{"id":1161,"date":"2011-05-17T16:19:22","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T20:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=1161"},"modified":"2011-05-17T16:19:22","modified_gmt":"2011-05-17T20:19:22","slug":"donald-trump-and-mike-huckabee-both-drop-from-2012-presidential-bids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/05\/donald-trump-and-mike-huckabee-both-drop-from-2012-presidential-bids.html","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump and Mike Huckabee both drop from 2012 Presidential bids"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Donald Trump Not Running for GOP Nod for President in 2012<\/strong>
\nDonald Trump said today he will not seek the Republican nomination for president, after stoking speculation with statements and speeches taking on pro-abortion President Barack Obama.
\nAfter months of speculation about his future plans, Trump released a statement today saying, \u201cAfter considerable deliberation and reflection, I have decided not to pursue the office of the Presidency.\u201d
\n\u201cThis decision does not come easily or without regret; especially when my potential candidacy continues to be validated by ranking at the top of the Republican contenders in polls across the country,\u201d he added. \u201cI maintain the strong conviction that if I were to run, I would be able to win the primary and ultimately, the general election. I have spent the past several months unofficially campaigning and recognize that running for public office cannot be done half heartedly. Ultimately, however, business is my greatest passion and I am not ready to leave the private sector.\u201d
\nTrump appears ready to endorse the Republican nominee against Obama.
\n\u201cI look forward to supporting the candidate who is the most qualified to help us tackle our country\u2019s most important issues and am hopeful that, when this person emerges, he or she will have the courage to take on the challenges of the Office and be the agent of change that this country so desperately needs,\u201d he said.
\nTrump withdrew as a potential Republican candidate for president on the same day NBC announced it would renew his television show, \u201cThe Apprentice,\u201d for another season. He had been pressured to tell the network whether he would head the program so it can pitch advertisers for the Fall.<\/p>\n

Read more:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2011\/05\/16\/donald-trump-not-running-for-gop-nod-for-president-in-2012\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Huckabee Decision Not to Run Shakes Up GOP Presidential Race<\/strong>
\nGovernor Mike Huckabee, who is strongly pro-life, has decided against putting together a bid for the GOP nomination to face pro-abortion President Barack Obama in 2012. His decision significantly shakes up the race.
\nHuckabee said that, while signs pointed to him having the ability to win not only the nomination but also the general election next Fall, he didn\u2019t have the fire in the belly to run a presidential race.
\n\u201cThe past few weeks, the external signs and signals and answers to many of the obstacles point strongly toward running. When I am with people encouraging me to run, it\u2019s easy to feel the strength of their partnership and commitment to help me to the finish line,\u201d he said. \u201d Only when I was alone, in quiet and reflective moments did I have not only clarity, but an inexplicable inner peace\u2014a peace that exceeds human understanding. All the factors say GO, but my heart says NO. And that is the decision I have made and in it have finally found resolution. I don\u2019t fully understand it myself\u2014but I\u2019m sure the pundits will.\u201d
\nHuckabee seemed to acknowledge that, unlike in 2008, he had a good shot at putting together the kind of campaign that would win the nomination and he pointed to the many polls showing him either the frontrunner or a leading candidate nationally and in many of the early primary and caucus states.
\n\u201cEven though I wasn\u2019t actively establishing a campaign organization or seeking financial support to run again, polls have consistently put me at or near the top to be the Republican nominee,\u201d he said. \u201cConcerns that I had about raising the necessary funds to be competitive or being able to win in states outside the South were answered when signs of strong financial support materialized and when polls showed me winning in states like Pennsylvania, Maine, and even New Jersey. That kind of shattered the notion that I was only a regional candidate or only supported by social conservatives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more: http:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2011\/05\/15\/huckabee-decision-not-to-run-shakes-up-gop-presidential-race\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Source: LifeNews.com Pro-Life News Report, <\/strong><\/span>Monday, May 16, 2011<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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