Huckabee has only recently crossed my radar screen.
From what I’ve seen though, his raising sales taxes, as Politicalmom pointed out, seems generally consistent with his support for the “Fairtax”. What I heard from him this week was articulate arguments favoring citizens rights to arm themselves for protection (not hunting), abolishing the IRS, tougher border security and enforcement.
I gravitate toward Hunteresque-type politicians. But so far, in this race, Hunter and (flamesuit on)Fred have displayed downright ineptitude in campaigning. If you can’t declare yourself a candidate and mix it up, or if you can’t get your campaign noticed, you’d probably not be very good at the most serious job on the planet.
I’m still considering a couple candidates. If Fred can wait this long to decide to run, I can be persuaded or dissuaded for a while longer.
This is the earliest presidential campaign season ever. Fred was not even contemplating this move until March. March to September is only 6 months
to get a team together that can build an organization.
Huckabee did a bit more taxing than that. See the ad from Club for Growth, a tax watchdog group.
http://www.clubforgrowth.net/2007/08/bill_clinton_or_mike_huckabee.html