Red State's Erick Erickson compares Mike Huckabee to Ronald Reagan -- not in a good way:
Mike Huckabee is a good man. And he is a social conservative. But next to social conservatives, I'm willing to bet that the entrepreneurial class is the second largest voting block in the Republican coalition. And they do not like economic populism, which is what this amounts to.At Commentary, Fred Seigel discusses "William Jennings Huckabee":
Rich Lowry, of National Review, has described Huckabee as a cross between the famous early 20th century preacher Billy Sunday and Ronald Reagan. But with Huckabee's talk of applied Christianity, the early 20th century figure he most closely resembles is the great populist orator in the cause of Free Silver, William Jennings Bryan.The American Spectator's Quin Hillyer hit Huckabee pretty hard last week, Rod Dreher called him the "Huckster," and Ralph Z. Hallow reported how Arkansas conservatives view their former governor:
"We called him a pro-life, pro-gun liberal, when I was in the state legislature and he was governor," said Randy Minton, chairman of the Arkansas chapter of Phyllis Schlafly's national Eagle Forum.On the other hand -- or the other fist -- Huckabee's got the endorsement of Chuck Norris.Mr. Minton voices the concerns of many conservatives that while Mr. Huckabee governed as a social conservative in opposing abortion and same-sex "marriage," he was a treacherous liberal on taxes, social welfare spending and illegal immigration.
-- Robert Stacy McCain, assistant national editor, The Washington Times
Comments (4)
Huckabee is ok. It is just the greedy rich people that don't want him to win the nomination. All the good people don't mind his economic positions.
Posted by Oscar1958 | October 30, 2007 9:33 PM
I don't care much for class warfare, but the attacks on Huckabee demonstrate that class warfare is alive and well and that its not only the Democratic elite that play that game - the Republican elite can play it too.
Posted by Drew | October 30, 2007 11:48 PM
I am not rich, and while i like some things that Huckabee says, I do not prefer him as a candidate.
personally, the best President for the USA would have been Newt Gingrich.
Also, I do not get my panties tied into a knot when ever someone attacks either Rudy or Fred, as they are the two I would like out of the group of choices presented today. Rudy does not change positions, but he might change target goals based on reality. Fred seems to be a true conservative with out changing at the core in order to win votes, that is why people reached out to him instead of him just throwing in desire to run.
Posted by Allen | October 31, 2007 1:42 PM
OMG...I just googled this guy to see what type of support he is getting....3 comments?!? ....yawn. this guy has zero shot. he is running for ambassador or sec'y for one of the 'front runners'...'cept Ron Paul is gonna OWN the all
I do NOT Heart Huckabee
Huckabee = Owned
Go Ron Paul 2008
we gotta take the power back...c'mon...C'MON!!!!!!
Posted by Richard | November 2, 2007 3:14 PM