Huck vs. Rush

One of the items on Huckabees Christmas list is to repair the damage done by an apparent staffer on his campaign Friday. As reported by Marc Abinder, an anonymous staffer told Marc that Rush was primarily an entertainer and part of the establishment crowd.

If, and that's a big if, this was a official position of the Huckabee campaign, it was remarkably stupid, for on Friday, Rush took to his last live broadcast of the year, and spent most of his three hours telling his twenty million listeners why Huckabee was wrong and that he was engaging in identity politics. So that was dumb.

Over the weekend, Huckabee has tried to repair the damage and get things patched up with Limbaugh, saying I hope Rush loves me as much as I love him. but El Rushbo is having none of it:

I don't need to speak to Governor Huckabee. I saw his comments and accept them as honest, sincere and genuine.

What was somewhat stunning about all this is that NO ONE in the GOP field, including advisors and staff, could possibly misread my 19+ year career the way Gov Huckabee's DC supporter did. Whoever said those things was essentially repeating the Democrat mantra of all these years: that I am just an entertainer, not an independent thinker, part of the Wall Street/DC axis. If it was someone on Governor Huckabee's staff or support team, it was just silly, uninformed and thus curious.

Governor Huckabee's campaign is engaged in identity politics at this moment, so I understand his advisor's/supporter's intent to put the focus on me rather than the substance of my commentary.

Ouch. Sounds like Rush is still up in a dander. And that's not good for Huckabee, who has been having trouble convincing conservatives that he is one himself. A stupid fight with Rush Limbaugh, is just what Huckabee did not need right now. This one is going to hurt.