Why hasn't this charmer with a perfect record on the right's core social litmus tests not already wrapped up the Republican nomination? Why hasn't this charmer with a perfect record on the right's core social litmus tests not already wrapped up the Republican nomination? Sarah Posner responds: look no further than the uber-conservatives who are spitting mad that he's too nice to poor people and foreigners:
With his steady rise in national polls and burgeoning support in Iowa, particularly among conservative Christians, hardcore movement conservatives who are trying to make the race for the Republican nomination about taxes and xenophobia are putting Huckabee's record on economic issues and immigration under the microscope. Huckabee's willingness to use government to help those economically left behind, including immigrants, has turned him into a pariah among some economic conservatives who mobilize the ground troops for the GOP's anti-tax, anti-government message that serves the corporate wing of the party, which Huckabee has accused of being a "wholly owned subsidiary of Wall Street." For anyone who wonders why this charmer with a perfect record on the right's core social litmus tests has not already wrapped up the Republican nomination, they need look no further than the disgruntled uber-conservatives who are spitting mad that Huckabee has been too nice to poor people and foreigners.
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