More Evidence of the Utterly Hypocritical Rudy/Huckabee Alliance

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Jeff Fuller at Iowans for Romney describes the growing relationship between Huck and Rudolph.

Jeff cites a few stories:

#1: The New York Sun: “Giuliani, Huckabee Emerge as Strange Bedfellows”

#2: New York Times: “Giuliani’s Huckabee Strategy”

#3: Rich Lowry of the National Review: “The Corner” post “Rudy and Huck sittin' in a Tree . . .

These pieces in Time and the New York Sun point out something that’s been increasingly evident over the last few days: how nicely Rudy and Huck’s strategies mesh. They both are attacking Romney for a lack of authenticity, with Huck blasting the former Massachusetts governor on social issues and Rudy blasting him on everything else.

Together, they’ve got all the ground covered. The division of labor works geographically as well — Huck is threatening Romney in Iowa, which could weaken Romney in New Hampshire, where Rudy is increasingly vested in a strong finish (so much for the old Florida and Feb. 5 strategy).

At the end of the day, I’m sure that the Rudy folks would like nothing more than for Huck to win the “conservative primary” within the Republican primary and emerge as the alternative to Rudy. Huck would be the weakest anti-Rudy contender. This seems so obvious that if I were a calculating Rudy donor who had already maxed out for my guy, I’d be tempted to send some money Huck’s way.

Jeff's closing thoughts echo mine:

These kind of transparently calculating alliances tend to backfire. Evangelical Christians don’t want to be used as a tool to elect a pro-choice nominee and then have to vote 3rd party to protect the pro-life cause. Talk about a “Lose-Lose” situation.

Last few thoughts on symbiosis of Rudy and Huck. I searched for the definition of symbiosis and this is what I found.

The term symbiosis (from the Greek: συμ, sym, "with"; and βίοσίς, biosis, "living") can be used to describe various degrees of close relationship between organisms of different species.

The term was first used in 1879 by the German mycologist, Heinrich Anton de Bary, who defined it as: "the living together of unlike organisms".

This describes Huck and Rudy. They're very unlike "organisms" who have forged a uniquely close relationship for mutual benefit. This symbiosis is just as unexpected as the one forged by Rudy and Pat Robertson.