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Voices in Robinson: Huckabee getting votes
At the Robinson ISD administration building, Nadine Butler was there to vote for Mike Huckabee. She attended Huckabee’s appearance in Waco last week, but had to settle for listening to the candidate from an overflow room. “I would have loved to have seen him, ” she says.
Butler, 74, backs Huckabee because of his anti-abortion stance.
Some Republicans may be counting the former Arkansas governor out because rival John McCain has a large delegate lead, but not Butler. “I think he has a chance.”
Tammy Williams, 36, came out to vote for her friend, Kelly Snell, who is running against Republican incumbent Wendell Crunk for a seat on the McLennan County commissioners court.
Atop the ticket, she’s voting for McCain. “I know Mike Huckabee stands no chance, so why waste my vote?”
DeWayne Curtis was excited to be at the polls to vote for Democrat Barack Obama. His No. 1 issue: the economy, including the rising cost of gas. He said he thinks Obama will bring jobs that have gone overseas back to America.
“He’s a wonderful man,” says Curtis, 30. “I believe he has the people’s hearts in mind. I hope he brings about change. I want to see the country unite.”
A 34-year-old woman who didn’t want to be named is not so hot on Barack. In fact, although she’s a Republican, she crossed over to vote for Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary in a bid to keep Obama from winning. “I think he’s all smoke and mirrors.”
A Kelly Snell campaign supporter who was out at the polling place said she wishes the primary were more like the general election, where voters could choose candidates from both parties. She says she knows people who want to vote for Snell, but who would like to vote Democratic for president. “It’s messed a lot of people up,” she says.
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