There’s another governor from Hope, Ark., seeking to become the president of America. He’s Mike Huckabee. And while many would think that his hometown is the only thing Mr. Huckabee has in common with President Clinton, they share one other thing as well: Mr. Huckabee knows how to appeal to both the party base and middle America at the same time.
Just as New Hampshire made Bill Clinton the comeback kid in 1992, this weekend’s Iowa straw poll could do the same for the charismatic, but underfunded Mr. Huckabee, especially since Messrs. Giuliani and McCain have backed out of it and Mr. Thompson isn’t even in it.
(CBS) He was born and raised in the small Arkansas town of Hope, served more than 10 years as governor and then launched a long-shot campaign for the presidency.
Sound familiar? Sure. But as CBS News senior political correspondent Jeff Greenfield reports, he’s not Bill Clinton.
We’re talking about 51-year-old Republican Mike Huckabee, who turns his ties to Clinton’s home town of Hope, Ark., into a favorite punch line: “All I ask is — give us one more chance.”
