GOP 2012 Campaigning Begins

[HuskyCaucasian]

Huck Hits Romney... Romney Hits Back

 

Mike Huckabee is using his new book, out this week, to settle a few scores, not the least of which is with his fierce primary rival, Mitt Romney.

 

Per Michael Scherer, Huckabee picks up where he left off earlier this year, tweaking Romney as a rich guy and firing what may be the first shots of the 2012 primary.

 

Romney, Huckabee, writes, was "anything but conservative until he changed the light bulbs in his chandelier in time to run for president.”

 

At another point, Huckabee portrays a Romney proposal to encourage more investment in the market as, "Let them eat stocks!”

 

The former Arkansas governor also takes a shot at Fred Thompson – who ensured his defeat in the pivotal South Carolina primary – as well as those evangelical leaders who didn’t get behind his bid.

 

But none of these people may emerge again in four years as political rivals of Huckabee.

 

Asked to respond, Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom said Huckabee was acting small.

 

“This type of pettiness is beneath Mike Huckabee,” Fehrnstrom. “If we’re going to move the party forward, we need to offer more than personal recriminations. Unfortunately, in this book, Mike Huckabee is consumed with presumed slights, and he seems more interested in settling scores than in bringing people together.”

 

Apparently Huck is headed to Iowa in the next week or so. I think it's for his "book tour". But he just "happens" to be going to Iowa.

[DBAHO]

I read something this morning which indicated Giuliani was either going to run again in 2012, or go for Eliot Spitzer's old job of Governor of NY (which is now held by Democrat David Paterson).

[HuskyCaucasian]

I read something this morning which indicated Giuliani was either going to run again in 2012, or go for Eliot Spitzer's old job of Governor of NY (which is now held by Democrat David Paterson).

He'd best be served to go for Gov.

 

Also:

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, considered a rising star in the GOP and thought to be on John McCain's short list of potential running mates, is slated to deliver the keynote address on Nov. 22 to the Iowa Family Policy Center, a prominent Christian conservative group.

 

And former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who won the Iowa caucuses this year in his failed bid for the GOP nomination, is scheduled to visit the state on Nov. 20 as part of a nationwide book tour promoting his campaign memoir, "Do the Right Thing."