Huckabee likes Ron Paul

[Governor PiT]

Mike Huckabee made his third appearance on the Colbert Report this week, here's an excerpt from the interview (Colbert's question is given the assumption that Huckabee is a first tier candidate due to his showing in the Iowa Straw Poll):

Colbert: Who is it that's gunning for you now that you're on top? Who reminds you of a young Mike Huckabee?

Huckabee: A young Mike Huckabee? I thought I was a young Mike Huckabee. Um, maybe it's Ron Paul.


Huckabee isn't a bad candidate, if he changed his position on the war he might be deserving of a vote or two. But he has so few campaign funds that he can't last in the primaries. When he drops out, I wouldn't be surprised to see him endorse Ron Paul.


Go back and watch the Iowa GOP debate where Ron Paul pwn'd Romney, and notice Huckabee's reaction. He loved it.

Right now Huckabee is playing the game. His camp is'nt thinking any differently than the Paul camp would be had Ron pulled second place in Iowa. They're not thinking about running out of money, or dropping out. They're thinking about winning, and in the game of politics he's winking at the Paul campaign in a way that alludes to his possible consideration for Paul as a running mate. He's hoping the 2 camps can hitch their wagons.

If Ron Paul so much as mentions Huckabee's name in an interview this week both of their numbers will jump, Romney's should come down a few points, and could possibly nudge Brownback from the race.

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Ron Paul is overrated.

[Eraserhead]

Isn't Paul older than Huckabee? I don't get it.

[Jacobtm]

Isn't Paul older than Huckabee? I don't get it.

"Younger" in this sense would mean about the same thing as "Pre-Colbert-Bump second place victory in Iowa"

Watch the video and it'll make more snse

[Bacon King]

Dude, Colbert is awesome.

[Eraserhead]

Isn't Paul older than Huckabee? I don't get it.

"Younger" in this sense would mean about the same thing as "Pre-Colbert-Bump second place victory in Iowa"

Watch the video and it'll make more snse

Ah I see.

[WalterMitty]

Ron Paul is overrated.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

But wait, I thought Huckabee was some sort of populist, which meant he would easily lock up states like WV and get a huge boost in the Midwest? Or was that all a load of crap after all?

[Jacobtm]

But wait, I thought Huckabee was some sort of populist, which meant he would easily lock up states like WV and get a huge boost in the Midwest? Or was that all a load of crap after all?

Huckabee isn't an ideologically pure anything. He wants to eliminate the IRS an institute a national sales tax somewhere between 20 and 30%, he also thinks we should be completely food independent from other parts of the world. In any interview, he'll heap praise upon the ability of the free market to do just about anything, and also talk about all the things government should be doing to help particular sub-groups of people with various issues.

[poughies]

Ron Paul is like a used car. It might look really good from the outside, but inside, its a used car.

[HappyWarrior]

He never said he liked Ron Paul, only that Paul would be gunning for him.