Huckabee can easily win the Republican nomination:

He won't win NH, but he can finish second if Romney collapses enough and the other votes are too divided. That will give him a further boost as he is not expected to do anything there. Then he goes on and wins against divided opposition in Michigan. Then he wins SC and does well in NV(probably no win here, but a good showing). Then he wins MO, AL, AR, OK, TN, GA, and MN(why should this be very different than Iowa? Huge evangelical presence there.) and possibly squeezing in wins in Colorado and California due to divided opposition. He can also beat Giuliani in Florida pretty easily. Sure he won't get shit in NY, NJ, or any other northeastern state but he doesn't need them.

At this point he has a plurality of delegates and we haven't gotten to Texas yet. He's already proven he doesn't need money or organization. If Romney and Giuliani stay in through Feb. 5th, they're in trouble. Republicans also generally have winner take all rules meaning that he can get the whole damn thing in a bunch of these states.

We need to be sufficiently tough and also not bother with the Deep South. Those are his people. The mid-South, ex-Arkansas, can be had.

"Bring 'em on!!"

Huckabee wasn't all that popular over many things he did while governor.

it would definitely quiet all those Evangelicals.

If huckleberry steals the nomination, the Wall Street guys are not going to be happy.

:crazy:

I subscribe to NewsMax to keep up to date on what the opposition is thinking & planning, and believe me, they don't like that guy.
This morning they're calling him a flash in the pan.

primaries. They tried to stop him in IA hardcore and it didn't work. They are powerless against this monster they have created.

but will they succeed?

I think they don't have the power they used to.

the right - Rush has declard him "not a conservative". It's not going to be Huckabee although that would have been fun.

Dobson's endorsement of Huck. may have some play. If Huckabee loses the nomination will that, also, be a sign that Dobson's influence within the Republican Party is waning? To extropolate that, would that mean the evangelical wing's influence is subsiding? It seems to be a referendom on their influence so how will that play out?

how irrelevant they are in comparison to Rush, Coulter, etc.

Any candidate who does not have the support of the Trodgolyte branch of the GOP, so well represented by Free Republic, does not have a chance.

Freepers will only support someone who is as mean-spirited, insulting, and misinformed as they themselves are.

Huckabee is too reasonable and too mild-mannered for a bunch of people who still praise Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh and Karl Rove.

They mainly seem to back Thompson and Romney. I don't see them doing so well. There is a portion of the Republican electorate that I know well here in Wisconsin that no one seems to understand.

Thompson and Hunter (who has no chance). If Giuliani or Romney get the nod it'll be fun watching heads explode over there.

The corporatists got the right-wing fundies all riled up and now they can't control them. lol! Ain't karma a bitch.

I know the sorts of people who vote for the Huckabees of the world. They are a real force. I've lived with them for years in Wisconsin. You have to know them well to understand them.

Remember, he was governor here, and folks remember how he raised taxes and consolidated schools, among other things. There was a mini-revolt against him about the latter issue, and it started in Valley Springs, a town that isn't noted for its liberalism.

I live in the 3rd Congressional District, an area of the state so conservative that even Bill Clinton couldn't get elected to Congress when he tried. This is the area that is really ticked off over Huckabee--I mean REALLY ticked off. I have yet to see ANY Huckabee signs or bumper stickers here--Ron Paul, even Fred Thompson, but not Huckabee.

But none for anyone else.

Looks like the Ron Paul types are re-runs of the old Perot and Nader supporters who so passionately believe in their lost cause.

I have some friends who are Libertarians and they have sent me emails praising Ron Paul. They are from this area as well.

An incredible portion of NH residents formerly lived in MA, work, or have ties to MA.

However, I do expect Huckabee to be the nominee. And be a very strong candidate.

John Kerry was brilliant, though a little wooden, next to Bush the idiot.

Barack Obama is brilliant, and not wooden, next to Huckabee, who turns into an idiot as soon as you push him past 8th grade questions. The voters are tired of morons.

He's done. That Iowa loss was humiliating.

Too bad, because I think he's one of the more beatable candidates. But regional loyalties are strange. Republicans might be looking for another candidate, but to hear them talk nobody is the least bit inspiring.

who do not know who to vote for and look at us what a wonderful choice of candidates we have. *co certainly screwed the Repig party and I am sure * and Cheney do not give a crap about it, they have made their millions and continue to do so.

He will win the Evangelical Christian Party's nomination and the GOP will be forced to nominate him because they are a minority in their own party. Thank Ronald Reagen for that.

I'm going to love every minute of it.

for him. The rest are divided or questionable. I tell you all that poo poo his odds that we may get very lucky.

First an embarassment of riches having so many well qualified candidates on our side (now that Biden is out, I'm having a hard time deciding who to support - I love them all). And then the pubbies nominating someone who will lose 40 states.

He doesn't have to win anything. A strong showing will be enough to give the Evangelicals enough "faith" that in 4-8 years that they could conceivably put one of their own in the White House.... especially at a time when their children will have reached voting age.