Mike Huckabee’s comments to Wolf Blitzer a moment ago, about the ad he decided not to air.
“A lot of cynics are going to say this is all contrived and planned. I don’t care what they say.”
“If it costs me the caucus, it does.”
“I don’t want to run an ad where I feel like have to take a shower when I’m done.”
“We didn’t give out DVDs, which we were prepared to give out. We said ‘we’re just not gonna do it.’ …The video didn’t work, so it’s not usable anyway.
“If we’re going to wrap ourselves in the mantle of Ronald Reagan, let’s wrap ourselves in the tone of Ronald Reagan. Let’s remember his 11th Commandment, which said, ‘Thou shalt not speak ill of another Republican.’
Asked by Wolf Blitzer if he has a message to Mitt Romney: “He’s free to run his campaign any way he wishes. He can say anything he wants about his record, and.. he can say anything he wants about my record. We’re going to run a positive campaign.”
Smooth. I didn’t see anything of the anger or wackiness in Huckabee that others described in his press conference appearance earlier today. And I think the “no negative ads” pledge will be catnip for exhausted Iowans. His rivals had better bring their A-game, because this guy isn’t going to drop the ball as the clock winds down…