(That said, I didn’t vote for him.)
A transcript from IM this morning – it sums up the whole thing rather well.
The Scene: me, riding my bike back home after a pre-dawn ride at Hains Point, about 6:55 am:
I was coming up 22nd St., and it was closed between M and N.
I hopped on the sidewalk, which was also closed (temporarily), and a guy calls out to me "you're insane to be riding in this cold!"
And it's Huckabee.
So I laugh and say yes, I'm insane, and my feet are frozen solid.
He then walks over to his van and grabs me a small cup of coffee.
We discussed working out for 3 or 4 minutes while I waited for the congestion to clear.
Affable guy.
He was waiting to be interviewed by Fox News, and they weren't going live until 7:10 or so.
I said thanks for the coffee and wished him luck. He didn't ask me for my vote - I think he figured out I wasn't a Republican.
But he was friendly and funny - and bemoaning the fact that the campaign has kept him from his workout regimen.
One of those uniquely DC moments, I must say!
bank
13 February 2008 — 00:12
I actually did vote for Huck, though it was mostly because I didn’t change my registration to vote for Obama.
But the larger reason was just as you said – he comes across as being as human and flawed as the rest of us, and isn’t afraid to admit it. Much like I find with Obama, I don’t completely agree with him, but I think I can believe him.
The other good sign with Huckabee is that the biggest part of the GOP establishment don’t like him much.
Jank
13 February 2008 — 00:13
hey, last was me.
Also, props for having a mobile/iphone style sheet.
jenn
13 February 2008 — 06:31
Hah! That’s too funny!!