As I sat down to watch the Iowa Caucuses tonight I had several ideas in mind for a blog and as I watched the coverage more and more came to mind.
I was going to blog about the mainstream medias aversion to honestly cover Governor Huckabee's campaign, even some of the Fox guys. (O'Reilly, Hannity, Fred Barnes, etc.) I was going to talk about how CNN flat out misrepresented Huckabee's record and postions on the issues. (Kudlow & Company, Cooper Anderson, and Situation Room)
I intended to blog about the attack ads and how voters deserve better. I intended to prepare SC voters for the worst of the worst. The pundits say that we South Carolinians are particularly susceptible to negative advertising. (I'd already seen some of the effects of lying attack ads against Huckabee)
I was going to blog about how the TV pundits want to claim Huckabee's victory was all about the evangelical vote (which just scares the cr^p out of the elites). This is funny because when Huckabee won the Iowa Straw Poll in August it was because of the FairTax supporters. The irony is that in the Iowa Caucuses the FairTax supporters, gun owners, sportsman, weren't in play at all.
I was going to blog about Romney's flawed media message and how it will come back to bite him by the time the race reaches SC. I was going to blog about the rift between Wall Street Republicans and Main Street Republican and how Wall Street only wants to rent Main Street for their goals.
I was going to blog about how we need a candidate that is one of us in so many ways. Not just an evangelical but one with a blue collar background that is a real gun owner and sportsman because the Republican Party is loosing our hold as the party for the working man, conservation, and real gun ownership. It's important we maintain these tenants of our base, not just play them lip service.
I was going to blog about the long road to the caucus and the reactions we got 15 months ago when we told people to watch Huckabee. The standard reaction was, "who" or "not another Governor for AR", today those same people are Huckabee supporters.
I had high hopes for my blogging tonight - but the Caucuses wrapped up quickly with Huckabee taking an early lead and keeping it. So with that I can only say, "Congratulations Governor Huckabee, we're looking forward to similar results in South Carolina."
