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I’ve Made Up My Mind

21 October 2007

back in June I wrote a post about Mike Huckabee. In that post I talked about seeing Mike Huckabee in person and listening to him make his points and field questions. I was impressed with Huckabee then and really wanted to support him but I really didn’t think he had a chance so I was sticking with Thompson.

Then in August I posted about Huckabee being the big winner in Iowa. At that point I began to fell like maybe Governor Huckabee actually had a chance. I said then:

Huckabee is the man to watch over the next few weeks. His ability to raise money just got a huge shot in the arm and if he can translate that into campaign cash and a solid organization he may end up as the man to beat.

Still, I was hanging on to Thompson because I believed he was the best man to communicate a solid vision for the country. I was, admittedly, uneasy about how long Thompson was taking to make his announcement.

Finally, on September 6, Thompson announced his candidacy, doing so on Leno and eschewing the Republican debate the same night. That bothered me. Then he promptly disappeared from the media. Since then he has largely refused interviews with the major media, preferring to stick with the internet.

Meanwhile, Mike Huckabee has continued to move forward. He has seen his position in the polls slowly move up and up. Yesterday he took 51% at the values voters conference in Florida. 51%! That tells you something about where conservatives really stand.

For the last several weeks I’ve been leaning more and more to Huckabee and I’ve become more and more disenchanted with Thompson. At the conference Thompson spent a grand total of about five minutes talking to the crowd and left. Thompson hasn’t had a major fall since his announcement but neither has he done anything at all to distinguish himself.

Tonight the Republicans will square off again in Orlando. The theme seems to be, who is the real conservative? Clearly Rudy has no claim to that moniker. Romney has his own problems with so many position changes looking like changes for convenience rather than true convictions. That’s to say nothing about the problem of his Mormonism that he refuses to directly address. All that leaves McCain, Thompson and Huckabee. Of the three I believe Huckabee far outshines the rest.

McCain will never get the nomination. He has just stabbed conservatives in the back too many times. I could not vote for the man and I know many many others who can’t either. Thompson, as mentioned earlier, simply isn’t doing anything to distinguish himself. He’s hanging on but that won’t last much longer if he doesn’t do something to stand out.

Then there is Mike Huckabee. He is a solid conservative. He has no record of changing his position on lots of issues for the sake of expedience. He has 10+ years of executive experience. He is the strongest supporter of the FairTax I know of and the most articulate. I’ve seen dozens of interviews with Huckabee and I have yet to see him stumble or get tripped up. The man knows what he is talking about and he speaks with conviction. The more he talks the more people turn to him.

I am now convinced that Mike Huckabee is the best hope for the Republican party. He is honest, heartfelt, a solid conservative and likeable to boot! I said in June, “It’s still very early and I’m not prepared to endorse anyone but Thompson at this point. But a lot could happen between now and next February. I’ll be keeping a close eye on Mike Huckabee.” Well that’s precisely what I’ve been doing and now I am prepared to endorse Mike Huckabee for President of the United States.

Watch for the next post where I’ll give you Glenn Beck’s Huckabee interview. It is lengthy enough to really cover some ground and give you a realy chance to examine Huckabee and see if he is a man you can support.

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