Romney made it sound like Huckabee oversaw a massive free education program to illegals. Untrue.
Also, Huckabee's governorship occured when states all over the country were faced with burgeoning budgets, due in part to unfunded mandates and federal entitlement reform. I've lived in Illinios and Wisconsin and it's been ridiculous.
From factcheck.org:
Huckabee's critics, however, have done some exaggerating of their own. That press release from former Tennessee Sen. Thompson accuses Huckabee of more than doubling state spending, from $6.6 billion to $16.1 billion at the end of 2006. But those numbers aren't correct. When we talked to Mike Stormes, the administrator of the Office of Budget for the state of Arkansas, we discovered a different story. In fact, after adjusting for inflation, we found that spending in fiscal year 1998 (the first budget for which Huckabee was responsible) was actually $10.4 billion, while spending at the end of 2006 was $15.6 billion. That’s a big increase, but it’s a far cry from doubling state spending.
It’s worth noting, too, that Huckabee, despite facing a $200 million shortfall in 2002, ended his term with a surplus of $844.5 million. A billion dollar turnaround is, we think, a noteworthy accomplishment.
Fine. He’s still not a conservative.
Dude - I asked to point out where Huckabee made false statements - not Romney or Thompson.
Whew! I was worried that Huck was a spender. He only increased spending by like 60%. That's phenomenal.
Psssst. I wouldn't really brag about this misstatement by the Thompson campaign. A 60% increase in STATE SPENDING is no better than doubling it. It's just a slightly slower speed to nanny-statism.
Look, we get you like Huck cause he's Baptist. Just admit that and quit pretending you're conservative.