If the New Hampshire primary were tomorrow, John McCain would win, hands down. Thank God it’s not tomorrow. He is still the front runner whether its in February, January, or, thanks to Nevada, on Christmas 2007. But as your humble New Hampshire observer, please allow me to direct your attention to Governor Mike Huckabee. It’s been a few years since New Hampshire made a slightly more famous Arkansas Governor the “Comeback Kid,” but they might just be ready to do it again.
Huckabee is owning New Hampshire right now. He is smart. He doesn’t have the support, the infrastructure, or the paid staff that McCain and Pataki do, but he is campaigning, hard. He is doing a two-day tour in August and get this, one of the events, is a ROCK CONCERT by HIS band. Yes, that’s right, the Governor is the lead singer and bassist of a legitimate band, and he and his band will be doing a “jamboree” of sorts in conjunction with the New Hampshire Young Republicans (so I’m told).
This man is playing his cards right. New Hampshire voters love people that they connect with, and in a race where Allen, Romney, Frist, and Pataki are all 6 million feet tall, commanding, and very polished, they love to see someone a little short and fiery and really in love with America and the “country” way of living.
Huckabee may not win New Hampshire, McCain, Allen, and Romney all have a legitimate chance, but it may not matter. Keep in mind that Bill Clinton didn’t win New Hampshire, neither did George W. Bush, but the first-in-the-nation primary propelled them into the spotlight and spared us the agony of President Dukakis and President McCain. All Huckabee needs to do is play well in New Hampshire and Iowa, and he will if he keeps on the grind the way he is right now.
Kudos to you Governor Huckabee.
~theKid has spoken~