Huckabee’s Endorsement Strategy, Anyone? | Jen Kuznicki

Huckabee’s Endorsement Strategy, Anyone?

By On April 4, 2014 · 14 Comments
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Banner for Huckabee’s radio show that offered an alternative to Rush Limbaugh, and was supposed to beat Rush in ratings.

Mike Huckabee has decided to endorse Representative James Lankford for Senate in Oklahoma.  The other Republican candidate in the race is T.W. Shannon, who has gotten endorsements from Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Senator Mike Lee, the Senate Conservatives Fund, you get the picture.

Lankford , and barring any information on whether San Francisco-based consultants, The Wicker Group, (TWG) that seems to be Huckabee’s only reason to endorse.

For Huckabee, it seems, the way to go is reject Buckley’s rule, “the rightwardmost electable candidate,” and to endorse if the candidate has hired TWG which is his son-in-law’s firm, or if the candidate can be a reliable vote for the establishment…or he’s a fellow Reverend.

A little history:

Texas Senate: Dewhurst v. Cruz.  Huck endorsed Dewhurst (who employed The Wicker Group) and Ted Cruz won.

Wisconsin Senate: Thompson v. Neumann.  Neumann was endorsed by the Club for Growth, Thompson’s a RINO who won the primary but lost to the Democrat.

Nebraska Senate: Bruning v. Stenberg v. Fischer. Huck endorsed Bruning  (who employed The Wicker Group) and then lost to Palin-endorsed Fischer.

North Carolina: Hudson v. Keadle.  Huck endorsed reliable establishment guy Hudson over tea party challenger Keadle.

Florida: Yoho v. Stearns. Huck endorsed Yoho (who employed The Wicker Group) over Stearns, the tea party favorite.

Florida: Mica v. Adams. Huck endorsed entrenched incumbent Mica over Palin-endorsed Adams.

Texas Lieutenant Gov: Huck is endorsing Patrick against his previously endorsed loser to Cruz, Dewhurst.  Patrick has employed The Wicker Group.

North Carolina: Huck’s endorsing Rev. Harris, the Republican leadership is endorsing Tillis, and Brannon is endorsed by Glenn Beck, Mike Lee, FreedomWorks, ICaucus, and Rand Paul.

The end result so far of these races is three for six, and though that’s not a terrible endorsement history, it is bad for the nation if they are all reliable votes for the RINO establishment.

Huck is very  a run for the White House (again) in a climate his daughter and spokesman says, “It just seems so right for a lot of different reasons. I think there is a bigger opportunity this time around, and he’s very, very seriously considering a run.”

Um, yeah.

Sanders said her father will never totally appease the hard-line fiscally conservative groups — but she argued he won’t have to.

“He’s not going to change that and cater to these groups, and we need someone who can say ‘enough is enough.’ He’s not going to be pushed around. He is who he is, and you can get on board or not,” she said. “He’s got a populist message. He’s a Republican who can actually speak to the American middle class, which is something that sets him apart. The outside groups who don’t agree with him on everything aren’t going to like him much no matter what. He’s not going to change to appease them.”

Oooookay.

Huckabee was supposed to outstripping Rush Limbaugh’s popularity on radio by now too, by offering, “More conversation, less confrontation.”

In the middle of a tea party year, Huck might be a great bass player but he’s a bit tone deaf.

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