Maybe Mike Huckabee's decision to pull the negative attack on Romney wasn't Eddie Haskell-like cynicism, but genuine, if utterly ham-handed. The Politico reports that the abrupt strategy change cost the cash-strapped campaign $150K. The Politico's reporting backs up early reports on The Corner saying that this really was Huck pulling the plug on the negative ads at the last minute, against the advice of staffers.
That being the case, "Eddie Haskellbee" doesn't apply. But I'm not sure that it's better to come off as scatter-brained than Machiavellian. At least his poll numbers don't seem to have suffered.
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In either interpretation, my original assessment of that disastrous press conference applies:
NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME.
Huckabee is hated mostly by Leftists and power-moger Righties, because he can out come-back them. And snappy answers to stupid questions is a typical Christian way of dealing with idiots that desire only your destruction (read the Gospels or google Polycarp and see). Huckabee will be a fine president. And in comparison with Bush and Clinton, it will be nice to have a smart guy in the White House, rather than the typical products from our over priced and morally corrupt big universities.
This stunt of Huckabee is inexcusable. As above, he is not presidential material. Huckabee is a comic preacher whose jokes will get old very quickly. Look at all of his gaffes in forgein policy and his poor judgement as Gov. He doesn't have the experience to be president.
The ad ran anyway despite the pathetic attempt to come off looking more nobler. Me thinks he's not so righteous.
http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2008/01/ad_attacking_romney_ran_in_iowa_after_huckabee_said_he_was_yanking_it.php
also in Newsweek
http://www.newsweek.com/id/83514
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