Rex Rice
Former Arkansas governor, 2008 Republican presidential candidate and 2012 hopeful
Mike Huckabee continues to make headlines in early presidential primary states, this time by endorsing Republican
Rex Rice for Congress in South Carolina's 3rd District.
Rice, a member of the state House since 1994, announced the endorsement Monday.
In the release, Huckabee lauded Rice's brand of conservatism. "Rex is both a fiscal and a family conservative who believes like I do that we as a society must protect life from conception to its natural conclusion; a government which governs least, governs best; and that less spending and lower taxes promote economic growth," said Huckabee, who carried the district in the 2008 Republican presidential primary.
Huckabee was also just in Iowa, where he won a stunning upset in 2008, to raise money for gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats.
The Huckabee endorsement could help Rice stand out in a race where at least five Republicans are scrambling to create daylight between themselves and the rest of the field.
The reliably Republican seat opened up when Rep. J. Gresham Barrett decided to forgo reelection and run for governor in 2010. Also in the race are Aiken physician Mike Vasovski; state Sen. Shane Massey; former Rep. Jeff Duncan; and businessman Richard Cash. Several other state legislators are also rumored to be interested.
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Endorsements from failed Presidential candidates are worth the same as what John Nance Garner said of the Vice-Presidency.
Posted by: NObama
| June 16, 2009 11:56 AM
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