John McCain may be the undisputed leader for the GOP nomination, but he faces continued opposition from rivals Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee.
Despite steadily lengthening odds, neither Romney nor Huckabee offer any hint they were ready to exit the race.
Filed under: Duncan Hunter, Fred Thompson, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Rudy Giuliani, Sam Brownback, Tancredo
In a posting last week, I looked at the Democratic contenders for president in 2008. As we head into the heart of the fall campaign leading up to the caucuses and primaries, let’s examine the Republican candidates.
One of the more remarkable and depressing aspects of the Republican presidential contest is how difficult it is for the candidates to talk realistically about Iraq. At the recent New Hampshire debate, when Mitt Romney exhaled a faint puff of skepticism about the surge’s results, John McCain jumped in to stiffen his spine. Those boys are going to white-knuckle this thing through till the end.
It was left to Ron Paul, who has virtually no support, to point out that the Iraq war is a disaster and that the GOP is destroying itself with its catastrophic war policy. Mike Huckabee shot back: “Even if we lose elections, we should not lose our honor, and that is more important than the Republican Party.”
Des Moines, IA (PRWEB) August 22, 2007 — Iowa voters want to vote for Mike Huckabee says the polling analysts at Election2008Polls.com. They arrive at this conclusion because Huckabee’s poll numbers peak after every televised national debate. The poll numbers come down according to the website because “his lower tiered status and aura of ‘can’t win’ precludes them from voting for him even though they may want to”.
Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee warned Thursday that nominating Mitt Romney would leave the party vulnerable to Democratic charges of flip-flopping that could endanger GOP chances of winning the White House in 2008.
Huckabee said he does not doubt the authenticity of the former Massachusetts governor’s conversion on social issues, most notably abortion. “I’m just going to assume that if says he’s solidly pro-life now, he is,” he said.
But during an interview for washingtonpost.com’s PostTalk program, Huckabee said that will not stop Democrats from going after Romney, if he becomes the nominee.
