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The Palmetto State Debate
January 11th, 2008 by Jon
So there was a debate last night. There’s plenty of analysis about it from all sorts of different sources. The consensus that I’m getting is that Big Fred did quite well – and I agree with that assessment. If you’ve been wondering where Fred’s Super Nova in the Belly was – it was on display last night.

Despite what you might read from Phil, Mitt did a fairly decent job last night despite the fact he didn’t get as much camera time as he’s gotten in debates past. His answers were well thought out and based in fact – not hyperbole. Even his detractors ended up admitting that Mitt gave the best informed answers of any candidate last night. It wasn’t his best performance, but he got the job done. I can live with that.

I, for one, was glad to see Big Fred go after the Huckster. Fred basically took Mitt’s comparison ads and beat Huck over the head with them. Huck tried (and failed) to beat back Fred’s onslaught. Additionally, Huck’s answer to Chris Wallace’s question on taxes gave a new definition to Extreme Waffling.

As long as I’m on the Huck Bashing Bandwagon, I’d like to point you to a very well written post by Article VI’s John Schroeder. Schroeder is a member of the demographic Huck is counting on to catapult him into the Oval Office. The only problem is, Schroeder would just as soon see Huck catapulted into History’s Dustbin. Opines John:

Other candidates do not look good to me for a variety of reasons, but Huckabee is repulsive because of his appeals to bias and bigotry. That cannot be allowed to prevail. Romney should play to win and not merely beat Huckabee, but beat Huckabee he must at the bare minimum. (Emphasis Added)

I’ve stated this before, but just to reiterate the point – Mike Huckabee is dangerously naïve, completely unprepared, and enormously unqualified to sit in the Big Chair. Those facts and his record give me more than enough reason to vote against him. The singular fact that he has gone to the anti-Mormon well and has – as Schroeder already illustrated – appealed to religious bias and bigotry has brought me to the conclusion that I can never vote for a ticket with Huckabee on it. His latest ad in Michigan is typical – long on rhetoric, short on details, and ends with a poll tested line saying that “Americans want a president like the guy they work with, not the guy who laid them off.” Sigh.

Memo to Huck: I want a president whose capitalist principals have made him and those around him extremely wealthy. I’ve never gotten a job from a poor person – or a governor for that matter. End Memo.

Mitt has stated that he’s in this race for the long haul. Of the GOP candidates, he’s the best suited for the long march. Most everybody else is strapped for cash. The democrats are, through their willing accomplices in the MSM, doing everything they can to remove the one conservative from the republican field with the best shot at getting the nomination. Mitt will stay in this race until he either wins or himself decides to get out. Nobody else will make that decision for him.

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