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Huckabee Is Out. The
Down and Dirty on Who It Helps and Hurts.
Posted by Erick Erickson
Saturday, May 14th
The down and dirty analysis of who it helps:
Tim Pawlenty. He becomes the evangelical governor in the race.
Herman Cain. He remains the Huckabee of 2012.
Sarah Palin. She and Huckabee would largely be fighting for the same
crowd.
Who it hurts:
All of us. Some of you won’t agree, but I think Huckabee would force
the other candidates to bring their A game on message and rhetoric.
Just for that alone, I wanted him in the race.
What it means:
Mitt Romney is the front runner and the field is wide open to be the
anti-Mitt. If Daniels gets in,and it is increasingly likely, he will be
the odds on favorite to be the anti-Mitt. Otherwise it will probably be
Pawlenty. And even with Daniels in, Pawlenty’s access to the
evangelical community will make him a force to be reckoned with. Those
two will fight it out to be the anti-Mitt.
Read this article plus a post prior to Huckabee’s announcement at Redstate
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