I know. I don’t like that either. However, I can find something I don’t like in the past about every candidate, including Thompson (co-sponsored McCain Feingold). But I expect that given he is running on a specific platform on immigration (not to mention public opionion) Huck would follow through.
Huckabee Cut Crime and Taxes? January 2, 2008 The truth is that violent crime was higher at the end of his term than when he took office, and he raised taxes more than he cut them.
In fact, the violent crime rate was higher at the end of his tenure than it was the year he took office. And the tax cuts he claims credit for were minor compared with the large increases he approved, which included an increase in the state sales tax.