unspun - how unbecoming of you. I didn’t fail you. I gave you a name - Matt Blunt - and gave you directions.
If you are so clueless as to be a Huckster supporter even after begin informed of his dreadful tax-and-spend soft-on-crime record, then why should I bother doing your research for you on these irrelevent questions you have?
You obviously dont care about facts or you’d dig for them yourself. All you want is to waste my time on irrelevencies. Slick as the Huckster himself but no sale.
“Can anyone else come to the aid of this poor, ignorant FReeper?” -— Yes, lets simplify it. You are ingorant, so pick another candidate. Pick ANYONE BUT HUCKABEE and then take it from there.
“Give me the whole low-down — years in office, budget in, budget out, deficits? surpluses? tax cuts? tax hikes?”
It is so hard for you to find the Cato website and get their detailed reports? google is your friend.
“Is there any governor that hasn’t had a budget buildup, in the late 90’s and/or since?”
The spending increases under Mitt Romney were less than Mike Huckabee’s.
Nope; doesn't qualify (though I did look at Cato and CforG sites and didn't find).
The spending increases under Mitt Romney were less than Mike Huckabee’s.
Yup, by some. Each state is different. Massachussetts likely had a ton of social programs already in place, compared to a Southern state -- more fat more easily cut, here and there.