Huckabee supporters react to McCain affair rumors: Miracle?

[tekisui]

While John McCain's campaign went into crisis management mode over allegations that the Arizona senator had an inappropriate relationship with a telecommunications lobbyist, his only remaining challenger, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, had not yet publicly reacted to the news. But if Huckabee was focused on campaigning in Texas, a traditionally conservative bastion, pundits and his supporters were debating the implications of the reports.

"Has the Huckabee miracle occurred?" asked Max Brantley of the Arkansas Times blog. "Mike Huckabee is suddenly a very real contender for president of these United States."

Huckabee's low-cost presidential campaign has relied heavily on Huck's Army, the informal network of volunteers who get out the word and the vote for the former governor. And some seemed to agree with Brantley's assessment of the situation.

"This is why Mike has been saying he 'can't dropout,'" wrote one commenter at Huck's Army. "God is in control here......!!"

But other Huck's Army members were more measured in their responses.

"Mike has run a very very clean campaign against McCain and it will be interesting if he takes this opportunity to go a little negative considering how important keeping exas close or winning exas is to his campaign strategy," wrote another commenter.

And an additional member said it was best to stay patient in reacting to the news.

"Not sure how much legs this has, but I'm sure people will be discussing why Huckabee is smart to sit in throughout this process," wrote a forum participant.

link: http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Huckabee_supporters_react_to_McCain_affair_0221.html

[rpannier]

1. Yep. Definately the hand of God

God knows Huck'll get crushed in November and God doesn't want McCain.
So, it's killing two birds with one stone.

Victory for God.

Oh...
And the rest of the non-Huck, no McLame world

[SoFlaJet]

2. this was done for Mitt Romney

who even though has suspended his campaign is still ahead of Huckabee in delegates. Romney was the RWers choice after Giuliani folded.

[tekisui]

3. No, hucky is ahead of mittens huck-277 mitty-181.

[SoFlaJet]

5. you sure teki?

I thought when I saw the number Tuesday night it was The Mittster still ahead.

[tekisui]

8. That's the count at The Green Papers.

http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/

But, CNN shows

Mitt- 286 hucky-214

http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/scorecard/#val=R

And, CBS has hucky up

huck-202 mitt-166

Hard to know for sure.

[SoFlaJet]

12. that's the one I saw teki

the CNN numbers which are mysteriously always way different from MSNBC's

[frazzled]

11. Huckabee still can't get the magic number: Romney can

As I count it, it works this way: ;1191 delegates needed for R nomination. There are 943 delegates yet to be won.

McCain currently has 981. Let's say he has to stop or suspend his campaign (unlikely).

Huckabee currently has 217. If he were to win all remaining 943 delegates, he would still have only 1160--31 short of nomination.

Romney has 286. If he were to win all remaining 943 delegates, he'd have 1229.

Other scenario: Romney could step back in even if McCain doesn't drop out and win enough to take the nomination to the convention. He was always the "establishment" candidate (remember him standing at Poppy's podium to give his religion speech?). This could get interesting.

[Yavin4]

4. So, Jesus Is The NY Times Source?

Who knew?

[DS1]

6. what's an exa?

I probably don't want to know

[Beausoleil]

7. Looks like a "T" got dropped in the pasting.

"T" for Texas.

[tekisui]

10. Hucky's base has a hard time with the English language, and typing.

[MADem]

9. Huckabee basically said McCain is a man of integrity. He didn't take the bait. NT