Why is the DNC attacking Huckabee?

[Herman Munster]

I thought they were jumping for joy and encouraging the republicans to make him the nom by their silence. Do they now see him as a serious threat? New attacks on him on the front page.

http://www.democrats.org/

[Der Blaue Engel]

1. What, we should compliment him?

:shrug:

[Herman Munster]

2. we should ignore him

and when the republicans pick him, dismantle him part by part.

[Capn Sunshine]

13. I gotta agree

he's easily the most beatable candidate.

However, did you see his speech last night? Pretty good populist rah rah.

[zabet]

3. uuhhh...

Last night should have shown everyone what
a real and viable threat Hucksterbee is and
is going to continue to be. He is very personable
and quite good at 'off the cuff' interviews like
his scab appearance on Leno. Do not underestimate
the power of the Christian vote, and I am not even
talking about the fundie votes...Regardless of
Hucksterbee's party affiliation, many will vote
for him simply because he was 'a man of the cloth'.

[Cameron27]

5. He scares me the most,

affable, but venomous and the most "Reganesque" of the bunch.

[zabet]

6. Call me crazy but....

the repubs have been pushing
for Obama....Hucksterbee - the
preacher is the only candidate
that they can get away with rigging
the election for. It won't be racism...
it will be 'God's Will'.

:tinfoilhat::puke::tinfoilhat:

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

4. He is a threat, but he can be defeated

Just look at his record on raising taxes in Arkansas, question his judgment about pardoning a murderer, and then ask if people really want local control taken away from their schools, which Huckabee did via school district consolidation here in AR. These are all issues that matter to conservative voters. I've used them to persuade conservatives not to vote for him.

[Occam Bandage]

7. Why are the Democrats attacking a Republican? Man, tough one.

[Renew Deal]

8. This is what the republicans do.

I think it's a good idea to get our talking points out.

[MGKrebs]

9. Now is the time. He is not polling well in NH.

Crush him now before he can gain any more momentum.

While I personally would rather we face Huckabee than any of the others, it is a dangerous game to let an opponent build up too much support. Besides, it's not like we won't be attacking the others too.

[John Q. Citizen]

10. For the same reason you are attacking Obama with your little anti-Obama icon.

The front runner is always a target.

[RaleighNCDUer]

11. Don't know about the DNC, but I've ALWAYS seen him as a

serious threat.

He's the one candidate that can mobilize the christian conservative base, he has executive experience as governor, and he is very personable. He's always been very lukewarm on the war, and so could pull christian anti-war independents. He doesn't have the scandals that Ghouliani has. He's not a heretic like Romney. He's not stuck in the 80s like McCain.

Now he's gotten a big boost in Iowa.

There's good cause to be worried about him.

[MGKrebs]

12. But he doesn't believe in plate tectonics, or geology, or

astrophysics, or even ice ages, or paleontology, or anything else that describes anything in the physical world if it includes anything that happened more than 5000 years ago. That might be OK for Joe and Jane down the street, but surely, hopefully, we can defeat someone who is running for leader of the country who believes that.