Want to lose like Mike Huckabee? You could stir up a small but vocal faction of the Republican party, raise a paltry sum of money, and back a fringe tax plan. Finally, you could utterly fail to broaden your appeal, misread the base's ambivalence about John McCain and miss your cues to quit the race to the point of self-parody on Saturday Night Live. Or you could join Washington Sports Clubs and run a tread mill.
Huckabee won't win the Republican nomination, but he's definitely earned a place as an American pop-cultural referant. Or at least on Connecticut Avenue in Washington, DC. I saw this sign hanging in the window of the gym today. Where else but DC would a joke like this fly? Maybe in Little Rock?
