Howard Fineman appeared on "Hardball" Wednesday to weigh in on The New York Times' interview with President Obama and the paper's look at his time in office.
White House aides told Times reporter Peter Baker that they believe in 2012 former Arkansas Governor and Fox News host Mike Huckabee -- not Sarah Palin or Mitt Romney -- will be the Republican nominee.
Howard praised Baker's piece, but panned any analysts that pegs Huckabee, a "regional" candidate, as Obama's future challenger. Instead, he believes that White House aides were floating the name of the person that "they're least afraid of."
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Revisiting the questions surrounding Trig Palin’s birth - "Anything goes?"
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"Some of my opponents do not want to change the Constitution, but I believe it's a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God, and that's what we need to do is to amend the Constitution so it's in God's standards rather than try to change God's standards."
- Mike Huckabee
He knows what the problem is. Along with being unlucky about a bad economy, he has seemed too much like a "tax and spend liberal" and he hasnt been bipartisan enough.
If he can fix these problems, much like Clinton did, he has a good chance of being reelected.
The hard part is he cant care what the the liberal media and the professional left thinks. Its better if they don't like him, that will tell him he's going in the right direction. The fact that they dont like this interview already shows he's on the right track.
The Republican primaries are going to be a hoot again. And only 7 months to the first debate if they stick to the same schedule as last time.
Nope.
Find someone who hasn't already ran and lost.
Just a thought. We call them "repeats" on TV.
President Obama is AFRAID of NOBODY in 2012, or ANY YEAR. Nor does he have reason to be.
He's been the MOST EFFECTIVE President EVER in less than 2 years, and has accomplished initiatives that OTHER PRESIDENTS tried and failed at for over 40 years.
Just because YOU and OTHERS IN THE MEDIA are trying to denigrate and SUPPRESS his success DOES NOT CHANGE THE FACTS. TRUTH will ALWAYS WIN.
His healthcare bill will be gutted before 2014 by you know who. More people than since the Depression are out of work. Obama has continued the vast majority of Bush's policies on war, gays, spying, Gitmo, lobbying, no wall street regulation, etc. And if he has accomplished anything, how come so many Dems are running ads against their own president in this election cycle? He really needs to resign at the end of this term and hand the 2012 nomination over to someone who's up for the job. I volunteer. I guarantee you I'd kick repub/teabagger ass up and down Pennsylvania avenue 24/7!
Boy that sure sounds like Bush. You do realize Bush took over 2 years of vacation, more vacation time than any president in history.
Barbour is too much of an obvious southerner. He won't play nationally.
Huckabee is disliked within the GOP, the party will want someone it thinks can compete with Obama, like Daniels - though Daniels is a bore.
Although I don't see Huckabee getting the nomination or even running.