Mike Huckabee: "Huge mistake" by McCain on Debate

By: Lowell
Published On: 9/26/2008 11:33:26 AM

The reviews are in, and they are not kind (to put it mildly) regarding John McCain's threatening to skip tonight's first presidential debate.  Even Mike Huckabee has joined in the criticism:

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Thursday that Sen. John McCain made a "huge mistake" by even discussing canceling the presidential debate with Sen. Barack Obama.

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Huckabee said Thursday in Mobile that the people need to hear both candidates. He said that's "far better than heading to Washington" to huddle with senators.

He said the candidates should level with the people about the financial crisis and say the "heart of this is greed."

Huckabee said he still backs McCain's candidacy, but said the Arizona senator should not have put his campaign on hold to deal with the financial crisis on Wall Street. He said a president must be prepared to "deal with the unexpected."

"You can't just say, 'World stop for a moment. I'm going to cancel everything,"' Huckabee said.

Hey, maybe while the Republicans are replacing Sarah Palin, as Townhall.com writer Kathleen Parker urges ("My cringe reflex is exhausted [on Palin]"), they can replace McHotHead with Mike Huckabee in tonight's debate. Heck, if I were a Republican watching John McCain's meltdown and Sarah Palin's constant gaffes and idiocies, I'd replace the whole ticket. Huckabee/Romney 2008? :)

Comments



That Kathleen Parker column (Pain - 9/26/2008 12:28:57 PM)

http://townhall.com/columnists...

That column is spot on [like we didn't ready know] and refreshing to read on a conservative site.  Read some of the comments from the Palin supporters.  



Back in January (thegools - 9/26/2008 2:01:43 PM)
several of my fellow professors, half Repubs & half Dems, discussed the ideal tickets for the GOP and DEM parties.

 The concensus was that Edwards and Obama on the same ticket would be hard to beat (minus the unforseen affair of course) and that a McCain Huckabee ticket would also be strong.

  I was amazed that McCain chose Palin as VP candidate.  Huckabee would have brought in the same "base" voters as Palin, but without being a train-wreck.  The guy was a two term governor, he speaks well, he's folksy, and he knows the issues as well as many politicians-plus, and he actually won some primaries and so has been heavily vetted.

  McCain is a fool for not choosing him.



"McCain is a fool for not choosing him." (Pain - 9/26/2008 2:04:35 PM)

Thank goodness. ;)


McCain is a fool for a lot of reasons (Lowell - 9/26/2008 2:05:13 PM)
although that might not be one of them from his perspective. The problem is/was that Huckabee is hated by the "Club for Growth" wing of the Republican Party.  The problem is, in trying to solve THAT problem, they created another huge one by picking the completely unqualified, unvetted, and unreal Sarah Palin.  My only question at this point is how McCain can even be polling above 40%.


Give it a weekend (Pain - 9/26/2008 2:25:12 PM)

The polls on Monday will begin showing the post-CBS interview polls.  I expect they won't be pretty.


The 'Club for Growth' wing who are currently (stpickrell - 9/26/2008 3:06:08 PM)
being mollified by the Boehner bailout, which is pretty much DOA.

Given Huckabee's recent statements in support of Obama, I suspect he is looking towards 2012 as we speak. Imagine if Richardson, Dodd, or Hill/Bill were saying things like that about Obama. We're jumping down Bill's throat for saying moderately positive things about McCain -- I suspect this is some sort of good cop/bad cop thing. We'll find out in December just how good a trooper Hill/Bill was for Obama.



polls - arg (Karla - 9/26/2008 3:19:23 PM)
I am equally confused about the John McCain/Sarah Palin ticket still polling as high as they are.  Angry is more like it.

I am flying to Atlanta today to go to my huband's family reunion in the Appalachian foothills in rural north Georgia. I absolutely adore this side of his family.  I think I am getting preemptively angry as I prepare for what I might hear about the election there.

My husband's grandmother is a fine, fine lady.  However, she tends to vote Republican and watch Faux "news".  About a year-and-a-half ago this 81-year old Southern white lady who lives about a mile from where she was born in rural Georgia saw Barack on The Tonight Show.  She absolutely loved him.  I am so interested to hear her thoughts now, after over a year of Faux "news" on the one hand, and the complete and insulting ineptitude of the McCain campaign on the other.

I bought an Obama tshirt from CafePress to wear for the trip :)  No use in Arlington, but worth it in GA!



Could you imagine Huckabee-Palin? (Dan - 9/26/2008 3:20:41 PM)
Could you imagine if we had a Creationist-Republican ticket?
Huckabee-Romney would be scary, but quite beatable.