PrintSeptember 29, 2009
Huckabee Attempts to Follow Reagan's Path to Victory
I've started reading a great book written in 2004 called Reagan's Path to Victory: The Shaping of Ronald Reagan's Vision: Selected Writings. The book examines the strategy Reagan used to win the presidency in 1980. While reading the introduction, it struck me that former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee has seemingly chosen to duplicate Reagan's plan himself. And it just might be working. This past week he was the clear leader among Republican 2012 presidential hopefuls at the Values Voter Summit. Huckabee won the straw poll (28.5%) by more than doubling the totals for Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, Tim Pawlenty, and Mike Pence (who each garnered about 12% of the votes). Huckabee, who finished second in the race for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, just may be the next Reagan that conservatives have been looking for. He's at least trying to follow Reagan's strategy.Reagan, like Huckabee, was the governor of a...(Read Full Article)
