Slog - Comments on Decoding the Huckabee Campaign http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/decoding_the_huckabee_campaign John McCain may have managed last night to make his path to the nomination a mathematical lock, but he didn't do it before Mike Huckabee once more put a vicious scare into the septuagenarian senator: despite being all but broke and trailing by huge margins in delegates, the evangelical bass virtuoso managed to take 41% of the vote in Virginia last night. The McCain camp? Not amused. "He now needs 950 delegates to secure the required 1,191," Davis writes of Huckabee in the fit-for-public-consumption document. "But in the remaining contests there are only 774 delegates available. He would need to... Copyright 2008 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:57:45 -0800 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:53:32 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Misty Brown If there's a god in heaven he'll run as an independent.
You hear me God??!!!

]]> Misty Brown http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/decoding_the_huckabee_campaign#c936395 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/decoding_the_huckabee_campaign#c936395 2008 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:46:13 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty Oh, that would be sweet. Even Hillary's fucking dog could get elected if he did that.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/decoding_the_huckabee_campaign#c936463 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/decoding_the_huckabee_campaign#c936463 2008 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:00:04 -0800 Comment by w7ngman "what does Huck hope to achieve by staying in the race?"

Probably same thing Ron Paul has been hoping to achieve this entire campaign...

]]> w7ngman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/decoding_the_huckabee_campaign#c936501 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/decoding_the_huckabee_campaign#c936501 2008 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:07:21 -0800 Comment by Gitai He's not going for either the VP or Senate spot. He's hoping to deny McCain the majority, then get Romney and Paul supporters to go for him. It'll be nasty, but given the hatred the base has for McCain, it's possible.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/decoding_the_huckabee_campaign#c936526 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/decoding_the_huckabee_campaign#c936526 2008 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:12:07 -0800 Comment by Giffy @3 Epic lulz?

Huckabee could win the thing if he won most of the remaining states and if Romney pledged his delegates to him.

]]> Giffy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/decoding_the_huckabee_campaign#c936564 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/decoding_the_huckabee_campaign#c936564 2008 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:17:57 -0800 Comment by HL Yesterday Huckabee was asked what the chances are that he would run for the open AR senate seat. His answer was something like: "It would be more likely that I would dye my hair green and go on tour with Amy Winehouse".

I think that's a NO.

]]> HL http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/decoding_the_huckabee_campaign#c936645 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/decoding_the_huckabee_campaign#c936645 2008 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:40:45 -0800 Comment by Cook what happens if NEITHER of them gets 1191 delegates? i may not be majoring in math either, but that's still statistically possible...if god exists then i hope it'll happen. romney should endorse huckabee. what does he have to lose?

]]> Cook http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/decoding_the_huckabee_campaign#c938009 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/decoding_the_huckabee_campaign#c938009 2008 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:53:32 -0800