The Competent Conservative

The campaign today released a new web video titled “Huckabee.” Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee defended Mitt Romney’s successful record in the private sector from attacks by fellow Republicans. The Obama campaign would be expected to attack free enterprise, not fellow Republicans.

Mitt Romney, the pin cushion who was routinely ganged up on by John McCain, Mike Huckabee and Rudy Giuliani in the 2008 GOP debates, is suddenly getting help from his former tormentors. McCain has endorsed him. Huckabee has given him cover on anti-abortion and other issues and, equally important, declined to endorse a conservative alternative. [...]

If Mike Huckabee ops out of the 2012 race, I think Mitt will have a good chance of winning Iowa given the base and support he already had there.  There are good indications that Mike will opt out of the race, since he shows zero signs of campaign preparedness.  There is also a chance that [...]

The poll, which was conducted April 4 through April 7 by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, also found Governor Romney leading with 23 percent supportamong a sample size of 400 likely Republican primary voters. In what seems to be developing into a crowded Republican primary field, 13 candidates were included in the poll, including Governor Mike [...]

Gallup 2012 Survey Results are based on telephone interviews with 1,025 national adults, aged 18 and older, conducted Feb. 1-3, 2010. For results based on the total sample of national adults, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of error is ±4 percentage points. For results based on the sample of 942 [...]