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Huckabee Wins Super Majority in Kansas

by politisite | February 9, 2008 at 12:58 pm

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WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee won the Republican presidential contest in Kansas on Saturday, Fox News Channel projected, showing signs of life in a nominating race front-runner John McCain has nearly sewed up.

The win for Huckabee followed a strong showing in the South earlier in the week, when the Baptist minister won four Southern states and West Virginia in "Super Tuesday" voting involving nearly half of U.S. states.

Huckabee vowed earlier in the day, during an appearance at a conference of conservative activists, to continue his shoestring campaign that has appealed to social and religious conservatives.

"Am I quitting? Let's get that settled right now. No, I'm not," Huckabee said at the conference.

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johnleesandiego

at 14:09 on February 9th, 2008

Barring the sudden departure of John McCain from the race Huckabee doesn't have a chance to win the nomination - so what good can come from his participation? Is he really in the race for the purpose of the race or is he building name recognition of the Huckabee brand ?

Jordan Yerman

at 14:15 on February 9th, 2008

Or he's trying to corral even a few delegates to then leverage against the frontrunners (probably whoever's closest to McCain) to get some of his planks on the frontrunners' platform... another application of the term "Huckabee brand".

johnleesandiego

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at 14:20 on February 9th, 2008

politisite, I like this story. It's good stuff.