Huckabee Backs Brokered Convention

Opponent refuses to be part of McCain 'coronation'
By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff
Posted Feb 15, 2008 4:10 PM CST
Huckabee Backs Brokered Convention
Republican presidential hopeful, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, and his former rival Mitt Romney take part in a news conference in Boston, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008, where Romney announced his endorsement of McCain. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)   (Associated Press)

Mike Huckabee is unfazed by delegate math, empty pockets, and the sight of Mitt Romney endorsing John McCain. Rather than be “part of the coronation,” the ex-Arkansas governor is telling backers he plans to take the GOP fight to a brokered convention, Politico reports. Once there, all bets are off. "Top candidates will have an opportunity to make an impassioned plea,” he writes in a fundraising letter.

“I just think it’s a little bit premature to go ahead and slice the cake when you haven’t had the wedding yet,” Huckabee told CNN. To get to a brokered convention, he must deny McCain the necessary number of delegates to clinch. That means winning Texas, and the campaign tells supporters it needs another $1.5 million to compete there. (More Mike Huckabee stories.)

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