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Hunter endorses . . . Huckabee!

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: January 24, 2008

In a move predicted by no one I know of, Rep. Duncan Hunter has endorsed Mike Huckabee for the Republican nomination, via CNN's Political Ticker: "I got to know Governor Huckabee well on the campaign trail," Hunter said in a statement. "Of the remaining candidates I feel that he is... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (1 votes cast)

Huckabee trims costs, won't run ads in Florida

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: January 22, 2008 · Comments (7)

Only a few weeks ago Huckabee won the Iowa caucus. Now his campaign looks to be floundering. Battling to stay competitive after his weekend loss in South Carolina, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is taking new steps to save money, including no longer scheduling planes and buses for journalists trying... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (1 votes cast)

Huckabee's curious concession

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: January 20, 2008 · Comments (8)

A couple things struck me about Mike Huckabee's South Carolina concession speech, which you can view here. First, that he was very gracious towards the winner, John McCain. Second, that he wasn't using the opportunity of the free air time to give a stump speech as he had in his... [Full Story]

Rating: 3/5 (2 votes cast)

Does the Huckabee immigration plan lack attribution?

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: January 14, 2008 · Comments (3)

A Washington Post article points out the similarities between the former Arkansas Governor's recently stated proposals and those advocated in by someone writing in a conservative magazine over three years ago. It is hardly surprising that Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, would approve of Mike... [Full Story]

Rating: 3/5 (2 votes cast)

Huckabee adds Pinkerton to team

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: January 11, 2008 · Comments (2)

Respected conservative columnist and political analyst James P. Pinkerton has joined Mike Huckabee's Presidential campaign, it was announced today. Mike Allen and Jonathan Martin report for The Politico: James P. Pinkerton, a well-known conservative commentator and veteran of the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations, has joined Mike Huckabee's presidential... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Huckabee scores on Leno

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: January 3, 2008 · Comments (1)

On the eve of the Iowa Caucuses, Mike Huckabee decided to leave the state to appear on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, taped in Burbank, California. The political press questioned this move in derisive chorus, finishing their transition from favorable to Huckabee to outrightly hostile in near-record time. Huckabee... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (3 votes cast)

More "Huck-ups"

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 30, 2007 · Comments (9)

It's not been a good week for Mike Huckabee on foreign policy. First, his article in Foreign Affairs raised eyebrows in Republican circles. Then, after the assassination of Benizar Bhutto in Pakistan, he first offered "apologies" when he meant "sympathies," a most unfortunate choice of words given the predisposition of... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.7/5 (9 votes cast)

Huckabee to speak at anti-Catholic's church

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 22, 2007 · Comments (6)

Having accomplished his mission of pissing off every Mormon in the country (a group which has tended to vote heavily Republican in recent decades), Mike Huckabee apparently is aiming to alienate Catholics as well. While Catholic voters were long a part of the old FDR Democratic coalition, Republicans, beginning with... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (7 votes cast)

Anti-McCain "poll" calls in New Hampshire

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 17, 2007 · Comments (2)

An automated phone-calling concern ("robo-calls") has been using a technique similar to "push-polling" in New Hampshire, reports Jake Tapper for ABC News: "It was a series of questions that you would associate with a push poll," Campbell said, referring to the negative campaigning technique of pretending to be a pollster... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (2 votes cast)

Huckabee slams Bush

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 15, 2007 · Comments (6)

The one Republican candidate the Democrats won't criticize is Mike Huckabee. They figure if they keep quiet, maybe the GOP will be dumb enough to nominate the lying, thieving, statist tax-and-spender. Huckabee continues to earn the Democrats' confidence every day, now by bashing the Bush White House, as Libby Quaid... [Full Story]

Rating: 2.6/5 (5 votes cast)

Huckabee's pardon woes may just be beginning

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 11, 2007

Along with Mike Huckabee's swift ascent in the polls of the Republican nomination contest comes increased scrutiny of his record. As a "second-tier" candidate, no one - media or opponents - wants to spend the time to dissect your history of foul-ups. Once you become a contender, it's a different... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Huckabee leads Michigan poll, too

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 10, 2007 · Comments (1)

Add Michigan to Iowa and South Carolina on the list of states where Mick Huckabee has come from way behind to a lead in the polls, according to Rasmussen Reports. The pollster shows Huckabee in first with 21% over Romney's 20% and Giuliani's 19% - a difference within the margin... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.7/5 (3 votes cast)

Huckabee called homosexuality 'sinful'

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: December 9, 2007 · Comments (4)

From the water is wet department. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, surging in Iowa polls in the Republican presidential race, wrote on a questionnaire while running for U.S. Senate in 1992 that homosexuality is "aberrant" and "sinful." Huckabee is a Southern Baptist. That he would hold such a view is... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.3/5 (3 votes cast)

Poll puts Huckabee in lead in SC

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 8, 2007 · Comments (3)

In the last week or so, Mike Huckabee has surged to the lead in Iowa and into at least a close second nationally in polls of the Republican nomination contest. Now he is also showing a lead in South Carolina, according to Rasmussen Reports: Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee has... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Mike Huckabee releases immigration plan

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: December 7, 2007 · Comments (2)

After pounding the Governor in two recent posts, I'll try being a little bit nice this time. From AP- Punish employers who hire illegal immigrants, create a system to verify citizenship and stop the IRS and Social Security Administration from accepting fake Social Security numbers. _Pass a tax plan, called... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.1/5 (7 votes cast)

Huckabee: God Wants Me to Be President

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: December 6, 2007 · Comments (5)

Here's a transcript- STUDENT: Recent polls show you surging... What do you attribute this surge to? HUCKABEE: There's only one explanation for it, and it's not a human one. It's the same power that helped a little boy with two fish and five loaves feed a crowd of five... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Mike Huckabee has a problem- Wayne Dumond

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: December 6, 2007 · Comments (2)

Don't know who Dumond is? Let Byron York at The National Review Online fill you in. It began in September 1984, when Dumond, a 35-year-old handyman, kidnapped and raped a 17-year-old high-school cheerleader in the small eastern-Arkansas town of Forrest City. Dumond was allowed to remain free on bond while... [Full Story]

Rating: 3/5 (2 votes cast)

Huckabee ducks creationism question

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 5, 2007 · Comments (9)

Months of hard work on a shoestring budget have brought former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee into the Republican nomination spotlight, and he is having trouble adjusting, it seems. First, he reacted strongly to a question over whether "creationism" should be taught in public schools, report Liz Sidoti and Libby Quaid... [Full Story]

Rating: 2.3/5 (6 votes cast)

Huckabee leading Iowa in 2 major polls

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 3, 2007 · Comments (2)

Two major polls released in recent days show former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee surging into the lead in the Iowa Republican Caucuses. The Des Moines Register shows Huckabee leading Romney 29%-24%, gaining 17% support since the last poll in early October. Giuliani trails with 13% in third, while Thompson holds... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.2/5 (5 votes cast)

Poll shows Huckabee moving up in Iowa

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: November 14, 2007

The Republican battle for the Iowa caucuses is heating up, as former Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas, long thought a "second-tier" candidate, is closing on leader Mitt Romney, according to the latest CBS News/New York Times poll: While Romney still holds the lead at 27 percent in the poll, Huckabee... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Romney, Huckabee in virtual tie in Values Voters straw poll

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: October 21, 2007 · Comments (4)

The Values Voters' straw poll results are in, and Romney takes a narrow first with 1595 votes and 27.61% over Mike Huckabee's 1565/27.15%, with Ron Paul in third place with 865 votes for 15%, Fred Thompson winning 564 votes and just under 10%. The rest trailed "undecided." Interestingly, Huckabee won... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Huckabee wins SC straw poll

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 21, 2007 · Comments (15)

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee may be only barely in the "top tier" of Republican candidates, but he was the top contender who showed up in person at the Palmetto Family Values' "stump and straw poll" meeting. That was enough to earn him the win, though, Jim Davenport reports for... [Full Story]

Rating: 2.2/5 (10 votes cast)

Huckabee may become a factor

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 7, 2007 · Comments (9)

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee is seeing a continuing "bump" from his second-place finish in the Ames Straw Poll last month, and may be on the verge of breaking into the "top tier" of Republican candidates, John Whitesides reports for Reuters: "The earth has shifted for us," Huckabee said in... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (5 votes cast)

Huckabee drawing more attention

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 30, 2007 · Comments (5)

Following his surprising second place showing in the Ames Straw Poll, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee is drawing bigger crowds and getting more free media, writes Jared Strong for The Des Moines Register: Mike Huckabee's meet-and-greet event on Wednesday - his first in Iowa since a strong finish in the... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (3 votes cast)

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