“Source” Hokeybee tops McCain’s VP list
Of boy! What a glorious choice he would be. Voting for McCain would be hard enough, but adding a “Social Conservative” that has too much nanny- stater in him would make it nearly impossible for me.
Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas and defeated contender for the GOP presidential nomination, is currently at the top of John McCain’s short list for a running mate. At least that’s the word from a top McCain fundraiser and longtime Republican moneyman who has spoken to McCain’s inner circle. The fundraiser is less than thrilled with the idea of Huckabee as the vice presidential nominee, and many economic conservatives—turned off by the populist tone of Huckabee’s campaign and his tax record as governor—are likely to share that marked lack of enthusiasm. But here is the logic of picking Huckabee:1) He is a great campaigner and communicator who could both shore up support in the South among social conservatives (Huckabee is a former Baptist minister) and appeal to working-class voters in the critical “Big 10″ states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ohio.2) As any pollster knows, voters search for candidates who “care about people like me,” and Huckabee would probably score a lot higher on that quality than millionaire investor Mitt Romney. Plus, given all the turmoil on Wall Street, 2008 would seem to be a bad year to pick a former investment banker for veep.Ah, the ultra-important (candidates who care about people like me) voters. Or as I prefer to call them, “idiots who ought not vote, or brush their teeth without adult supervision” demographic. Hokeybee could get some of those with his impersonation of a Democrat act, which we saw plenty of during his campaign.