From August 14,

The problem (OK... there's more than one problem with this scenario) with this dream/nightmare is that the following must play out in the next eight weeks maximum:

1.) Perry surges. Leads the field and Romney by more than 10 pts showing Mitt's chronic weakness remains.

Check!

2.) Perry implodes. Opp Research and/or bad campaigning bust the bubble of Perry's surge and he is awarded the Fred Thompson Award for 2011.

Check!Check!Check!Check!

3.) Cain (formerly Bachmann six weeks ago) surges. Cain moves into the lead over Romney further showing Mitt's chronic weakness.

Check!

4.) Cain proves resilient to attacks that would take the legs out from under a more conventional candidate as occured with other "tea party" favorites (especially those who lost in the general) in the 2010 cycle.

Check!

5.) Old gaurd knows only Huckabee can stop Cain which they hate more than the prospect of his own success.

CHECK?

6.) Huck enters citing National events (like unemployment going up further; GDP going negative) involving the economy and jobs as the reason.

7.) Happy Halloween!

I have Cavuto on. I think he was on right at 4 eastern for about five minutes 'cause I tuned in at 3:05 CST and he hasn't been on since then.

Report: Bachmann’s New Hampshire staff resigns en masse

By Josh Lederman and Daniel Strauss - 10/21/11 03:35 PM ET


The New Hampshire staff for Rep. Michele Bachmann’s (R-Minn.) presidential campaign are said to have all quit, with one of the staffers joining Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s (R) campaign.

Bachmann said there was “no truth to that story,” adding that she was shocked to hear claims that her Granite State staff was fleeing, but an adviser to Perry confirmed to The Hill that former Bachmann staffer Caroline Gigler was joining Perry’s campaign.

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/gop ... taff-quits

Well if "seeing a path to the nomination" requires the funds and the staff thought lacking we have some newly unemployed available.



I think it's time for Mike to help the economy and create more net jobs in a day than Obama has in three years.

I'm with you Doc!

Although I know there are thousands of committed grassroots activists who will work for absolutely NOTHING for an entity known as Huckabee for President

SDoc - Perhaps GMH is helping you with item #5. Check out the article I just posted in this thread:

viewtopic.php?f=177&t=25856

He could have spun the 999, 909, etc idea in a positive light and could have tried explaining the abortion issue as Cain has. But he was quick to go the other direction. He has made sure that we all kew his concerns with christie and perry, both potential/previous front runners. You don't hear concern over guys like santorum, newt, huntsman, etc because they don't have a very strong chance of the nomination. But when someone moves up into romney terrirtory, Huck is quick to make sure that we (as people who follow politics closely) arent the only ones that see their major (and sometimes minor) flaws.

And honestly, if this was Huckabee's plan all along, wouldn't most people have to agree he is a brilliant strategist? If he does get in, it's highly possible that his entry will be a bombshell wiping several other campaigns out and making this a 2 man race between him and Romney...with only 2 months before the first caucus.

I think, maybe, we just want Governor Huckabee to run so badly, we are seeing things that don't exist! Just a week or so ago he said he was still happy with the decison he made in May. As much as I would love to delude myself that he was getting in, I honestly don't see the signs with only a week away. I only hope that I'm wrong, but he seems perfectly happy sitting on the sidelines as a pundit at FOX.

Does anyone know if Chuck Norris is aware of this last ditch effort to draft Huckabee? Maybe he would be the encouragement and support Mike needs to make the leap. Couldn't hurt.