Tuesday, February 07, 2006
AP: Huckabee Has 'Immediate Standing' in S. Carolina
South Carolina will play host to the "first in the South" GOP primary, making it a very important place for a candidate to connect. South Carolina was, in fact, very important to then-Governor George Bush's success in 2000.
Thats why it is refreshing to find nice (and, for once, completely accurate) main stream news evaluations of Governor Mike Huckabee's appeal to GOP voters in South Carolina (and eventually the entire country).
Enjoy.
According to WCNC Channel 6 TV in Charlotte, NC:
Arkansas governor makes stop in S.C.
10:37 AM EST on Tuesday, February 7, 2006
Associated Press
ROCK HILL, S.C. -- Arkansas Governor and potential 2008 presidential candidate Mike Huckabee will speak to York County's Republican convention next month.
South Carolina's G-O-P primary in 2008 is the first in the South. In 2000, the state was crucial to the campaign of then-Texas Governor George W Bush.
Huckabee ran the Arkansas Baptist State Convention for three years before terms as lieutenant governor and governor -- giving him immediate standing in overwhelmingly Christian and increasingly conservative York County.
From The Herald of Rock Hill, SC:
"For York County, this is huge," York County Republican Party Chairman Henry Eldridge said of Huckabee's visit. "It shows Republican strength here in York County can draw the biggest names."
"A York County appearance before GOP delegates and activists is the first step in creating a grass-roots campaign locally", said Rick Whisonant, political science instructor at York Technical College and an expert on local and state politics. "This is a smart move for Huckabee," Whisonant said.
"Karen Kedrowski, chairwoman of Winthrop University's political science department and an expert on the role of the mass media in politics, said Huckabee's conservative credentials will play well in York County. Huckabee ran the Arkansas Baptist State Convention for three years before terms as lieutenant governor and governor."
(Emphasis added by BSR)
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Thats why it is refreshing to find nice (and, for once, completely accurate) main stream news evaluations of Governor Mike Huckabee's appeal to GOP voters in South Carolina (and eventually the entire country).
Enjoy.
According to WCNC Channel 6 TV in Charlotte, NC:
Arkansas governor makes stop in S.C.
10:37 AM EST on Tuesday, February 7, 2006
Associated Press
ROCK HILL, S.C. -- Arkansas Governor and potential 2008 presidential candidate Mike Huckabee will speak to York County's Republican convention next month.
South Carolina's G-O-P primary in 2008 is the first in the South. In 2000, the state was crucial to the campaign of then-Texas Governor George W Bush.
Huckabee ran the Arkansas Baptist State Convention for three years before terms as lieutenant governor and governor -- giving him immediate standing in overwhelmingly Christian and increasingly conservative York County.
From The Herald of Rock Hill, SC:
"For York County, this is huge," York County Republican Party Chairman Henry Eldridge said of Huckabee's visit. "It shows Republican strength here in York County can draw the biggest names."
"A York County appearance before GOP delegates and activists is the first step in creating a grass-roots campaign locally", said Rick Whisonant, political science instructor at York Technical College and an expert on local and state politics. "This is a smart move for Huckabee," Whisonant said.
"Karen Kedrowski, chairwoman of Winthrop University's political science department and an expert on the role of the mass media in politics, said Huckabee's conservative credentials will play well in York County. Huckabee ran the Arkansas Baptist State Convention for three years before terms as lieutenant governor and governor."
(Emphasis added by BSR)
