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March 4th, 2008 at 9:29 pm

Huckster Drops, It’s About Flippin’ Time

in: Election 2008, Huckster's Futile Campaign, News, Opinion, Presidential Candidates

After rumors prevailed throughout the evening that Huckster would not drop out of the race tonight or tomorrow, Huckster did just that. Quoting scripture, out of context by the way and making analogies to George Brett, Mike “the Huckster” Huckabee finally dropped out of the race. Three months too late but he finally did.

Saying that we must unite around our nominee for the good of the Party, he make a convoluted and long winded speech to his supporters in Irving Texas.

From ABC News:

Huckabee’s brand of social conservatism, combined with his strong core support among evangelicals, and a frugal campaign budget, left party rivals scrambling to defend their conservative credentials.

Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney were all, at least in part, victims of Huckabee’s surprise success.

Ultimately, the former Arkansas governor won by losing, attracting significant blocs of the GOP base in state races despite McCain’s significant delegate lead, the latter due in part to the party’s largely winner-take-all delegate distribution.

He cost the most Presidential candidate his candidacy, Mitt Romney. The constant onslaught of criticism of his religious beliefs, Mitt Romney was hurt the most by Huckster leading many to believe that Huckster was a lackey for McCain. The lack of similar criticism of McCain lent itself to that theory.

The only thing that I ever agreed with Huckster about was not just handing McCain the nomination until it was earned. But he wasn’t the guy to challenge McCain. That was Romney’s job.

Huckster damaged this Party. Huckster handed McCain the nomination when he forced Romney out. His faux support of The Fair Tax had the Neal Boortz fans swooning. His criticism of Mormonism had the religious bigots swooning. And his empty rhetoric rivaled Obama.

Bottom Line…

The American people said it eloquently through the vote. One Arkansan from Hope was too much.

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