"A Republican in my state of Arkansas feels about as out of place as Michael Vick at the West Minister dog show"

This quote by Mike Huckabee is an amusing way of expressing the political divide in Arkansas. Huckabee is implying that a Republican in Arkansas is a minority, and is declined by the majority of the population. He is also making a contrast to Michael Vick, a former NFL quarterback who was convicted of animal cruelty, participating in the prestigious Westminster Dog Show. This contrast is indicated to stress the feeling of being an outsider in a location where one does not belong. Huckabee is recommending that a Republican in Arkansas is declined by the majority of the population, and is as out of place as Michael Vick would be at the Westminster Dog Show. This quote is an amusing way of expressing the political divide in Arkansas, and the feeling of being an outsider in a location where one does not belong.