Upsets and Huckabee's Conspiracy Theory

I don't know about you, but I THOROUGHLY enjoyed watching the Patriots get beat last night by teh underdog Giants. I guess the old adage is right, "Cheaters never win". I thought Bill Belichick's early sprint out of the stadium with one second on the clock was the height of poor sportsmanship. The fact that he left his team on the field to lose without him was an affront to the spectacular (although in my eyes, tainted) season that his players bled sweat and tears to assemble.

In the vein of upsets, I look for Tuesday to be a night of upsets as well. Polls are showing Romney pulling closer (and some ahead- Zogby shows Romney by 8) of McCain in California. Also, while McCain is expected to win Arizona, Romney will keep the margin much tighter there than in Massachusetts where Romney is expected to win big. The polls in Arizona show a consistent decline in support for McCain as Tuesday draws closer. From a 23 point margin on 1/17-1/20 to a 9% margin recorded on January 31st. Reliable data? Not entirely, but trends are trends. I don't think there's any way Romney takes AZ from McCain, but if he can at least keep it close and at the same time win MA in a landslide, that gives conservatives a clear message. In the last debate, McCain took great pleasure in noting that the Boston Globe had endorsed him over Romney. If AZ doesn't give McCain a decisive victory, a liberal newspaper's endorsement will mean nothing. RealClearPolitics is also showing a one point advantage in Georgia, where just last week he was getting creamed by both Huckabee and McCain. It is evident that Romney is surging.

Huckabee also continues his rant against Romney, without nary a word against the "frontrunner". Huckabee, now a conspiracy theorist apparently, says that the talk show gurus have been bought and paid for by Romney- Hannity in particular. Mark Levin came out with this:

"Huck Looks for Black Helicopters [Mark R. Levin]

This is incredible. Mike Huckabee accuses Sean Hannity, who has announced he will vote for Mitt Romney on Tuesday, of being influenced by Bain Capital, which Huckabee says owns Sean's network — Clear Channel.

First, the facts. Bain is trying to buy Clear Channel, or parts of it. Clear Channel does own many radio stations. Sean appears on many of their stations, as do many of us. But Sean's syndication partner is ABC Radio Networks, which was recently acquired by Citadel Broadcasting.

So, not only does Huckabee get his facts wrong, like most conspiracy kooks, he makes a scurrilous charge — in his usual matter-of-fact way — and then admits he really doesn't know. Here's the video.

Not enough attention is given this tendency we've seen from Huckabee. In South Carolina, where the Confederate flag issue was largely settled, he brought up during campaign stops to agitate for support. It was utterly irresponsible act. And then there was his devil-worship line about the Mormon faith, which was intended to raise questions about Romney's religion.

This is disgraceful stuff."

Huckabee's flippant remarks and blatant disregard for truth have been humorous at best. Romney, in response to similar diatribes from Huckabee recently said the following, "Gov. Huckabee is always good for a good chuckle... I think the presidency is about something very serious."