Mike Huckabee

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Off The Bus | Posted 12.11.2007 | Home


Off The Bus

Do presidential candidates fake it while campaigning? Huckabee recruits his army to fend off attackers. Edwards levitates America. McCain has feelings, too.

Huckabee Email List 70 Million Strong

Washington Post | Chris Cillizza And Shailagh Murray | Posted 12.11.2007 | Politics


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...

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...

Romney To Run First Attack Ad Against Huckabee In Iowa

AP | GLEN JOHNSON and LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics


His shot at the Republican presidential nomination in jeopardy, Mitt Romney will begin running a TV ad against Iowa front-runner Mike Huckabee on ille...

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...

Mike Huckabee, Meet Ann Coulter

Robin Gerber | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics


Robin Gerber

I'm not suggesting anything a-Biblical. On the contrary, Huckabee and Coulter are Christo-politico soul mates, pure in their shared vision for America.

That Was Then...

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics


Charles Karel Bouley

When I hear about the 13 percent increase of HIV/AIDS in my community, I can't despise Huckabee for what he said about a quarantine. Our way doesn't seem to be working.

Huckabee: Araknsas School Shootings Occurred "In A Nation That Has Forgotten Its God"

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | LINDA S. CAILLOUET | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics


Government may have dropped the ball in modern American society, but religion dropped it first, Gov. Mike Huckabee told Southern Baptist pastors Sunda...

Why Mitt Romney's Speech on Religion Did Not Matter

Matt Littman | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics


Matt Littman

Mitt Romney is a panderer. He will do and say anything if it helps him get elected, but in truth, none of what he's doing helps him.

Poll: Hillary Viewed As Most Positive Candidate

NYT's The Caucus | Dalia Sussman | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics


The latest New York Times/CBS News poll finds voters give the presidential candidates positive marks on at least one score at this stage in their camp...

Huckabee Flashback: "Take This Nation Back For Christ"

Political Wire | Taegan Goddard | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics


"I hope we answer the alarm clock and take this nation back for Christ." -- Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R), quoted by the Arkansas Democrat Gazette ...

Republican Candidates Avoiding Iowa

Chicago Tribune | Rick Pearson | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics


As Democrats compete furiously for support throughout the nation's first presidential contest state, most Republican contenders have been bypassing Io...

Nico Pitney

Huckabee Won't "Recant" His Call For AIDS Quarantine

HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | Posted 12.09.2007 | Politics


This morning on Fox News Sunday, former governor Mike Huckabee acknowledged that he previously advocated quarantining AIDS patients, but said he would...

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?

Mike Huckabee Leads By 22 Points In Iowa In Latest Poll

Newsweek | Michael Hirsh | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics


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...

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 ...

Huckabee's Plain Speak and the Saudi Hollywood Roundup

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics


Raymond J. Learsy

Huckabee understands that our relations with Saudi Arabia as constituted today, represent a danger to the future of the country.

New Report: Ron Paul Third In Iowa?

Chase Martyn | Posted 12.07.2007 | Home


Chase Martyn

Iowa Independent predicts that, if the caucuses were held today, Huckabee would snag first followed by Romney and Ron Paul.

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...