Huckabee throws in the towel

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Originally Posted by chaotic_resolve

Colin Powell also is pro-affirmative action, which also puts him at odds with the Republican party.

Here's a couple sources I found online, albeit they look to be from the 2000 campaign.

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Quote from his speech to the Republican National Convention Aug 12, 1996.

His social views would align more with Barack Obama's Presidency (ie pro-choice, pro affirmative action, sexual orientation protected, federal funding of health care, relaxing of immigration laws, etc) than with a true Republican nominee ... which McCain is not. However, his fiscal and trade policy are more traditional Republican.

Would be interesting should McCain do this. Probably the biggest reason for adding Powell as running mate would be to try and secure the moderate/conservative minority votes should Obama be the Democratic nominee.

Selecting Powell as a running mate would be a stupid thing for McCain to do, unfortunately, it's just the sort of thing McCain would do. He would be throwing away 30 to 40 % of the conservative base (approximately 20 million people) to gain 2 or 3 % of the minority vote (approximately 3 million people).

He would be better served to select a conservative Southern governor.