Huckabee Knocks Romney, Touts Pawlenty as VP Pick

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) said that John McCain should avoid picking former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) as his running mate and should instead look to Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R).

Huckabee, on Fox News Wednesday, told host Sean Hannity that he’s hesitant about Romney “because of the shift of positions on all the issues.” Romney has changed his stance on “everything from the Reagan tax cuts to abortion to same-sex marriage,” added Huckabee, who was competed with Romney for social conservatives’ votes during the GOP presidential primaries.

Romney, who ran as a pro-life candidate, supported abortion rights during state-wide races in Massachusetts.

“But Tim Pawlenty,” Huckabee said, “I think, is fresh, and he doesn’t have, you know, some of those other issues. I think there are other people. I mean he could go with somebody that we haven’t even talked about. A Frank Keating from — former governor of Oklahoma.”