Republican Mike Huckabee received praise from politics’ ‘odd couple’ – former President Bill Clinton and former Speaker Newt Gingrich – who said in separate interviews Sunday that he is the most likely “dark horse candidate” to win the GOP presidential nomination. One might say they’re “HUCKABEELIEVERS™” now!
Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor who now ranks fourth in Iowa among likely Republican caucus-goers, welcomed the positive comments, saying his first-place finish in the recent “Values Voter” poll — along with other significant developments — has buoyed his chances for victory.
Call this a more or less summary of quite a bit of issues relating to Mike Huckabee.
I just finished watching Hannity and Colmes and I was listening to Newt Gingrich speak about his issues he had with running in the campaign. According to the McCain Feingold act Newt could not have any contact whatsoever to a political group such as American Solutions while being an announced candidate. Yeah I know this has nothing to do with Mike Huckabee, but It will. Colmes asked Newt “Who in the current GOP race best resembles yourself?” Newt cordially replied, “I can’t tell you that!” and flashed a bright grin. But we know where he stands or hope we know. You may have already read this from Vertical Day:
Over the past few months I’ve been very impressed with the Governor’s openness to new ideas and solutions for improving our country. He showed genuine leadership a few weeks ago by being the first candidate to sign the Nine Nineties in Nine debate pledge. By committing to a much more in-depth, solution-oriented political dialogue in our country, Governor Huckabee showed that he’s truly interested in real change.
Like former President Bill Clinton, Mike Huckabee hails from Hope, Ark. During his tenure as governor of Arkansas (1996-2007), he repeatedly cut taxes, saving Arkansas’ citizens close to $380 million. Leaving office this year, he claims his state enjoyed a surplus of nearly $850 million.
Huckabee’s platform calls for the elimination of all federal income and payroll taxes and the disbanding of the Internal Revenue Service. To replace the loss of revenues, Huckabee advocates a consumption tax on goods and services that includes a monthly “prebate,” designed to offset taxes on necessities. According to Huckabee’s reckoning, his plan will promote capital investment in the U.S. and make domestic goods cheaper and more competitive overseas because their prices will no longer be inflated by the payment of corporate taxes.
Mike Huckabee tells supporters at the Capitol Hill Club why and how he is going to win the Republican presidential nomination.
Filed under: christian
AMHERST – Two weeks ago, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee scored a runaway victory among a group of likely Florida voters assembled at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale.
The event was the first-ever Values Voter Presidential Debate Straw Poll, and voters were largely conservative Christians whose personal beliefs align quite well with Huckabee’s own philosophies. So while his overwhelming victory isn’t terribly surprising, several of Huckabee’s local supporters nevertheless expressed optimism for their candidate’s future when he visited Amherst on Sunday.”He’s an excellent speaker who has a very encouraging message,” said Pastor Ron Tannariello of the Amherst Christian Church, where Huckabee, a former Southern Baptist preacher, delivered a guest sermon Sunday morning.
Filed under: Rick Perry
I have no love for our Texas Governor, Rick Perry. If you don’t know him, you will … he has Presidential aspirations and the national Republican Party love him. I’ll refrain from using this forum to list my grievances against him. But, I do want to use the latest news to illustrate Gov. Huckabee’s unique “of the people” governing style.First, let’s look real quick at how Rick Perry handles the Governor’s Mansion renovations. From the AP (and stick with me, we’ll get to Huckabee):
Filed under: Bill Clinton, John McCain, Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, dark horse
Little Rock, AR – Former AR Governor and Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee received praise from politics’ ‘odd couple’ – former President Bill Clinton and former Speaker Newt Gingrich –who said Sunday, in separate interviews, that he is the most likely “dark horse candidate” to win the GOP nomination.
Huckabee, who now ranks fourth in Iowa among likely Republican Caucus-Goers, welcomed the positive comments, saying his 1st place win in the recent “Values Voter” poll – along with other significant developments, has buoyed his chances for victory.
Huckabee is now ahead of Sen. John McCain in Iowa and nearly tied with former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, according to a Sept. 29 Newsweek poll conducted with 1,215 Iowa registered voters by Princeton Survey Research Associates International on Sept. 26-27.
“The Newsweek poll reflects what we’ve been feeling on the ground for some time: that there is steady, upward momentum for my campaign in Iowa and New Hampshire , and other early primary states,” said Huckabee.
