McCain Won, Your Guy Lost – Now Do What’s Best for America
“One thing is for sure, there are just as many loons on the right as the left, extremes meet…put them together and all you have is one big nut burger.” —Terrye
Now Terrye, that’s not nice. However do you expect to convince others to do the ‘right’ thing when you insult them ?
Oh yeah. They say they won’t do the ‘right’ thing no matter how nicely you talk to them don’t they ? And then basically tell you to pound salt for having the temerity to remind them that they can’t always have everything they want.
So bring on PLAN “B”.
Huckabee should be the VP. That action kills a whole flock of birds with one stone.
A. It reaches out to the evangelical wing of the Party thus almost ensuring both victories and workers in LOTS of the States that need to be won in November. The potential problem of a republican split then becomes much less of a problem as it can be then be addressed on a purely electoral State by State basis
B. It gets a guy who is really very likable on the ticket. People vote for likable. It’s a fact. he would be a VERY effective and vibrant campaigner. That will mean something in 2008.
C. Huckabee is a populist as really is McCain. Allows the Party to run a center-right populist campaign. Populism will be a vote getter in an unsettled political climate. 2008 will be very unsettled.
D. Huckabee can easily be persuaded to support a low-tax, reduced spending regime in Washington. He would just want some redirected spending. He could easily support McCains stated policies and intentions.
E It shows the bitter-enders what could happen to them if they leave the Party to the ‘others’. ” Just think if McCain manages to win without you, no one will care what you all ever say again.” Choosing Huckabee is precisely the way to present a means of doing the winning part of your analysis. He brings a lot to the table and the people he really annoys are already really annoyed.
F. This ticket might well have some considerable cross-over appeal based upon the ‘populism’ aspect of the effort.
G. Even if the ticket fails, it won’t fail by much, and it can then point out to everyone who exactly caused the narrow loss. Thus beginning the needed process of reformulating a winning coaltion.
McCain / Huckabee — 2008.
Catch The Wave.
