December 5th, 2007
The Family Research Council sent out this notice that Charmaine Yoest, the FRC’s vice president of Communications and frequent guest on several national news programs, is taking a leave of absense to join Gov. Mike Huckabee’s presidential campaign:
I am pleased to welcome Dr. Yoest to our team,” said Governor Huckabee. “She brings with her an in-depth knowledge of the issues and policy expertise, as well as over two decades of experience in the conservative movement. Her addition represents increased strength both substantively and organizationally. She joins us at an important juncture as we are working to communicate our policy agenda for the future.
The various leaders and organizations which make up what we often call the “religious right” have had a great deal of difficulty coalescing around a single candidate for the GOP nomination. While many of them were sympathetic to Gov. Huckabee’s platform, few of them were willing to spend much political capital on a candidate who wasn’t seen as viable. But recent polls in Iowa have placed Huckabee’s campaign into serious play and the religious right appear to be re-evaluating their earlier assessment of his chances of winning the GOP nomination, and many are beginning to come on board. With this latest announcement, I suspect that trend will accelerate.
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The FRC’s Joe Carter (The Evangelical Outpost) took a leave of absence and joined Huckabee’s campaign a few weeks ago, he had helped start Blogs for Fred.
“I’m taking a leave of absence from Family Research Council and moving down to Little Rock to work for the Mike Huckabee campaign. I’ll be heading up their efforts on research and rapid response communications.” November 20, 2007
Emproph
December 7th, 2007
Well, if I had any respect for him before, it’s gone now. The slander that drips from that woman’s lips could make the devil shiver.
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