Apparently, small government Republicans

[Huckabee's] aides are wary of New Hampshire. “It’s all no tax, no government there,” said Bob Wickers, a top strategist. “It’s not ideal.”

But they believe that the message of economic anxiety that he preaches will help in Michigan’s primary on Jan. 15 and in states in the South, which have high poverty rates in addition to strong groups of social conservatives.”

Mike Huckabee is skipping New Hampshire because it’s too fiscally conservative.

Instructive, yes?

Huckabee’s brand of identity politics is as dangerous as anyone else’s - after nearly eight years of a fiscally liberal Republican president, the issues of low taxation and spending ought to be on the top of every Republican primary voter’s list. Each GOP primary candidate is going to appoint conservative judges. Many, such as Fred Thompson, are true principled federalists. Governor Huckabee’s main distinction is that he does not seem interested in limiting the power of the central government, but perversely, has plans to enhance it. No matter your social purpose, widening the influence of Washington, DC is never the right answer.

UPDATE Much thanks to The New York Times politics blog for linking to this post.

The latest post on Mike Huckabee’s candidacy entitled “Huckapop - the Anti-Reagan”, can be found here.