McCain 18, Huck 15, Mitt 14, Rudy 12 — in California
posted at 8:45 pm on January 9, 2008 by Allahpundit
I’m thinking maybe we suspend our political coverage for a few weeks. Cold turkey, no looking back. I just can’t handle the depression anymore.
Is Huck going to take LA?
The private poll, which we just obtained from a leading Democratic state strategist, goes like this:
On the Republican side, Arizona Sen. John McCain leads the California pack with 18 percentage points; former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee now in second place with 15, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has sunk to third place with 14. Here’s the shocker: former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani — once the frontrunner here — shows up with 12 percentage points, with Fred Thompson, the former Tennesee Senator, back in single digits with 9 points, and Texas Rep. Ron Paul in 5 percent. Undecided GOP voters are a huge number — 24 percent.
“I’ve never seen anything like this” so close to a major election, said the strategist. “This is a fight to the finish…it tells me that not only is the Republican field extremely unsettled, but many Republicans find this entire crop of candidates unsettling.”
The good news: Nonpartisan polls show Rudy with an eight-point lead. The bad news: That data is three weeks old, before Iowa and New Hampshire and Giuliani’s national cratering. And Huck was already running second at the time. This result isn’t far-fetched, in other words.
Which brings us to our latest HA poll. I’d hoped it wouldn’t come to this, my friends, but I fear we must prepare ourselves for the worst. All the policy papers — and money — in the world have been ineffective thus far against this date with destiny. I ask nothing more than that you choose as you would on Super Tuesday, knowing that Hillary or the Messiah awaits. Below the poll you’ll find a pearl of wisdom from Charles Krauthammer for inspiration.
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Death is always an option. Or alcohol. Lots and lots of alcohol.
Drew on January 9, 2008 at 8:48 PM
Are we still trusting polls? The swings in the republican states are too crazy. Helter Skelter.
froghat on January 9, 2008 at 8:49 PM
Krauthammer is whole string of pearls…
d1carter on January 9, 2008 at 8:49 PM
I’ll take Huckabee over McCain.
mAc Chaos on January 9, 2008 at 8:49 PM
gah boy……………
Drunk Report on January 9, 2008 at 8:49 PM
The Polls are broken. They are meaningless. Yet, here they are again presented as news.
TheBigOldDog on January 9, 2008 at 8:50 PM
I’m with Mitt!
madmonkphotog on January 9, 2008 at 8:50 PM
The New Hampshire GOP polls were perfectly sound, boys. Hate to break the denial bubble here but the fact remains.
Allahpundit on January 9, 2008 at 8:51 PM
Given the choice between the two of them I choose The Grinch.
Seeing as the Grinch is not in the running, McCain is infinitely superior to Huckabee in that he isn’t a religious demagogue complete with no head for foreign policy.
BKennedy on January 9, 2008 at 8:51 PM
You would be INSANE to vote McCain over Huckabee. If you don’t know why, I don’t know what to do with you. I’ve laid out McCain back at the blog, to remind you.
As far as Huckabee goes. He is pro-life and pro-gun. There was a time when we would have given our right arms for someone like that. Now you’re complaining about economic crap? If he’s right on life, guns, and (because of that), judges, stop the bellyaching already!
If he’s the candidate, he’s got my vote. To me life, and guns trump the other issues. Taxes and regulation come and go, but life and self-defense mean more to me
Your Jewish Master on January 9, 2008 at 8:52 PM
If McCain or Huckabee gets the nomination, neither will get my vote for president. If we have to have an amnesty sell-out in the WH, might as well let it be a Democrat.
AZCoyote on January 9, 2008 at 8:53 PM
Oh so the just got half the equation wrong? You’ve got to be kidding right? They were really sound in 04 too right?
Dick Morris, a pretty well know poster was just on O’Reilly talking about how all the polls are broken.
TheBigOldDog on January 9, 2008 at 8:53 PM
SECOND LOOK AT McCAIN!
Allahpundit on January 9, 2008 at 8:53 PM
I think I am going to be ill.
RRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLPPPPPHHHHHH!
Dave R. on January 9, 2008 at 8:53 PM
If this poll is true then it leads me to one conclusion. People don’t give a damn about illegal immigration. Am I right here?
froghat on January 9, 2008 at 8:54 PM
LA…whadya want, some kinda sane choice? Huck would be their guy, hands down!
AUINSC on January 9, 2008 at 8:54 PM
I have been disenfranchised as that poll excludes my vote.
MB4 on January 9, 2008 at 8:54 PM
I want to wake up in an alternate universe where Rudy is doing good. Huckabee vs McCain? Really?
jimmy the notable on January 9, 2008 at 8:54 PM
You’re criticizing me for being credulous about polls and meanwhile you’re taking Dick Morris’s word about anything?
The Iowa polls were right. The New Hampshire polls were right. Let’s get in the game.
Allahpundit on January 9, 2008 at 8:54 PM
Rudy is a much worse choice for the GOP than the Mac on all sorts of issues, so are the Paulian and Huck. Plus Mac stands a much better chance than Romney in the general. After Thompson, he would be my second choice. All the poison and sneering is getting a bit much – he deserves better than the jeering he’s been getting around here.
Let’s leave the bitching and infighting to the Democrats.
McCain 2008.
Pax americana on January 9, 2008 at 8:56 PM
Nothing is determined yet, my friend. Things can change pretty quickly, as we’ve seen this year.
And this poll is like choosing which wrist to slit.
Spirit of 1776 on January 9, 2008 at 8:56 PM
Allahpundit,
We is up to our saddles in RINOs.
Dave R. on January 9, 2008 at 8:56 PM
California = border state
Huck + McCain = both weak on immigration
McCain 1st + Huck 2nd = immigration = non issue?
froghat on January 9, 2008 at 8:56 PM
Pasting of -epic- proportions in november.
lorien1973 on January 9, 2008 at 8:56 PM
Screw you guys. I’m going home.
Editor on January 9, 2008 at 8:57 PM
The Goracle thy Oracle’s Global Warming has more credibility than the polls.
Ditto Dennis’ UFO’s.
MB4 on January 9, 2008 at 8:57 PM
McCain over Huckabee. But the SECOND he starts to renege on his immigration conversion, I’m gonna… scream impotently into the void and send countless faxes and letters that McCain’s interns will use to heat their homes.
The Republican party is dying, and fast.
joewm315 on January 9, 2008 at 8:59 PM
Yep, I agree. Let them take the heat, I’ll wait til 2012 to vote!
Califemme on January 9, 2008 at 8:59 PM
Dude, what are you talking about? Have you not been paying attention. Hillary won, You know that right? She won. The Polls had her loosing as much as double digits. She was ready to fire her whole staff. You ran stories about her pulling out of the race all together remember? Is that what you consider sound? Is that your idea of scientific accuracy?
TheBigOldDog on January 9, 2008 at 9:00 PM
I actually choose McCain rather than “stay home.” But that should be interpreted more as an anti-Huckabee vote (I would vote to castrate myself before I’d vote for him) as opposed to a pro McCain vote.
bert169 on January 9, 2008 at 9:00 PM
McCain is no conservative.
1) He opposes freedom of speech/expression (McCain-Feingold).
2) He voted against the Bush tax cuts.
3) He sposored and supported the scamnesty bill.
4) He apparently has thrown in his lot with the enviro-kook crowd.
Did I leave anything out?
Dave R. on January 9, 2008 at 9:01 PM
Huckabee will betray us on immigration, his fiscal policy is garbage, and his foreogn policy is on the same level of Obama. Between that and the religious demagogery, I’ll take my chances with the devil who I know will backstab us on whcih issues.
BKennedy on January 9, 2008 at 9:01 PM
I’ll take Huckabee over McCain any day of the week.
mAc Chaos on January 9, 2008 at 9:01 PM
If last night is any indication, people should know that you can’t trust these polls.
In a short, I think all of these politicos are talking out of their asses. No one has any clue what is going to happen until it happens.
Personally, I’ve never once been asked to participate in a legitimate poll….which further leads me to believe that it’s all a bunch of bulls**t.
The Ugly American on January 9, 2008 at 9:02 PM
Por supuesto, tiene usted razon.
Mi poco viejo perro faldero Juan esta demostrando que, Gringo.
VinyFoxy on January 9, 2008 at 9:02 PM
Oh, and it’s not just Morris. It’s guys like Luntz. In fact, you posted a video of him talking about how the polls were broken. Do you post stuff w/o watching it?
TheBigOldDog on January 9, 2008 at 9:02 PM
I’d be interested in everyone’s theories as to why the polls are suddenly so off…
If I was asked by an exit pollster, I’d be tempted to lie just to mess with ‘em.
dish on January 9, 2008 at 9:03 PM
I’m surprised people in the media think McCain is the chosen one. People keep complaining about Bush being a divider not a uniter. What the hell do they think McCain is? This guy has the temper of Dick Cheney, except he goes nuts in public instead of behind the scenes like Cheney.
froghat on January 9, 2008 at 9:03 PM
F-ing A right there.
BlackCapitalist on January 9, 2008 at 9:04 PM
I could grudgingly vote for McCain in the general, though I still hope Rudy or Mitt pull it out. McCain is better on the war than any Democrat and talks a good game on reducing government spending, although that is where his appeal ends. I could never vote for Huck. But one private poll from a democratic strategist is not sufficient evidence to declare Rudy dead in California.
phronesis on January 9, 2008 at 9:04 PM
I also believe that California has a blanket primary, so this poll might underestimate the vote for McCain and Huckabee since they both appeal to independents and moderates.
bert169 on January 9, 2008 at 9:06 PM
Is America not tired of instrument playing ex Governors from Arkansas who were born in Hope and lie like rugs?
Zelsdorf Ragshaft on January 9, 2008 at 9:06 PM
Personally, I’m no longer putting faith in polls. I keep hearing reports of both Dem and Rep voters making their mind up the day of the vote. Also, the wild swings I see in these polls are just nutso. I’ll just sit back and enjoy the voting.
froghat on January 9, 2008 at 9:06 PM
Appears that way. But, look. McCain can’t be any worse on it than Bush, and we won that last round by making Congress accountable. And, other than being a treacherous, untrustworthy, Kennedy loving creature of Washington, he still ranks a little higher than Huck. So, if he’s the pick, I won’t have to vote Obama.
a capella on January 9, 2008 at 9:06 PM
McCain and Huckabee are pretty much the same. But I’d go with Huckabee.
popularpolitics on January 9, 2008 at 9:07 PM
I’d be interested in everyone’s theories as to why the polls are suddenly so off…
Don’t you find is a little strange that the only polls that were off involved The Hildebeast?
Does kind of make you go hmmmmmmmmmm, don’t it?
Dave R. on January 9, 2008 at 9:08 PM
Here is a poll where you can vote for Fred Thompson or Mike Huckabee. Let’s see where this would stand.
http://www.thesitrep.com/pres.htm
TheSitRep on January 9, 2008 at 9:08 PM
Fredalanche©
http://www.thesitrep.com/pres.htm
TheSitRep on January 9, 2008 at 9:09 PM
1. mccain
2. stay home
3. pray for rain
custer on January 9, 2008 at 9:10 PM
phronesis on January 9, 2008 at 9:11 PM
Fixed That For Ya.
BKennedy on January 9, 2008 at 9:12 PM
Dave R. on January 9, 2008 at 9:08 PM
No. Well Yes, but I was thinking back to the congressional and 04 presidential too. I was resigned to President Kerry (aw, now I gotta clean the keyboard) when I went to bed and woke up to President Bush (thanks be)
dish on January 9, 2008 at 9:12 PM
Your Jewish Master on January 9, 2008 at 8:52 PM
Your Jewish Master, how can you like this guy, the basis of his whole candidacy is that he the real ‘Christian’ candidate. I can see people supporting Huckabee, if they’re…Christian.
Anyway hate to break your bubble, but the only difference between Jimmy Carter and Huckabee was the fact that Carter was ‘attack’ by a man-killing rabbit and Huckabee wasn’t.
GO McCain!!
Lance Murdock on January 9, 2008 at 9:12 PM
Well, with a race that’s mostly focused on inch-deep soundbites, we’ve got a candidate (Huckabee) whose very comfortable in the shallow end of the pool. I think many people will have buyer’s remorse down the road if they go with him, but they don’t see it.
someguy on January 9, 2008 at 9:13 PM
Huckabee/Thompson 08?
Fred is low key enough not to outshine Huckabee. Which I’ve heard is important when selecting a vice president. And Thompson would get a lot of conservatives who have said that they would stay home. He shores up mikes weak points with conservatives, and hopefully would work in the background like Cheney would. But lets hope it won’t come to this.
Complete7 on January 9, 2008 at 9:13 PM
Man, as a Rudy fan this is getting frustrating. I wish I knew what they have planned for Florida. It better be worth the wait! I’m trying to be patient, but if he took Iowa and NH serious I think he could of had a chance to at least win 2nd. John Fing McCain and Huck are so weak and Rudy could of used Mitt’s flip flops to win some voters over. Does anyone know if Rudy is going to stay in Florida for the next 3 weeks or is he gonna make a lame appearance in the states before Florida. If he’s putting on his chips in the states starting with Florida, he might as well stay in FL 24/7 the next 3 weeks instead of wasting time in states he’s not serious about anyways.
froghat on January 9, 2008 at 9:14 PM
Quiet, Mr. Kennedy. ;)
Mazztek on January 9, 2008 at 9:14 PM
If things are really so flat, what does it matter? We’ll just have to add up all the numbers at the end of Super Tuesday and the rest of the country will vote among those who don’t crater. Which means that Rudy’s deader than Fred. Anyway, it would be ironic if those states which decided not to be “one of the first” were those which decided who the nominees will be.
calbear on January 9, 2008 at 9:16 PM
How depressing.
Might as well vote for Brittnay….whatever.
Tru2my2 on January 9, 2008 at 9:19 PM
Ayatollah Huckabeee will probably ban alcohol along with all fatty foods. Right before he pardons Osama after someone tells him that Muslims consider Jesus a prophet.
phronesis on January 9, 2008 at 9:19 PM
Mazztek,
I hate to say it, but I’m with Drew on the booze thing. Lol.
Dave R. on January 9, 2008 at 9:19 PM
You’ll need the guns with all the roaming criminals Jesus tells Huckabee to let free, and all the roaming Islamists enjoying his love thy enemy foreign policy. And to defend your property against Huck’s big government spending.
McCain has campaigned endlessly against Pork Barrel spending of the kind Huck loves, and has one of the strongest pro-life records in the Senate.
And if Mitt is allowed to change his position on abortion, why can’t Mac on immigration?
No contest. McCain 2008.
Pax americana on January 9, 2008 at 9:20 PM
I am writing in Frank The Bunny.
EnochCain on January 9, 2008 at 9:20 PM
I’ll take American Christians any day of the week. Shall we go through the list of good they have done here and around the world? The best friends the Jews could ever have. I need to be Christian to not be “bothered” by Christianity?
So Carter was ardently pro-life and pro-gun?
No difference?? Really???
What is going on out there? He may not be your ideal conservative, but come on. You can’t seriously be thinking about wasting your vote, and thus all of your time spent on politics out of pride?
Your Jewish Master on January 9, 2008 at 9:21 PM
Hey,
You boys be right careful messin’ ’round with them thar polls.
Ua maht jezz catch somethin’ ya cain’t git rid of.
Know whut Ahh mean?
Dave R. on January 9, 2008 at 9:22 PM
Look guys, when the data is bad, the data is bad. If some of the data happens to be close to actual in one area only, that’s called luck, not a valid scientific result. It’s pure chance.
The Polls are off for lots of potential reasons. The methodology no longer fits the way we live. Telephone polls don’t work when people have caller ID, call blocking and cell phones. They don’t work when pollsters start screening out voters too quickly simply because they aren’t “regular” voters (as Dick Morris suggested tonight). They don’t work when people intentionally mislead. They don’t work when the people reimplementing them intentionally or unintentionally bias the samples as happened during the exit polling of 04.
The real problem however is much more insidious and that’s the unwillingness or inability to look at the raw data and sanity test it. People want to believe. They want certainty and the accept anything that looks and sounds certain.
TheBigOldDog on January 9, 2008 at 9:23 PM
John McCain was the leader on the other side of the aisle. John McCain was the guy who was working with Ted Kennedy to drive it down our throats, and lectured us repeatedly about how xenophobic we were, lectured us, us being the Republican conference, about how wrong we were on this, how we were on the wrong side of history, and that you know, this is important for his…because having come from Arizona, knowing the strength of the Hispanic community, that we were going to be seen as racists, and he wasn’t going be part of that, that he was not a racist, and that if we were for tougher borders, it was a racist thing.
Look, John McCain looks at things through the eyes, on these kind of domestic policy issues, looks at it through the eyes of the New York Times editorial board, and accepts that predisposition that if you are not, if you stand for conservative principles, there’s some genetic defect.
- Rick Santorum
MB4 on January 9, 2008 at 9:24 PM
The good news about a John McCain presidency: He might be the first president to call David Gregory a Fing nancy boy and slug him in the nuts.
froghat on January 9, 2008 at 9:24 PM
While I agree that McCain is far superior to Huckabee, I fail to see how Mr. Gang of 14 will appoint better judges than Rudy. And SCOTUS appointments are the only way a president is going to have an impact on abortion.
phronesis on January 9, 2008 at 9:25 PM
Spirit of 1776:
“And this poll is like choosing which wrist to slit.”
Amen to that.
JM Hanes on January 9, 2008 at 9:27 PM
Second look at booze!
PolitiNOOB on January 9, 2008 at 9:27 PM
Dang Fred is crushing the rest of the field here.
http://www.thesitrep.com/pres.htm
Fredalanche©
TheSitRep on January 9, 2008 at 9:28 PM
Breaking News: Hot Air Blogger “Allahpundit” sued by Fred Thompson for being a meanie. Developing..
froghat on January 9, 2008 at 9:30 PM
Those poll numbers out of Cali are still raw- there’s still Michigan, SC, Nevada, and Florida to be contested before we get there on Super Tuesday. I’ll wait and see how these contests shake out and what effect they have on the field before I start pressing the panic button.
As for this Hot Air poll, like I said in a previous post, the only way I vote for Juan is if forced into my default “Anybody But The Democrat” mode. Well, Huck’s a Democrat and he’s got the record to prove it. So in this scenario, I’ll hold my nose and vote for Juan. Way I see it, Juan only cozies up to the Kennedys. Huck could be a Kennedy.
SuperCool on January 9, 2008 at 9:31 PM
I heard Huck denied 90% of clemency or pardon requests that came to his desk. And that he had thousands compared to Romney’s 100. If you think pardons or clemencies should NEVER be granted, then that’s one thing. But to act like Huckabee granted an exceptional number of arbitrary clemencies & pardons is something else – disingenuous in fact.
And Huckabee never said to love enemy nations; only that humility as opposed to arrogance is preferable.
The first Governor of Ark. to sign a broad based tax cut, and Government spending was actually not very high considering the road revamps and education court orders.
And why can’t Huck on immigration?
popularpolitics on January 9, 2008 at 9:33 PM
How on earth did it come to the worst possible candidates? I’m waiting for the trend to be “maybe Ron Paul is insane on foreign policy, but with the right VP and a stacked cabinet it could work!”
I think if it comes to Huck or McCain I’ll need to see the VP. Any thoughts on someone that would balance these two out? Bolton?
blankminde on January 9, 2008 at 9:35 PM
Probably correct, but most people have already picked their favorite guy and are just trying now to decide how much they are willing to give up in order to remain loyal to the party, if they really, really detest the winner. Most of us don’t want to make a decision in the voting booth, so try to work out the hard stuff ahead of time. I’d rather have Fred, but if I can’t have him, I can cheerfully go with Mitt or Rudy. After that I’m not cheerful anymore. Want to get the heartburn out of the way early.
a capella on January 9, 2008 at 9:36 PM
I will vote for Hillary or Obama if either the Huckster or Mac get the nomination. Someone here posted earlier that it will take another Carter for the country to want another Reagan, and they just might have been right.
JustTruth101 on January 9, 2008 at 9:36 PM
TheBigOldDog on January 9, 2008 at 9:23 PM
I see your point, but I cannot help but wonder why the polls involving Hilary and Hussein Osama Obama were so far off, and every one else’s were quite accurate.
I am no conspiricy buff, and I took three statistics course in college, including a course on research methods, which was based on analyzing collected research data.
Something really smells here. And I think it is the Hildebeast.
Dave R. on January 9, 2008 at 9:37 PM
Breaking News: Fred Thompson counter sued by Hot Air Blogger “Allahpundit” for giving him narcolepsy. Developing..
MB4 on January 9, 2008 at 9:39 PM
bkankminde,
Because the head-up-their-bum republicans continue to allow the liberal MSM to select their candidates for them.
Sad.
Dave R. on January 9, 2008 at 9:40 PM
McCain is far superior to the Huckster. I don’t think either will be the nominee. McCain would actually be a great Sec Def. Romney would be a great Sec Treasury. McCain would have been a better choice in 2000 on the issues that have caused the GOP huge problems the last few years, namely pork and insufficient active duty size for the military. He’s equally as bad as Bush on immigration, and is equally as comfortable cozying up to Ted Kennedy, so that’s a wash.
McCain would have vetoed many of the pork-laden bills that Trent Lott and Denny Hastert shoveled over and got signed by Bush.
funky chicken on January 9, 2008 at 9:40 PM
I hear Huck campaigned for some Democrats over Republicans in state elections while governor. Is that why the Arkansas Republican Party didn’t endorse him? Is he considered a loyal Republican down there?
a capella on January 9, 2008 at 9:41 PM
No not Bolton, but Sigmund Freud as he could keep either of them heavily medicated.
MB4 on January 9, 2008 at 9:42 PM
if it comes down to those two, I’d vote McCain over Huck.
But I sure hope it doesn’t come down to those two.
sulla on January 9, 2008 at 9:44 PM
MB4 on January 9, 2008 at 9:42 PM
Hitler’s doctor, Theodor Morell, kept him heavily medicated and hopped up on meth…maybe that would work? Not to compare our next 4 years to Nazi Germany, but it would definitely make “Meet the Press” interesting.
blankminde on January 9, 2008 at 9:44 PM
Yep, he is actually. Read this.
popularpolitics on January 9, 2008 at 9:45 PM
We should just call this the “The Gary Gilmore election” as we appear to have only the choice of being shot [McVain] or being hung [Huckster].
MB4 on January 9, 2008 at 9:48 PM
God, he’s fooling everybody. I’m not even sure he’s a Christian to be honest about it. Now, this just may be me, but I’ve never met a pastor who wanted to be President…And, god love em, I’ve never met a pastor who I wanted to be President.
That’s a very important thing to take note of here. This guy is ‘different’, no matter which way you slice it…and by ‘different’, I mean ‘off’. Some goofballs may vote for him because they think it’s a good idea to have to a local preacher be President, but that would be so far out of the American experience of the last 219 years as to be outrageous. The founding fathers would be turning over in their graves over this, with good reason.
Plus, this guy is so all-over-the-map about what he says from one day to the next, that I think he makes McCain look stable. I think the MSM wants him to be the Republican nominee because they know how badly he’ll lose. And if he doesn’t lose, his past performance and Governor of AK would be the next best thing for them.
AUINSC on January 9, 2008 at 9:49 PM
Thank you Pax Americana.
Your Jewish Master, your right, we will need all the guns in the world when the Huskter activates his Fair Tax plan. Since you don’t know the difference, I’ll tell you instead of paying your taxes on gross income we’ll all pay through commodities like bread. So when your loaf of bread costs you 10 bucks you’ll need that Uzi of yours to protect everything you own so you won’t get robbed yourself.
When someone’s economic plans are to the left of Billy Jeff you really have to think, is this guy I want to win the office of the presidency. Like some of posters stated above, I rather have a Dem in the WH rather then the Huskter. So when the country gets messed up we can all blame the Dems rather the Republicans.
Lance Murdock on January 9, 2008 at 9:49 PM
Wasn’t Sigmund Freud addicted to cocaine?
bert169 on January 9, 2008 at 9:51 PM
I bet one McCain supporter voted over a hundred times in that poll. Who the hell would vote for either of those guys?
CABE on January 9, 2008 at 9:54 PM
You didn’t build a Year 2000 bunker, did you? ;)
Your Jewish Master on January 9, 2008 at 9:55 PM
McCain > Huck
At least McCain gets it right on the war and defense, unlike the “give the world a hug” attitude I’m worried Huck would bring.
It’s always the lesser of two evils…
brak on January 9, 2008 at 9:55 PM
I’m actually not terribly surprised by the 15% for Huckster. CA is full of people who would stand up and cheer to hear a candidate talk about a nationwide ban on smoking and trans fats. The Rick Warren endorsement will get him some votes too, unfortunately.
funky chicken on January 9, 2008 at 9:58 PM
Huckabee is a liberal Southern Baptist. It’s the super conservative Southern Baptists who are strong backers of Israel. The liberal ones are no better than liberal Methodists or Presbyterians from what I’ve seen.
funky chicken on January 9, 2008 at 10:00 PM
Jeb Bush, we need you.
Zorro on January 9, 2008 at 10:01 PM
That sounds like a good plan, except I would substitute heroine for meth. I think that McVain may already be on meth.
MB4 on January 9, 2008 at 10:03 PM
Only registered Republicans can vote for a Republican presidential nominee in Cali, but independents can vote for Dems.
I’ll take McCain anyday, Huck’s foreign policy is frightening.
freiherr on January 9, 2008 at 10:04 PM
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