Communications

“The national media seems to have a crush on our ex-governor, but here in Arkansas, we know better.” That’s the subtitle to a revealing piece in Salon about Governor Huckabee, written by Arkansas Times journalist Max Brantley.

“The Dark Side of Mike Huckabee” reveals how people in Arkansas know him to be vindictive, vicious, untrustworthy, unfriendly, incompetent, you name the insult, it’s been applied to Huckabee. And deservedly, at least according to Arkansas residents.

I’m not going to rehash the article, but it offers some interesting insight as Huckabee rises in the polls in Iowa. Despite displaying the above characteristics, coupled with his religious fanaticism, he seems to be finding a niche among the Christian conservatives in Iowa. The New Hampshire primary follows Iowa’s, and New England is a much different place. Without the right-wing, religious nuts to support him, it’s very doubtful that he can sustain his current strength in the polls. In the meantime, Arkansas residents are holding their breath until Huckabee’s numbers drop. So, I imagine, are most level-headed Americans.