Comments on: Romney-Huckabee: Does Straw Poll Finish Presage the GOP Ticket?

By: john elsegood

john elsegood — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:54:13 +0000

john elsegood A thoughtful article about a potential ticket that could indeed be a winner for the GOP despite the knockers and bigots who say it is impossible to win with a Mormon.

Burns has written a fine article.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 12:23:19 +0000

Interesting thought I think you make some good arguments for the possibility of a Romney-Huckabee ticket. In fact, I think you could make the same arguments for giving Huckabee the Veep spot with any of the GOP front-runners. He would shore up social conservative credibility with Giuliani, McCain, even Fred Thompson, in addition to Romney. I fear Huckabee. And I think the straw poll results only emphasize that he's someone to watch.

By: Jerry T.

Jerry T. — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 04:36:18 +0000

7,000 decides for 2,800,000 ??? 7,000 people bought and paid for just decided the GOP ticket. You-MUST JEST friend ! Romney's religion don't sale down my way,ask Orrin Hatch if a morman can be elected Pres. It would set the GOP back for 30 yrs on regaining the house & senate! If the south turns back to the dems, the GOP might not regain congress in any of our lifetimes. Nominate Romney & the south is lost!!! As for Huckabee,a trained So.Bapt peacher that's been speaking from a pulpit most of his life just has the delivery down. He's just like Romney(a trained empty suit), the cornpone just fools you. If you get them to laugh @ your jokes they put a little more in the plate. Huckabee is a BIG TAX republican who we don't need after a big spending republican (Bush)We need a fiscal conservative who will cut waste, useless dept. & programs, NOT raise taxes to solve this dangerous deficit! As for FAIRTAX, stick it to the poor and middle class with a regressive tax, the elitest republicans way ! (I guess)

By: Steve Savage

Steve Savage — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 00:04:55 +0000

All these ticket decisions Are fruitless at best. The only thing the GOP is deciding is which two candidates will lose to Hillary Clinton. There is only one candidate that can get enough voters to cross party lines to win the election and thats Ron Paul. The logic is simple...Ron Paul is a republican, so nearly all republicans will vote for him, even the neoconservative communists that own the party will hold their nose and vote GOP rather than Hillary. Paul will also get all the independents, a lot of the democrats, who frankly aren't too darn happy about their own crop of candidates, and all of the antiwar folks and previous non-voters.

Romney's appeal is limited to Utah, Mormons not in utah, and those few crackpots who think that artificially whitened teeth, $500 haircuts, and a game show host tan is whats needed to be president.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 22:31:50 +0000

Mea culpa In truth, Doug, both of us were wrong, and I think a lot of other people were, too. Brownback and Tancredo were both beating Huckabee pretty significantly on optics, and, although I can't speak for you at all, the optics had me fooled.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

By: Steve Savage

Steve Savage — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

All these ticket decisions Are fruitless at best. The only thing the GOP is deciding is which two candidates will lose to Hillary Clinton. There is only one candidate that can get enough voters to cross party lines to win the election and thats Ron Paul. The logic is simple…Ron Paul is a republican, so nearly all republicans will vote for him, even the neoconservative communists that own the party will hold their nose and vote GOP rather than Hillary. Paul will also get all the independents, a lot of the democrats, who frankly aren’t too darn happy about their own crop of candidates, and all of the antiwar folks and previous non-voters.
Romney’s appeal is limited to Utah, Mormons not in utah, and those few crackpots who think that artificially whitened teeth, $500 haircuts, and a game show host tan is whats needed to be president.

By: Jerry T.

Jerry T. — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

7,000 decides for 2,800,000 ??? 7,000 people bought and paid for just decided the GOP ticket. You-MUST JEST friend ! Romney’s religion don’t sale down my way,ask Orrin Hatch if a morman can be elected Pres. It would set the GOP back for 30 yrs on regaining the house & senate! If the south turns back to the dems, the GOP might not regain congress in any of our lifetimes. Nominate Romney & the south is lost!!! As for Huckabee,a trained So.Bapt peacher that’s been speaking from a pulpit most of his life just has the delivery down. He’s just like Romney(a trained empty suit), the cornpone just fools you. If you get them to laugh @ your jokes they put a little more in the plate. Huckabee is a BIG TAX republican who we don’t need after a big spending republican (Bush)We need a fiscal conservative who will cut waste, useless dept. & programs, NOT raise taxes to solve this dangerous deficit! As for FAIRTAX, stick it to the poor and middle class with a regressive tax, the elitest republicans way ! (I guess)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

By: john elsegood

john elsegood — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

john elsegood A thoughtful article about a potential ticket that could indeed be a winner for the GOP despite the knockers and bigots who say it is impossible to win with a Mormon.

Burns has written a fine article.