[Dean's World] Aziz P: Huck not to be, Fred's dead...

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Posted by Aziz P:
Huck not to be, Fred's dead...
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1201031899.shtml


   Mick Huckabee [1]doesn't have enough money to play in Florida:

     "The money simply hasn't come in at the rate that we expected,"
     says the [Huckabee Campaign] aide. "Florida is a $7 million
     commitment that we can't meet, and if we did, that leaves us
     exposed for Super Tuesday, where we have a lot of states and a lot
     media buys. We had to make tough decisions."

   With [2]Fred! out of the campaign today, that leaves Florida as a
   three-way race between McCain, Rudy, and Romney. No matter how the
   votes break, this doesn't look good for Rudy. Huckabee's socon support
   is going to switch to either Romney or McCain, deprived of the Fred
   option as they are. And it's doubtful that everyone supporting Fred is
   going to go the Rudy route. It's much more likely now that McCain
   takes Florida and that Rudy drops out before MegaTuesday.

   I think that by the time we hit February the GOP nomination will be a
   two-person race between Romney and McCain, and I'm pretty sure that
   McCain is going to have the edge.

   And I think [3]Fred's gunning for McCain's veep.

References

   1. http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=12611
   2. http://dean2004.blogspot.com/2008/01/exit-white-knight-stage-right.html
   3. http://dean2004.blogspot.com/2008/01/exit-white-knight-stage-right.html