Christianity Today just posted its interview with Mike Huckabee last night, but Maurice Clemmons is noticeably absent.
That's because the interview was taken during his book tour in "mid-November".
Still, it's got some good questions, including this.
Q: A lot of people compare you and Sarah Palin as conservative Christian candidates. What separates you two? What makes you different?
A: Well, it's hard for me to say what's different because I don't know. I don't know how people make the comparison. We were both governors, we certainly are both pretty clear in our expression of faith, so yeah, we share those things.
But other than those things, I'm not sure where the comparisons are. We're both Republican, we're both pro-life—there are a lot of similarities that way—but she has a very different political direction than I do. I'm not sure of her future politically, and I'm really not sure of mine either.
(ea) It's tough to figure out what Huckabee means when he says Palin has "a very different political direction than I do".
He obviously doesn't mean they're in the same boat of ambiguity concerning their future plans, because he acknowledges that in the last sentence. Thus, that would be a similarity.
Considering the context, it seems like he's talking about ideology. He concedes they've got similar social values, but suggests their affinities end there. Still, you'd think he'd elaborate more, so it's still not crystal clear what he's thinking.
