Brendan Nyhan

The GOP baggage debate

The Hotline gets to the core of the Republican presidential race:

Huckabee is giving GOPers something other WH ’08ers haven’t: A reason to vote for someone instead feeling obligated to vote against someone (whether that’s HRC or another GOPer). Sure, Huck’s got a lot of liabilities. But, is his “Dumond/AIDS/immigration/taxes” baggage any heavier than Giuliani’s “pro-choice/Kerick/ISG/Judith” or Romney’s “landscaping/flip-flopping/Mormon” luggage?