Wednesday, June 07, 2006
ABC News: Gary Bauer on Mike Huckabee
Here's a great piece from ABC News' "Political Punch." They interviewed Gary Bauer, one of the leaders of the Christian conservative movement, about the 2008 election. Throughout the interview, Bauer repeatedly said what we've been telling you for months about "frontrunner" John McCain. Basically, McCain has an almost impossibly steep hill to climb to get the GOP nomination.But thats not why we're interested in the interview. Check out what he says about Mike Huckabee.
ABC News: Political Punch
Gary L. Bauer, president of American Values, is an influential figure among Christian conservatives and in Republican politics came in to ABC News today and we asked him some special questions for Political Punch about the presidential race in 2008.
Q: Now moving on, he (McCain) gave a speech at a Liberty University, Jerry Falwell’s evangelical college and university in Lynchburg, Virginia. Do you think that did enough to make Christian conservatives either like him, or reconsider him?
A: No, I don’t think it’s nearly enough to repair the damage that I believe he wants to repair... I think people were relatively impressed by the man and by his presentation, but on a number of issues, including the marriage issue, the Senator continued to signal that he would look on the marriage issue as being a states rights problem. And I find it very hard to imagine that anybody can get the republican presidential nomination who does not support taking national action to insure that marriage remains one man and one woman.
Q: Well he is supporting a marriage amendment or a marriage law in his home state of Arizona.
A: He is and that’s very helpful.
Q: But is that too little?
A: I don’t think it’s enough
Q: So if he came out more ardently on the marriage issue and on the abortion issue you think he still could be a viable candidate among Christian conservatives?
A: I think he’s got a clearly a very steep climb here to make in order to repair a lot of damage that’s occurred over the years.
Q: What about Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) or Senator George Allen (R-VA)?
A: There’s a number of possibilities, Senators Brownback and Allen are certainly two of them. Huckabee is a long shot dark horse, but you know if there is a Republican disaster this coming November an outsider like Huckabee, somebody that’s not inside the Beltway, may be in a uniquely influential position to say these guys blew it, they forgot their values, I’m going to go in there and remind them what you all believe.
Editor's note: Hmmm. I wonder who Gary Bauer is going to support?
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