The Chuck Primary

Value voters are nice, but Mike Huckabee just won the only primary that matters.

Chuck Norris does not vote for president of the United States. He gives the voting machine a swift roundhouse kick and Mike Huckabee wins.

So the joke would read after the martial arts star announced his endorsement Sunday for the former Arkansas governor.

How long until we get a mash-up of his Dew ad with him knocking the stuffing out of Hillary and Rudy? "You're messing with the wrong guy."

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The Politician's Prayer is "Lord, may my words be sweet and tender, for someday, I may have to eat them."

Joe Carter July 9th-

I really wish I could have started "Blogs for Mike" but this just ain't Huckabee's year.

Joe Carter earlier today-

3. Since June I've publicly supported the candidacy of Fred Thompson. I'm about a week away from changing my mind.
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4. It's now obvious that Huckabee can be a contender. If he had the name recognition provided by reruns of Law and Order he would certainly be trouncing Thompson in the polls and having an easier time raising funds. I'm not sure if I sour on Thompson that I can fully embrace Huckabee, though. His economic populism concerns me, though it would appeal to a large portion of American voters. Ironically, I think he will have a tougher time winning the GOP nomination than he would in winning the general election. Huckabee could regain the "Reagan Democrats", a group that is now wondering why they are still voting for Republicans now that the Gipper is gone.

If it makes it any easier, Joe, Steffans and I will chip in for the wine, so that you can down them with style.

Comments

[Joe Carter]

If it makes it any easier, Joe, Steffans and I will chip in for the wine, so that you can down them with style.

Bring a bottle over to my blog tomorrow. That's when I'll be eating a big helping of crow and officially switching my endorsement to Huckabee. ; )

Seriously. Although I'm a pragmatic idealist I think its time for me to focus less on the pragmatism and emphasize the idealism.

[HokiePundit]

I'm still baffled at why anyone expects Thompson to be doing anything more than warming up right now. There's over a year until the election! How are these other candidates possibly not going to burn themselves out?

All I can think is that we're letting ourselves get stampeded. We don't have to have decided on someone by December...or even March or May. Let's take our time; I have no doubt Hillary is bulletproof and that the other Democrats will shoot themselves down. Let's not waste all our energy now.

[Mark Byron]

The lion-share of primaries are in January and February, so the voters will have their say fairly quickly. If you're merely picking between party nominees, you'll have until next year at this time to make up your mind, but the primary voting isn't that far away.

[Joe Carter]

Mark is right. The primary season is only about eight weeks away. If Thompson doesn't come in at least second in NH, he'll be done. I honestly don't think he wants the job. I think he's just bidding his time till he can bow out gracefully.

[Jason]

Joe -- glad to have you on board!