Sic Semper Tyrannis

So the conventional wisom in the GOP Presidential Primary is that Mike Huckabee is being a pest and hurting the Republican Party by not ceeding the stage to John McCain already. As a Mccain supporter you might think that Huckabee's stubbornness annoys me. You'd be wrong.

If Mike Huckabee were to leave the campaign there would be no reason for the media to continue covering the GOP except for the occassional "What is John McCain up to Today?" story. As it is, the media has to at least continue covering the Republicans until someone clinches the nomination. I really don't see the drawback in that. Further, it keeps the McCain camp from getting lazy and as far as I can tell it isn't hindering them from focusing on the General Election at all.

I would compare it to the difference between the Red Sox and teh Rockies in last year's World Series. The Colorado Rockies easily won the NLCS and had to wait 8 days before playing Game 1 against Boston. 8 days is a lifetime in a sport where you play 6 or 7 games a week for 7 months. The Red Sox , however, had to go the distance to win the ALCS and they carried that momentum into the World Series, where they won that too.

While Huckabee's presence in the race does delay the merging of McCain's campaign apparatus with the RNC's resources, I really don't see many other negatives. It is not as if Huckabee is tearing McCain down and weakening him for the General Election. On the contrary I think he is keeping McCain sharp and also firing up a crucial part of our base that we will need come November.

What do you think?