Outgoing Ark Gov Mike Huckabee is thinking of a run

[ian]

His chances are pretty good, but seriously, I would hope to die before I see that day.

[ian]

I would describe him as a moderate-conservative Republican?  Meaning, he's not far-right, like Rick Santorum, nor is he center-right like Lincoln Chafee.  I think he's just to the right of John McCain by a couple notches.

wtf?  He described his most liberal aspect as his support for the arts.  That's far right.

[ian]

He's a populist, generally.  He's pretty conservative socially, but he's progressive on education and has done a lot of work on health care.

Arkansas, last I saw, scored 49th in the USA in education.  He's been in office for six years now (right?).  He promised teachers a pay raise and never pulled through for them.  So, exactly, how is he progressive on education.  And also, as far as health care goes.  Someone told me that ARKidsFirst was a Clinton plan that finally got passed under Huck.  That guy is a major pain in my rear.

[ian]

Phil,

I wasn't dogging Rick Santorum by calling him far-right.  I think that can be a good thing.  I really like the guy, and I think he's a good Senator for PA and a good Senator for the nation.  We could use his leadership in the Senate like we could use rain in a drought.  He's conservative and conservative is good.

Just had to tell you,

Jeff

Whether you think it's a good thing or not, he's not far right. People buy into that line because the Dems are constantly saying it. In reality, he's your standard conservative.

I can not understand why people keep becoming offended by the term "far right".  We can admit that Hillary and the like are far left.  Why can't you guys just admit that Santorum is far right?  If you can show me that Hil is further left than Santorum is far right, I will give in to you guys and admit that Santorum is not far right, but under my definition of far right, someone who votes almost always with the party is far right.