Mike Huckabee has seen better campaign days than in recent weeks. But the not easily discouraged Republican underdog is not ready to throw in the towel, and readily shoots down rumors that he will soon end his bid for the presidency.
“I am not a quitter,” Huckabee emphasized, according to CBS News Friday. “I did not get to where I am in life by quitting.”
“I was in it when nobody thought I could be. I stayed in it when nobody thought I could. I continue to march on even when the de-facto-absolutely-guaranteed-frontrunner-going-to-win -the-nomination-going-to-be the-next-president-kind of guys were so out in front of me that people didn’t take me seriously.”
“But today, Rudy Giuliani is not in the race, Fred Thompson is not in the race…A bunch of folks have fallen to the wayside, and I’m still here. So, I plan to still be here,” the former Arkansas governor stressed.
Huckabee – who has come in third or fourth in most of the contests after his acclaimed Iowa victory – vented his frustration with how the media had dismissed him as a serious Republican contender and depicted the GOP contest as a two man race between Sen. John McCain of Arizona and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney.
After winning Florida this week, McCain is currently the Republican frontrunner having previously won New Hampshire and South Carolina. In second place is Romney who claimed victory in Wyoming, Michigan and Nevada. Huckabee has so far won only one state – Iowa.
“I’m staying in the race because I still think I can win,” a determined Huckabee retorted Thursday at the suggestion that he drop out of the race while speaking in San Francisco, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
“You’ll have to beat me, because you’re not going to discourage me,” he added.
Huckabee argued that a candidate needed to have 1,191 delegates in order to be the nominee, but so far no one has even garnered 100 delegates.
“There’s only eight percent of the delegates have yet been tabulated, and we’re all fairly close to each other in the amount of delegates that any of the three of us have,” the former Arkansas governor pointed out matter-of-factly to reporters.
He repeatedly emphasized that he is the only conservative Republican candidate and aggressively countered the idea that Romney should be considered a conservative given his past records and stance.
The cash-strapped Huckabee also highlighted that he raised $3.5 million in January and bashed Romney for spending “tens of millions of dollars” but having “the same market share as me.”
On Feb. 5, better known as Super Tuesday, Huckabee will fight against the odds and compete against the two better financed and organized campaigns in 21 states.
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Harald Hardrada I really think you need to research Mr. Huckabee B4 you say anything. Your mindset is like numerous in the christian camp, well he is a believer in Christ. He is a very liberal man and there are more issues than abortion. Please don't be narrow minded on one issue. Ron Paul is the only candidate that is 100% republican and conservative,the others are just RINO's. FYI Huckabee has spoken to the CFR and has ties...so please be careful.
http://tobefree.wordpress.com/2007/12/08/pastor-baldwin-huckabee%E2%80%93%E2%80%9Dbush-on-steroids%E2%80%A6a-man-globalists-can-trust%E2%80%9D/
Chris333,
i am wrong about what exactly? Huckster has been trailing by double digits in national polls and it seems he only did well in the south last night (no suprise). Personally I liked Ron Paul from the GOP, but he's doing even worse and there is no sense in backing a loosing canidate at this point.
www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/06/super.analysis/
Agentorangester, your information is wrong.
Harald Hardrada "All Christians and patriotic Americans need to unite today and vote in Mike Huckabee!"
Aint going to happen, The Hickster has no chance, fortunately, there are not enough evangelical crazies to bring him to the presidency. He will soon join nut-job pat robertson as a political non-entity
“Mormons think all Christians are heretics and apostates”
Whaaahh! Christians, particularly the Evangelicals are the ones that decry that Mormons are a cult. Don't you recall the Pat Robertson and Jerry Farwell moments on such things?
“The lying biased media describes this as a two man race between Romney and Mccain....even though Huckabee is tied with Romney”
Lying biased media huh? FOX news is about as bias towards conservative propaganda as it gets and EVEN their polls show Huckster is trailing big time. It’s hardly even a 2 man race at this point. McCain’s lead over Romney is about as large as the lead Romney has over Huckster. Huckster should concede that he lost.
Please everyone, vote for Mike Huckabee today! Romney was a mormon bishop and that goes ignored, but still the media describes Huckabee as a minister even though he has more executive experience than any one in the race, democrat or republican.(10.5 years as Governor+ 3years as Lt. Governor) Mormons think all Christians are heretics and apostates...Romney does not stand a chance of winning any states today(maybe Utah and Mass.). The lying biased media describes this as a two man race between Romney and Mccain....even though Huckabee is tied with Romney. Both Romney and Mccain and Hillary and Obama are one world government believing CFR members. Everyone of them (besides Huckabee)will be instrumental in the formation of the north American Union...which they plan on implementing by 2010! A one world government is prophesied in the Bible and when created, will be taken over by blackmail(by both oil and nuclear terrorism)by the islamists as prophesied in the Bible! A revitilized version of the empire succeeding the empire at the time of Jesus is the islamic caliphate or a revitilized version of the islamic caliphate. All Christians and patriotic Americans need to unite today and vote in Mike Huckabee!
True conservatives must rally behind Romney.
Strudelcookies, On the question of general election electability, Matt Drudge posted these links on his website, January 30th:
RASMUSSEN:
McCain 48% Clinton 40%
McCain 47% Obama 41%
Following six years of GOP brand damage, those numbers are impressive. We’ve yet to see any polls showing Romney winning a match-up with either Clinton or Obama.
http://www.familytaxpayers.net/article.asp?articleNumber=1582
http://republicansforfamilyvalues.com/2008/01/02/a-stern-warning-to-the-conservative-elites-about-mitt-romney/
http://republicansforfamilyvalues.com/2008/01/02/conservative-elites-covering-up-romneys-betrayals-on-marriage-life-children-and-constitution/
http://massresistance.blogspot.com/2007/12/romneys-april-2004-letter-reveals-weak.html
http://massresistance.blogspot.com/2008/01/dc-newspaper-romney-will-not-oppose-gay.html
http://massresistance.org/romney/
http://massresistance.org/docs/marriage/romney/record/
Voter's Guides:
http://www.culturecampaign.com/
http://www.afa.net/pdfs/08vg.pdf
http://www.illinoisfamily.org/content/img/f33707/Voter_Guide_district_15.pdf
Super Tuesday: Romney v. McCain:
http://www.familytaxpayers.net/article.asp?articleNumber=1582
Focus Action Candidate Commentary:
http://www.citizenlink.org/content/A000006338.cfm
How conservative is Mitt?
http://massresistance.org/romney/
http://massresistance.org/docs/marriage/romney/record/
Judicial Watch's “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians” for 2007 lists Huckabee, very disappointing:
1. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY)
2. Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)
3. Senator Larry Craig (R-ID)
4. Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA)
5. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R-NY)
6. Governor Mike Huckabee (R-AR)
7. I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby
8. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL)
9. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
10. Senator Harry Reid (D-NV)
http://judicialwatch.org/judicial-watch-announces-list-washington-s-ten-most-wanted-corrupt-politicians-2007
Radio talk show host and columnist Michael Medved has written a good column called “Six Big Lies about John McCain.” Only problem is Medved's take on McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform is wrong, it is causing problems. "A legal battle over advertisements for a new documentary about Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton illustrates the folly of current campaign-finance laws, says the attorney for the producers of the film...
"Hillary: The Movie" is "a political documentary like Michael Moore or Al Gore has made," said James Bopp, who went to federal court last week to represent the movie's producers. Yet the conservative group Citizens United, which produced the Clinton film, must "go to court to get permission to advertise the film... because of McCain-Feingold," he said."
http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20080114/CULTURE/298888270/1015
http://www.hillarythemovie.com/
Putting their religion to the test? That is complete ingorance and garbage, how about putting their record and political stances to the test.
I highly recommend this article from ABC News. The comments are especially interesting.
Putting Candidates' Religion to the Test
http://tinyurl.com/2zzv8u
Vote Your Values!
VOTE 4 OBAMA
Please go to the website www.romneyfacts.com for the true Romney. Here are just two examples of his Flip -Flopping
Blue?...Red?
Abortion rights
"I will preserve and protect a woman's right to choose and am devoted and dedicated to honoring my word in that regard."
Boston Herald Debate, 10/29/02
"Roe v. Wade continues to work its destructive logic throughout our society This can't continue."
Speech to the Massachusetts Citizens For Life Mother's Day Pioneer Valley Dinner, 5/10/07
Immigration reform
"With these 11 million people [here illegally], let's have them registered, know who they are....those that are here paying taxes and not taking government benefits should begin a process towards application for citizenship."
Lowell Sun, 3/30/06
"One simple rule: no amnesty.If that [Kennedy-McCain bill] is not a form of amnesty, I don't know what is."
New York Times, 6/4/07
John McCain is trying to cheat and lie to win this election. It’s just like when he cheated on his disabled wife and eventually divorced her for his rich, younger mistress.
It’s also like the Keating 5, when McCain cheated the American tax payers out of hundreds of millions of dollars.
Since McCain can’t really talk about his senate record (amnesty, against tax cuts, 50 cent gasoline tax, etc.) he tries to play up his “character”. I think his character is despicable. Cheating on and divorcing a crippled wife, wow that’s bad.
Mitt is going all the way!!!
A vote for Huckaphoney is a vote for McClinton