Reason #1 – Mother Jones likes him (Jonathan Stein, h/t Jim Geraghty):
The DNC is joining the GOP chorus and slamming Huckabee for being a tax-and-spend politician. I think that’s just lame. Democrats support the sort of fiscal responsibility that Huckabee was able to demonstrate: he spent on the right things (mostly), taxed when necessary, cut taxes when possible, and managed the budget in a way that left the state’s finances better off. I know the Democrats aren’t going to praise a Republican, but at least they can withhold their fire on a pol with such a respectable record.
Especially here: “As Governor, Huckabee implemented an increase on everything from cigarettes, to gasoline and even on driver’s licenses,” a DNC spokesperson said. Democrats support taxes on cigarettes and gasoline! Can it, DNC!
Reason #2 – Bill Howell (a chief architect of the transportation tax hike of 2007) is his Virginia campaign chairman (Shad Plank).
Need I say more?
