Chuck Norris support was not enough

huckabeeout.jpgTwo words about underdog Mike Huckabee’s campaign for the GOP presidential nomination, which he finally and graciously ended Tuesday night: well done. Where the former Arkansas governor and Southern Baptist preacher triumphed in primaries and caucuses — in Iowa, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee, West Virginia and Louisiana, as well as Kansas — his campaign seemed fueled more by prayers than dollars. His appeal cut across partisanship and ideology, though, making him a Republican to watch for the future. For the rest of 2008, the key question for the GOP becomes: Will Huckabee’s faithful in Kansas and elsewhere fall in line behind John McCain?

12 Comments

  1. Phantom
    Posted March 6, 2008 at 1:22 pm | Permalink

    Bush will so command.

  2. Dennis
    Posted March 6, 2008 at 1:30 pm | Permalink

    And LAME duck Bush (who’s he?) carries so much weight in the GOP

  3. CF2K
    Posted March 6, 2008 at 2:29 pm | Permalink

    Huckabee and Chuck Norris: a Confederacy of dumbasses.

  4. Nathan
    Posted March 6, 2008 at 3:19 pm | Permalink

    I will support McCain. Begrudgingly.

  5. Barbara
    Posted March 6, 2008 at 3:23 pm | Permalink

    If McCain is elected, it will be 4 more years of the Bush Administration. I hope America wises up before ITS TOO LATE!!!!

  6. CapnAmerica
    Posted March 6, 2008 at 3:30 pm | Permalink

    Third party!

    Huckabee and Ron Paul.

    Libertarians and fundies unite. The only thing you have to lose is your minds . . .

  7. Ben
    Posted March 6, 2008 at 4:26 pm | Permalink

    Instead of someone with a fist behind the beard Huckabee needed someone with a brain back there.

  8. J M Walker
    Posted March 6, 2008 at 5:03 pm | Permalink

    Norris can kick McCain’s a**!

  9. CapnAmerica
    Posted March 6, 2008 at 10:16 pm | Permalink

    Huckabee said that his first primary win was literally a “miracle.”

    I guess God had second thoughts . . .

  10. J R
    Posted March 6, 2008 at 10:28 pm | Permalink

    I didn’t have any problem fearing Huckabee. But unlike the rest of the GOP nominees, he could not get me to hate him.

  11. RS
    Posted March 8, 2008 at 11:50 am | Permalink

    Either Obama or Clinton will result in Humiliation of our great country of such magnitude that the Iranian Hostage crisis under Carter will be forgotten.

  12. Ben
    Posted March 8, 2008 at 11:58 am | Permalink

    RS/BS – thanks for the laughs!

    ;)