Reply #22: Huckabee or McCain

[bklyncowgirl]

Huckabee has an easy charm and a populist streak that could win over moderates. Wouldn't it be a mess if the Republican candidate turns out to be the anti-big business guy and the Democrat is tied to corporate America up to his/her eyeballs. Huckabee, from what I've heard of his record may actually be the "Compassionate Conservative" that Bush pretended to be in order to get elected.

McCain has credentials, he's considered a moderate and deep down moderates and liberals can still occaisionally summon up a little love for the old boy such as during the last debate when he denounced the other candidates for supporting waterboarding. I found myself yelling "Go John! Shove it down their throats". Will people forgive him for the hug with Bush--you and I won't but the swing voter types most likely will.