Huckabee On Obama

CNNpolitics.com on 6/18/08 notes that, according to a report by Agence France-Presse, Mike Huckabee has stated "Republicans will make a fundamental if not fatal mistake if they seek to win the election by demonizing Barack Obama" and that the nation "did not see his color but we truly saw his charisma, his message and what he brought to the campaign trail." Still, the reporters in Tokyo, to whom the former Arkansas governor spoke, asked the former presidential candidate the obligatory question about his vice-presidential prospects, to which he replied "you can't accept an invitation to the prom until the football captain asks you. So I'm not going to go out and buy the outfit just yet."

Good thinking. If, prior to this interview, Mike Huckabee had roughly the same chance of being on the ticket as I (a Democrat) had, he now has less. Implying that criticism of Obama by the GOP could be seen as playing the racial card is not going to enhance Huckabee's reputation with party regulars. And auditioning for a V.P. nod by vigorously commending the opposing party's presidential nominee is never wise strategy. (Consider the shameless Mitt Romney, so lusting for the nod that he can't apply lips to John McCain's backside fast enough.)

And by the way, Governor, if the Repub Party does not demonize Barack Obama, it has roughly the same chance of winning the election as you do of being the Vice-Presidential nominee.