How to Blow a Potential Presidential Nomination Bid

Step 1
Grant clemency to a man with multiple felony convictions, violent ones

Step 2
Have said repeat felony committing individual (that you granted clemency to, by the way) commit multiple murders

Step 3
Have said victims of aforementioned repeat felony committing individual....that you granted clemency to.... kill police officers (firefighters, soldiers or children would also likely produce a similar effect)

Step 4
(and this is vitally important)
Quickly launch into spin-doctoring mode, blaming others for your decision.
Because that's what everyone wants from a potential commander-in-chief is someone who can quickly blame his failures on everyone else.
Is it the judge's fault? The DA's office's fault? The prison board's fault? Josie and the Pussycats' fault?
No.
It is yours.

Leaders do the following:

• Praise others when things go well.
• Take blame when they do not.
• Do not whine about sub-optimal situations or conditions
  
• Make decisions and deal with the consequences.

Mr. Huckabee, you are no leader.
At least not today.

If I want to listen to someone piss and moan about 'coulda, woulda, shoulda's' or blame others for their problems, I'll listen to president Obama. He's got that act down cold.

Meh.
What a disappointment.
More can be learned about a person by how they deal with failure than success. It seems that I learned more than I ever wanted to about Mike Huckabee....

and I didn't even use the word 'douchebag'......
Aw hell. So close, so very close.....