Huckabee’s Link to Shooting Suspect Could Be Setback
Remember those Willie Horton ads that were run against Dukakis in '88? We can probably expect the same should Huckabee become a prime contender in the '12 election.
Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- The political future of former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee could be damaged by his role in commuting the sentence of a man who is now suspected of killing four police officers in Washington state.
Huckabee, as governor of Arkansas in 2000, commuted a 95- year prison sentence for Maurice Clemmons. Huckabee cited Clemmons’ youth -- he was 17 when he was convicted in 1989 of aggravated robbery -- in commuting the sentence, the Associated Press reported.
Remember those Willie Horton ads that were run against Dukakis in '88? We can probably expect the same should Huckabee become a prime contender in the '12 election.