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Huckabee truly did have a legislature that was 75%+ democrat, so a lot of what happened in Arkansas has to be seen in that light.

His problems that belong to him are his support of amnesty, path to citizenship, common core, no child left behind, etc. He’s also open to another ground war in the middle east, yet doesn’t call for a declaration of war.

No xzins, his problem is that he can only be called a social conservative. His record as governor was atrocious in terms of being a conservative. There was nothing even slightly conservative in terms of fiscal issues.

Read this article which has been posted in the "Front Page News" section of FreeRepublic from Cato.org. It will provide you with all the facts you need:

Huckabee: The Biggest Big-Government Conservative - [12/11/2007]

Finally, I have never been a big fan of the argument that the bad choices of someone proclaiming himself/herself to be a Conservative were due to the environment they were in. How would that work for someone professing themselves to be a Christian. BTW, Romney and his supporters were big on this particular excuse as to why he was such an utter progressive as Governor of Massachusetts.

Finally, I have never been a big fan of the argument that the bad choices of someone proclaiming himself/herself to be a Conservative were due to the environment they were in. How would that work for someone professing themselves to be a Christian.

Normally, that is not anything but an excuse. I agree. However, when you can be voted down by 75-25, a lot of stuff is coming out of your legislature that, even if you vetoed it, it would be overridden.

None of that means Huckabee is not a big government republican, because I think he is, but the evidence is amnesty, common core, and a love for so-called 'free trade' pacts.