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Clemency for Huckabee

David Vines | Posted 12.13.2009 | Politics


David Vines

Candidates have strong incentives to keep criminals behind bars. But when such standards trickle down to nonviolent criminals, prison populations and government debt soar, and lives are ruined.

John Thune: The GOP's Answer to Obama?

Politics Daily | Matt Lewis | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics


While names like Palin, Romney and Huckabee get most of the attention when it comes to 2012 presidential speculation, a dark horse may be rising out o...

Huckabee: Big Tent 'Will Kill Conservative Movement' (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics


Some Republicans are concerned about how to expand their party's base -- but former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee isn't one of them. The S.E. Calga...

Joe Scarborough For President? Mark McKinnon Floats The Idea On Hardball (VIDEO)

Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics


Joe Scarborough could be a great Republican presidential candidate in 2012, according to Republican strategist and media adviser Mark McKinnon. McKin...

Maurice Clemmons Had Kids On Hit List

McClatchy | Adam Lynn | Posted 12.02.2009 | Home


TACOMA, Wash. -- Maurice Clemmons threatened to kill more than just cops in the days before he massacred four police officers at a coffee shop. Scho...

Jason Tolbert, HuckPAC Coordinator, Resigns Citing Clemency Decision

Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics


The Arkansas coordinator for Mike Huckabee's political action committee resigned Tuesday in part because the former governor granted clemency to a man...

Would Mike Huckabee Find Mike Huckabee Disgusting?

John R. Bohrer | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics


John R. Bohrer

Huckabee is disgusted by some in the pundit business -- many on the right -- who are attacking his clemency decision. One wonders if he should also be disgusted by his own pundit remarks following Ted Kennedy's death.

Huckabee's Clemmons Decision Questioned After Shootings

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics


LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — As governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee had a hand pardoning or commuting many more prisoners than his three immediate predec...

Maurice Clemmons Alive: Police Say Suspect In Ambush That Killed 4 Cops May Be Staying With Relatives

AP | GENE JOHNSON | Posted 12.01.2009 | Home


SEATTLE — Authorities believe the man sought in the slaying of four police officers is still alive and has been aided by a network of friends an...

Huckabee Granted Clemency To Maurice Clemmons, Person Of Interest, In Ambush That Killed 4 Cops

AP / Huffington Post | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics


A man with an extensive criminal past -- whose 95-year prison sentence was commuted in Arkansas nearly a decade ago by then-Gov. Mike Huckabee-- was b...

Sam Stein

Dean: Obama Will Win In 2012, 'Going To Do Fine'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics


Former DNC Chair Howard Dean urged progressives on Sunday to have patience with President Barack Obama, predicting that the White House would pass com...

How Sarah Palin Could Win The 2012 GOP Nomination

Politics Daily | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics


If Palin can maintain, say, 35-percent support in a multi-candidate presidential field, then she is the odds-on favorite for the GOP nomination. The ...

Huckabee In Israel: A Palestinian State Within Holy Land "Unrealistic"

AP | JEN THOMAS | Posted 09.18.2009 | World


JERUSALEM — The U.S. has taken too harsh a stance against Israel on the issue of settlements, hindering peace negotiations, former Arkansas gove...

Mike Huckabee In Israel: Obama's Harsh Stance Hurts Peace Talks

AP | JEN THOMAS | Posted 09.17.2009 | World


JERUSALEM — The U.S. has taken too harsh a stance against Israel on the issue of settlements, hindering peace negotiations, former Arkansas gove...

Sarah Palin Insults Our Intelligence One Last Time

Jim David | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics


Jim David

Palin insults our intelligence by making nonsensical speeches and dredging up hoary political clichés thinking we won't notice and then gets mad when we notice.

East Jerusalem Settlements: Mike Huckabee Joins The Fray, Will Broadcast From Disputed Site

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 08.21.2009 | World


The dispute over a highly controversial East Jerusalem Israeli settlement project came to a head Tuesday when direct, public statements from France, R...

Sam Stein

Rove Cold On Palin's Move: "It Hurts" Her Chances in 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.05.2009 | Politics


Karl Rove who successfully guided President Bush to the White House twice, was remarkably cold on Sarah Palin's decision to resign as governor of Alas...

Huckabee Poem Calls On Pelosi To Step Down

The Hill | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics


Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) penned a poem for his website in which the potential 2012 presidential candidate calls on House Speaker Nancy P...

Huckabee: "Hard To Keep From Laughing" At GOP Listening Tour

Fox News | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics


A new group was recently formed that is calling itself a group of experts for the purpose of making the Republican Party attractive to voters again. T...

Inside Mike Huckabee's Fox News Green Room: "The Homiest Part Of 'Huckabee'"

New York Times | Alan Feuer | Posted 05.31.2009 | Media


Without doubt, the green room is the homiest part of "Huckabee": a comfortable space resembling an airport lounge, with its odd array of visitors and ...

Rachel Weiner

Huckabee Cracks Joke About Vote Suppression During GOP Rally, McAuliffe Upset

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.03.2009 | Politics


While campaigning for Republican Virginia gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee jokingly made reference to voter s...

Huckabee Likens Abortion To Slavery At Fundraiser

AP | Chris Blank | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics


JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee likened abortion to slavery in a Monday speech dur...

Sam Stein

Huckabee Whacks MSNBC, Chris Matthews, And Geithner

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics


Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday, former Arkansas Gov. and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee went immediately a...

Huckabee: Bleatin' Good in the Neighborhood

Ellis Weiner | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics


Ellis Weiner

Mike Huckabee, universally lauded as "America's Relatively Sane Religious Nut," claimed last week that California's Proposition 8 "did not ban gay marriage."

Arianna, Mike Huckabee Duke It Out In Pennsylvania (VIDEO)

CBS Local News | Mike Parker | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics


CBS local news reports: A former governor and a former candidate for governor, each with political opinions that couldn't set them further apart were...