would equate obama and bush.
obama will be a sleeper.
he has become the best candidate money can buy. he will owe so many favors to the dem est. and his handlers. working people like us will be way down on the list of people for him to thank. and we will not like the way he will thank us.
Posted by: jgaw | May 8, 2008 11:42:19 AM
this is all an elaborate plan to make loopholes in the current laws of the nomination process by BO not Hillary and he has won mainly in Caucus states but out of 34 million votes cast in the primary season only 1 million came from the caucues how does that jive?
Posted by: staniam | May 8, 2008 11:26:30 AM
Jeanne from Mich
your newfound optimism will be short lived BO will barely win the nomination and will not win the GE u need clinton peopel and will not get them go start a more liberal party of your own you are not mainstream Democrats!
Posted by: staniam | May 8, 2008 11:23:58 AM
I just want to put this out there. Isn't it the white blue collar non colledge educated types that propelled Bush into the white house? Now look at were we are when those people have the full say in things. War crappy economy high gas prices No jobs bad enviromental policies. These are the same people that are backing Clinton. I'm not going to be too hard on them because I belong to this group but I voted for Obama. Also I live in Montana. The thing that bothers me about Clinton is her eye is on becoming president thats it. The ends justify the means for her, fake southern accents, a gas tax holiday. I know she knows it won't work. The problem is she's a very smart lady and she makes herslef look like an idiot when she says stuff we all know she doesn't belive in just to get elected. its BS and you all know it. P.S. I didn't vote for Bush!
Posted by: Joe | May 8, 2008 11:22:50 AM
you have read both their plans, and you are still for obama?
if you really are a working class a-a
i wonder why you are for obama.
how do you think obama has been a help to the black community, the clinton's have done more to help the black community and underserved people in general. not just blacks.
i will list if need be-but mind you the list is long.
obama's ?
Posted by: jgaw | May 8, 2008 11:19:45 AM
"clinton has been trying to level the playing field for working class blacks for years. where was obama?" Jgaw could you support this statement with facts. Listen carefully, for the Clintons a good black woman/man is the one who is in the back seat and keeps quiet. That is what was reflected in SC and in PA. Can black people fight for themselves and not wait for Hill the Bosnian General to fight for them? Your kind of mind set dimunish a whole race, please avoid them. God bless America and God bless Obama. OBAMA08.
Posted by: BKMC | May 8, 2008 11:17:30 AM
pattylou,
it is because the a-a working class people need to feed their families and have healthcare,and affordable college that that should have listen to who had the real solutions and will to put them into place-that they should have voted for sen. clinton.
the a-a working people have been duped.
with the helping of obama hope and change chant-they are helping him-but he will not do much for them.
they should have gone with clinton.
clinton has been trying to level the playing field for working class blacks for years. where was obama?
Posted by: jgaw | May 8, 2008 10:59:26 AM
SJ,
Wake up! You don't think that the code words "blue collar, lunch bucket" workers voting for Hillary is not racial? Why is that when Caucasin Americans vote for other Caucasin Americans just because of race folks don't see it that way? Get this, most A-A are also in that "blue collar, lunch bucket" group and are just as concerned about feeding their families and healthcare as the next guy. Please don't play A-A for lacking a brain. That's what Bill did and why Hillary doesn't have the A-A vote.
Posted by: pattylou | May 8, 2008 10:51:40 AM
Hillary, you are brilliant. There is no doubt about it. It is time for your sacrifice. Let Obama be the nominee. it is time for change. It is time for new politics. God bless Hillary. God bless Obama.
Posted by: Al, San Francisco | May 8, 2008 10:39:40 AM
So when does Huckabee het his own talk show? (for conservatives that aren't mean and nasty)
Posted by: Tom J | May 8, 2008 10:30:30 AM
The "Fat Lady" will sing soon!
Obama all the way!
Posted by: Lookup | May 8, 2008 10:29:06 AM
Leading in a Presidential Primary does not mean you can win a GE, yes Obama is leading am not saying he is not.
The question I wanted to know is which candidate has the greater risk of losing votes over to McCain in GE for whatever reasons, racial bias, baggage, inexperience, or whatever hang ups voters may have, to me leaving out Clinton is going to cause the democrats to lose this election.
Losing Hillary or pushing her out or whatever it is some of you would want the DNC to do is running the risk of throwing away this election, that is the problem facing the DNC and am very sure some of the SD are very aware of this and will have to think seriously about what they do, one bad call and its over.
Posted by: SJ | May 8, 2008 10:28:18 AM
Sen. Obama is in no better situation than John Kerry or Mike Dukakis. He has still a long way to go. If you include Florida nad Michigan even longer! But everybody in the media is exagerating Sen. Obama's win in North Carolina. If Sen. Obama is the Democratic nominee, it would be a big mistake for the democratic party! I am sure the Republicans are going to make Rev. Wright his running-mate in the fall. Having not won even a one major state during the primaries, including California, New York, Texas, Massachusetts, Ohio, Florida, Michigan and now Pennsylvania, how can Sen. Obama be a serious front runner? He manipulated the caucuses with small groups of zealots; but they are not in play for the presidential election, Mr. Obama is going to find himself stuck! Our media is wrong to ignore the power and the importance of Latino vote; especially in these 08 elections, the largest minority in the country; a much larger than the black American vote. The Washington media establishment is misleading the country just as usual─ now cheering for Barack Obama are the same people who took us over the cliff in Iraq. Sen. Clinton was able to bring back the Reagan Democrats back into Democratic Party fold, which I think is a huge accomplishment. Sen. Clinton has shown growing support across the demographics, except among African Americans, who have voted mostly for Sen. Obama in overwhelming numbers. But with the solid support from women and Latinos, working Americans and older voters Sen. Clinton is best able to defeat Mr. McCain and the Republicans in the fall. On one on one match ups in many critical states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, Michigan, shows that Sen. Clinton is much better-stronger candidate. Mr. Obama’s coalition that giving him the primary victories are the same that gave the nomination to John Kerry. Without winning the major battleground states Pennsylvania and Ohio, Florida and Michigan Sen. Obama is unlikely be a strong candidate against Sen. John McCain. The best chance of winning the White House for the Democrats is still with Sen. Hillary Clinton.
Posted by: charleychaplin | May 8, 2008 10:26:34 AM
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