Entries categorized as ‘Ben Clark’
By Ben Clark
Over the past few months, Mike Huckabee has been on an emotional rollercoaster. Once written off as dead for a lack of funds and poor showing in most polls, he made a comeback that eventually resulted in a victory in Iowa. Some went so far as to predict a Huckabee win propelled by decent poll showings in Michigan and South Carolina. Now, however, strapped for cash and plagued by the inability to bring in voters outside of his narrow Evangelical base of support, the Arkansas Governor can merely stand by and watch Republican figures coalesce around the presumed nominee.
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Categories: Ben Clark · Republicans
Tagged: Huckabee, McCain, Romney, VP
By Ben Clark
Last Thursday, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney stunned an enthusiastic crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference when he announced that he was suspending his race for the Presidency. The news came in light of several remarkable victories for his two chief rivals, Mike Huckabee of Arkansas and Senator John McCain of Arizona, just two days earlier. Romney cited his support for the Iraq War, claiming that his presence in the race would serve only as a distraction and might threaten to tear the Republican base apart when needed most. (more…)
Categories: Ben Clark · Republicans
Tagged: CPAC, Huckabee, McCain, Paul, Romney
By Ben Clark
Senator John McCain has targeted much of his campaign toward military veterans and their families, as well as to moderate Republicans and independents. However, in tomorrow’s election in Florida, his fate may rest in the comparative success of one of his opponents. McCain’s chief rival in Florida, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, has focused a good deal of attention on winning at least a modest amount of support among evangelical Christians. About 25% of Florida Republican voters are evangelicals, far from the 60% evangelical turnout that propelled former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee to an early win in the Iowa Caucus. The question for McCain now becomes whether Huckabee, a former Baptist minister, can win enough of the evangelical vote to give McCain a narrow victory over Romney.
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Categories: Ben Clark · Republicans
Tagged: Evangelical, Florida, Huckabee, McCain, Romney
