Posted by
Always To The Right on Saturday, August 30, 2008 3:06:00 PM
I have always liked Mike Huckabee, even though in the end I didn’t
support him in the run for the Presidency. He has a disarming manner
that belies real steel underneath, and last night he proved his value
to the GOP in a debate with Alan Colmes. Colmes asked Huckabee whether
he really thought Sarah Palin was ready to be President on Day 1, and
Huckabee gave the answer of the day:
AC: Do you believe that Sarah Palin is ready, Day One, if God forbid something happens to John McCain?
MH: I think she’s far more ready to be President if something happens to McCain than Barack Obama would be if something doesn’t happen to McCain.
Colmes tried to make the argument that McCain didn’t show leadership
by making this “reactive” pick of Palin. Huckabee laughed this off,
saying that Colmes must have been invited inside McCain’s head.
However, it’s worthwhile to ask, as I did in my previous post, who
really had the reacticve pick. Obama picked Joe Biden after the
Caucasus blew up and he floundered in his response, while McCain looked
prepared, informed, and ready to lead. Suddenly, Biden went from “I’m
not the guy” to the running mate within 96 hours.