Comments on: “We are Doomed if Huckabee is Elected”

By: IanR

IanR — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:42:05 +0000

While I hope Anne is right, I can recall feeling that way in 2000. I couldn’t imagine how anyone would vote for a buffoon like Bush. I couldn’t imagine how anyone from the pro-business Republican party would really support a guy who had run 7 companies into bankruptcy. I couldn’t imagine how any religious people could support someone with such an obviously fake “conversion”. In hindsight, I was painfully naive. Bush had a faux “likability” – Huckabee is actually likable. Bush had fake religion and a fake grassroots appeal – Huckabee is the real thing.I really think that Huckabee is electable. And that’s a scary thought.

By: Anne Gilbert

Anne Gilbert — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 14:36:38 +0000

FWIW, at least one e-mail list to which I belong, has a moderator that claims Huckabee is essentially unelectable. The moderator's position is that the "powers-that-be" in the Republican Party will not allow a Huckabee nomination, even if the religious far right wants to call the shots here. I cannot say whether or not this is true, but even if Huckabee is nominated, I think there will be a lot of people who will be scared into supporting whoever becomes the Democratic nominee(I have my preferences about that, but I won't go into them at this time).Anne G

By: Orac

Orac — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:17:19 +0000

If Huckabee is elected, I wouldn’t say that we’re “doomed.” I would say that our competitiveness in biotechnology is likely to take a hit that it is unlikely to recover from, because Huckabee would likely continue Bush’s policy on government support of stem cell research.