The Huckamelt Begins…Member of Campaign Quits
December 31st, 2007 Posted in 2008, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney
This comes from Jonathan Martin at Politico.
To make matters worse, as Huckabee’s challenges have grown more intense of late, he has lost the aide he brought on to handle his rapid-response and research operation.
Joe Carter, who took a leave from the Family Research Council to move down to the former Arkansas governor’s campaign headquarters in Little Rock, has returned to Washington, leaving a key position unfilled in the crucial final days before the caucuses.
With Carter gone — his last e-mail to reporters was Dec. 17 — Huckabee has been largely responding to every new story or attack that emerges himself, at times compounding the problem.
~Ryan Jesperson
December 31st, 2007 at 10:27 pm
I just watched Rich Lowry and Alan Colmes and others laugh at the Hucksters afternoon dram show. He has completely lost credibility with the press. The question is with three days before the caucus will it be communicated to all Iowans. I think they are tuned in like me and will peel away from his very hypocritical messages! Governor Huckabee might of been a one hit wonder winning Iowa but he wont even be that now. He will be remembered for his “bizzaro” press conference. Hucksters out there are welcome to join the Romney fold for a strong future for all Americans.
December 31st, 2007 at 10:56 pm
Howard Deanesque
January 1st, 2008 at 4:20 pm
This is starting to look a lot like Howard Dean in 2004. “The Scream” was after Dean had blown a 20% lead and finished third. The event I remember most was when he blew up at an elderly man at a townhall meeting, yelling at him “You sit down!” This was after his quote about how well he knew the Bible and then saying that his favorite book in the New Testament was Job.
It will be interesting how Huckabee survives these horrible two weeks that he has had. I still think he will finish second (mostly because no other candidate is really competing in the state). Maybe Thompson can grab second place, but I would be surprised.