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  Huckabee's self-inflicted superficiality
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Last EditedDFWDem  Dec 09, 2007 12:10pm
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News DateSunday, December 9, 2007 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionBy John Brummett

It began to appear by the middle of last week that any derailing of Mike Huckabee's surge will come not from his ethical problems, which would be fair enough, or his tax record in Arkansas, which wouldn't.

It might result in part from the tragically flawed judgment of his wanting Wayne Dumond paroled, and, more specifically, his shameful unwillingness to tell the truth about it.

Then there's this: If Huckabee indeed fades after these 15 minutes, he clearly will have his own shallowness to blame.

Note that I did not say stupidity. I did not say lack of skill. Obviously, this is a bright, talented and competent man. His superficiality stems not from a lack of aptitude, but from a lack of priority. He'd rather crack wise than bother with depth.

An editorial writer once said Huckabee was the guy in school who didn't much study and made B-pluses. Huckabee himself once told me, "I'm the pharmacist, not the chemist." In other words, somebody else needs to do the hard work of making and testing the medicine, after which he'll gladly bowl them over with retail sales.

Our Boy Mike has offered a presidential candidacy of personality, humor, a religious conservative foothold and an emergence through the attrition afflicting an altogether weak and flawed Republican field. The conventional thinking was Fred Thompson would fill this gap. But Fred has been a spectacular flop.

So now Huckabee steps on to the high-definition screen, and, alas, there are visible blemishes.
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