Source Claims Huckabee Feeling Pressure From Fox On Campaign Decision; Huckabee Claims Source Is ‘Full Of It’

by Alex Alvarez | 5:51 pm, April 27th, 2011

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Is Mike Huckabee running for president? That’s what many people – including Fox News executives – would apparently like to know sooner rather than later.

You might recall that, last month, Fox News suspended contributors Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum after both men signaled an interest in preparing to campaign. Shortly after, CNN”s Joe Johns wondered why other Fox News contributors who many expect to campaign – including Huckabee – weren’t similarly suspended by the network.

Fox News executive vice president Bill Shine told The Daily Beast that the network is “continuing to monitor the situation” where Huckabee is concerned. For his part, Huckabee says any rumors that Fox News may be pressuring him into making a decision soon are not to be believed. Only his words to The Daily Beast’s Howard Kurtz were a tad more colorful:

Your source is full of it.

No pressure at all. Fox has been very understanding and they know and I know that if I take steps to be a candidate (ask for money, support, or set up a committee), then I will step aside. That’s been understood from the beginning.

For what it’s worth, Huckabee has definitely been acting like someone eying a leadership role. He recently made headlines ’round these parts when he called Glenn Beck “inept” over comments he’d made about Huckabee’s support for First Lady Michelle Obama‘s youth health initiatives. Additionally, Huckabee is currently the favorite to run among recently-polled Republican voters.

So why the wait?

Huckabee, who is building a house in Florida, has acknowledged that his television salary is a factor in waiting until the summer to decide his political future. “If I run, I walk away from a pretty good income,” he said recently, which is why it makes sense for him to delay a decision.

He has until May 3rd to make up his mind.

h/t The Daily Beast

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Bill Huggins

There’s no pressure because HE’S NOT GOING TO RUN.

He’s said too much crazy stuff lately to be viable. And no one wants to run against Obama.

Lolololol
TeaPartyPatriot

Although The Huck does occasionally says the right things (I mean, ANYBODY who slams nut-job matthews has some good qualities), fact is he is totally, completely unequivocally UNACCEPTABLE as a presidential candidate.

The Huck is an ABSOLUTE, GUARANTEED, 100% LOSER if he runs for president. WHY? Just look at his pathetic actions and positions (which, unfortunately, remain largely UNKNOWN):

1. The Huck’s multiple pardons and releases of convicted rapists and murderers when he was governor. Thanks to Huck, these murderers and rapists were able to kill and rape again.
2. The Huck’s support for massive TAX INCREASES when he was governor and his total failure to cut a penny of state spending (sounds like a d-crat socialist, doesn’t it?)
3. The Huck’s SUPPORT for “for the first time in my life I am proud of my country” michelle’s NANNY STATE dementia. (The Huck ALSO wants the government to tell you what to wear, what to eat, what to think, what to drive, what to carry groceries in, what box to check in elections, what to drink, what to do every moment of every day…. just like a lunatic-lefty)
4. The Huck thinks that Rev. “God Damn America” wright, “You Lie!” hussein’s vile, racist mentor for 20+ years, should not get any focus from conservatives.

The Huck is one of the MOST PATHETIC choices for president America has ever had (except for “You Lie!” hussein, of course.)
Barack Must Go

He’s not presidential material, as material things are way, wat too far up on his priority list. This in and of itself isn’t a bad thing if you are the average Mike, but not someone who has no disposable cash of your own and a thinner skin than Barack Obama considering a bid for the office of president of the United States of America.
david r

Throw your hat in the ring! It’s Donald Trump, for Christ’s sake. Haven’t you read Coreolanus ?
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TeaPartyPatriot said:
The Huck is an ABSOLUTE, GUARANTEED, 100% LOSER if he runs for president. WHY? Just look at his pathetic actions and positions (which, unfortunately, remain largely UNKNOWN):

Sorry, you are wrong. ANYBODY will beat Obama next year.
Mitch Daniels and Tim Palenty will be the winners.