Huckabee Wins Values Voter Straw Poll
by Ryan Sager
Tue, 18 Sep 2007 at 3:02 PM
updated Tue, 18 Sep 2007 at 3:03 PM
The Big Four GOP candidates skipped the Values Voter debate last night, leaving Mike Huckabee to clean up, according to a release from the organization today:
"While many very good candidates attended the event, Governor Mike Huckabee was the clear winner," said Janet Folger, President of Faith2Action and member of the Values Voter Debate committee. Huckabee received nearly five times the votes of the other candidates.
"The big losers last night were the no-show candidates Fred Thompson who placed at 4 percent, Rudy Giuliani and John McCain who each received 1 percent and Mitt Romney who was the only candidate to receive zero votes at the end of the night.
"How can we expect these no-show candidates to take on Osama Bin Laden and other world leaders when they're afraid to show up and answer questions from Phyllis Schlafly?" asked Rabbi Aryeh Spero of the Jewish Action Alliance, and Values Voter debate panelist. Rick Scarborough, President of Vision America, and Values Voter Debate Committee member added, "If you care about our votes, you need to care about our values enough to show up."
For social conservatives, "values voters," "pro-family" voters, etc., is Mr. Huckabee becoming the safe, throwaway alternative? Much as the International Association of Fire Fighters gave its endorsement to no-shot candidate Chris Dodd, might social conservative groups unwilling to endorse Mitt Romney (because he's a flip-flopper) or Fred Thompson (because he opposes the Federal Marriage Amendment) go with Mr. Huckabee?
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