The Wall Street Journal has what I believe is a fitting eulogy for Mike Huckabee's campaign, now that he's dropped out:
Mr. Huckabee's main weakness was that he seemed to lack any real convictions other than his religious faith. He tried to sound hawkish on security even as he mimicked the liberal critique of the Bush Administration for an "arrogant bunker mentality." On economics, he assailed fellow Republicans for supporting tax cuts for the rich even as he supported a politically implausible national sales tax to replace the federal income and payroll tax. He also did a reversal on immigration.
The translation of this is what I've been saying since about July of last year: Huckabee isn't a solid conservative.
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When Gov. Huckabee first came into national view I was eager to support him. His backround as a conservative, evangelical Christian and his self-acclaimed successes in Arkansas were exactly what I was hoping for. But as details of his policies and positions came to light I realized that he wasn�t all that he seemed, and politically conservative was a very long way from his way of thinking.
So, the media and many Democrats have chosen McCain as our candidate and I�ll have to come to terms with that.
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