Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] [POLITICS] Iowa results

[Stephen Montgomery-Smith <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I know very little about Huckabee.  But I saw him on Jay Leno the other 
night, and he comes across extremely well.  I can see very clearly why 
he will be a huge draw for Christian voters.  Also, he has a great sense 
of humor, and is very sharp in one on one discussions - but sharp 
without coming across as sharp, if you know what I mean.  On the face of 
it, he seems to be my ideal combination - strong Christian values with 
care and compassion for the poor.


Mike Miller wrote:
> As you surely know, Huckabee and Obama are the two winners in Iowa. 
> What's next?  Wyoming on Saturday and New Hampshire on Tuesday.  I won't 
> really care about the Wyoming results (will anyone outside Wyoming?) but 
> New Hampshire can be important.  I would expect both Romney and Giuliani 
> to do better in New Hampshire, but we'll see.
>
> I liked this article about Huckabee:
>
> http://egan.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/02/intro/
>
> I would definitely like to see him as the Republican candidate.  He 
> seems much more genuine to me than the others.  I kinda like him.  The 
> others mostly make my blood boil.  You know he has to be a pretty decent 
> guy if I'd say I kinda like him and he says that he doesn't believe 
> Darwin's theory of evolution!
>
>
> On Fri, 4 Jan 2008, Jonathan King wrote:
>
> > To be honest, I have had increasing confidence that Mike Huckabee will 
> > be the GOP nominee. There are only two Republicans running who have 
> > any stage presence at all, and Huckabee has a lot more of it than Mitt.
> >
> > So, to be consistent, I should have been able to predict that Obama 
> > would come out way ahead in Iowa as well. But I didn't, because 
> > Edwards has some presence, and Hillary had a lot of advantages as 
> > well. I think it is still Clinton's race to lose, but this was an 
> > inauspicious start.
>
> Hillary wasn't making it with her "experience" argument.  I will like 
> any one of those three, but I like her the least.  Obama is quite right 
> to focus on reuniting the country.  Clinton will not be able to do 
> that.  I like Edwards' ideas -- he is right up front with them and they 
> are good. Obama is very focused on inspiring us, which is nice, but we 
> need to hear more definite plans someday.
>
>
> > Of course, as usual, I will be voting in the primaries way too late to 
> > have any impact on any of this. For that matter, my vote in November 
> > has no impact either since the odds that any Republican will take 
> > Maryland this year are really about as close to zilch as you care to 
> > project. Those of you back in Missouri are going to have a lot more 
> > impact most voters.
>
> Minnesota will surely vote Democrat this time (as last time).  It will 
> be great if we can get rid of Norm Coleman -- that's the more pressing 
> issue up here.  I don't know who'll run against him.  Franken is trying 
> but I don't know if he really has a chance.  He just hasn't transitioned 
> well from comic to serious candidate.  He's a smart enough guy, and I 
> think he can do the job, but I don't know if he can win.
>
> Mike
>
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