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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (43650)	11/21/2007 11:47:29 AM
From: Dale Baker	Respond to of 541761

That is an extraordinary turnaround for Huckabee; worth watching for sure. Thanks for the heads up before.

To: Steve Lokness who wrote (43650)	11/21/2007 12:45:09 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541761

Republicans in Iowa aren't as conservative as Republicans in, say, Alabama, but they are far more conservative than Americans generally. To revert back to a discussion that the board had earlier and I didn't participate in, the way we go about nominating Presidential candidates is nuts (not to mention the way we elect them). I wouldn't mind if Huckabee was the Republican candidate because I don't think he would stand a chance against any of the front running Democrats. However, I really oppose substituting a sales tax for the income tax--it will hit lower income people far more than upper income people, it will make tax revenue less predictable, it will likely decrease tax revenues far more in bad economic times than the income tax does and that is precisely the time when government outlays should be increasing. I also suspect that you may be allowing the image of the "b__ch" that Republicans have so thoroughly implanted in the public mind of Clinton to sway you about her. Hell, it even sways me sometimes, and I am a Democrat, to the extent that I can identify with any party at all, so I am not trying to put you down when I say that. I think it has been an incredibly effective campaign. Although I would prefer either Obama or Biden to her, I think she might be a good president, perhaps even a very good president. Certainly better than any of the Republicans out there. But of course any presidency also depends on the Congress they have to deal with, and how well they can mobilize public opinion.