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Huckabee At CPAC
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ABC News' Kevin Chupka reports: Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee received a very warm welcome this morning at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) here in Washington DC. The reception lasted the entire length of his speech as a crowd full of Huckabee supporter repeatedly cheered for their choice for the Republican nomination.
Huckabee was, of course, speaking at the same event that just days ago saw Mitt Romney tell his supporters he would discontinue his bid for the GOP nomination. Huckabee took his turn at the CPAC podium, however, to tell his supporters that he has no such plans. "Am I quitting?" Huckabee asked. "Let's get that settled right now. No, I'm not."
As to why? Huckabee has been pressed to explain the scenario in which the delegate math could turn in his favor, leading to the Republican nomination. "Folks, I didn't major in math, I majored in miracles," he told the crowd gathered at the Omni Hotel in Northwest Washington DC, "and I still believe in those, too." Believing, as he said multiple times on the stump Friday, that the nomination is not a coronation but truly a choice, he told his audience that he is "stay (ing) in this race not to be a fly in the ointment" but rather to offer a true choice to the many states that have yet to cast primary ballots.
While he addressed the claims that his campaign was limping forward, Huckabee spent the balance of his time enumerating his conservative credentials and, of course, focused on his faith. In fact he started the speech with a little Biblical humor, quoting Ecclesiastes 10:2 to the group of right wing conservatives: "A wise man's heart directs him toward the right."
Huckabee, while pointing out that he is the one to get all the faith questions in the many Republican debates, told his faithful, "The reason that America is a great nation is because America is a special nation, and the reason it is a special nation is because it was founded by people who were first on their knees before they were on their feet," referring, of course, to the faith of our founding fathers.
After his speech Huckabee spoke with reporters and was asked, as he is almost daily these days, if he would consider running as a Vice Presidential candidate under Senator John McCain, Huckabee evaded, but ever the quick wit said, ""There was once a Huckabee-McCain ticket. My wife's maiden name is McCain. Almost 34 years ago, the Huckabee-McCain ticket became one, the Huckabee ticket."
In all seriousness, however, Huckabee said he hoped today’s speech solidified his support with a GOP base that is not just reticent, but down right scared, to back the former Baptist minister. "I hope that today I solidified, my bona fides as a conservative are certainly genuine going back to a very conscious decision I made as a teenager. It was not for me something that I grew up in but I made as a conscious choice and one that sort of went against the grain of my culture of my family traditions and so there I think the authenticity of it has some meaning."
February 9, 2008 in Giuliani, Rudy | Permalink | User Comments (3)
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Mike Huckabee is not running to make us a theocracy. It seems as if his Baptist affiliation has made some conservatives scared to support him. He will defend our constitution, our national sovereignty and protect from enemies foreign and domestic. He is for a government of the people, by the people and for the people. Mike Huckabee is a person who can be trusted. He a compassionate man and would not abandon our nations poor. He is more like Ronald Reagan than any other candidate running. Many news Medias would love to ignore and shut him out. It is so blatantly obvious that the networks are almost boycotting him. I appreciate MSNBC showing Mike’s speech today at the CPAC conference, while Fox and CNN just showed a bit of it. He is a strong leader, a good communicator, and a man of integrity….something I can not say about any other candidate. He is America’s best hope of preserving our freedoms.
Posted by: Mary K. Dallas | Feb 9, 2008 1:47:06 PM
Ya Man!
It's by a landslide in Kansas.
Kansas is all good brother.
Posted by: The Commander Guy | Feb 9, 2008 3:59:24 PM
Mike Huckabee has campaigned as the "Christian Leader" candidate--and in doing so has used his religious faith as a sword on the campaign trail. His question whether Mormons believe that Jesus and Satan are brothers was no innocent query. It is one of the most commonly used anti-Mormon canards. His use of religion to divide the Republican primary voters may have been a successful ploy for winning some primaries but it will never be successful in winning the Presidency.
Posted by: Brent | Feb 9, 2008 4:07:52 PM
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