With 96 percent of the District of Columbia's precints reporting, Huckabee has collected fewer than 1,000 votes (which is some 17 percent of the total number of ballots cast). This is hardly surprising. John Kerry beat Bush 10 to 1 in DC, and the tiny of number of Republicans that live in the District bear little resemblance to Huckabee's natural supporters. So I only mention Huckabee's impressively tiny haul because yesterday Jonah Goldberg reported that the governor was using robocalls to rally supporters with a promise "to help DC get representation in Congress." Huckabee keeps emphasizing that he's the only remaining candidate, Democrat or Republican, who comes from "outside Washington"--that he doesn't live there and never has. Perhaps after this humbling inside Washington experience he can understand why those calls were a poor investment. Congressional representation isn't exactly a high priority for the city's 5,000 Republicans. As Jonah said, "the 'Republicans' in DC who care about giving Eleanor Holmes Norton a real vote in Congress aren't going to be voting for Mike Huckabee." The final tally would seem to bear that out.
Michael Goldfarb
Huck Struggles in the District
With 96 percent of the District of Columbia's precints reporting, Huckabee has collected fewer than 1,000 votes (which is some 17 percent of the total number of ballots cast). This is hardly surprising. John Kerry beat Bush 10 to 1 in DC, and the tiny of number of Republicans that live in the…
Michael Goldfarb · February 13, 2008
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