No Room For Huck: Big Dog tells Missouri rally "There are four people left running for president"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

From NBC/NJ's Carrie Dann

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/02/03/634134.aspx



COLUMBIA, MO -- Just how relevant is one-time frontrunner Mike Huckabee's campaign anymore? Apparently not enough for any love from Hope homeboy Bill Clinton. The former president's assessment of the race for the White House includes four remaining contenders - not five - which means that Clinton's counting out his fellow Arkansan.

"There are four people left running for president," Clinton said during a rally at the University of Missouri tonight. "Two Democrats and two Republicans."

No spot for Huck, who is hoping to stay alive through good showings in states like Missouri and Alabama - where the former president stumped today - as well as the home state where both launched their political careers.

Clinton went on to note that his wife is the only of the four candidates " by everyone's admission" to offer a plan for universal health care.

In the eyes of the Comeback Kid, in other words, it sure sounds like Huck is Hope-less.

[lvx35]

1. Yeah, he's probably right.

You've got McCain with the popularity, and Romney with his own big pool of money. I don't think Huckabee has either.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. Bill Maher said the same thing Friday night

And for that matter, I don't think Gravel has pulled out yet.