It's either that or the "Fair"Tax. If memory serves, Hunter was one of the big House proponents of that.
Weird stuff.
My guess is Hunter may have actually seen Huckabee's current illegal immigration stance (his gubernatorial policy for illegal immigrant education notwithstanding) as the clearest and most believable chance to "round 'em up and get 'em outta here" - which seems to jibe with Hunter's boasts about building the gigantic fence in SoCal.
http://www.mikehuckabee.com/?Fus...View&
Issue_id=4
Of the remaining non-Paul candidates, I would argue Romney, McCain, and Giuliani are all just as potentially weak as Huckabee on illegal immigration given their own records/recent convenient conversions.
I can see the fair tax thing (even though I think that in reality the paradigm change would depress consumer spending long enough to significantly hurt the economy). As for immigration, Huckabee would have had to have built a lot of trust with Hunter if that's the reason, precisely because of Huckabee's gubernatorial record.
I've seen a couple of other factors that could/would have flipped Hunter toward Huckabee instead of Romney:
- Romney holds a lucrative stake in a defense contractor that does significant business with Red China. If you remember the debates, Hunter was busy hammering Red China.
- Hunter, like Huckabee, is a Southern Baptist. I hate to admit that ones' religion is still a major factor, but it is.
Still, the endorsement of Huckabee is, in my humble opinion, madness.
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