What it sounds like here:
In what could potentially be a huge indication of Huckabee’s future political plans (or lack thereof), Huckabee’s presidential committee Huckabee for President, Inc has filed termination paperwork with the FEC, essentially ending all political operations associated with a presidential run.
The report was filed with the FEC on 1/31/11 at the time other political committees were filing their usual year-end reports, and can be viewed here.
On that same date, Huckabee’s team filed a regular year-end report for Huck PAC — meaning that Huckabee has made the intentional decision to continue Huck PAC operations while ceasing the operations of Huckabee for President, Inc.
According to FEC guidelines, filing a termination report means, among other things, that “the committee no longer intends to receive contributions, make expenditures, or make any disbursements that would otherwise qualify it as a political committee.”
Huckabee for President, Inc was founded in April of 2007 and has been filing regular quarterly or monthly reports with the FEC until now.
I must add an important caveat: as I am not thoroughly versed in FEC campaign laws, it is not precisely clear what this filing means – but we will keep digging to find out. Stay tuned for more details and analysis as the situation becomes more clear. As Drudge says, developing…
via Huckabee for President, Inc. Files Termination Paperwork with FEC | Race 4 2012.
The report of termination can be viewed here. This could mean nothing and then again; this could mean that Mike Huckabee is not running for President. Seeing he did poll around the level of Palin. It could be that Huckabee figures he is making better money with Fox News Channel and the whole idea of running for President is just not worth the hassle.
Quite bluntly, I do not like the man at all. Basically, he is a Democrat with a Bible. Further more, he is one of those types that wants to force a Christian Sharia Law type of Government on the United States; and that does bother me, as a libertarian type. So, to me personally, I find this to be quite the relief.
Besides, who, outside of the far right, would even vote for the man? 🙄
Stay Tuned.
Fixed misspelling in post title…. More Coffee. 😛
Update: Politico confirms, it is for 2008:
Mike Huckabee has cleaned up some business from 2008 ahead of a potential 2012 run, closing out his old presidential campaign committee and personally paying down a small amount of debt, FEC records reviewed by POLITICO show.
Huckabee filed the termination report to Huckabee for President last week.
It included a $41,000 payment by Huckabee to his own campaign, which helped settle about $80,000 outstanding debt owed for travel reimbursements to news outlets and a direct mail firm.
Huck PAC executive director Hogan Gidley confirmed to POLITICO that the payments were made.
“It should be obvious why the governor closed his 2008 Huckabee for President committee — it’s not 2008 anymore,” Gidley said. “The expenses and obligations acquired from the ‘08 Campaign had to settled. After all, Governor Huckabee can’t start a campaign for 2012, until he closes out the old one from 2008.”
Theoretically, Huckabee could use the same campaign committee this time around, but candidates who make a second go of it often begin anew.
It’s not unusual for a candidate to personally pay down money, although for such a small sum Huckabee likely could have raised cash. However, sources noted he ran a basically debt-free effort in 2008 and was surprised to hear there were still a few loose ends, and wanted to get things taken care of.
So, basically, we should not count Mike Huckabee out yet.
Yes, I agree completely. Good riddance and one fewer whackjob with whom to contend.
I was a GOP county chairman in 2008 when he ran. Even though I’m Jewish I agree with many of the social stands of the Christian Right and have no problem voting for a candidate who is one and embraces them as well. But Huckabee and his minions were quite different, and one of them explicitly told me that being an evangelical should be a requirement to be president. Apparently she never read the Constitution, particularly the part about no religious tests to be imposed.
Wow…
Which totally proves what I have believed all along; that Mike Huckabee and his followers, believe that America should be under a type of “Christian Sharia Law”. Which is, as you say, nuts.
That right there, is why I would vote for Sarah Palin either… Because she is the SAME way.
I would vote for Huckabee over Romney in a second. And I’m Jewish too
Well, if it came down to it; so would I! Romney is a bit too liberal for me and that whole Mormon thing turns me off.
….and I’m a redneck baptist! 😛 😉 😀
I would take Palin/Pence/Demint over both of them though!
Same here…
Well, Minus Palin… No Palin, no way, no how… 🙄
Now a Chris Christy, Harman Cain or a Allen West ticket would get my vote… No questions asked! 😀
Patrick,
You realize, if Huck doesn’t run Palin will?
…therefore would you vote for Obama over Palin ???
You’re assuming too much Eph.
That’s assuming she can even get the nomination of the Republican Party. Which honestly, I doubt she can. Too many people see her as a train wreck in the Republican establishment; who does control things.
She’d be a contender; but I doubt she would even get the nomination at all.
besides all that, it’s waaay too early to be even thinking about 2012. Much could change by then.