[dano1]

"I can’t understand this, he appears to be a conservative and best qualified why aren’t we hearing more from him?"

Unlike other "top tier" Republicans, he didn't used to be much of a "household name" at the national level. However he is steadily moving up in the polls as more people get to know him.

Link to Huckabee's "issues" website

[Neu Pragmatist]

The MSM loves the Huckster , which alone gives me great pause .
I think they know they can paint him in any light they want , and that he’d be easy for Hillary to beat .

[samp in mo]

In the on stage production of the 2008 presidential race drama, Fred Thompson and Huckabee have to be reading for the same part in the play, the southern conservative candidate. Huckabee I think has the better resume and has a boat load more charisma. Huckabee has done the executive thing. Fred just was another middle-man deal maker in congress. The bulk of comments on Fred is he seems disinterested and not wanting it enough. A big did you know: Huckabee was the first governor in AR in 50 years to send his kids to a public high school.

As far as his nanny state label goes, I salute him for trying to get more fat a$$ americans off their butts and go out and exercise and lose some weight. You know how to spot an american tourist in europe? look for all the fat people.

[COgamer]

“Unlike other “top tier” Republicans, he didn’t used to be much of a “household name” at the national level.”

That’s exactly it... Name recognition.

His comments here are so common sense, so indisputably true, that I’m sure someone somewhere had a heart attack over how “mean” he is.