[BDBopper]

Originally Posted by NirvanaMan

I liked Guilliani for the most part. So much for him. Nice strategy campaign advisors. I feel now like I have felt in nearly every election; don't like any of 'em.

I actually think Rudy's plan was a good one. But they did not see the rise of Huckabee coming (I don't blame them...I didn't either and I support him). If it wasn't for Huckabee things would be much different and I think Rudy would have won the nomination.

Out of all the GOP candidates Huckabee is the farthest right. His rise is astounding as he has run his campaign as if he was the nominee already by moving himself to the center (and maybe even left of center). If you are not paying too close attention to him you might be shocked that he has endorsements from labor unions (many of them the first time they have ever endorsed a Republican). He's the only Republican left to address the Lance Armstrong Cancer forum. He was the only Republican to go down to New Orleans on the anniversary of Katrina to tour the damage and address the victims. He's also the only GOP candidate left that was at the PBS debate on minority issues and the only GOP candidate at the King Day services at Ebenezzer Baptist church in Atlanta. You might say he's paying them lip service but these sort of things are consistant to what he did as Governor of Arkansas. However I am pretty sure Ronald Reagan would have done the exact same thing.

As far as McCain the only way I am voting for him in November (assuming he gets the nomination and nothing screwy happens at the convention...and I am reading about all sorts of wacky scenarios that can occur) is if Huckabee is on the ticket. Otherwise I am doing the write-in thing. I'm not staying home because the state and local elections are still important. I don't hold personal grudges by my political ones run deep. McCain-Feingold was and is an unconstitutional disaster.