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  RealClearPolitics - Articles - The Republican to Watch: Mike Huckabee?
Huckabee, if he chooses to run for president in 2008, has another asset: while front-runners John McCain and Rudy Giuliani have placed large bets on the success of President Bush's Iraq policy, Huckabee has maintained what you might call loyal distance.
But Huckabee is also a Southerner with unassailable Christian evangelical credentials: a Baptist minister, he attended Ouachita Baptist University and was president of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention.
Huckabee makes the case that he was as an effective governor who happens to be a serious evangelical, not the other way around.
www.realclearpolitics.com /articles/2007/01/the_republican_to_watch_mike_h.html   (703 words)

  
  Mike Huckabee for President - About
Huckabee is recognized as a national leader, having been honored by several renowned publications and organizations for his numerous accomplishments.
Huckabee was elected to a full four-year term as governor in 1998, attracting the largest percentage of the vote ever received by a Republican gubernatorial nominee in Arkansas, and was re-elected to another four-year term in November 2002.
Huckabee first was elected lieutenant governor in a 1993 special election and was elected to a full four-year term in 1994.
www.mikehuckabee.com /index.cfm?FuseAction=About.Home   (1085 words)

  
  Mike Huckabee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Huckabee was elected Governor of Arkansas Boys State in 1972.
Huckabee also led a campaign to dedicate via constitutional amendment 1/8 of one cent of the state sales tax to improvement of the state's park system and natural resources, which had fallen into serious disrepair (and was an embarrassment for a state billing itself as "The Natural State").
In 2000, Huckabee also led a campaign to funnel 100 percent of the state's tobacco settlement revenues into the state's health care system, rather than into the general fund (as other states had done, where it could be used for non-health related purposes).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mike_Huckabee   (2380 words)

  
 Arkansas | Governor Mike Huckabee
Huckabee also is the past chairman of the Education Commission of the States, a highly respected education policy organization, where he led a movement to encourage the stability of art and music programs in public schools.
Huckabee was elected to a full four-year term as governor in 1998, attracting the largest percentage of the vote ever received by a Republican gubernatorial nominee in Arkansas, and was re-elected to another four-year term in November 2002.
Huckabee, a noted outdoorsman, was honored in 1997 as the American Sportfishing Association Man of the Year and was inducted in 2000 to the Arkansas Outdoor Hall of Fame.
www.arkansas.gov /governor/biography.html   (1633 words)

  
 Save The GOP » Mike Huckabee   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mike Huckabee - fought conservative state legislators in Arkansas tooth and nail to prevent a crackdown on illegal immigrants.
Huckabee is extremely sound on the social issues, and for all we know on the foreign policy issues as well.
According to an unabashedly pro-Huckabee website, Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (ironically also from Hope, AR) is actually doing two events in NH this weekend and obviously is interested in running for President.
www.savethegop.com /archives/category/white-house-2008/mike-huckabee   (690 words)

  
 JAG - Mike Huckabee
Huckabee became Arkansas' 44th elected governor after winning the November 1998 election with the highest percentage of the vote ever received by a Republican gubernatorial nominee in Arkansas.
Huckabee is on the nine-member executive committee of the National Governors Association.
Huckabee is the chairman-elect of the Education Commission of the States, a national education policy organization.
www.jag.org /mike_huckabee.htm   (1094 words)

  
 Hotline On Call: H-MRI: Mike Huckabee, The Sam's Club Candidate?
Huckabee conceded he had a "visceral" - and he did not mean positive - reaction to NSA data mining of phone records.
Huckabee, who supports guest worker programs and is not an immigration hard-liner, said he believes opposition to comprehensive immigration reform was "irrational in many cases." And he did not discount the causative factor of racism.
Huckabee's defenders say his record as a tax-cutting governor is unmatched in the state's history, which is true.
hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com /archives/2006/08/hmri_mike_hucka.html   (2544 words)

  
 Governing: 2005 Public Officials of the Year/Huckabee
Huckabee, who has been testing the 2008 presidential waters, is a true exemplar of the concept of “compassionate conservatism.” He has overseen breakthroughs in health coverage for children, education management and school finance.
Huckabee (who hails from Bill Clinton’s hometown of Hope) was serving as lieutenant governor but preparing for a U.S. Senate race in 1996 when his predecessor, Jim Guy Tucker, was convicted on conspiracy and mail fraud charges.
Huckabee, 50, is a Republican —; still a relatively rare breed in Arkansas —; and jousted for a time with the Democrats who control the legislature.
www.governing.com /poy/2005/huckabee.htm   (711 words)

  
 Le Magazine, December 2005 - Cover Story: Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee
Huckabee is the rare high-ranking government official who believes it is possible to achieve optimal health and wellness while reducing and even eliminating degenerative disease.
Mike Huckabee was a heavyweight long before he entered the political ring in Arkansas.
Huckabee was raised a Southern Baptist by working-class parents in the “land of deep fried,” a culture in which food—usually fried, and lots of it—was offered as a reward in good times and a consolation in bad times.
www.lef.org /magazine/mag2005/dec2005_cover_huckabee_01.htm   (2430 words)

  
 Mike Huckabee - dKosopedia
Mike Huckabee is the Republican Governor of Arkansas.
Led around with three other governors by their military handlers in a tour of Iraq, Huckabee is quoted as saying that insurgency is losing momentum despite evidence that insurgent attacks and sophistication increased over the past year.
Of course the light bulb Huckabee thinks he sees might be the light at the end of the tunnel, accompanied by the sound of a train.
www.dkosopedia.com /w/index.php?title=Mike_Huckabee&printable=yes   (138 words)

  
 Majikthise : Mike Huckabee is the Republican's Jared Fogel   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Huckabee's wifey was quite the ethical goddess, challenging the rights of minority voters, women voters, even senior voters, to cast their vote in the State Captial.
Mike Huckabee needs to eat crow for the rest of his days as a result of his actions in office, and those of his bigoted wife.
Huckabee's "mystifying" rise as a presidential candidate is attributable to his sincerity, honesty, and fabulous executive experience record as a Governor.
majikthise.typepad.com /majikthise_/2006/05/mike_huckabee_i.html   (2178 words)

  
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MIKE HUCKABEE: One of my major roles to play was that of pioneer, to create a competitive political environment as well as to be the voice for the pro-life community and for not just Republicans, but for Christians and conservatives, who frankly have not been represented much in Arkansas over the past few decades.
MIKE HUCKABEE: I was so welcomed that my door was nailed shut from the inside by the then secretary of state, who just wanted to let me know that he really didn't like the idea of a Republican being in the state capitol.
MIKE HUCKABEE: They weren't sure if she would live, and if she did, they weren't sure if she would be paralyzed from the waist down.
www.cbn.com /700club/features/huckabee.asp?option=print   (1315 words)

  
 Huckabee Riding the Bounce - TIME
Mike Huckabee likes to think of his campaign as the fat bumblebee whose ability to fly has baffled generations of scientists.
Huckabee has raised just $2.3 million in total, and had $650,000 cash on hand as of Sept. 30, but he is surging in Iowa polls.
Huckabee knows that the attacks are only helping his candidacy, helping him stand out with undecided voters looking for a sunny alternative to all the doom and gloom coming from Romney and Rudy Giuliani.
www.time.com /time/politics/article/0,8599,1689522,00.html?xid=rss-topstories   (680 words)

  
 Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee
A man of faith and convictions, Huckabee has found what seems to be the perfect balance of state affairs and faith affairs, finding that his faith is seemingly the springboard for his service in public office.
Huckabee is also a champion for the original definition of marriage and for that marriage to stay as far away from divorce as possible.
Huckabee knows where the truth of where his tomorrows lie, in the light of eternity.
christiannews.christianet.com /1107179115.htm   (923 words)

  
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At one time, Gov. Mike Huckabee was a big man. He dreaded climbing the two flights of marble stairs in the Arkansas statehouse.
Huckabee resolved to change his diet and lifestyle, and in about 10 months, he lost 105 pounds.
To avoid the drive-thru, Gov. Huckabee started taking his meals in a cooler: a salad and some lean turkey or chicken for lunch, apples for snacks, and grilled or steamed vegetables.
www.cbn.com /700club/guests/bios/mike_huckabee_121504.asp   (1043 words)

  
 Oval Office 2008: Mike Huckabee - Fundraising gently, spending frugally
Huckabee has twice as much cash on hand in his PAC as either New York Governor George Pataki or Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, according to the News Bureau.
Mike Huckabee is on the wrong side of the immigration debate.
This means that Mike Huckabee is, in fact, on the right side of the immigration debate.
www.ovaloffice2008.com /2006/04/mike-huckabee-fundraising-gently.html   (529 words)

  
 mike huckabee - Wonkette
Mike Huckabee appeared with champion endorser and lady-beater extraordinaire Ric Flair this weekend at the South Carolina-Clemson football game, where they drank, ate, maybe beat up some chicks.
Huckabee has been spending money and time in Iowa like a true fan of corn and pork since his strong showing in the Iowa straw poll last summer.
Mike Huckabee’s overextended metaphor is charmingly revealing to people who don’t use the oven to heat their apartments.
www.wonkette.com /politics/mike-huckabee   (2414 words)

  
 Meet the Next President: Huckabee Rising - Examiner.com
Mike Huckabee says his prospects for winning the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 might actually improve if his own party takes a beating in the 2006 midterm elections.
Huckabee has an unusually keen understanding of the political threat posed to the GOP by Clinton’s wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is widely regarded as the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008.
Huckabee has made obesity a major public policy issue because he believes the attendant health care costs are unsustainable.
www.examiner.com /a-282088~Meet_the_Next_President__Mike_Huckabee.html   (2338 words)

  
 Mike Huckabee President 2008
Huckabee has basically moved his campaign to the state (see story) and believes that his support among white, evangelical voters will help him catch up to Romney's superior organization.
According to a Huckabee insider in Iowa, the event would be staged in that state at a rally, followed by a bus tour across the state, and an appearance by Huckabee on Dobson’s radio show, which is heard nationally.
Huckabee finished a strong second with 18 percent of the vote even though his voters had to pay their own way.
mikehuckabeepresident2008.blogspot.com   (2382 words)

  
 2008 Presidential Campaign Blog: Mike Huckabee
Huckabee was accompanied to the Secretary of State's Office by more than 75 supporters, including one of the state's most respected political leaders, Ruth Griffin, who announced her endorsement of the Governor at the filing.
Huckabee, who participated in one of Gingrich's 'American Solutions' workshops in New Hampshire on Saturday, said he was pleased by the former Speaker's comments on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" that he is an appealing candidate who would be "instantly viable" if given funds to succeed.
Huckabee was elected to a full four-year term as governor in 1998, attracting the largest percentage of the vote ever received by a Republican gubernatorial nominee in Arkansas, and was re-elected to another four-year term in November 2002.
blog.4president.org /2008/mike_huckabee   (14844 words)

  
 Arkansas News Bureau - Huckabee's White House calculus
Mike Huckabee really is going to run for president, a person close to him told me matter-of-factly at an accidental lunch meeting the other day.
For the moment, Huckabee wouldn't be among the top 10 prospects mentioned if you asked a supposed national political expert to assess the likely field of Republican candidates for president in 2008.
Huckabee might be next in line only because he's on a book tour and getting interviewed every time he turns around about losing a third of himself and running a marathon.
www.arkansasnews.com /archive/2005/05/22/JohnBrummett/321715.html   (595 words)

  
 President Bush's faith is authentic, Huckabee says - (BP)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In each instance, Huckabee said he's come away from the conversations with a profound appreciation for the faith of the nation's commander-in-chief.
Huckabee, 45, and Bush became acquainted while the two served as governors of neighboring states.
Huckabee was re-elected to another four-year term in Arkansas last November.
www.bpnews.net /bpnews.asp?ID=15300   (345 words)

  
 Mike Huckabee's Media Meltdown - Wonkette
Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, the fitness fanatic and likely 2008 presidential candidate, is in a spat right now with the Arkansas Times.
Huckabee is a petty, vindictive little man who gets upset when you call him on his challenged ethics and his penchant for giving clemency to prisoners who claim to love Jesus and then go out and kill (look up the story on Wayne Dumond).
Huckabee shut off the Arkansas Times because it’s not “a legitimate news organization.” But he was more than happy to appear last night on The Colbert Report.
wonkette.com /politics/.../mike-huckabees-media-meltdown-171291.php   (603 words)

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