DEMS HOLD FIRE ON HUCKABEE; SEE ‘EASY KILL’ IN GENERAL ELECTION
Democrat party officials are avoiding any and all criticism of Republican presidential contender Mike Huckabee, insiders reveal.
The Democratic National Committee has told staffers to hold all fire, until he secures the party’s nomination.
The directive has come down from the highest levels within the party, according to a top source.
Within the DNC, Huckabee is known as the “glass jaw — and they’re just waiting to break it.”
In the last three weeks since Huckabee’s surge kicked in, the DNC hasn’t released a single press release criticizing his rising candidacy.
The last DNC press release critical of Huckabee appeared back on March 2nd.
[DNC Press Release Attack Summary:
Governor Mitt Romney (R-MA) – 37% (99 press releases)
Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R-NY) – 28% (74)
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) – 24% (64)
Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN) – 8% (20)
Governor Mike Huckabee – 2% (4)]In fact, as the story broke over the weekend that Huckabee said he wanted to isolate AIDS patients back in 1992, the DNC ignored the opportunity to slam the candidate from the left.
“He’ll easily be their McGovern, an easy kill,” mocked one senior Democrat operative Tuesday morning from Washington.
“His letting out murderers because they shout ‘Jesus’, his wanting to put 300,000 AIDS patients and Magic Johnson into isolation, ain’t even scratching the surface of what we’ve got on him.”
The discipline the Democrats have shown in not engaging Huckabee has earned the praise of one former Republican Party official:
“The Democrats are doing a much better job restraining themselves than the GOP did in 2003 when Howard Dean looked like he was on the brink of winning the nomination.”
A close friend to Huckabee explains: “Look, Mike is Hillary Clinton’s worst nightmare. They should be squirming.”
I am not sure what restraint was needed on Dean?! Didn’t he lose in the primaries and then Kerry lost in general election? Yep, I thought so.
The Democrats are just not smart enough to pull something like this off. Everyday, we are bombarded with their incompetance and the people in the middle of the country are fed up. They are the same people that are afraid of Fox News“I think the Democrats are damn fools [for] not coming on Fox News,” Wallace said. “And my guess is that once you get a nominee, they probably will come on, because they know that we get a lot of voters they are going to need if they are going to win the election.”
So far, Wallace has interviewed Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Joe Biden and Chris Dodd and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson; both Sen. Barack Obama and former North Carolina Sen. Edwards have declined.
The Edwards campaign confirmed that the candidate declined but did not elaborate further. The Obama campaign did not respond to requests seeking comment.
Aside from his hourlong Sunday show, the Democratic candidates will not participate in any Fox News-sponsored debates, leaving Wallace to moderate three Republican contests over the course of 2007.
“Just imagine if the Republicans, under pressure from right-to-life groups, refused to appear on CNN or MSNBC,” Wallace said.
“I think there would be holy unshirted hell. I think there would be such talk about these people being captives of the extreme right wing and why are they afraid to answer questions. And I think the absence of that is very telling.
“At this point, it has become kind of a loyalty test inside the Democratic Party, … pandering to the far-left-wing,” Wallace added. “And we live with it.”
Despite missing some candidates from the other side of the aisle, Wallace ” along with the Fox public relations team ” will happily boast that in the D.C. market, there have been big gains.
That’s been evident in the past month as influential media blogs like FishbowlDC and TVNewser seized upon the November ratings ” the latter declaring in a headline “Washington Likes Wallace.”
Keep in mind the mantra of the left: engage the enemy in dialogue…I guess they were just kidding
H/T to Memeorandum
December 11, 2007 - 11:28 AM on December 11th, 2007
They can “hold off” all they want. I don’t see Huckabee getting the nomination.
If they were smart they WOULD criticize him. That might rally some people on the right to his defense.
Nothing will come of this. The media needed some “fresh blood” to write stories on, before they get back to the main task of getting Hillary in.
In the meantime I look forward to Kucinich getting his party’s nomination.
December 11, 2007 - 11:52 AM on December 11th, 2007
I don’t see it happening either…But with Sean Penn stumping for Kucinich, it looks like he can pull it off