Uncertainty with the Huckabee

I'm against Huckabee on his social issues, abortion, gay rights, and I think we need someone who distances their faith from their work. I think his ego is large, and perhaps goes a long way to explain his composure and charisma in this campaign. On the issues that count, the economy, federal spending, foreign policy, and immigration, I can't say I'm sold.

A follow up to previous posts:

Huckabee 'very willing' to meet with AIDS victim's mother
That would be interesting... if it were to ever happen.

From Article: "It's so alarming to me," she said in a telephone interview Monday with The Associated Press from her home in Leesburg, Florida.
"It's very important to me that we don't live in the darkness" when people thought AIDS was transmitted through casual contact, such as by "kissing, tears, sweat and saliva," White-Ginder said. "We have to treat this disease like a disease, and like Ryan always said, not like a dirty word."

Many of you may remember White who was the poster-child for the random AIDS victim. White actually contracted AIDS through a mistake in a blood transfusion, as opposed to from an action of his own.

Poll: Huckabee would lose to top Democrats by double digits

Yes it is a poll, and an early poll. Many would argue that it doesn't mean much, and in fact to some level that is even stated within this article. However the enormity at which Huckabee is behind I believe outlines the predicament of the GOP primary. If the radical Christian right is allowed to hijack the party on issues which aren't critical to the masses, we are going to have an unelectable candidate. I think Huckabee's handling of the AIDS comment and the prisoner-parole fiasco were poor. There is a level of arrogance there that America is tired of. It is expected from the Bushes, and the Clintons, but I'm not certain how much tolerance there will be when it is from an outsider.

A piece by Dick Morris, former Clinton advisor offers some comfort in the way of Huckabee's Fiscal Conservatism. Huckabee is a Fiscal Conservative Additionally, Morris's theorizing on the upcoming early primaries is also interesting.

From article: So what happens if Huckabee wins in Iowa? With New Hampshire only five days later, his momentum will be formidable. The key may boil down to how Hillary does in Iowa. Hillary? Yes. If she loses in Iowa, most of the independents in New Hampshire will flock to the Democratic primary to vote for her or against her. That will move the Republican electorate to the right in New Hampshire -- bad news for Rudy, good news for Huckabee. But if she wins in Iowa, there will be no point in voting in the Democratic primary and a goodly number will enter the GOP contest, giving Rudy a big boost.