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God-o-Meter just got off the phone with a prominent evangelical Mike Huckabee supporter who said Huck was telling friends last night that the message God was sending him with regards to his White House ambitions was, "not yet." Huck echoed the sentiment in the farewell email he just sent to supporters:
Throughout my life, I've found that there are sometimes three possible answers to our prayers--"Yes," "No," or "Not Now." I would like to think our prayers were answered with a "Not Now."
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I really do like mike huckabee. but felt at this time he wasnt ready to be the leader of our country. this was after much thought and praying about it also. i feel in time he would make a wonderful leader for our country. i also feel mccain and him would make a great pair im the white house mccain as president and huckabee a vice president. they would compliment each other. we need to keep God in our lives and country and i think these two together would be a strong combination for our country.
For grace:
I have to disagree with your comments. McCain, Obama, and Clinton are all senators while Huckabee was a governor for 0ver 10 years. Modern American voters have shunned Senators and
Congressmen in favor of Governors, Vice Presidents and
Generals. How can senators respond to crisis like
governors? Senators vote all day and are not "in the
trenches" like governors. History has always favored
governors.
Here's the list:
* Governor George W. Bush over Senator/VP Al Gore
* Governor Bill Clinton over Senator Bob Dole
* Governor Bill Clinton over President George H.W.
Bush
* Vice President George H.W. Bush over Governor
Michael Dukakis
* Governor/President Ronald Reagan over Senator/VP
Walter Mondale
* Governor Ronald Reagan over President Jimmy Carter
* Governor Jimmy Carter over President/Congressman
Gerald Ford
* Vice President Richard Nixon over Senator George
McGovern
* Vice President Richard Nixon over Senator/VP Hubert
Humphrey
* President Lyndon Johnson over Senator Barry
Goldwater
* Senator Jack Kennedy over Senator/VP Richard M.
Nixon
* General Dwight Eisenhower over Senator Adlai
Stevenson
* General Dwight Eisenhower over Senator Adlai
Stevenson
Great Governors?
These former state CEOs have also been successful. The
Wall Street Journal's James Taranto, in his new book,
Presidential Leadership asked 78 scholars to rate all
of our Presidents. Among the 20th-Century Presidents,
five of those with executive experience -- Teddy
Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Ike, Ronald Reagan
and Woodrow Wilson -- ranked as great or near great.
Among the seven with legislative experience, only
Harry S Truman made the cut. On average, 20th-Century
Presidents who had been Governors (plus Eisenhower)
scored 3.51 on a five-point scale; the others who had
served in the House or Senate, 2.81.
Reason
Why are Governors so successful?
In a nutshell, Governors are decision-makers;
legislators are deliberators.
It's playing out in 2004, too. Senator Kerry looks for
nuanced coalitions. He parses words and dances around
"complicated issues." Mr. Bush is blunt and simplistic
-- some may say he's a simpleton.
But it's easier to rally around crisp commands than a
40-page policy manifesto.
To be quite honest I'm not sure what america is
thinking in these 2008 choices. You have to shake your
head and wonder. I believe America is smoking crack!
Huckabe is a huckster. He should keep his religion out of politics.
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