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Huckabee projected KS winner

Posted: Saturday, February 09, 2008 4:23 PM by Mark Murray

NBC News declares Mike Huckabee the projected winner of the Kansas GOP caucus.

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I look forward to the day when we can stop hearing from all the posters on these boards about how "stupid" Huckabee is.  

Has any other candidate done so much with so little?  Has any other candidate made such impressive strategic choices?  Has any other candidate turned in consistently excellent debate performances?  

And now, when McCain has already been virtually coronated by the media, Huckabee wins yet another state by a huge margin.  

Huckabee has never gotten the credit he deserves, so I suppose I'll be waiting in vain for it to materialize.  Go ahead and go back to calling him names.
ROMMNEY NEEDS TO GIVE HIS DELAGATES TO HUCK  MCCAIN CANT WIN===22 PER CENT  IN KANSAS RIDICULOUS   GO HUCK YOU ARE BRILLIANT
How about the math is this possible, are you sure you have it right, did you double check, make sure that you keep telling everyone that it is just not possible for huckabee to win, after all you did the math right,can you tell me what the math is for the next round.        
Mike Huckabee represents the successful future of the Republican Party -- and of American citizens.  He is one of the few GOP'ers right now, who understands the need to make sure that working Americans are not tyrannized.
It should be noted that Keating 5 member has 24% of the vote in Kansas.
Can we all just be honest about all this? Huckabee stayed in the race to spoil Romney because heaven forbid a "Mormon" dare think he can rise to the highest office.  They are not "Christian".  And who decides and defines that anyway?  Evangelicals? And Huckabee is staying in the race now so he can gain more delegates and can just about demand the VP spot.  Come on so called political analysts, please call it like it is.  This is politics and he is playing politics so why isn’t anyone stating the obvious.  It really is a shame that the presidential election process discourages and rejects the best and the brightest from running for president.  Can anyone say, including the candidates supporters, that the people we have in the presidential race right now are the absolute best people in the country? It’s just sad isn’t it?  Brad and Angelina for Pres and VP!  Hell, they have the name recognition which is about all the electorate seems to care about.
Clinton Rats and their cronies.  Self-centered and Self-serving.  Screw them and their PAC money giving friends whom await reforms in their favor(s).

As a Taxpayer, I consider myself a SHARE-HOLDER in our tax dollars which are not always spent correctly.  I Hope OBAMA cuts the FAT/PORK attached to bills and put PACs, and Lobbyists out of business once and for all!
This is a letter to MSNBC. I like your news because it is unbiased and to the point. I stopped watching CNN about a month ago. However I was following a live Obama feed from Seattle about 15 min ago and a reporter was trying to make a telephone call to someone to arrange a live interview and remarked that "the only problem is that she is for Obama". Please try and catch a copy of this feed and show that CNN is biased. What happened to clean journalism?
why do i have to watch CNN to get updates on today's happenings?

i'm not interested in a show on sex slaves today.
Great news!!  Thanks Mike for not giving up.  It's still an uphill climb, but one we will make with you!
AMERICA TNE PROJECTED LOOSER ! THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS OVER.
Chuck, why does your page say "The Body Odd" instead of what it used to say (First Read)?
Thanks,
Jerry -- we have no idea. We're looking into it. Thanks.
There's no doubt in my mind that the Huckster is sincere but he's a dream candidate for the Dems.  Even Hillary could beat him.  Some Republicans seem willing to lose as long as they go w/ someone as truly conservative as Huckabee is and if they nominate him (which, I know, they won't) he'll certainly lose.

He only appeals to those on the far right -- maybe 15% of the population.  Other Republicans will settle and vote for him but the Democrat (yes, even Hillary) would win any purple state and would cruise to a landslide victory in November.  McCain is the best choice for the Republicans.  Rush may not like him, but he wouldn't like President Hillary either.


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