Comments on: Terrifying http://larison.org/2008/01/06/terrifying/ n. the principle of good order "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:05:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: mkdelucas http://larison.org/2008/01/06/terrifying/#comment-8437 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:58:28 +0000 http://larison.org/2008/01/06/terrifying/#comment-8437 Respectfully disagree. You ignore the role the media will play. Huckabee will be made to look small and ridiculuos; Obama will be put forth as a figure of hope. Head to head the granduer and mystery will fall all to one side. You also forget that campaigns are principally referendums on the past, and most middle class Americans (the key constituency), anxious and unhappy as they are, will vote to repudiate it. And however much Huckabee might talk about change, he is the Republican and thus, by default, the person representing the past. So I don't think he has a shot. Not against Obama, not against anyone. Respectfully disagree. You ignore the role the media will play. Huckabee will be made to look small and ridiculuos; Obama will be put forth as a figure of hope. Head to head the granduer and mystery will fall all to one side.

You also forget that campaigns are principally referendums on the past, and most middle class Americans (the key constituency), anxious and unhappy as they are, will vote to repudiate it. And however much Huckabee might talk about change, he is the Republican and thus, by default, the person representing the past.

So I don’t think he has a shot. Not against Obama, not against anyone.

]]> by: mlindroo http://larison.org/2008/01/06/terrifying/#comment-8435 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:59:29 +0000 http://larison.org/2008/01/06/terrifying/#comment-8435 Hi Daniel, Isn't the big problem with Huckabee (or McCain for that matter) that he is loathed by the GOP elite while Obama pretty much makes everyone happy on the Dem side of the aisle...? In 2004, the enthusiasm was clearly on the GOP side while the Democrats fielded a fairly mediocre "he'll do" type of candidate -- and the result was "only" a 48% - 52% loss. MARCU$ Hi Daniel,

Isn’t the big problem with Huckabee (or McCain for that matter) that he is loathed by the GOP elite while Obama pretty much makes everyone happy on the Dem side of the aisle…?

In 2004, the enthusiasm was clearly on the GOP side while the Democrats fielded a fairly mediocre “he’ll do” type of candidate — and the result was “only” a 48% - 52% loss.

MARCU$

]]> by: nbeaudrot http://larison.org/2008/01/06/terrifying/#comment-8433 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:19:40 +0000 http://larison.org/2008/01/06/terrifying/#comment-8433 It seems to me that Huckabee could win the general, but doesn't have a path through the primaries. He'll have a hard time winning outside of the South plus other states with lots of evangelicals (Oklahoma, maybe Missouri). It seems to me that Huckabee could win the general, but doesn’t have a path through the primaries. He’ll have a hard time winning outside of the South plus other states with lots of evangelicals (Oklahoma, maybe Missouri).

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