http://www.article6blog.com/2009/11/09/more-election-outfall-the-invisible-primary-continues-and-more/ "Religion, Politics, the Presidency: Commentary by an Evangelical Christian and A Mormon" Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:32:07 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.article6blog.com/2009/11/09/more-election-outfall-the-invisible-primary-continues-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-13446 CarlH Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:00:53 +0000 http://www.article6blog.com/?p=1580#comment-13446 From this conservative's view from the fever-swamp, Huckabee's playing identity politics has less to do with intentionally dividing the Republican Party (except perhaps as to carve Romney out of the herd, so to speak) than keeping up a smoke-screen over the very important fact that, despite his values-conservative bona fides, his record as governor doesn't stand up to scrutiny as a fiscal conservative by any stretch of the imagination. It is an effective diversionary tactic that keeps his core supporters distracted, even if it leaves him more as a spoiler than a contender (whatever the poll numbers may be saying right not--which, IMO, is "not much that's relevant"). From this conservative’s view from the fever-swamp, Huckabee’s playing identity politics has less to do with intentionally dividing the Republican Party (except perhaps as to carve Romney out of the herd, so to speak) than keeping up a smoke-screen over the very important fact that, despite his values-conservative bona fides, his record as governor doesn’t stand up to scrutiny as a fiscal conservative by any stretch of the imagination. It is an effective diversionary tactic that keeps his core supporters distracted, even if it leaves him more as a spoiler than a contender (whatever the poll numbers may be saying right not–which, IMO, is “not much that’s relevant”).

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