Which GOP Presidential Hopefuls Released Books This Year? (PHOTOS)

It will be months before their faces, voices, gaffes and heroic back-stories overtake the national consciousness. But with an eye toward 2012, several Republican presidential hopefuls have brought out books this year - or else reissued previously published books to get in on the action.

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Recent reports have cast doubt on Mike Huckabee's intentions, with pundits wondering if he really plans to run. "A Simple Government: Twelve Things We Really Need from Washington (and a Trillion That We Don't!)" echoes that uncertainty, as Huckabee admits frustration with the "irksome" political system and its substance-free inanities. "I actually dread the process," he writes, "having been through it before and contemplating whether to enter it again." Still, the Arkansas-governor-turned-Fox-News-host has identified, with his trademark mix of earnestness and folksy humor, twelve areas in which America might improve and correct the straying policies the Obama era. Huckabee adopts a sunny demeanor as he charts a course of staunch conservatism, ranging from familiar hobby horses (strong families as the backbone of America, a return to more local government) to culture wars red meat (he opposes legalized abortions and gay marriage). He's not above you-and-me-vs.-the-elites pandering, though unlike some of his counterparts, his jabs owe more to humor than anything else: "I'm writing for people who aren't ashamed to eat hot dogs and hamburgers (in moderation!) and probably think that a meal of snails is better suited to birds and fish than to humans."

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Recent reports have cast doubt on Mike Huckabee's intentions, with pundits wondering if he really plans to run. "A Simple Government: Twelve Things We Really Need from Washington (and a Trillion That We Don't!)" echoes that uncertainty, as Huckabee admits frustration with the "irksome" political system and its substance-free inanities. "I actually dread the process," he writes, "having been through it before and contemplating whether to enter it again."

Still, the Arkansas-governor-turned-Fox-News-host has identified, with his trademark mix of earnestness and folksy humor, twelve areas in which America might improve and correct the straying policies the Obama era.

Huckabee adopts a sunny demeanor as he charts a course of staunch conservatism, ranging from familiar hobby horses (strong families as the backbone of America, a return to more local government) to culture wars red meat (he opposes legalized abortions and gay marriage).

He's not above you-and-me-vs.-the-elites pandering, though unlike some of his counterparts, his jabs owe more to humor than anything else: "I'm writing for people who aren't ashamed to eat hot dogs and hamburgers (in moderation!) and probably think that a meal of snails is better suited to birds and fish than to humans."

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[Jimmy Wooden]

05:25 PM on 03/07/2011

What, no fake book reviews? This guy wrote these chronically unfunny fake book reviews for the Barnes & Noble site called "Grin and Tonic." Sample:
http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Grin-Tonic/Another-Mixed-Up-Review/ba-p/3508

Yep, they were that bad.

[dzent1]

03:58 PM on 02/28/2011

Scott Brown: "Honey, you should run for president! You're cute enough and people will vote for you on that alone..."

[Candace8383]

11:00 AM on 03/09/2011

not smart people
remember when people wanted to have a beer with Bush
how did that work out?

[mamacat]

07:33 AM on 02/28/2011

"A Simple Government"? Or "A Simpleton's Government"?

[pita143]

12:52 PM on 02/26/2011

I still would like to see a change to how Books are ranked. NO BULK PURCHASES should be included in the figures to establish rankings. Murdoch has gotten that trick down to a science. He has his Conservative writers buy their own books in Bulk to raise the book on the charts. Then these same people donate those books to Conservatives groups, take the tax deduction, and then ALSO get a kickback from Murdoch on the bulk sales. Sarah Palin got in trouble with the IRS because she used her PAC money to buy the books, BUT she pocketed the kick back money in violation of the Tax Laws.
NO ONE should be able to manipulate the rankings of books by tricks.