Will Republican candidates give Huckabee a pass on Maurice Clemmons if they debate him during the primaries?
I аm nοt talking аbουt Liberals οr Obama here. I аm asking іf οthеr Republicans аnd Conservatives wіll give Huckabee a pass іf thеу debate hіm during a Republican primary debate. I rесkοn Republicans wіll roast Huckabee аnd hе саn now never bе President. Whаt dο уου rесkοn?
@Isaiah O – ѕο hοw wіll hе spin іt tο hіѕ favor. Please dο tеll аnd уου feel sorry fοr inmates!? Ok buddy!
Not a chance. The primaries are often more ruthless than the general election. Remember when Bush spread rumors that McCain fathered an illegitimate black child in South Carolina right before the primary there? That’s a large part of why McCain lost to Bush in 2000.
Huckabee is among the top contenders for 2012, something like this that hurts him with his base will be used, most likely by Palin who shares much of the same base and stands to gain the most by Huckabee going down. It’s less likely to be used by the libertarian end of the party like Jindal and Romney, since they benefit more from the religious right being divided among Palin and Huckabee.
Of course it’s too early to predict the candidates or where they stand accurately, but whoever uses this information, expect it to come from a 501c group, not the candidates themselves who don’t want to be seen as dirty, especially during the early part of the primaries.
(note that I use the term "libertarian" loosely. I’m referring to the members of the Republican party who are most similar to the libertarians, not actual Libertarians who are often not members of the Republican party at all.)
It will be used against him for sure but i dont reckon its all that damaging. He can spin this into his favor . Others will use it as a means to not let people out of jail. This hurts in mates more that anything. What will happen is this. "you see we let him out for 11 years excellent behavior and for x years he was ok but then boom he kills again! we cant trust these people! LOCK EM UP AND THROW AWAY THE KEY!!!!"
Not even a small.
Huckabee is finished, although i can seem to shake the thought of him wanting to be a Palin wanna be (hehe)The republicans will try anything.
Huckleberry’s toast.
it was 9 years ago!
I am not so sure that the republicans will give him a pass, but when you consider that clemency was granted in 2000 and this event has occurred 9 years later I do not reckon that it will be so much about Maurice Clemmons. I reckon that what they will point out is that Huckabee was pretty soft on crime and use Clemmons as an example of what happens when you are soft and they will use the fact that Huckabee granted clemency more times than 1000 times.
The travesty of this is that Clemmons was arrested after being released and the police at that time screwed up which allowed him to remain free. I heard on the news this morning that Maurice Clemmons will no longer be able to kill anyone and is subject to the ultimate judgment of God.
I suppose that it was a excellent thing that Huckabee said that he was leaning against running in 2012 and if he wasn’t fully chose I would bet that he is now.
Yea, They hardly notice when they error.