Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo, is confused by what Mike Huckabee means by his term ‘vertical” politics. Josh does a real good job documenting Huckabee’s use this baffling term. In the end, Josh concludes
The more I look at this I don’t think there’s any question this is a clever dog whistle call out to Christian fundamentalists and evangelicals that his politics are God’s politics.
It is not quite so complicated. Huckabee is a liberal running as if he were a conservative. In order to mask his liberal record, Huckabee tries to confuse meanings. Just think of Huckabee as good old fashioned tax and spend liberal who just happens to be pro-life. Hence he has to campaign as a republican.
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