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• Novak: McCain Won't Pick Huckabee

Sunday, February 17, 2008 8:05 PM By: Phil Brennan, Newsmax.com Forget Mike Huckabee as a running mate for John McCain, his closest supporters say -- there's no chance he'll be on the GOP presidential ticket. So writes veteran political columnist Robert Novak, who reports that political insiders close to McCain's presidential campaign "have put out the word that there is absolutely no chance that his last remaining major opponent for the GOP presidential nomination, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, will become McCain's running mate." Novak explains that McCain personally likes the former Arkansas governor, and his campaign hasn't wanted "to antagonize Huckabee's evangelical supporters, whose backing will be needed in the general election," adding that he "is unacceptable to economic conservatives." [more here]