How can anyone…even those lovely RR folks, take her seriously as a future candidate for the highest office of this land?? She chose to NOT finish her term as governor of Alaska! Would that mean when times got tough in the White House, she’d have a family vote and go by that if they said she should resign??
Also, how can one support a woman for any office just because she chose to continue her pregnancy and have a Down’s Syndome child? What does that have to do with running this country?
Personally, I hope she just fades away into her little town and finishs raising her kids (and grandkid).

What if Huckabee and Palin ran together in the primaries with Palin at the bottom of the ticket? Is choosing a running mate ever done early like that?
With Palin in the VP slot, it would give her more time to be seasoned for the top slot for those who worry she’s not quite ready.
Just a thought.

It is amazing how the biased press can so easily pick off any conservative that they perceive as a threat to their affiliates on the
left. We have seen the vicious destruction of Palin, Gingrich and numerouse others while filanderers, sodomists, murderers and grifters remain thouroughly entrenched in the Democrat arena without challenge.
If ever the power of darkness possesed any nation, the thoroughly mendacious and biased press we have must be foremost. It seems that our nation is on the verge of collapse under the sheer weight of the weasels. Perhaps the voters of America will eventually comprehend that their votes have consequences, or oue demise will happen exactly as Alexes De Tocqeville predicted.

First of all, I believe this analysis is spot-on and accurately describes the (suspected) Republican nominees for 2012.
As to the two questions: a) I do not believe that Huckabee has done enough to strenghten his hand with conservatives. As a Southern Baptist myself (just like Huckabee), I didn’t support him because he was not conservative enough. He needs to be more forcefull and outspoken in his conservative views to change his perception; and b) I don’t believe it’s in Huckabee’s best interest to attack Palin, at least not at this point. There is nothing to be gained by it and he will anger her fans whose support he will definitely need if he were to run for president.

“She is therefore nearly impervious to attack because any piece of information that emerges from the mainstream media or the blogosphere will increase her Christian martyrdom.”
Good point. I believe Obama benefited from the exact same armor being the first “serious” black canidate. No matter what came up regarding his past and his current affiliations he only seemed to emerge stronger.
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The reason conservatives are like a lamb to the slaughter when there is sexual indescretion is because they look very hypocritical. In public they speak of family values and virtue and of being religious and moral and when no one is looking they are having an affair. Bill Clinton was never known as being a moral pious guy.
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Not only is it not done that way but one sure way to ensure a Dem victory in 2012 would be to have a Huckabee / Palin ticket. There is way to much folksly (translated as not intelligent) plus their combined I-am-a-better-christian-than-you attitude would ensure that every independent votes for the Dems. Being a good Christian is all in how you live not how loud you shout it.

Good thoughts. I would add that Gov. Huckabee would be a far better candidate in that while he is a true conservative , he would reach out to the undecided centrists in a way that Gov. Palin never could.

I’m puzzled by the commentary–for what would Gov. Huckabee criticize Gov. Palin? I think the commentator is showing his anti-Palin feelings by seeking someone from the GOP to attack her. As he correctly noted, Huckabee was rejected by the conservative voters for being too liberal–he was not conservative fiscally. Palin, by contrast, has Alaska in fine economic condition through her negotiation of a natural gas pipeline.

I was very impressed with Gov. Huckabee’s run for president. His faith came through in his political platform far more than any of the other candidates. He reached out to the working and middle class in ways the other candidates were unable too. He seemed less worried about what is liberal or conservative than what is right and what will work. I hope that doesn’t change. I have seen little original thinking of any kind from Palin. Attacking the liberal media may play well to a small group of anti-government types and it definitely feels good to do but it is not a formula for winning a national election.