Mike Huckabee Leading Polls

Huckabee's XenophObamia

Dr. Jeffrey H. Toney | Posted 05.25.2011

Dr. Jeffrey H. Toney

Mike Huckabee's latest remarks about President Obama reflect an anti-intellectual, xenophobic mindset within our nation -- the term "xenophObamia" comes to mind.

"Hucka-Bounce"

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

Shockingly, I have only heard this twice: The first was John Roberts on CNN last Friday morning, talking to Huckabee after his Iowa win, and the secon...

Huckabee Delivers At NH Church: 'We Have Signed Up To Be Part Of God's Army, To Be Soldiers For Christ"

Washington Post | Perry Bacon Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

A pastor from Texas was scheduled to deliver the sermon Sunday at a church here called the Crossing. But instead this small evangelical congregation ...

Huckabee Faces Problems In New Hampshire

Wall Street Journal | Mary Jacoby | Posted 05.25.2011

There's trouble on the horizon for Mike Huckabee. The former Arkansas governor and Baptist minister may be riding high in Iowa, buoyed in part by sup...

Bill Clinton Predicts Huckabee Win

New York | Posted 05.25.2011

Late yesterday, Bill Clinton made an interesting statement while stumping for Hillary in Iowa. He predicted Mike Huckabee (who, like Clinton, hails fr...

Huckabee: I Approve This Message!

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

Well now, I might have been mistaken yesterday — perhaps Mike Huckabee really did overplay his hand with that pulling-of-the-negative- Romney-ad...

Huckabee's Media Savvy

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

Of course the press is going to be cynical about Huckabee's press conference announcing his decision to withhold a negative Romney ad. So? That hasn't stopped anyone from writing about it.

Huckabee Infighting With Top Adviser Threatens Campaign "Tailspin"

NY Times | David Kirkpatrick | Posted 05.25.2011

About three weeks ago, Mike Huckabee received an unexpected e-mail message from the veteran political consultant and television commentator Ed Rollins...

Huck = Harriet Miers?

The Atlantic | Marc Ambinder | Posted 05.25.2011

A conservative counter-revolution is breaking out in the talk radio universe and on prominent conservative blogs. The same forces that joined to forc...

Huckabee: We Treat Inmates At Guantanamo Bay 'Too Nice'

Think Progress | Posted 05.25.2011

During a campaign stop in Iowa today, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee commented on the conditions at the military detention center in Guantanam...

Non-Believing US Voters Feel Demonized

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011

One presidential hopeful is a preacher, another proudly Mormon, and most openly tout their Christianity. In an arena where faith can make or break a p...

Will Thomas

Huckabee Faces A Rush Limbaugh Barrage

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 05.25.2011

Before today, radio host Rush Limbaugh has -- in his own words -- "studiously avoided" attacking presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. That silence en...

Romney Strategy Threatened By Huckabee Ascent

Washington Post | Michael Shear | Posted 05.25.2011

A year ago, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney gathered his campaign team for the first time at his suburban Boston home. There were PowerPoint...

Sam Stein

Falwell's Hero: How Huckabee Has Championed The Christian Right

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Before, during, and even following his time as governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee enjoyed the strong support of the controversial Christian conservat...

Huckabee Equated Homosexuality With Pedophilia, Necrophilia

Mother Jones | David Corn | Posted 05.25.2011

At the last Republican presidential debate, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, who had surged into the lead in the Iowa polls, pitched himself as...

Will Thomas

Romney Defends Faith But Won't Answer Huckabee Question on Jesus

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 05.25.2011

Mitt Romney this morning deflected questions about his faith raised by rival Mike Huckabee, while maintaining that his religious beliefs should not be...

Will Thomas

Huckabee's Christmas Ad, Ron Paul Fires Back

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 05.25.2011

Mike Huckabee is bringing his Christmas cheer, and his Baptist minister roots, to Iowans this election season. His recent ad, "What Really Matters," ...

Huckabee-Dumond Files: Text Of Police Report/Affidavit

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Comes [REDACTED] and having been duly sworn, deposes and says: My name is [REDACTED] I am [REDACTED] with the Arkansas State Police and am the com...

Huckabee Says Dumond Scandal Will Remain An Issue In Presidential Race

Boston Globe | Susan Milligan | Posted 05.25.2011

Huckabee did not say yesterday whether he had read those letters. But in 1996, he spoke to the victim of the 1984 rape, Ashley Stevens, who told the G...

Murray Waas

Former Aide Contradicts Huckabee Defense Of Rapist's Release

HuffingtonPost.com | Murray Waas | Posted 05.25.2011

Directly contradicting Mike Huckabee's claims, his former senior aide tells the Huffington Post that, as governor of Arkansas, Huckabee indeed told th...

Mike Huckabee Leads By 22 Points In Iowa In Latest Poll

Newsweek | Michael Hirsh | Posted 05.25.2011

Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee has vaulted over his major GOP challengers to take a commanding lead in the race to win the Iowa caucuses, whil...

Huckabee-Dumond Files: Letters And Police Report

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Click on the button in the lower right corner of the image to see a larger version. Click on the numbers (or +/- signs) at the bottom to scroll throug...

Huckabee Scandal: NYT Says Dumond Episode Will Plague Huckabee

New York Times | Kate Phillips | Posted 05.25.2011

As for former parole board members coming forward now who say that Mr. Huckabee, as governor, persuaded them to release Mr. DuMond, the Republican can...

Huckabee: God Responsible For My Rise In Polls

Mother Jones | Jonathan Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

There is so much about Christian evangelicals that coastal liberals don't understand. Like how a man of obvious intelligence can attribute his rise in...

Huckabee Email List 70 Million Strong

Washington Post | Chris Cillizza And Shailagh Murray | Posted 05.25.2011

Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee's surge in Iowa, from single digits in the polls to a virtual tie for the lead among Republicans, has captivate...