Re: Did Huckabee steal Romney's votes? No.
by
Groveramherst
02/07/2008, 8:14 AM
Why doesn't anyone say that Romney's splitting up the Huckabee
vote? Huckabe's base is evangelical Christians, and countless pols have
shown that a majority will not vote for a mormon candidate (evidently a
candidates platforms don't matter nearly as much as who they prey
too...guess we're lucky we survived Truman). So Huckabe's base won't
vote for Romney, but Romneys might vote for Huckabe. Romney wen't after
the, "do you remember when things were simple and we all went to church
and God hadn't invented gays yet," group. Does anyone believe that the
people following his idealized 50's tour campaign couldn't just as
easily jump onto the Huckabe bandwagon? The only other thing Romney can
tout is his financial experience, but Huckabel isn't any worse than
McCain, and he has the added experience of dealing with the AK budget.
And as for feeling bad for Romney that his mormonism has hurt his
campaign (at least in Iowa), he bit the hand that fed him in rebuking
every social position he originally took as governor of Massachusetts,
and publically mocked the commonwealth as well. To turn his back on
those that elected him in order to woo the most intolerant demographic
in the American political landscape...It's his own damn fault.