Way back in August 2007, I wrote about a blog called Mike Huckabee President 2008. As one might expect, the purpose of this particular was to support Huckabee’s presidential campaign. Nothing too spectacular about that, except that Mike Huckabee President 2008, launched February 15, 2005, was almost certainly the first unofficial blog supporting any 2008 candidate. In fact, it predated the official launch of Huckabee’s campaign by nearly two years.
We are now even earlier in the present presidential election cycle than we were then, yet we can already note the existence of Mike Huckabee President 2012 (to which, you may have already noticed, the old site redirects).
The blog is run by the same pseudonymous “Blue State Republican” responsible for the previous campaign. In a recent e-mail, BSR notes:
we start out not only with Huckabee’s name being included in early polling, but as the front runner. It should be an interesting three years.
Huckabee faced an uphill battle in 2008 mostly because he lacked name recognition. That is not his problem this time, since his surprisingly strong performance has earned him a weekend slot on Fox News and what seems to be a standing invitation to appear on The Daily Show. The bigger issue now may be his record in commuting sentences of Arkansas criminals who went on to re-offend.
Interestingly, Mike Huckabee President 2012 does not appear to be the first blog supporting Huckabee’s presumed campaign this cycle. In March 2008, once Huckabee had withdrawn, the very similarly named Mike Huckabee for President 2012 opened for business and posted 15 updates before going dark in December 2008.
P.S. The above screen shot contains a small (very small) Easter egg of sorts. Guess correctly in the comments and buy yourself a cookie!
Great work by BSR on their efforts to launch such a long lasting website dedicated to Governor Mike Huckabee. They have done an outstanding job helping lift America back up to higher ground with Mike Huckabee. Keep up the excellent work!
Another site has emerged that is similiar to Mike Huckabee President 2012, although not nearly has long but yet another site to help build the momentum for another potential run in 2012 by Gov. Huckabee.
The site is called the “Huckabee Fan Club”. There are thousands of Huckabee Fans on this site, from 50 States that span nearly 500 Counties in America. The website launched August 2008. Their objective is to locate at least one Huckabee Fan in every county of every state in America before the 2012 Presidential Elections. Currently the Huckabee Fan Club is closing in on 16% of every county in America. It’s a completely free site to join, tons of video’s, late breaking news, blogs, games, books, prizes, etc, etc, etc.
Google three simple words to access the site: Huckabee Fan Club
or click the link: http://www.huckabeefanclub.com
PS – Another great site for Mike is HucksArmy, they were very instrumental in helping Mike in the 2008 Presidential elections. They were featured on some Big TV news programs too for their outstanding achievements. Each great website has their own niche, and each one is helping Mike Huckabee lift America back up to higher ground in 2012! Keep up the great work Huckabee Fans!!!