Huckabee's Florida shop up and running

The phone was turned on Thursday, the Internet came to life Friday and bumper stickers and signs arrived Saturday ... Mike Huckabee's Orlando headquarters is open for business.

A call Saturday afternoon revealed a familiar voice - Jaryn Emhoff, aide to Sen. Daniel Webster, R-Winter Garden, who is one of the campaign chairmen in Florida. Emhoff has taken leave to help with the grassroots component of the campaign.

Also working out of the office is Ocala native Robert Kuykendall, who helped deliver the Huckabee victory in Iowa. (An early, pre Huckabee surge story involving Kuykendall is here.)

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Where is their office? Holy Land Theme park?

Awesome!!!

Mike Huckabee for President 2008!!

www.floridaforhuckabee.com

That is awesome! Just like your mullet!

That's so optimistic! I mean, since he only won one state, is way down in the polls both in upcoming Michigan an in Florida, is not well known here and has little money left.

RINO and not qualifed to be President

He is running for the democratic nomination right?

Look, clearly they're here for the long haul. They just stocked the headquarters with more than 4,000 Moon Pies and fifty cases of RC Cola.

[Tom2]

"He is running for the democratic nomination right?"

Posted by: | January 12, 2008 at 05:25 PM

He should be!!!!!!!!!!

Headline in the Buzz after Florida Primary: Huckabee Shop closed for Business

Huckster fans: I love the fact that Huck prides himself on growing jobs 19% while governor. The growth for jobs the "Huckster" claims were accomplished by adding 8,000 state employees. Growing government is not a Republican principle. See for yourself in article titled "Home Turf Not Rock Solid for Huckabee" Arkansas Democrat-Gazette October 4, 2007

Mike Huckabee is proud of his record!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1OuyS4zk7Q&eurl=http://nyformitt.blogspot.com/

Home Schoolers for Romney in Michigan

posted by Anne

Head of Christian Home-School Entity Endorses Romney

— Says Huckabee Imposed Restrictions on Home-Schoolers in Arkansas[snip]

Smith writes that Huckabee “says he supports home-schoolers and that they should be left alone, yet he signed into law a bill that imposed new restrictions on homeschoolers in AR.”
This is a great coup for Governor Romney! The head of a Christian home-schoolers organization endorsed him today. Let’s hope this endorsement will get many of the evangelicals in Michigan to vote for Governor Romney, or at least think twice before voting for the person who should be their fifth choice.

ROMNEY’S MICHIGAN SUPPORT — Domenico Montanaro

You may recall that it was believed the large number of home-schoolers in Iowa had a big impact for Huckabee. Well, I think this is outstanding news for Governor Romney in Michigan!

Romney’s scooping up some support in Michigan heading into the home stretch before Tuesday’s primary. One intriguing get is the support of Dennis Smith, who heads up the Information Network for Christian Homes, which has supported home-schoolers in the Wolverine State since 1984.

Smith yesterday circulated a letter in the state supporting Romney and denouncing many of the Republican candidates, including McCain, and explained in detail the rationale for his thinking. Of McCain, Smith writes: “McCain has been wrong on issues like campaign finance reform and immigration, has an un-presidential nasty temper, and I just don’t like him.”

While Romney’s chief rival here is McCain, Smith’s support of the Michigan native is a bigger blow to Huckabee, who is making a play for the state and is certain to try and turn his success with Christians and home-schooling families in Iowa into similar gains here. According to Michigan Republican Party Chairman Saul Anuzis, “That could have a great negative impact on Hucakabee’s ability to organize under the table sort of speak and help Romney pull in unexpected support.”

Smith writes that Huckabee “says he supports home-schoolers and that they should be left alone, yet he signed into law a bill that imposed new restrictions on homeschoolers in AR.”

He added that he investigated Huckabee’s record in the past few weeks and through a series of e-mails and issues that were drawn to his attention, Smith said the confluence of factors “really point out some deficiencies in Gov. Huckabee,” especially when it comes to education. “I’m not pleased with what I saw about what Gov. Huckabee did in Arkansas.” He went on that Huckabee’s “rhetoric today doesn’t match his” past.

The Michigan team believes the campaign is bound to do well in the state because the level of attention has not been what it was in Iowa or New Hampshire, and so the level of turnout will not be comparable. For those who do turn out and haven’t been following closely, “The default will be for a guy named Romney in this state,” one strategist said this morning, adding that the size of McCain’s lead in some polling isn’t consistent with what they’re seeing

Jaryn Emhoff is enough for me to say hello Huck!

The truth is, no GOP candidate has money going into 2/5...Unless Romney wins a state and decides to dump more of his children's inheritance into the race.

It will come down to party organization and general party $ in nov. which will favor the GOP nominee.

Mike Huckabee for President

more on his gift taking as governor in the link.

Sound like someone else from Arkansas?

No thanks no more nice guys from Arkansas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzw2Z0vVN4g&NR=1

http://nyformitt.blogspot.com/

Click on the above link and scroll down to the U-tube which says:

"Clemency and Huckabee,"

sung to the tune of the Beatles tune... "Yesterday"

[Laney]

He is def going to win Fl and South Carolina. He has plenty of money, and is the right man for the job. The other comments are clearly Romney people who are watching their campaign shrivel and die in front of their very eyes.