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Huckabee Last Hope For Christian Right?

October 17, 2007 · Filed Under Opinion, Politics, Republicans 

Dick Morris has an interesting column this week about Mike Huckabee and the Christian right.

Peel them away and, underneath, you have Mike Huckabee, the last survivor in the elimination tournament of the Christian right. And they could do a whole lot worse!

Start with the dreams about Sen. George Allen (R-Va.), who became former Sen. George Allen before he could become a viable presidential candidate. Then go to Mitt Romney, his putative opponent for the designation of the right wing. But that was before he ran straight into a wall of bigotry against Mormons. The most recent polling suggests that while a majority of voters agree that “other Americans” would be amenable to a black or female candidate for president, only 36 percent feel that way about a Mormon. Unjustified. Unfair. Outrageous as it is — it nevertheless is. That prejudice and the justifiable cynicism that his flip-flop-flip on abortion engendered have held down his vote share despite massive advertising. (He was pro-life before he ran against Sen. Edward Kennedy (D) in Massachusetts, at which point he discovered a relative who died after an illegal abortion, which, conveniently, induced a change of heart. He remained pro-choice as a governor of the most liberal state in America until, as he contemplated entering the GOP primary for president, he realized that abortion had cultivated a contempt for life and so decided to become pro-life — equally conveniently.)

If you wanna read the rest of Dick’s column just click HERE.

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One Response to “Huckabee Last Hope For Christian Right?”

  1. chukmaty on October 18th, 2007 12:32 pm

    I think it is not bigotry against Mormonism that prevents Romney from succeeding but his plastic man approach and his liberal past which haunts him.

    His money will not beat Huckabee’s charm and bright ideas.

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