Although I'm not a Huckabee supporter, it's his decision as to how long he stays in the race. It's also the responsibility of each voter to decide when "Enough is enough," and when it's time to abandon a losing candidate.
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Road weary from campaigning and still recovering from a stomach bug that kept him up all night on Wednesday, Huckabee has remained steadfast on the trail over the last few days, buoyed by his resurrecting Super Tuesday performance even as members of his party wonder why he's still at it when the Republican nomination appears all but declared for McCain. "I stay in this race not to be a fly in the ointment," Huckabee said Saturday, a seeming attempt to assuage, or maybe prod, those Republicans angry that he hasn't cleared the field yet for McCain. "But because our party is about a choice, not an echo."
Huckabee's all-out campaigning on Friday in Kansas—nine events over 14 hours—and recent fundraising efforts in New York indicate a final push to stay relevant. With almost $2 million raised in the last week and his big win in Kansas, Huckabee gains some steam heading into primaries in Virginia, Maryland and D.C. on Tuesday.
At a press conference following his CPAC speech, Huckabee basically said the reason that he's not dropping out is to spar with McCain for a few more weeks in hopes of producing a more "battle-tested" GOP general election candidate. "I would hope that the Republican Party is mature enough, big enough and smart enough that it knows that competition breeds excellence," he said, while acknowledging that he's gotten a "few calls" from Republican party officials asking him to drop out and clear the field. "But they're all McCain supporters so I would expect them to," Huckabee added. Considering he'd been written off weeks if not months ago, and now finds himself as one of two candidates left, Huckabee also seemed to be relishing his remaining in the race as a way to stick it to the media. Among party insiders and D.C. GOP fundraisers, there is a sentiment that Huckabee hopes to raise his profile for future political ambitions. So, he has nothing to lose by staying in the race, does he? "No, I don't guess I do. In other words I have no place to go, right?"
You said it governor, not us.
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