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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is the preferred 2012 GOP presidential nominee among Christian conservatives, according to the results of a straw poll announced Saturday at an annual gathering of the religion (sic) right in Washington. Prominent Republican leaders, including House Minority Leader John Boehner, took to the stage at the Value Voters Summit to blast President Obama's spending policies and announce the top 2012 presidential pick among conservative voters. The summit's poll, which featured 9 presidential prospects, found that 28 percent of Christian conservatives said Huckabee would revive the Republican party and traditional conservative principles while 12.4 percent preferred...

WASHINGTON (CNN) – An old rivalry flared up again at the annual Values Voter Summit on Friday, when Mike Huckabee took aim at the health care system in Massachusetts that was implemented in 2006 by then-Gov. Mitt Romney. Huckabee — who did serious damage to Romney's presidential hopes last January by winning the Iowa caucuses and has made clear his disdain for the former Massachusetts governor — told the crowd at the conservative conference that the Bay State health care system is a model for the kind of government-run health care President Obama wants to implement. "It's going to bankrupt...

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who left office without much of a Republican bench of viable statewide candidates under him, is hosting a fundraiser for Republican Senate candidate and businessman Curtis Coleman. The $500/person fundraiser is being held on September 21 at Huckabee’s Little Rock home. Coleman, who managed Huckabee’s unsuccessful 1992 Senate campaign, is one of six Republicans to challenge Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.). He drew controversy earlier this year when he suggested people “might as well get visas and shots” when traveling to southeast Arkansas. Coleman’s chief Republican rival for the nomination is state senator Gilbert Baker, who...

I miss the old Mike Huckabee. No, not the circa-1998 porker who could have given John Madden a run for his money in a turducken eating contest; I mean the Mike Huckabee of 2007—the charming, warm-hearted country preacher who, it seemed, genuinely wanted to give a good account of his religion and his political ideology. This was the Huckabee who, rather than simply catering to anti-abortion conservatives with fiery rhetoric, challenged those who call themselves pro-life to think about the implications of that label. “I believe that life begins at conception,” he told Time in March ’07, “but I don’t...

Here is video of impressionist / comedian Frank Caliendo appearing on the Mike Huckabee Show this weekend where he brought his cast of characters with him. Caliendo did Al Pacino, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Jonathan Winters, Robin Williams, and Jay Leno in this brief segment. . . . . (Watch Video)

So much for conservatives’ insistence on not injecting Teddy’s death into the health-care debate, I guess. Although Stephanopoulos is right: This is less about The One and ObamaCare than it is about Huck’s growing rivalry with a certain darling of the base who was way ahead of him on this subject. Which Democrat will toss it back first? Will any Republicans jump on it by challenging Huckabee head-on? One thing’s for sure: by joining the debate in this time in this way, Huckabee is showing how determined he is not to be outmaneuvered by Sarah Palin in the early 2012...

Here is audio of Gov. Mike Huckabee essentially making the powerful point that Sen. Ted Kennedy would not have lived as long as he did with brain cancer if he had not been able to seek the very best private health care available. Huckabee advocates that the best way to honor Kennedy's work for bringing health care to all is to make sure every American has access to the same "private health care" that Kennedy had. Huckabee also referenced the fact that Kennedy did not "go home to take pain pills" when he was diagnosed. Instead, he had a very...

Mike Huckabee, most widely known as a former Republican presidential candidate, said recently that evangelicals are more supportive of Israel than even American Jews. In an interview with CBN News, Huckabee, who was wrapping up a trip to Israel, called evangelicals the “best friends” of Israeli Jews. While American Jews are divided on the level of support for Israel in terms of its borders, the politician-turned-political commentator said in general he doesn’t see that “dichotomy” among the evangelical community. He says that “it’s pretty adamant” among evangelicals that “there ought to be one city (Jerusalem). There ought to be a...

(IsraelNN.com) A first-person account of a US presidential candidate's trip to Israel by a prominent Jewish-American activist reveals a calm man with strong principles. When I received the invitation from Shani Hikind at the Ateret Cohanim/Jerusalem Reclamation Project (JRP) to accompany Republican Presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee on a mission to Israel, I agreed immediately. Having listened to Huckabee speak at the many debates held amongst the candidates, and being a fan of his Fox television show and his ABC radio shows, I knew that traveling with Mike would be a unique and extraordinary experience. It was...

Former US presidential nominee Mike Huckabee says Israel is much better favored by the American evangelicals than by the American Jewish community. "Maybe one of the hard things is to convince some of our Jewish friends that Evangelicals are the best friends they've got - because I think generally, that's the case," Huckabee said in the epilogue to a three-day visit to Israel. "Evangelicals are so much more supportive of Israel than the American Jewish community," he added in an interview with the CBN News. He said that the evangelical Christians were, unlike Jews, consistently supportive of the Israeli territorial...

That’s within the margin of error, kids, the first time Huck’s been that close despite consistently leading the GOP field in PPP’s polling on hypothetical match-ups with The One. They’ve posted extensive crosstabs for him, Mitt, Gingrich, and Palin; among the most striking numbers is Huck scoring a 61 percent favorability rating among conservatives versus just 49 percent for Romney. Mitt’s never going to shake the RINO label, is he?

Something our favorite talk radio hosts should beat the drum on,- Opposition to Obama pressuring Israel to engage in reckless appeasement to establish another Islamist jihad state: "Former US presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee said Tuesday there is no room for a Palestinian state "in the middle of the Jewish homeland" and that Israel should be able to build settlements wherever it wants." Rush, Hannity, Ingraham, Malkin,-where are you? You guys are great on illegal immigration, border security, and irresponsible mamoth bail outs. But this issue is just as important.

Mike Huckabee said Tuesday there is no room for a Palestinian state "in the middle of the Jewish homeland" and Israel should be able to build settlements wherever it wants — taking a stance firmly at odds with Washington....said the international community should consider establishing a Palestinian state some place else. "The question is should the Palestinians have a place to call their own? Yes, I have no problem with that. Should it be in the middle of the Jewish homeland? That's what I think has to be honestly assessed as virtually unrealistic."

Title of Huffington Post article: "Mike Huckabee Bashes America on Foreign Soil" Complete lie. Huck is taking issue with Obama's foreign policy that emboldens the Islamists, and undermines our ally Israel. He has never said one bad thing about America. That in contrast to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright who said,"....", well, you know what he said. Or for that matter the current First Lady who spoke about the, "first time", - she was proud of her country. And there are about 400 or so commenters on that moonbat article. Nearly all of them fanatically upset that Huck would go to...

(IsraelNN.com) Leading United States Republican and former Governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee toured Jerusalem neighborhoods on Monday. In response to questions regarding the Obama administration's push to end Jewish construction in majority-Arab neighborhoods, Huckabee said forced segregation between Jews and Arabs would make peace impossible. "We tried that in the United States. We had neighborhoods that were all white, black people couldn't go there. It didn't work out real well for us,” he explained.

Here is video of former Gov. Mike Huckabee saying "Maybe we ought to let Walmart run Health Care." Huckabee was pointing out how inefficiently the Federal Government does most things. He said that's when it struck him that maybe Walmart, which efficiently helped out in disasters like Katrina, ought to provide health care for people. At the end, Huckabee said he was not serious about Walmart running health care, but his sarcasm made a good point. The private sector can do a much better job at just about everything than the Federal Government. . . . . . (Watch Video)

Mike ‘Huckabee the Macabee will appear in eastern Jerusalem Monday at the site of a Jewish-owned building Obama wants cleansed of Jews. The former Republican presidential candidate will take on the policies of U.S. President Barack Obama when he begins a three-day tour of Israel.

(CNSNews.com) – A top congressional Democrat has blamed the Palestinian Authority’s unwillingness to return to talks, rather than Israel’s stance on settlements in disputed territory, for the lack of movement in Mideast peace efforts. In comments appearing to contradict those of the Obama administration, U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer on Thursday played down the importance of the settlement issue. “I don’t think settlements are nearly the big issue that confronts the Palestinians and the Israelis in reaching an agreement,” the Maryland Democrat was quoted as telling a press conference in Jerusalem. “I think the largest thing impeding the negotiations...

Updated from the 07/27/09 blog post: "Former Arkansas governor and US presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee will take part in a reception at the Shepherd's Hotel in east Jerusalem during his visit to Israel next week, but the Fox News contributor will not be broadcasting a live show from the site, as was previously reported." [In addition]- "This is an opportunity to shine the spotlight on Obama's policy in Jerusalem, which has just been a horror," New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind told The Jerusalem Post. " "Hikind, who will be traveling with Huckabee on the tour, also said he is...

A Politico Poll is showing Governor Palin with a nice comfortable lead over Governor Romney, Speaker Gingrich & Governor Huckabee. As of 1:55 AM Eastern Standard Time 19,381 votes have been cast.

WASHINGTON (CNN) - Former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee compares his past weight problem to President Obama's economic policies in a pitch Wednesday for a financial newsletter. Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor who failed to win the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, charges that the president "is devouring the entire free-enterprise system" and lists Obama's decision to bail out the auto and banking industries as mistakes. The pitch for "Successful Investing" was sent out to readers of the conservative publication Human Events.

John Hawkins, of Pajamas Media, Townhall and blogger of Conservative Grapevine and Right Wing News wrote a piece about the idiots on the left and right attacking Sarah Palin: Why Sarah Palin Fans Feel Betrayed. He describes the double standard the political and media world has with liberals verse conservatives. But he also gives a warning to critics on the right as they are assisting the liberal media tear down the biggest star: Then along came Sarah Palin, whom most conservatives viewed as the lone bright spot of the 2008 campaign. Here’s a woman that many conservatives identify with not...

Watch David Barton on the Huckabee show this weekend! WallBuilders' founder, David Barton, will be featured on the Huckabee show on Fox News TV (cable) on Saturday night and Sunday. David will be discussing the Christian influence behind many of the significant events during our founding and will be showing a number of original documents from the WallBuilders' library (including the first English-language Bible printed in America -- a Bible printed by Congress in 1782). The program will air Saturday at 8pm EDT, as well as Sunday at 2am EDT, 8pm EDT and 11pm EDT.WallBuilders continues to reacquaint Americans...

UPDATE - The report is posted on the FEC website. It shows that in the first six months of 2009, HuckPAC raised $304,673, spent $325,435 on operations, contributed $11,155 total to 7 Federal candidates ($1,000 to Arkansas own Rick Crawford for Congress), and incurred $63,168 in debt. By comparison to the other two early contenders in 2012 Presidential GOP Race, Romney’s Free and Strong America PAC raised $1,924,373 and Palin’s SarahPAC raised $732,867 for the same time period.

Three Republicans are bunched within five points of each when potential GOP presidential candidates are matched up for 2012 with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney barely on top, according to a Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll conducted July 21-22. The margin of error for the part of the survey dealing only with Republican voters is 6 points. Romney leads with 22 percent, followed by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee with 21 percent and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin with 17 percent. Former New York City mayor (we're dealing with a lot of "formers" here) Rudi Giuliani polls 13 percent, former House...

Here is video of Mike Huckabee sitting in for Bill O'Reilly and talking about Gov. Sarah Palin with Democratic Strategist Matthew Littman and GOP Strategist Amanda Carpenter. Littman was insulting to Palin throughout. He said her future was more on a "Real Housewives of Wasilla" than as a Presidential Candidate. He later said he was being insulting to the "Housewives" to compare her to them. It is clear the Democrats truly hate Sarah Palin. Littman said he hoped the GOP would nominate her, because it would be the end of the Republican Party. . . . . (Watch Video)

WASHINGTON (CNN) – It looks like Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin may have one less fan. On the same day that Palin is set to transfer power to her lieutenant governor, Republican strategist Alex Castellanos said her prospects for national office looked grim. “’I’ve been a supporter of Sarah Palin — at times,” Castellanos said Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union. “She gave the McCain campaign its best two weeks. But, you know, if we’re going to be critical of Democrats when they shirk their responsibilities, we have do the same within our own house. She abandoned her state in...

OK sorry for the vanity, but I'm darn frustrated at what I just saw on my favorite channel - FNC. I've been a daily, loyal viewer since they came online and first begin their uphill struggle against then-dominant CNN. No fair weather viewer here. When I'm not watching FNC, usually I've got Fox Business Channel in the background. So it takes a lot for Fox to tee me off like this. But I'm plenty teed off: (Embarrasingly obvious) Republican 2012 candidate wannabe Mike Huckabee, is filling in for BOR today. So far so good. Huckabee works for Fox, fair and...

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is atop the standings of 2012 Republican presidential candidate prospects in a new poll. A Washington Post/ABC News poll conducted from July 15 through July 18 places the rock-music-playing evangelical as the favorite of 26 percent of Republicans and GOP-leaning independents, 5 percentage points ahead of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, 7 points ahead of soon-to-be-former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and 16 points ahead of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. The also-rans (below 5 percent) in the Post poll were retiring Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (4 percent), former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (3 percent) and...

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's political action committee, Huck Pac, is undergoing a "restructuring," Executive Director Sarah Huckabee said Wednesday. The restructuring includes the loss of at least one longtime Huckabee aide, Wendy Dooley; the apparent disappearance as a separate entity of the Vertical Politics Institute, a think tank Huckabee formed last year; and the move of VPI's chief to the campaign of Curtis Coleman, a Republican weighing a run against Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark. Huck Pac hasn't filed any quarterly financial reports for 2009 with the Federal Election Commission. The political action committee's mission, according to its Web site,...

Former U.S. presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee plans to broadcast his weekend show on Fox News from the site of a disputed construction project in East Jerusalem, a New York politician has told Haaretz. New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind said Huckabee will air the talkshow during a solidarity visit to the site of the project, which is in the Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. Hikind, who is active in right-wing Jewish causes, told Haaretz that dozens of U.S. activists will participate in the mission, in order to express their support for the project and the man behind it, Irving Moskowitz....

The day Sarah Palin announced her resignation as Alaska governor, I wrote a post speculating on whether there was anyone who could stop her from getting the Republican nomination. (Answer: Huckabee). I was surprised to see that most of the subsequent commentary was not on whether she was a lock for the nomination or merely the frontrunner but rather whether her political career was destroyed or merely grievously wounded. Why am I so much more bullish on Palin than most pundits? The sources of her appeal remain undiminished. Her popularity never came from her track record as governor, so failure...

Here is dramatic video of Gov. Mike Huckabee talking to a Canadian mother who shared her horror story of Canadian Government Health Care. She had to wait nine months to see a specialist for her severe back conditon, and she now has a son with a similar condition. She is seriously considering bringing him to the United States to have a surgery it could take 2-3 years for him to get in Canada. Huckabee also talked to a Canadian doctor who said the "rationing of health care" is the inevitable result of moving to a Government controlled system. He advised...

Here is a brief clip of Gov. Mike Huckabee on his show tonight where he gave a commentary on President Obama's Health Care Plan. Huckabee pointed out that what Obama is doing is like the story of the Goose the Laid the Golden Eggs. Not satisfied with one golden egg a day, the greedy farmer killed the Goose by cutting open its stomach thinking he would find a belly full of golden eggs. Instead, he only found "goose guts," as Huckabee put it. Huckabee then likened the story to the fact that Obama's Health Care Plan will destroy America's "Goose...

Sarah Palin's introduction to most of the U.S. public during the GOP convention in September was so electrifying that even the mainstream media had to admit that the Alaska governor had wowed them. NBC’s Tom Brokaw described the national speaking debut of GOP presidential candidate John McCain's running mate as “a very auspicious” one. And CBS’s Jeff Greenfield referred to her tone as the “perfect populist pitch.”

(CNN) — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has a warning for Sarah Palin: Don't abandon the Republican Party. The former presidential candidate and potential future White House rival of Palin's said Tuesday he's concerned about speculation the Alaska governor may leave the GOP to become an independent. I hope she remains — let me be real clear — a part of the Republican Party," Huckabee told FOX News. "I'm a little concerned when I hear her say that she may sort of branch out and go third party or go independent. That would be a big mistake because we need...

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 Huckabee to Palin: Don't Leave By Joseph Russo Political Wire reports: In an interview on Fox News, Mike Huckabee warned Sarah Palin against abandoning the Republican party. Said Huckabee: "Whether she runs or not, she has an important voice, and I hope she remains -- let me be real clear -- a part of the Republican Party. I'm a little concerned when I hear her say that she may sort of branch out and go third party or go independent. That would be a big mistake because we need to rebuild the Republican Party, not abandon...

Here is video of Gov. Mike Huckabee on with Greta Van Susteren last night talking about the Op-Ed Gov. Sarah Palin wrote in the Washington Post yesterday about Obama's "Cap and Trade" Bill. Palin blasted the bill as a destroyer of America's economy and a huge tax increase on the American people. Toward the end of the video, Huckabee says he hopes Palin will stay in the Republican Party and help rebuild it rather than going "third party" or "independent." . . . . (Watch Video)

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Mike Huckabee is turning into a front-runner for his party's 2012 presidential nomination almost by default. A pair of sex scandals involving Republicans once touted as White House contenders and the abrupt exit of another hopeful from the public stage are helping Huckabee boost his odds as he weighs another presidential run. "Given that the dominoes are falling, the fact that he's still standing works to his benefit," said Hal Bass, political science professor at Ouachita Baptist University.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Former Arkansas Gov. and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee says Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's decision to resign is surprising — but he refuses to criticize her. In Oklahoma City on Sunday Huckabee said Palin is still a strong candidate for the White House in 2012. Huckabee is also considered one of the contenders for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. Huckabee says he was "very surprised" by Palin's decision but that it could turn out to be the best move for her. Huckabee also said he was stunned by South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's sex scandal...

Candidate --First pick-- --Strongly approve-- --Approve-- --Disapprove-- --Strongly disapprove-- --Last pick-- Mitt Romney 25% 39% 73% 19% 5% 9% Sarah Palin 24% 45% 76% 21% 9% 21% Mike Huckabee 22% 41% 78% 17% 5% 10% Newt Gingrich 14% 35% 65% 29% 11% 15% Haley Barbour 1% 7% 34% 37% 13% 21% Tim Pawlenty 1% 8% 38% 33% 9% 15% Dick Cheney Not running 30% 59% 34% 14% n/a FReeper Dangus: Wow, folks. Romney, Palin and Huckabee all neck-and-neck, with Romney having the edge in first choice picks, Palin having the edge in strong approval, and Huckabee having the edge...

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin used her Twitter page Sunday to fire back at critics seizing on her decision to abruptly resign from office this month and to rebut speculation of an FBI investigation. Shortly after lawmakers, pundits and political strategists took to the Sunday morning television talk shows to call her decision to step down a political mistake, Mrs. Palin posted several Tweets on the social-networking Web site aimed at reassuring supporters that she had made the correct decision. "Critics are spinning, so hang in there as they feed false info on the right decision made as I enter last...

Here is video in two parts of Karl Rove and Mike Huckabee on Fox News Sunday, July 5, 2009, reacting to Gov. Sarah Palin's Resignation as Alaska Governor. They were also joined by Alaska Lt. Gov. Parnell, who will become Governor when Palin leaves office on July 26. Rove believes Palin has hurt herself with the resignation, and Huckabee thinks it is a very risky move. Huckabee believes she has now opened herself to the attack that if she can't handle the political attacks as Governor and stick it out, how could she handle the Presidency? . . . ....

Mike Huckabee, himself once an object of significant media attention, has always chafed a bit at Sarah Palin's rise. And in two different bytes on "Fox News Sunday" today he didn't mince words about her decision to resign. "In a primary this is going to be an issue she'll have to face. Will she be able to withstand the pressure?" he asked. And, referring to the ethics inquiries Palin faces, Huckabee said of his own time as a GOP governor in an overwhelmingly Democratic state:"If that had been the case for me, I would've quit in my first month. If...

In a Republican Party of Kansas Poll the results where not even close.

Apparently the Republican Party loves Governor Palin. In a new poll from Pew, Sarah Palin carries a 73% favorability rating while Mike Huckabee sits at 70%. Governor Mitt Romney & Speaker Newt Gingrich are hanging out in the 50’s. Could we be on our way to a Palin-Huckabee ticket in 2012?

Signaling wider dissensions in the Republican ranks, former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is slamming the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) for endorsing Gov. Charlie Crist over another, more conservative Republican in Florida’s open Senate race. Huckabee announced his official support for former state House Speaker Marco Rubio (R) in a video Tuesday. He follows Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., in support of Rubio, a popular Cuban-American conservative from South Florida. “I’m disgusted that they would take a position in a hotly contested race when you have a quality candidate like Marco Rubio, who was the youngest Speaker in...

See Huckabee's endorsement here. And PLEASE support Marco Rubio for the Florida senate race against Charlie Crist. Rubio is the only conservative running. His website: http://www.marcorubio.com/

Republicans call on wrestling champ Ric Flair Comments 2 | Recommend 3 Wednesday, Jun 10 2009, 12:30 pm Staff Reports KINGS MOUNTAIN - Wayne King, chairman of the 10th Congressional District Republican Party, announced that 16-time World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Ric Flair will be on hand at Thursday morning's District GOP fundraiser in Kings Mountain featuring former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee. Flair was a strong supporter of Governor Huckabee's presidential campaign last year and made several appearances on his behalf in North and South Carolina. Ric Flair, known as "The Nature Boy" is regarded as one of the greatest professional...

DES MOINES, Iowa - Mike Huckabee is returning to the site of one of his biggest presidential primary wins and wading into Iowa state politics -- a move seen as risky but potentially rewarding should he opt for another presidential run. Huckabee will be the draw Wednesday at a Spirit Lake fundraiser for Bob Vander Plaats, a top leader in Huckabee's caucus campaign who is expected to run for governor next year and who has the backing of many social conservatives. "Bob Vander Plaats is an exceptional leader. That's why I'd like to see him win next year," Huckabee said...