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Huckabee, McCain speak in Richmond Date published: 2/12/2008
RICHMOND --The two leading Republican presidential candidates campaigned in Richmond yesterday in advance of today's presidential primary.About 300 people attended a rally at the Richmond airport's Virginia Aviation Museum for Sen. John McCain, the front-runner with more primary delegates already secured, while about 100 turned out to see rival Mike Huckabee speak at the Sheraton hotel earlier in the day. McCain's speech sought in some ways to strengthen his appeal to conservatives, while Huckabee's rejected the suggestion that he lags so far behind McCain that he should drop out. McCain was surrounded by the state Republican Party's big names, including Sen. John Warner, former governor and current U.S. Senate candidate Jim Gilmore, and George Allen, a former governor and former senator. He was also joined by nationally known conservative Gary Bauer. He told the crowd, who strained to see him around antique airplanes, that they may have disagreed with him in the past, and would again, but that he "will act in what I believe is in this country's best interests." McCain criticized Democratic candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton--who also campaigned in Virginia in the past two days--of "falling all over each other to see how fast they can bring troops home" from Iraq, and said he would not do so until generals advised it. He also drew other contrasts between himself and the Democrats, saying he'd lower taxes, push for less government, oppose government-run health care, and continue the troop surge in Iraq. McCain also vowed to make President George Bush's tax cuts permanent, lower corporate taxes, root out pork-barrel projects and earmarks in the federal budget, nominate Supreme Court judges with a strict view of the Constitution, and make improvements to the veterans' health care system. While McCain criticized the Democrats, he didn't mention Huckabee until reporters asked him about his opponent after the rally. Huckabee spoke at 8 a.m. to a crowd that included many conservatives and homeschool advocates, vowing he was not going to quit the race despite pressures from party insiders to do so. "I know there are a lot of people who've already figured out how it's supposed to turn out," Huckabee said. "Let's show them the election isn't over until the people have spoken." Huckabee won primaries in Kansas and Louisiana over the weekend, adding some fuel to his argument that McCain is not yet the winner.
Please explain which failed policies you are addressing and how did you personally conclude that they failed.
What would you have done?
Please vote for Huckabee today and stop the liberals and Independents from choosing our candidate. Do you know that McCain has not carried any state by a majority...just enough to get the delegates. Saturday showed him what we think. If we keep voting for Huckabee we will have a brokered convention and have only Republicans choosing a conservative candidate that we can truly unite behind. Vote no to McCain! Vote no to illegaks staying by voting Yes to Huckabee!
Virginia, it's your neighbor North Carolina, the media said on Saturday that if Huck can win in VA, then he has no reason to get out. North Carolina doesn't vote until May. My point, is that Huck can still win if our voices are loud enough. Some early states have decided this race so far--following the crowd--but we later states can still make a difference by saying that we have a better choice. Other states have done it and so can we. Faith Family Freedom
Same old Republican talking points. Same old failed policies. They haven't been working for the past 7 years, so why should we be subjected to more of the same?
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