Posted on 12/23/2007 7:42:24 PM PST by neverdem
The Cooler has obtained documents that show Mike Huckabee received $378,000 in consulting fees during 2006, while he was still governor of Arkansas.
Most noteworthy, $35,000 came from Novo Nordisk, one of the world's largest embryonic stem cell researchers. It seems that when money is at stake Huckabee may be able to look past his supposedly fervent opposition to this procedure
He also received speaking fees and honoraria from churches while Governor.
It is certainly calls into question whether or not it is appropriate for a Governor to be taking a consulting fee from interest groups, as Huckabee did, when issues surrounding that interest group could come across his desk.
The consulting money was funneled through an organization called 12 stops, a group created in 2004 to handle Gov. Huckabee's book deals. With all the attention Senator Obama received for running a separate PAC and potentially funnelling money from maxed out donors through that PAC, it calls into question whether Huckabee may have done the same.
You can view a full list of Huckabee "donors" here.
Developing... Update- We never claimed to be math majors. Huck took 2 payments of 17,500 from Novo bringing the year-end total to 35K. Nearly half his governor's salary... posted by Caucus Cooler at 12/21/2007
Huckabee has surged because he won a couple of debates and he’s got evangelical support. If a quick rise can happen to the liberal pro-life evangelical Huckster, it can happen to the conservative pro-life evangelical Hunter.
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According to Intrade, the winner of the December 12th GOP debate was... Duncan Hunter.
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Stem cell ping
If this story has legs, Huckabee is toast, IMHO, and his support goes to Fred.
Does he have true Conservative support?
I think this surge is media driven.
This was posted the other name...didn’t use the correct headline/title. So a title search wouldn’t have found it.
Nope, which is why he'll fade away shortly.
how does the huckster spin this ?
“This wasn’t pay, it was to cover expenses”...
My local paper has never run any negative articles about Huckabee. Just wondering when they will carry the story about all those pardons...
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