It shoulda been Huck
David Yepsen of the Des Moines Register says John McCain made the wrong choice for running mate.
John McCain should have picked Mike Huckabee instead of Sarah Palin to be his running mate. This race would be different today.
Let's face it. Palin has turned out to be a liability. Huckabee would not have been for several reasons:
This piece is just idle talk at this point, but very important for one reason. It shows Yepsen's continuing fascination with Huckabee. He was extremely warm toward Huck during the 2007 Iowa caucuses and is viewed nationally as the go-to guy on Iowa politics. I'm not so taken by Yepsen, a cornfed Broder, but he's undeniably a powerful person to have in your corner for 2012.
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So long as we're doing "ifs" Hillary could be V-P too.
Posted by: eLwood![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/nav-commenters.gif)
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October 31, 2008 11:21 AM
Palin/Huck in '12 - oh, my....
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Posted by: Larry![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/nav-commenters.gif)
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October 31, 2008 11:23 AM
Yepsen is an a**hole, not to mention a very poor political prognosticator.
Posted by: cheapdate![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/nav-commenters.gif)
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October 31, 2008 11:26 AM
Nah nah nah...as Rev. Wright says....John McCain knew there wasn't enough oxygen on the planet to support him AND Huckabee hoovering up all the money in sight. McCain would never get that 12th house if Huck was working the rallies at his side. So he picked a little TV sports girl who thinks stealing 150 thousand in clothes is like kicking a fat hog in the ass.
Huck's money-sucking skills are far too well honed for McCain to put up with. All in all I'd say McCain make the right pick. Truly the Republican Party has been blessed in more ways than they know by the McCain-Palin ticket.
Posted by: Deathbyinches![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/nav-commenters.gif)
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October 31, 2008 11:39 AM
You betcha the race would be different...double digits for Obama. Like her or not, Palin did bring some women/men to the ticket that Huck couldn't bring. No one's gonna believe for a second that Huck has women's best interests in mind and no one thinks he's f***able; (and it's not her fault that so many men let their small head rule their large head). The religious zealots will go with either one and maybe, maybe a handful of Independents might not have turned away from a more-informed Huck. (Huck might get the witch vote since their aren't any recordings of his witch exorcisms.) Besides, seeing Huck's surgically enhanced face on our TV screens all these months would've been the last nail in the Republican coffin. .
But what the heck do I know about politics. I didn't think Obama had the Clinton kahunas to fight the Republican Machine. Boy was I wrong...he's done a damn fine job of matching their slickest/worst political maneuverings (and I mean that in a good way).
Posted by: zelda![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/nav-commenters.gif)
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October 31, 2008 12:13 PM
Zelda: "kahunas" and "cojones" are not [usually] synonymous.
But maybe you said what you meant. And meant what you said. What do I know?
Posted by: SkyPilot![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/nav-commenters.gif)
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October 31, 2008 03:04 PM