Comments on: Huckabee's Great Night, and Mine http://www.fundamentallyreformed.com/2008/02/06/huckabees-great-night-and-mine/ Reforming Fundamentalism (IFB) through Reformed Theology Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:02:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: fundyreformed http://www.fundamentallyreformed.com/2008/02/06/huckabees-great-night-and-mine/comment-page-1/#comment-8150 fundyreformed Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:09:01 +0000 http://fundyreformed.wordpress.com/?p=947#comment-8150 Larry, I hope you're right! Larry,

I hope you’re right!

]]> By: Larry Lawton http://www.fundamentallyreformed.com/2008/02/06/huckabees-great-night-and-mine/comment-page-1/#comment-8151 Larry Lawton Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:40:20 +0000 http://fundyreformed.wordpress.com/?p=947#comment-8151 Bob, It appears that Romney just bowed out of the race. This is certainly good news for Huckabee, as he can now be the only other viable alternative to McCain. I wonder if some of the delegates pledged to Romney (and others who bowed out) will now move to Huckabee? Wow, this is getting weirder all the time. I think you will now see some conservative galvinization from now until the convention, and toward Huckabee as he is the only candidate still in the race that is sympathetic to a broad base of Republican conservatives. Go Huck! Bob,

It appears that Romney just bowed out of the race. This is certainly good news for Huckabee, as he can now be the only other viable alternative to McCain. I wonder if some of the delegates pledged to Romney (and others who bowed out) will now move to Huckabee? Wow, this is getting weirder all the time. I think you will now see some conservative galvinization from now until the convention, and toward Huckabee as he is the only candidate still in the race that is sympathetic to a broad base of Republican conservatives. Go Huck!

]]> By: fundyreformed http://www.fundamentallyreformed.com/2008/02/06/huckabees-great-night-and-mine/comment-page-1/#comment-8152 fundyreformed Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:23:04 +0000 http://fundyreformed.wordpress.com/?p=947#comment-8152 I agree it is unlikely, but some of the caucuses might still be moved toward Huckabee in the state level-conventions. And Romney could always bow out! I agree it is unlikely, but some of the caucuses might still be moved toward Huckabee in the state level-conventions. And Romney could always bow out!

]]> By: Larry Lawton http://www.fundamentallyreformed.com/2008/02/06/huckabees-great-night-and-mine/comment-page-1/#comment-8153 Larry Lawton Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:48:31 +0000 http://fundyreformed.wordpress.com/?p=947#comment-8153 This is much different than the primary voting system we have in Florida, and definitely more involved-- which is something more interesting than a primary vote system. I'm also 'involved' in the elections process, but I work as a poll worker in my precinct. I am the clerk, which is the person responsible for the precinct. There is a lot of work involved, as we use a paper ballot system that is optically scanned. Voters fill in a bubble with their choice, then they feed the ballot into an optical scanner called the tabulator. Since Florida is a 'closed primary' state, only registered Republicans can vote a Republican ballot, and likewise the Democrats vote a Democratic ballot. The largest complaint with voters were those who are registered either independent or with a third party; they were not allowed to vote in either primary. Good to hear that Huckabee won some southern states, but it's unlikely that Huckabee will get the delegates necessary for the nomination. I strongly prefer Romney over McCain (I'd rather vote for Mickey Mouse than McCain) if it were down to just those two. Right now, I believe it's best that either Romney or Huckabee bow out now so as to frustrate the McCain campaign, which is now becoming a juggernaut in the race for the nomination. Unfortunately, the conservative talk show hosts I listen to (Beck and Limbaugh) both dislike Huckabee, even with Beck getting emotionally frustrated that Huckabee won't bow out to give Romney some strength. This is much different than the primary voting system we have in Florida, and definitely more involved– which is something more interesting than a primary vote system. I’m also ‘involved’ in the elections process, but I work as a poll worker in my precinct. I am the clerk, which is the person responsible for the precinct. There is a lot of work involved, as we use a paper ballot system that is optically scanned. Voters fill in a bubble with their choice, then they feed the ballot into an optical scanner called the tabulator. Since Florida is a ‘closed primary’ state, only registered Republicans can vote a Republican ballot, and likewise the Democrats vote a Democratic ballot. The largest complaint with voters were those who are registered either independent or with a third party; they were not allowed to vote in either primary.

Good to hear that Huckabee won some southern states, but it’s unlikely that Huckabee will get the delegates necessary for the nomination. I strongly prefer Romney over McCain (I’d rather vote for Mickey Mouse than McCain) if it were down to just those two. Right now, I believe it’s best that either Romney or Huckabee bow out now so as to frustrate the McCain campaign, which is now becoming a juggernaut in the race for the nomination. Unfortunately, the conservative talk show hosts I listen to (Beck and Limbaugh) both dislike Huckabee, even with Beck getting emotionally frustrated that Huckabee won’t bow out to give Romney some strength.

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