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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Presidential politics How Romney defeat would help the Huck

Posted by Leslie Newell Peacock on Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 11:29 AM

Columnist Jay Barth makes an interesting case this week that former Gov. Mike Huckabee's star could shine in 2016 if Mitt Romney doesn't defeat President Obama, thanks to the anti-Republican establishment pose the Huck has taken in defending Senate candidate Todd "Legitimate Rape" Akin. Huckabee, in a missive to supporters, said GOP party bosses had put a "Code Red" on Akin.

As he showed during his Arkansas days, Huckabee is at his best when running against elites — be they the "country clubbers" within his own party or the Democratic "political machine" that he argued continually thwarted his reformist policies in Arkansas. As Huckabee put it in his classic us versus them style, "I'm not popular among the Little Rock elite, but out there in real Arkansas, people like honesty." From his triple-wide on the Mansion grounds to his grandstanding on "covenant" marriages, Huckabee continually showed himself to be a master of the theatrics and the rhetoric of conservative populism.

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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Presidential politics How Romney defeat would help the Huck

Posted by Leslie Newell Peacock on Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 11:29 AM

Speaking of...

Wasn't intending to have an all-Huckabee day, but the hits just keep on coming. Quoth the Huck: This is why the legalization of same-sex marriage is going to be a much bigger issue than just saying we let people love whoever they want to love. /more/

Former Gov. Mike Huckabee spoke last night at the 2013 Pastors' Conference in Houston on the eve of the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting. /more/

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Just noted on real estate listings: The home in North Little Rock's Shady Valley to which Mike Huckabee moved after he left the Governor's Mansion in early 2007 is up for sale for $850,000. /more/

Items of interest this Monday morning from all over: * SWATTING ARRIVES IN LITTLE ROCK: Channel 4 reports that the "SWATting" phenomenon — making false 911 reports to draw SWAT teams to home and businesses — was reported recently at a home on Pebble Beach in West Little Rock. /more/

I joked yesterday about how Mike Huckabee ties a commercial pitch to just about every breaking news event, often soliciting Huck PAC contributions tailored to the latest Fox slant on President Obama. /more/

Jay Barth, Hendrix politics prof and Times contributor, offers the following analysis on Republican primary voting patterns and what they could mean for a candidate from outside Northwest Arkansas, the historic GOP base in the state. /more/

Within days, we will know whether the Arkansas DREAM Act, the legislation focused on providing in-state college tuition to undocumented young people who have been educated in the state's high schools, has legs in this legislative session. /more/

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