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Mike Huckabee: "Mitt Romney insulted those people who have or who plan to vote for Donald Trump."

It appears Josh Duggar has had a change of heart when it comes to his candid statement on Thursday, which revealed that he had become addicted to watching pornography on the Internet. The 27-year-old 19 Kids and Counting star has edited his original statement on the Duggar family's official website, so that it now has no mention of watching pornography. The original statement read, "I have been the biggest hypocrite ever. While espousing faith and family values, I have secretly over the last several years been viewing pornography on the internet and this became a secret addiction and I became...

This past week, I've seen or read plenty of news analyses suggesting that the Republicans have a weak field of presidential hopefuls for 2012. Not so. I believe many of the potential candidates for the GOP nomination have strategically strong paths to the White House, assuming President Obama still is vulnerable next year. Last week in this column, I put forth an explanation as to why Newt Gingrich is a stronger political force than many imagine. This week, let's consider the Republicans' other potential major candidates for the White House. For starters, there's Mitt Romney. Some will contend his expected...

Fred Thompson doesn't think much of Mike Huckabee's politics or his sentiments. Questioning Huckabee's response to the death of Benazir Bhutto, Thompson, R-Tenn., told a Pella, Iowa, crowd, "I am not sure what Governor Huckabee meant when he said we needed to apologize for this assassination. I am more concerned about people around the world would think when they see a presidential candidate was apologizing for assassination of the former Prime Minister Bhutto." On Thursday in Florida, Huckabee, R-Ark., expressed "apologies" for the situation in Pakistan, and his campaign later clarified that their candidate meant "sympathies" "I don't want that...