A group that bills itself as “a national network of thousands of Americans, from all walks of life, who believe that prosperity and opportunity come through economic freedom” has had its sights on taking down presidential candidate Mike Huckabee for months now. The Club for Growth feels that Huckabee has been “exposed” as having a “liberal record” on spending and tax cuts, and to spread that message to South Carolina voters, they are holding a joint press conference with the FreedomWorks organization in the state’s capital.
The event will take place on the north steps of the South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia at 2 p.m. Wednesday. It will feature former Pennsylvania Congressman and current Club for Growth President Pat Toomey and former Republican Majority Leader and FreedomWorks Chairman Dick Armey as well as Donald Devine of the American Conservative Union PAC and Tom Schatz, the chairman of the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste Political Action Committee.
And The Politico’s Jonathan Martin cites the rally as proof that Huckabee is “the new John McCain.”
In my McCain piece today, GOP pollster Tony Fabrizio makes the point that, for some Republicans, the maverick senator is more acceptable than Huckabee.
In some ways McCain is “the devil you know” to the establishment, while Huck is a wild card whose populist rhetoric is more than troubling to many within the party. [...]
In 2000, these groups would have been mobilizing against McCain.
Now they’re targeting Huck. [JONATHAN MARTIN - The Politico]
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