Well, it has been nice

Well, it has been good experience blogging here at WAforMike.  You, our visitors, have been great.  The turnout to this blog has been amazing, with thousands of visitors since this blog was started exactly 2 months ago, the 4th of January, just hours after Huckabee won Iowa.  We had great hopes that a great, conservative, Christian canidate would win the nomination and bring true change to America.  Not empty hopes such as the kind Senator Obama offers, but TRUE, solid hopes for change.  Sadly, this has not happened.  With 64% of the results in from Texas, Governer Mike Huckabee has lost to Senator John McCain.  We here at WAforMike commend Mike Huckabee for a well run campaign.  We will throw our weight behind Senator McCain’s campaign now, and recommend that you do so also.  Remember, Senator McCain may be more liberal than some of us like, however, he is still much better than either Senator Obama or Senator Clinton.

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Thanks, and God bless you all!

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Huckabee’s Actually Done Some Math of His Own

From CBS News’ Joy Lin:

LYNCHBURG, VA. — It may be miracles he’s espousing, but Mike Huckabee’s done a little math of his own. Even if he might not be able to attain 1,191 votes necessary to win, he’s banking on the possibility John McCain can’t either.

“If John McCain doesn’t get 1,191 delegates, this goes to the convention, all bets are off,” Huckabee told reporters. “And after the first ballot anybody can end up being the nominee.”

So what if Karl Rove went on CBS’ Face the Nation saying it’s implausible that Huckabee will get the numbers necessary to win the nomination. Huckabee’s response: “Karl Rove has also maxed out personal contributions to John McCain … The fact the opposing team has their cheerleaders and band blowing songs against me hardly motivates me to quit. It only motivates me to play harder.”

For Huckabee, the game is not over.

“I’m really not very persuaded by the party officials and the party establishment who come out now and are saying ‘Oh, well John McCain has 700 delegates, we oughta just quit,’” said Huckabee.

“When they wrote the rules, it said you had to have 1,191. So why did they write the rules for that game of play and now want to change the rules, that’s crazy. And so, you know, I’m playing by the rules that were written for me and I’m not trying to make them and I’m not trying to break them, so we’ll continue doing it.”

Referencing Hillary Clinton’s tearful moments in recent months, Huckabee said, “If I cried and whined every time someone ignored me in this, I’d quit a year ago. But you have to realize that in every stage of this, there’s yet to be a time when the pundits said, Huckabee’s the guy to pull this off…I’m enjoying it if no other reason than to just intimidate the daylights out of all the other people who feel like they have it figured out.”

Following what he called an “overwhelming” win in Kansas and “shocking” victory in Louisiana, Huckabee said he felt “confident” going into Virginia.

“When [your opponents] really don’t think you have a chance, they ignore you. When they say bad things about you, they fear you. So the fact that I’m being asked to leave and all these things are being said, it’s an extraordinary honor. I don’t necessarily enjoy it, but I sure appreciate it.”

Huckabee Speech to CPAC

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Two Man Race

Interesting developments…

Mitt Romney ended his 2008 presidential bid today. That in effect makes Mike Huckabee the only viable contender against McCain for the GOP nomination. Now is the time for all conservatives to rally around Governor Huckabee; here are the top 5 reasons why:

1. Immigration: Mike signed a pledge today that was drafted by Sen. Sessions that he will make immigration a top priority as President. Mike is a man of his word and is the ONLY electable candidate who will END ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.

http://www.mikehuckabee.com/?FuseAction=Newsroom.PressRelease&ID=588

2. Second Ammendment: Mike is the strongest candidate dedicated to defending the 2nd Ammendment – check out his record.

3. Tax Reform: It is utterly ludicrous to call Mike Huckabee an economic liberal. What he did in terms of cutting taxes in Arkansas was Revolutionary. He has the most conservative plan for federal taxes -eliminate the IRS and replace it with the flat consuption-based FAIR Tax.

4. Judges: In the next two presidential terms there are likely to be 3 vacancies in the US Supreme Court. Unlike Mike Huckabee, John McCain is not dedicated to appointing true conservative judges like Sam Alito who will support the sanctity of life, traditional marriage and the right to bear arms.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=599795.

5. Communication: Mike is young, energetic and motivational. Not only will this give him a huge advantage in beating the Democratic Nominee (once he gets financial support of GOP), but it will make him the president who will unite the American people and get things done by selling concepts to the American people who will in turn compel their representatives (House and Senate) to support the President’s proposals.

Sen. Clinton, Obama, Janet Huckabee to campaign in Seattle!

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/350248_caucus07.html?source=mypi 

It’s Washington’s turn to step into the presidential campaign cross hairs.

As the candidates digested the results of the Super Tuesday nominating contests, they began focusing Wednesday on what’s next, and their biggest immediate target, especially for the Democrats, is this state’s precinct caucuses Saturday.

After largely ignoring Washington state in recent months except to raise money, several campaigns — including those of both Democratic contenders — have hastily scheduled appearances here for the candidates and/or their aspiring First Spouses.

They also have begun shifting campaign staffers from Super Tuesday states to Washington, which has the West’s second-highest number of nominating-convention delegates.

“The good news for us in the state of Washington is that Super Tuesday was no super knockout” in either party’s race, Secretary of State Sam Reed said in an interview Wednesday, and so the state will get plenty of campaign attention, however fleetingly.

The Republicans allocate about half of their delegates in the caucuses and half in the state’s Feb. 19 presidential primary. The Democrats, though, choose 80 of their 97 delegates through a process that begins with the caucuses, forcing their candidates into a frantic scramble to get to Washington before this weekend.

These appearances are scheduled so far:

After initially planning to dispatch Bill Clinton to Seattle, Tacoma and Spokane Thursday night and Friday, Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton’s campaign changed course and is sending the candidate here instead. The former president is being detoured to Maine.The New York senator will appear at a free public event Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Pier 30 warehouse on the Seattle waterfront. She might also campaign in Tacoma Friday morning and then in Spokane.

Sen. Barack Obama, battling Clinton for the Democratic nomination, will address a “Stand for Change” rally at Seattle’s KeyArena Friday at 11 a.m. while his wife, Michelle, campaigns for him in Spokane. Both events will be free. Details of the Spokane event were still being firmed up Wednesday.

Local campaign aides for Sen. John McCain, whom Super Tuesday turned into the near-prohibitive front-runner for the GOP nomination, hope to schedule appearances by the Arizonan in the Seattle area and Eastern Washington before the Feb. 19 GOP primary.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, his GOP campaign reinvigorated by his winning of five Southern states on Tuesday, is sending his wife, Janet, to the Seattle area Thursday for a two-night campaign visit.Her main event will be a noon rally at Northwest University in Kirkland Friday. She will conduct media interviews Thursday afternoon and Friday and possibly attend a campaign dinner in Spokane Friday before departing the Seattle area Saturday, said the Rev. Joseph Fuiten, Huckabee’s state campaign chairman.

National campaign aides to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who picked up six states Tuesday but fell far behind McCain in the delegate count, didn’t respond to queries about whether he might swing through Washington.

1. Please try to attend this rally for Mike tomorrow!

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Huckabee shines in CA debate

January 30, 2008

Schneider: The night’s big winner: Huckabee

Posted: 09:49 PM ET

Huckabee, I think, stood out in this debate as the one who made sense, talked as ordinary people do, and rose above politics. They may have scored. He connected. And that’s a problem for Romney, who would like to become the alternative to John McCain among conservatives who oppose the Arizona senator. But he has very tough competition from Huckabee, who’s forcing people to re-think his run at a time when he was supposed to be out of the game.

But this has always been the way he’s worked: Romney uses money to stay competitive. Huckabee has debates.

I don’t think McCain made many gains – and I think he may have caused people to re-think the race. I don’t think this was his strongest night, not because he was under attack. But because he wasn’t a straight talker. He talked very much like a politician. He was making a lot of charges at Romney – some of which, like the timetable charge, seemed very questionable.

A couple of Romney’s answers were quite good, particularly on the Iraq timetables issue. I don’t think he did himself any harm. But I think the one who really helped himself was Huckabee.

All in all: Huckabee gained ground, McCain probably lost ground, and Romney didn’t help or hurt himself – although he did effectively defend himself. McCain sounded petty – and that’s not the McCain voters know and like.

But to the extent that Huckabee may have made any gains from his performance, Romney’s got bigger worries out of tonight than the Arizona senator.

– CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider

Several candidates dropping out

The race is just about down to two Democrats and three Republicans.  Obama and Clinton are left in the Democrat race, and McCain, Romney and Huckabee are still in through Super Tuesday on the Republican side. 

On the Democrat side:

AP reports John Edwards will drop out today

Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, the 2004 Democratic vice-presidential nominee, is dropping out of the presidential race, the Associated Press has just reported. According to the AP, Edwards has told advisors that he’ll make the announcement at 1 p.m. EST today, at a speech in New Orleans that was originally supposed to be about poverty. He has no immediate plans to endorse any candidate, the AP says.

― Alex Koppelman

And on the Republican side:

  

In speech, Giuliani sounds ready to drop out

He hasn’t made it officially official yet, but the speech Rudy Giuliani gave after his drubbing in Florida’s primary was official Tuesday night sounded very much like an exit speech. Early reports suggest that Giuliani will be dropping out as early as Wednesday and endorsing rival John McCain, who won the evening.Fittingly for him, Giuliani began his speech with a reference to his beloved New York Yankees. “I think that comes from the great American philosopher Yogi Berra: ‘It’s not over until it’s over,'” Giuliani said. But from there, he went into the parts of the speech indicating that, for him at least, this race is over.

“I don’t back down from a principled fight, but there must always be a larger purpose: Justice for an individual, hope for a city, a better future for our country,” Giuliani said. “Elections are about a lot more than just candidates. Elections are about fighting for a cause larger than ourselves. They’re about identifying the great challenges of our time and proposing new solutions.”

Then Giuliani gave the real signs, congratulating himself and his supporters on having run — past tense — a clean campaign. “The responsibility of leadership doesn’t end with a single campaign. If you believe in a cause, it goes on, and you continue to fight for it, and we will. I’m proud that we chose to stay positive, and to run a campaign of ideas. In an era of personal attacks, negative ads and cynical spin, we ran a campaign that was uplifting. You don’t always win, but you can always try to do it right, and you did.”

Two things seem key there: First, the “we,” shifting to the campaign, rather than himself, and second, the “ran,” as in “we ran.” As in, of course, “we are no longer running.”

― Alex Koppelman

Here’s a great article from WND

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Hillary vs. Huckabee

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Posted: January 20, 2008
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Sitting at another full-throttle World Combat League event in San Antonio, Texas, on Friday night, I caught myself momentarily reflecting back upon the previous two days of campaigning with GOP frontrunner Mike Huckabee. As the contestants combated in the WCL ring, I thought to myself, “The fight of the century would be Hillary vs. Huckabee in the presidential ring.”Unless Barack Obama’s surge shatters everyone’s expectations, or he manages some strategic alignment with John Edwards as a dynamic duo, it seems Hillary will win the nomination. And the question that continues to loom on everyone’s mind will remain: Who can beat Hillary? Which GOP candidate has the background, experience and savvy to wage war against the Clinton machine?

I know unequivocally who that man is. It is Mike Huckabee. I’ll tell you why.

The problems with other GOP punches

I’ve trained fighters for nearly four decades now. I was a six-time world champion. I pretty much know what it takes to create a winner. And I believe there are similarities between making winners in the fighting ring and the presidential one – only the strong survive.

Right now the Clinton machine (which Huckabee calls “the sausage grinder”) is planning how to slice and dice each of the GOP candidates if they make the nomination.

Ron Paul would battle Hillary with substance, but I believe he would ultimately bow to her shrewdness. Her prowess would prey upon his constitutional cries. He simply lacks the finesse to handle her fortitude.

Fred Thompson is a good man with a fairly conservative record. However, I believe the Clinton-malevolent marketers would aim at his lack of personality or passion and score a direct hit with the public.

John McCain would put on a strong battle against Hillary, though I fear he would be crippled simply on account of the age factor (72 in August). If the presidency ages one at 3-1 year rate, one term could advance McCain into his 80s.

Rudy Giuliani, if he survives this strategy to jump start his campaign in Florida, would be sized up and found wanting as the “New York senator vs. the New York mayor” battle began. Trumping his 9/11 apprentice through trite compliments, Hillary will accuse him of being more Democrat than he is Republican and undervaluing middle America by ignoring the initial primary states.

Mitt Romney might be able to match Hillary’s advertisement monies, but the Clinton character assassins will shoot at the series of flip-flops in his platform. And who better to understand how to attack a waffler than one married to Bill Clinton!

Mano a mano from Hope

The person the Clinton sausage grinder fears most is Mike Huckabee. Why? Because …

1) He has the longest and largest executive experience running government among GOP candidates – three years a lieutenant governor and 11 years as governor of the State of Arkansas – more experience than even Bill took into office.

2) Hillary can’t belittle Huck’s origins because they are theirs too – Bill and Mike were both governors, both from Hope, Ark.

3) Mike has far more passion and personality than Hillary, and he is the only one who can persuasively outlast, outplay and outwit her in any debating ring or campaign arena.

4) Mike has a record she can’t punch. She can’t even swing at the false allegations against Mike on immigration, taxes or pardons, primarily because the Clinton legacy has a record of condoning illegals, raising taxes and releasing criminals!

Though I’m sure Bill is now regretting the compliment he offered Huckabee when Mike was nowhere near the top tier of candidates, let me remind the world. Bill said Mike was the “only dark horse that’s got any kind of chance … He’s the best speaker they’ve got.”

The fact is Mike is the best opponent to fight Hillary, because, most of all, as he has reminded us in many occasions, “I’ve already taken on the Clinton machine and beat it twice.”

The only resource Clinton has that could combat Mike is more money – and in this ring we all know the muscle in that fist. But we can prevent that, and must by financially joining Mike’s army before it’s too late.

So can a man who was raised in a poor background from Hope, Ark., become governor then president? As Mike says, “Our country has already proven that!” What I would say is: Give Hope another chance! This time they want to send in the real cavalry.

Keep Hope alive! Join my wife Gena and me in electing Mike Huckabee!

Link: http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59782

Mitt Claims Victory – as a Democrat! – Michael Medved

Mitt Romney won a big victory in Tuesday’s Michigan primary, thumping John McCain by the unexpectedly comfortable margin of 39% to 30%. In his victory statement, however, the former Massachusetts governor utterly undermined all those loyal supporters who insist that he’s a “true conservative,” Reagan’s rightful heir, and a solid, loyal Republican.

I’ve watched tape of Romney’s carefully crafted and exuberant speech three times now, and repeatedly reviewed the transcript.

One point comes across inescapably: nearly everything he said last night would have fit comfortably in a Hillary Clinton or Barak Obama victory speech (except for invoking the names of Reagan and, oddly, “George Herbert Walker Bush”). More than 90% of his remarks made Mitt sound like a Democrat – and a demagogic one at that.

Before all you Romniacs out there start shooting off your angry comments about that observation, please read the speech yourself. In fact, I will reproduce it below, in its unedited entirety, but with occasional comments from this observer.

First, I’ll acknowledge that Mitt did a good job of delivering these words, and that this little talk was blessedly brief— tighter and more focused than Huckabee’s victory speech in Iowa, or McCain’s in New Hampshire.

From the first, however, the Mittster sounded a note of arrogant showboating – the kind of ugly and inflated self-important that would help seal his defeat in a general election if he ever won the nomination.

Read the rest of article: http://michaelmedved.townhall.com/blog/g/741d812a-c161-4623-893e-5072488703b1