Huckabee Hires A Rapid Responder

A sign of a mature campaign: Mike Huckabee's communications shop has hired Joe Carter, a new media whiz at the Family Research Council, to head their rapid response operation.

In an e-mail to friends today, Carter said he decided that, if he wanted to see a conservative in the White House, he'd better get off his butt and work for it.

I have a simple standard in deciding what type of candidate to support. I call it my Reagan Test: "Are they as conservative as Ronald Reagan was when he first ran for the Presidency?" Huckabee passes that test. I think he's a solid fiscal, social, and security conservative. I also think he is the only one that can beat Hillary Clinton. I don't say all this because I support Huckabee; I support Huckabee because I believe this to be true.

Comments

He'd better get off his butt? LOL!

He spent a lot of time on it while he was tepidly supporting Fred Thompson.

Now he has a "conservative epiphany," and Mike NannyBee is the guy? Too funny.

We can only hope that he brings that same enthusiasm he showed for Fred over to Huckabee.

How he can claim that Huckabee is the most conservative candidate in this race is beyond me.

The guy wants to have a national smoking ban, was willing to give illegals in Arkansas drivers licenses, and let a killer loose that he felt sorry for who later went on to rape and murder another woman. Please look up the name Wayne Dumond sometime.

To top it off, the Assembly in HIS HOME STATE OF ARKANSAS chose not to support him. They picked Fred Thompson. If that don't tell you something about how they view Mike Huckabee.....

Mike Huckabee is nothing more than a pro life liberal. In time people are going to get this and he will drop.

The only thing Huckabee supporters are doing is making sure that the conservative vote gets split up even more. In the end, it could wind up giving them a pro choice nominee.

Posted by Here's Your Rapid Response | November 21, 2007 9:14 PM

Mike Huckabee has risen too fast in the Iowa polls to make me comfortable. This is indicative of a popular vote more than issue based. I can't believe it is Huckabee's record that is moving him in the polls...I submit he is just the Christian Right's "second pick of the litter". Thompson was the chosen heir, but he didn't live up to his birth right and so now Huckabee gets the popular vote. Why wasn't Huckabee being supported like this from the beginning? He has been in all the debates. He has stated his views for the last eleven months. Why the sudden surge in the Iowa polls? I hoped to get away from popular voting when I left High School.

The challenges facing America will not be solved by a charismatic....can sell snake oil to anyone....type. I have to agree with Huckabee being a "good ole boy" and he would be a great neighbor, little league coach, Walmart greeter, football booster, cornhole partner, Pastor, Talent Show MC. I doubt that he is qualified to be a medical surgeon, chemical engineer, farmer, pharmacist, etc. I don't believe Huckabee has the strongest resume' for facing the job description and challgenges place before the President of the United States. We are in essence hiring someone to handle the job of President of United States. We wouldn't hire some one on only his character, and personality. The job requires so much more. Huckabee might do well delivering the State of the Union Address, but what would the text of his message say about the decisions he made?

Posted by Wendy73 | November 24, 2007 4:14 PM