Huckabee is tops in conservatives' straw vote

A straw vote suggests former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is a favorite among religious conservatives to be president in 2012.

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Huckabee says 2 states in Holy Land 'unrealistic'

Former U.S. presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said Tuesday there should be no Palestinian state in the West Bank and endorsed Israeli settlements there, sharply disagreeing with Washington and much of the world.

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Huckabee endorses Rubio for Fla. Senate seat

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is endorsing Marco Rubio for Florida's U.S. Senate seat.

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Huckabee urges stronger Iran response from US

Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee says the U.S. should respond more strongly in support of political protesters in Iran.

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Huckabee warns Republicans against 'mushy middle'

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee warned Republicans Wednesday against moving to the "mushy middle," arguing that only clearly stated conservative policies can bring the party back to power.

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Judge: No order to state to reveal computer sites

A judge declined Thursday to order Arkansas officials to reveal which state computers were used to edit Wikipedia entries about Gov. Mike Beebe, former Gov. Mike Huckabee and another former elected official.

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Huckabee won't rule out 2012 run for president

Mike Huckabee wouldn't rule out a 2012 run for president Wednesday, but he acknowledged it could be hard to take back the spotlight from fellow Republican Sarah Palin. "I'm not ruling anything out for the future, but I'm not making any specific plans," Huckabee told reporters at a briefing to promote his new book, "Do the Right Thing."

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Huckabee assails media coverage of GOP

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has harshly criticized media coverage of Republican presidential politics.

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McCain's words not always in synch with GOP

John McCain claimed the Republican nomination Thursday before a surprisingly united Republican convention. But McCain has often been out of sync with many in his party. His prior statements help explain why.

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Cindy McCain, Huckabee to travel to Rwanda

Cindy McCain and Mike Huckabee are among a bipartisan group headed to Rwanda next week to see how U.S. investments have helped some of the world's poorest people and what steps the next president can take to fight global poverty.

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Conservative evangelicals discuss backing McCain

Conservative evangelical leaders met privately this week to discuss putting aside their misgivings about John McCain and coalescing around the Republican's presidential bid while urging him to consider social conservative favorite Mike Huckabee as a running mate.

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Huckabee helps choking NC candidate with Heimlich

Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee put the squeeze on a politician at the North Carolina Republican Party convention, but in a good way.

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Huckabee says he would like to be McCain's No. 2

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Sunday he'd like to be John McCain's running mate.

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Huckabee writing book on his failed presidential bid

Two weeks after the next president is elected, Mike Huckabee will publish a book sharing details on his failed bid for the White House and offering his vision for remodeling the conservative movement.

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McCain calls Obama insensitive to poor people

Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Sunday called Democratic rival Barack Obama insensitive to poor people and out of touch on economic issues.

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Huckabee Went Farther Than Expected

Mike Huckabee's appearance on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" was a metaphor for his presidential campaign. He declared, "Mike Huckabee does not overstay his welcome," yet he lingered, missing repeated cues to leave the stage.

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Huckabee Excerpts

Excerpts from Mike Huckabee's speech Tuesday after Sen. John McCain secured the Republican nomination:

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Huckabee Drops Out of Presidential Race

Mike Huckabee bowed to reality Tuesday and out of the Republican presidential race. "We kept the faith," he told his end-of-the-road rally Tuesday after John McCain clinched the nomination. "I'd rather lose an election than lose the principles that got me into politics in the first place."

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Huckabee: Financing Could Stymie McCain

Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee said Thursday that John McCain may be unable to campaign for months because of questions raised about his effort to exit the primary election's public financing system.

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Huckabee Lingers on the Set of 'SNL'

Even though Mike Huckabee is still battling for the Republican presidential nomination despite long odds, he said Saturday he won't "overstay his welcome." Then he did precisely that, lingering on the "Weekend Update" set of "Saturday Night Live" despite repeated cues to leave the stage.

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2008 Candidates' Positions on the Issues

The stands of these presidential candidates on a selection of issues: New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, Democrats; former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Arizona Sen. John McCain, Republicans.

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Huckabee Says Passion Keeps Him in Race

Mike Huckabee said Tuesday passion for his beliefs — not his ego — was the reason he remains in the Republican presidential race despite near-impossible odds. Rival John McCain collected another primary win in Wisconsin and moved closer to the 1,191 delegates needed to clinch the nomination. Huckabee hasn't won a contest since Feb. 9.

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Rocker Tells Huckabee to Lay Off Song

The chief songwriter and founder of the band Boston has more than a feeling that he's being ripped off by Mike Huckabee.

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Boston Rocker Tells Huckabee to Lay Off

The chief songwriter and founder of the band Boston has more than a feeling that he's being ripped off by Mike Huckabee. In a letter to the Republican presidential hopeful, Tom Scholz complains that Huckabee is using his 1970s smash hit song "More Than a Feeling" without his permission.

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IRS Probes Pastor's Huckabee Endorsement

A Southern Baptist preacher who endorsed GOP presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee on church letterhead said Wednesday he was being investigated by the Internal Revenue Service for mixing religion with politics.

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Last night, Mike Huckabee spoke at the Salvation Army's Annual Appreciation Dinner and, before his address, told the press that he's like to do away with the federal government's emergency response system in favor of relying of charitable foundations and donations because that  …

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Almost a year after his election as President, Barack Obama continues to lead his most likely 2012 rivals in hypothetical contests for reelection. Obama leads Mike Huckabee 47-43, Mitt Romney 48-40, Sarah Palin 52-40, and Tim Pawlenty 50-30.

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There is a growing list of conservatives -- David Frum, Bruce Bartlett, and Joe Scarborough, to name a few -- who are actually pushing back against the Palin/Beck/Bachmann lunacy that's taken over the GOP and the conservative movement.

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excerpt: "" During the 2008 presidential campaign, I documented 10, then 10 more and yet another 10 moments in the extremism of Mike Huckabee.

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A new Public Policy Polling poll shows that President Obama still maintains comfortable leads over all of the Republicans who’ve been mentioned as potential opponents in 2012: [Obama] leads Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush, and Sarah Palin by anywhere from 7-15 point …

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excerpt: "" Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee won the Values Voter Summit's 2012 presidential straw poll Saturday, grabbing nearly 29 percent of the vote in a crowded field. ""

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excerpt: ""The big annual conservative conference called the "Value Voters Summit" kicks off today in Washington and runs through the weekend. We'll have photos from the event, and I hope to find time to swing by myself to sample the fare.

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Conservative media figures are blasting Democrats for trying to draw political gain from the death of Senator Ted Kennedy. But on Thursday, it was one of their own—former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee—who went there.

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excerpt: ""Joe Wurzelbacher has worn a lot of hats — plumber, political activist, musician, commentator, author. Now he can add one more to the mix: comedian. ""

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So what does Richard Haas believe in? Here's an article below which was written by Haas for the Tapei Times. It basically states the Bill of Rights and Constitution should be given up in favor of a cooperative world body run by elite consensus.

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excerpt: ""...some of the Republican Party's next best hopes are laying the groundwork for the bid to replace him — or at least secure their place in the GOP hierarchy. ""

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Gallup has released the results of a survey about potential GOP 2012 nominees, and it contains much good news for Romney fans.

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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has a warning for Sarah Palin: Don't abandon the Republican Party.

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The meltdown of the supposed presidential ambitions of John Ensign and Mark Sanford this month (plus the apparent sidelining of Jon Huntsman last month) has led to renewed if premature speculation about the 2012 presidential field.

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Mike Huckabee's take: "Move over Russell Simmons!" But are these Dartmouth undergrads about to give Eminem a run for his money? We report: you decide.

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Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee urged Christians to get involved in politics to preserve the presence of religion in American life.

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The tectonic plates of Republican politics are shifting steadily these days. And so... presenting the race for leadership in the GOP!

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At Lou Engle's November 1, 2008 pro-Proposition 8 anti-gay marriage TheCall San Diego event Engle and his disciples called for acts of Christian martyrdom against legalized abortion.

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Judge Sonia Sotomayor, whom President Obama announced Tuesday as his pick to succeed retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter, will be an "asset" to the administration and the civil rights agenda, activists, legal and political experts said.

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Just Read

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This is a link to the "Huckabee report"... My local radio station plays these on a regular basis...

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If this is the case, however, is does not follow, as Huckabee states, that "[t]hrow the social conservatives, the pro-life, pro-family people overboard and the Republican party will be as irrelevant as the Whigs." After all, the social conservatives are also economic conservative …

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Much as the racist demagouges of yore convinced themselves that highest aim of black maledom was to bed their fugly-ass daughters, Joe the Plumber is convinced that the highest aim of all queerdom is to spend some time with his snotty-nosed brats.

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This week, we're supposed to be scared to death of coming down with the swine flu, but Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said we shouldn't call it that because it hurts the feeling of the pigs -- just like we're not supposed to use the word "terror" anymore, because it …

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Republican Party and its upcoming Civil War

A few days ago, Meaghan McCain spoke of a war within the Republican Party between, and I am paraphrasing for a number of reasons, the future, and those who are terrified of it. While Meaghan McCain is not considered an authority on the Republican Party, I think she is right.

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