sethrubenstein

Let me start off by saying I like Huckabee, he's a nice guy I met him at the Spartanburg Republican Convention. But, he can't win. He's not a moderate. In 2000 and 2004 the Republican party turned to the Evangelical vote for that extra boost. Now, that agenda has hijacked the Republican party. It wasn't too long ago when being a conservative meant less government involvement in our social life's (i.e it's not the right of the government to tell a woman what she can and can not do with her body), where the economy and foreign policy were key. And believe it or not there was once a time where seeking guidance in the facts of Science was not heretical. Now it seems that all of America's societal woes will be fixed by the dogma of one religion, one segment of society rather than the democratic work of the entire populace together. This is a shame. Now don't send me hate mail, I'm not Christian bashing here. Balance is necessary in a candidate, you don't want an atheist on one end of the extreme and you don't want a minister on the other end of the extreme. You want a moderate as a candidate. The problem here is that Evangelicals aren't savvy enough political operatives to understand this, they see the very limited thin view rather than the larger picture. So please, either you Mike Huckabee if you are going to be the Nominee please appeal to a larger base than just the evangelical who is willing to overlook certain unconservative aspects of your political past, or you the evangelical wise up and realize that in order to beat Obama or Hillary who want to make this a true socialist regime you need a moderate of earthly intellect, and of divine faith.

We will see how Huckabee pans out, I like him, and I would love to see him succeed but he needs to work on appealing to more than the die hard faithful, moderates win elections he must court them aswell.