about mike huckabee immediately after him getting out because everyone wants his support,. is this a candidate that can step into that void and fill that space that s now open and has that warmth. it will be a central conservative tea party type and huckabee even in the states he he did well in in 08, look at the nonevangelical support. someone like a michelle bachmann, a rick santorum, someone potentially like a tim pawlenty could be well among those voters. an interesting editorial in the telegraph this morning and i want your take on it. they re painting him more as a moderate candidate and this is bad news for republicans and bad news for americans voters and the liberal media paint huckabee as an evangelical nut, the truth is that he s a southern the dpop may have lost its most credible g.o.p. candidate.
new hampshire and one wins south carolina and is the nominee. and as you were alluding to, huckabee was strong in iowa, he was strong in south carolina. he would have been a formidable candidate for the nomination so i take him at his word just in his heart he did not want to make this run, but he would have had a real chance at the nomination and it leaves a hole. so all of the announcements, everyone wants the endorsement. one who gets it, who gets the support that s going to carry a lot of weight in iowa and who benefits the most, do you think, from huckabee being that s hard to tell. everyone benefits that has to do well in iowa and who is not mitt romney, because mitt romney is not going to get huckabee supporters, he s not a big fan as it s clear and will get clearer and romney does not have to particularly do well in iowa, everyone else does. a lot of people have warm feelings for mike huckabee, but accounts for the flood of, you know, warm statements
blessing. it s simply unthinkable. i can t know or predict the future, but i know for now my answer is clear and firm, i will not seek the republican nomination for president this year. you know, it s interesting when we were listening to him last night he opened up the speech and talking about the support he had, money wouldn t be the problem and family support wouldn t be the problem. it seemed he was leaning up and wide ranking support, but finally got to why he made the call. yes, it was a spiritual decision for him and a lot of people have come out and said that s the best decision of all. and listen to what he said about the spiritual side of thing. when people ask me what would it take for me to run, i tell them the same thing, pray for me to have clarity in the decision, i don t expect everyone to understand this, but i m a believer and a follower of jesus christ and that relationship is far more important to me that be any political office. for me, the discussion and d
what do you say to that. he s an extraordinary communicator and great on the stump and one-on-one with voters and did what other candidates became a conservative media figure after running in 08 and yet he s not radioactive and he can go on jon stewart and play on that comfortably, a wide range no doubt about it. do you think that tim pawlenty, a close friend, a governor, is lukely the one that the governor huckabee is going to throw the support behind. i have no idea. you re a better man, who huckabee will back? i really don t know, i have no idea. let me switch then, who then, mitch daniels at one point says he wants to call the truce on socialists and legislation that countntra districts that.
here. and he has the same sort of plan and the announcement at theened of the celebrity apprentice. now we start to wonder how it affects the field and shake things up. the governor has other friends that are running for president, namely tim pawlenty, one of his close friends, all of these guys jockeying for governor huckabee s approval now and before the announcements, pawlenty, mike huckabee is a friend and colleague and important in the republican party and faith-based needs new leadership and plan to work hard to earn the millions of support for the millions of of americans who supported him. who benefits the most from huckabee getting out. the question, pawlenty or romney. or somebody not in. mitch daniels. michelle bachmann. and opened up with people like the southerner, the conservative. what opening does it leave for one of the new candidates that america is not the as familiar with for that voice.