His temper tantrum book isn’t going to endear himself at all to those that never supported him. It does, however, deepen the rift in the Republican Party that happened during the 2008 Primaries.

Sooner or later the man has to realize he’s part of the problem. He needs to get over himself and what happened and become part of the solution, or we’ll be a permanent minority party.

I will never, under any circumstances support that man.

If Mike Huckabee runs, Mitt Romney supporters will revolt.

If Mitt Romney runs, Mike Huckabee supporters will revolt.

If Sarah Palin runs, the independents and the moderates (not that I care about them) revolt

I have no idea on Jindal.

Have legitimate disagreements with a candidate. don’t lower yourself to Kos levels.

Huckabee is nothing more than a big-government Christian. He is the 21st century William Jennings Bryan.

I was trying to think of a comparable politician in our recent history and that three-time loser was all I could come up with. Huckabee does as much damage to social conservativism than anyone on the other side.

nice guy, but no conservative. The way he handled illegals (he didn’t) in his state before the election made a major impression on me.

Of course I wouldn’t expect him to cross Tyson and still be able to remain in politics in that state.

I care not what any of the candidates said in the primary race, or now, for that matter.

I look at the prior 5 to 10 years and compare their stand on important issues. If their story has changed, a lack of character is exposed.

Character is not the main issue, it is the only issue.

All the candidates, with the exception of perhaps Thompson, had major revisions in their ideologies during the campaign when compared with prior statements and votes.

Plastic Republicans are the main reason there is a Marxist in the White House.

We can make all the chatter we want, about all the other reasons for it , but the fact remains, people could not see a marked difference between our candidates, (or Geo.43, for that matter) ,and the Demoncrats.

Sad day.

Regards

Would he be more of “Compassionate” Conservative? The very ideology that ballooned our government and entrenched Washington with factionalism — across both parties. Two things that we are getting hit over the heads with.

Like I said in another post. All the more reason for new faces, new ideas, and a bold new direction.

I demand my reform-minded party back. I demand principle over patronage!

Shutup!

Huckabee keeps on going on and on about helping the party. I would love to know what he did for the AR GOP while he was Governor?

He can help party and actually be a voice in Senate if he ran like he should

While I agree with many of the complaints about Huckabee above, I think it’s important to realize that he wasn’t some Republican defector, but a true social-conservative, fiscal-liberal. That he had so much appeal in the primaries should be telling us something.

There are a lot of social/defense conservatives who don’t perceive the economy as particularly fair. Recent bailouts aren’t helping that any. And they aren’t necessarily adverse to government stepping in and dictating outcomes.

There are also many social conservatives who have noted that, for all the talk the Republican party has generated, not a lot has actually been done on their pet issues. Most of their recent gains have been by referendum. The idea of a heartfelt social conservative candidate was really, really appealing to them.

Part of this is simple lack of realism of what idealists can expect from the Republican party alliance. But part of this is a sign that Republicans could do with some platform changes.

• Not only should we be pursuing the economic education that America desperately needs, we should be making sure the benefits of the free market percolate to workers and farmers. I’m not referring to goverment-controlled outcomes or redistribution. But government regulation to make it easier for workers to wage-shop would be both useful and a useful sign that we aren’t the party of the rich.

• Pick some low-hanging fruit on social conservatism. Abortion really is a great issue for us, but reversing Roe isn’t happening anytime soon. Choose a 2-year goal every 2 years.