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Memo to Josh

Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo [1], 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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