Huckabee Scandal

Did Clinton Win Ohio on a Lie?

Paul Loeb | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics


Paul Loeb

The nine delegates Clinton netted from Ohio can't be changed, but the salience of of the "NAFTAgate" lie casts into doubt everything she says about the lessons of this victory.

Huckabee Trims Costs, Press Travel

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics


ORLANDO, Fla. — Battling to stay competitive after his weekend loss in South Carolina, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is taking new steps to...

Firefighters Who Lost Sons In 9/11 To Campaign Against Giuliani

LA Times | Stephen Braun | Posted 12.19.2007 | Politics


In an effort reminiscent of the bitter "Swift Boat" campaign during the 2004 presidential race, a group of New York firefighters who lost sons in the ...

Giuliani Begins Retreat From New Hampshire

New York Sun | NICHOLAS WAPSHOTT | Posted 12.18.2007 | Politics


Rudolph Giuliani's decision to largely abandon the early voting state of New Hampshire and concentrate his efforts on the Florida primary three weeks ...

'Huckabee Panic': Conservatives Threaten To Back Hillary Over Huck

Carpetbagger Report | Steve Benen | Posted 12.17.2007 | Politics


Following up on the extensive discussion over the weekend about the conservative establishment's aversion to Mike Huckabee's presidential campaign, An...

Huckabee Equated Homosexuality With Pedophilia, Necrophilia

Mother Jones | David Corn | Posted 12.17.2007 | Politics


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

Huckabee's Boom May Be About Ready to Bust

Margaret Carlson | Posted 12.13.2007 | Politics


Margaret Carlson

Huckabee really is a compassionate conservative, the kind who drives the low-tax, small-government wing of his party insane.

Sam Stein

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.13.2007 | Politics


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

Mike Huckabee, The Last Standing Neoconservative

Larry Womack | Posted 12.11.2007 | Politics


Larry Womack

Huckabee's public comments have clearly shown that he, like any good neoconservative, lacks a moral hierarchy. The equivalences that result are both hilarious and appalling.

What in the Hell Was Huckabee Thinking?

Sean Carman | Posted 12.11.2007 | Politics


Sean Carman

We can only guess at the real reason for huckabee's actions. Here, then, are several possible answers to the question, "What in the Hell was Huckabee Thinking?"

Huckabee-Dumond Files: Text Of Police Report/Affidavit

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.11.2007 | Politics


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...

New Documents Revealed In Case Of Huckabee's Support For Freeing Rapist

The Huffington Post | Sam Stein and Nico Pitney | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics


In the wake of revelations that Mike Huckabee pushed for the parole of a convicted rapist who went on to rape and murder two other women, the former A...

Huckabee-Dumond Files: Letters And Police Report

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics


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...

Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 12.09.2007 | Politics


Arianna Huffington

It was a bumpy week for the GOP frontrunners. Mitt Romney struggled to make voters comfortable with his Mormon values while uttering the M-word only once in a 20-minute speech. Rudy Giuliani was forced to come clean that he had provided taxpayer-funded chauffeur service to his then-mistress earlier than previously admitted. And Mike Huckabee was put on the hot seat by HuffPost's coverage of his role in the release of a serial rapist who went on to rape and kill at least one other woman. And yet Huckabee has surged ahead in Iowa. So, does this mean that voters are more troubled by a different Jesus and sex-on-the city than by an attempt to fudge the ugly facts of a terrible decision?

Sam Stein

How Anti-Clinton Zealots Pushed Huckabee To Let A Rapist Free

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics


In the months, weeks, and even days prior to the parole board hearing for Wayne Dumond, then-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee faced tremendous pressure to ...

The Daily Szep: Huckabee's Plea

Paul Szep | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics


Paul Szep

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Huckabee's NIE Defense: Bush "Had It For Four Years," Didn't Read It

National Journal | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics


Mike Huckabee in Greensboro, N.C. tonight tried to respond to concerns about his lack of familiarity with the National Intelligence Estimate. Digging ...

HuffPolitics' Nico Pitney on Live with Dan Abrams

Huff TV | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics


Huff TV

2007-12-07-nicoabramssized.jpgNico Pitney discusses the Mike Huckabee scandal with two former Arkansas parole board members on Live with Dan Abrams.

Huckabee Tries to Shoot the Messenger, But Wounds His Campaign Instead

Arianna Huffington | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics


Arianna Huffington

The way that Mike Huckabee has handled the furor caused by the Huffington Post's coverage of his role in the release of Wayne Dumond has been very revealing. And troubling.

Huckabee Says Dumond Scandal Will Remain An Issue In Presidential Race

Boston Globe | Susan Milligan | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics


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...

Huckabee Scandal: NYT Says Dumond Episode Will Plague Huckabee

New York Times | Kate Phillips | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics


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...

Mike Huckabee Lashes Out At "Left-Wing" Huffington Post

Talking Points Memo | Greg Sargent | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics


In an interview this morning on MSNBC's Morning Joe, Mike Huckabee lashed out repeatedly at The Huffington Post in response to the Web site's explosiv...

Arianna on Live with Dan Abrams Discussing the Huckabee Scandal

Huff TV | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics


Huff TV

2007-12-06-AH_danabrams_fp.jpg Arianna discussed the Mike Huckabee scandal with the mother of one of Drumond's victims and Dan Abrams.

Huckabee Accuses Former Parole Board Members Of Making Politically Motivated Allegations

CNN | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics


Mike Huckabee appeared on CNN to respond to allegations that while governor of Arkansas he pushed for the early release of a convicted rapist, Wayne D...

Wayne Dumond Victim Speaks

ABC News | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics


The victim of a rapist that presidential candidate Mike Huckabee help release early from prison went on ABC news this morning to discuss he ordeal. ...