Now that Mr. Huckabee has re-iterated his views on homosexuality and abortion, and appears to be a real contender in this election, it's only a matter of time before we learn that he paid for an abortion for a former female lover, and paid for sex from male prostitutes. It never fails, the politicians and preachers who "protest too much" are always worse than those they preach to. According to his views on marriage, those of us who are in a "one man, one woman" marriage, but did not "pro-create" must be "sinners" too.

Most republican candidates have come to trealize that if they want to be considered as a possible nominee they must claim that they will deal with the illegal immigration crisis in a tough way such as tracking down employers of illegal immigrants and issuing stiff fines,jail time or revocation of business licences. Looking at social security numbers and offering rewards to people who turn in these employers will quickly solve the illegal immigration problem.
The candidate who is toughist on illegal immigration and free trade will win in 2008.

I am looking forward to working hard for Mike in 08’. I also understand that the other candidates will not stand by and allow Mike to trash their big fund raising efforts without a battle. They have millions of dollars to buy their voters, Governor Huckabee has only millions of supporters to get his word out.

With millions of advertising dollars available from the other candidates I think each news network channel has no choice but to support the mud slinging against Governor Huckabee to earn their share of the advertisement dollars in the general election. I alos think that each news network has already forecasted the amount of money they plan to receive from each candidate, but Huckabee is not high on their list because he has nothing to offer them at this point.

Geaux Huck Geaux. we all learn from our mistakes. He will win and do great!!

THEY THROWING EVERYTHING AT HIM , INCLUDING THE KITCHEN SINK. NO PROBLEM HUCK STILL SHINES!!!

High time Mike Huckabee gets his due. He is a hypocrite, who seldom cares to look at facts to make decisions.

It is surprising(!) that he allowed illegal means to attain goals that are not justified even by political standards.

When they start attacking, then you know they are running scared. He is better than any in the field and probably will wind up as the republican nominee.

The bias against Ron Paul must end, no majority will elect Huck over Ron in a national election.

Vote Loser! Vote Huckabee! Soft on immigration. Soft on Criminals. But Hard pressed to raise taxes. When are people going to wise up and see this fool for the religion manipulating gopher he is?!!

I wish candidates would only run ads that talk about THEMSELVES rather than ads that disparage other candidates. I think how much a candidate attacks another candidate shows their true character. So far, I have appreciated the way Huckabee has carried himself. I plan to vote for him.

I tired of Romney attacking those of us who are attacking his Mormon faith.

I think Joseph Smith was a fake. Here is why!

In the History of the Morman Church, Vol. 1, Chapter 1: 14-20, Joseph Smith accounts the beginning of his prophetic ministry through the appearance of the Father and the Son.

"I saw a pillar of light exactly over my head, above the brightness of the sun, which descended gradually until it fell upon me. It no sooner appeared than I found myself delivered from the enemy which held me bound. When the light rested upon me I bsaw two Personages, One of them spake unto me, calling me by name and said, pointing to the other—This is My Beloved Son. Hear Him!

Again in the DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS sECTION 110 - Visions manifested to Joseph Smith the Prophet and Oliver Cowdery in the temple at Kirtland, Ohio, April 3, 1836.

"We saw the Lord standing upon the breastwork of the pulpit, before us; and under his feet was a paved work of pure gold, in color like amber.His eyes were as a flame of fire; the hair of his head was white like the pure snow; his countenance shone above the brightness of the sun; and his voice was as the sound of the rushing of great waters, even the voice of Jehovah, saying: I am the afirst and the last; I am he who bliveth, I am he who was slain; I am your cadvocate with the Father. Behold, your sins are forgiven you; you are clean before me; therefore, lift up your heads and rejoice.

In both acccounts,Why wasn't Joseph Smith trembling in fear when he saw the "brightness and glory defy all description" or when he heard God the Father announce "This is My Beloved Son. Hear Him!"?

I ask because of the following accounts in Holy Scripture. In each account whenever an angel or the glorified Christ appeared to the faithful, or the voice of God the Father was heard, there was an immediate physical reaction of fear shown by those who had seen or heard.

Revelation 1- I fell at his feet as dead

Acts 26 - And when we were all fallen to the earth

Matthew 17 - they fell facedown to the ground, terrified.

Matthew28 - The guards shook and became like deadmen!

Luke 2 - they were greatly afraid.

Judges 13 - fell on their faces to the ground.

John 18 - they went backward, and fell to the ground

Luke 1 - he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.

Luke 1 - Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.

Acts 22 -And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid

I know myself and all other people would be trembling in fear when seeing or hearing God speak. Joseph describes the accounts as though he is watching a Sunday afternoon baseball game.

Sorry Mitt, you got to turn to the Truth before you get my vote.

Dear God,

Please save America from Huckabee. He may be a good preacher and minister, but he is just NOT the right one to lead our country and be the President. Please God, open Mr. Huckabee's heart, and show him Thy will. In Your Name we pray. Amen.

I feel like Huckabee is riding a wave that maybe he doesn't deserve. When you go in for a job, yes selling yourself can get you a job, but to even be considered your resume and successes better back you up.

People need to start looking past his responses and friendliness…(he IS a very nice guy, and speaks well), and look at his past decisions/experience. Trust me, this is not the track record we need.

Bottom line here, people need to do their homework, especially if we really want change and to clean up our budget & spending etc. Has anyone seen what Huck's record in that department looks like…and that is one issue.

Not only is the experience limited, but it isn't close to brilliant. I just worry when I see all these comments about how wonderful he is, I feel like most aren't getting the full picture. Lets focus on who has what it takes to make changes we need!

The way Romney is tackling obstacles on his path is amazing and speaks volume of how lucky America would be to have professional leader like him…

After tackling voter's apprehension on his religion, Mitt Romney is systematically going after Huck. Huck baloon is going to deflate in next two weeks - thanks to Huck lacking presidential calibre. What seems a little negative now - would serve as nail to Huck's candidacy.

In addition to supporting illegal immigration Huckabee also supports tax increases like the ones he did in Arkansas. Why? To pay for the illegal aliens of course. Didn't you know it is your Christian duty to be Mexico's welfare program!

As a person from Arkansas, I know what Huckabee has done for this state. I can not think of one BAD thing he accomplished. But he did save the state money, streamlined the government and we ended up with a surplus in the budget as he was going out of office. Taxes actually stayed the same, but money was found in excess spending. He may have lived in a trailer while the mansion was renovated, but beats the heck out of the tax payers spending tons on a lease somewhere else. The trailer was later donated to a non-profit. He is not in it for himself, but does have the whole in his mind. He never brought religion into his politics for the state, but I do feel it helped him see the big picture rather than special interests. Some may not agree with what he wants to do in some areas, but you cant make all people happy all the time. Hilary is evil and scares me.

It is nice to see Romney spending his money and time to attack Huckabee, and pretty soon, he will attack Obama as well, as Romney has done to Hillary.

There are lots of dirty linens in obama's closet yet to come out.

When you are ahead, you are showing your behind. As Huckabee said, that is part of the price of the front runner from being kicked in the behind. Huckabee enjoys the moment and understand his price.

I am loving the poll that suggests a Democrat would beat this man by double digits. Even better is the fact that Edwards would perform the best against him.

Wake up America!

Edwards '08!!!!!!!!!

It is up to the voters to make the call about who will win the nomination. I would prefer someone who is upright and honest and knows that stripping government down just for that sake is foolish. We need to get the most bang for our buck from the government. If you really want people to expect less from government, then make sure that corporate America and the charities in the country can pick up and perform the services that the government does (Federal, State, Local, it doesn't matter).

These republicans are all a bunch of losers.

It isn't surprising to see Mitt Romney going on the offensive in Iowa, considering how much he is beginning to slip after the lukewarm response to his say-essentially-nothing "faith" speech. But to base his attack on the issue of illegal immigration…?

People who are concerned about illegal immigration need to know something about Mitt Romney that he isn't going to tell you. In Utah, we have what basically amounts to a "sanctuary" policy already. We are one of the mere handful of states that actually permits an illegal alien to obtain a driver's license, which in turn opens the door to automobile loans, rental arrangements, mortgages, bank accounts, etc — in other words, all those things that people who have broken our laws need in order to be able to continue to function in American society. Even the employees of government agencies are "strongly discouraged" or forbidden outright from reporting illegal aliens to ICE when they encounter them (as I know first hand, being a state employee).

But wait. Is this because Utah is such a progressive state, so well known for it's tradition of liberal thought?

Hardly.

Utah's sanctuary policy stems directly from the influence and control of the LDS Church, whose members make up 99% of the State Legislature. The LDS Church (of which Mr. Romney so recently reminded us that he is an active, fully believing member) openly encourages this "don't ask, don't tell" approach to illegals largely because of such people's Hispanic origins, based on the church's desire to counteract the theme of racism toward native Americans contained in the Book of Mormon. (Please don't take my word for this — you can go to any search engine and enter the words: Mormon, Indian, skin, white — and you will learn that the Book of Mormon casts God Himself as a white-skinned racist who curses people by giving them dark skin in order to promote segregation. True.)

So even though Mr. Romney may say one thing on the subject of illegal immigration in order to try to win over your vote, he has another master to serve with different ideas that he will have to consider.

Go Mike, go! It's time Romney realized that his flip flopping is killing him. I plan to vote in the Democratic primary but can still swtich and may. Huckabee's the strongest candidate and is not "business as usual.

IF any of the "second-tier" candidates are going to surge forward and get the Republican nomination, let it be Duncan Hunter.
In future debates Hunter should be more agressive in getting face time and not be as patient (which is actually a good thing) and polite as he has been.
On the issues, he's got my vote; and I voted for Rudy all three times he ran for mayor. They'd make a great team, irrespective of who's the top nominee.

Yeah, Fred Thompson is right to criticize Huckabee on is Cuba stance. Ohh, and that box of Cuban cigars on Fred's desk doesn't represent extreme hypocrisy. Those were a gift. You can't throw away a gift. No matter how illegal. Nice integrity Fred.

What is Huckabee thinking, this 50 year old embargo is just about to pay real dividends. Now that we are the only country in the world observing it, those crazy Cubans are bound to cave in and go democratic any day now.

Cuban embargo, immigration? Last I saw less than 5% of Americans held either one of those topics in their top three issues facing America. Way to be relevant boys.

Huckabee has claimed his surge in the polls is a result of divine intervention. This certainly opens the door to making religion a legitimate issue as far as he is concerned.
I would like him to answer two questions based on this: 1. Should "Intelligent Design" be taught in H.S. science classes as an alternative to Darwin's Theory of Evolution?
2. Given Huckabee's ordination as a Baptist Minister, does he think it appropriate that a Bishop of the Catholic Church should be the President of the United States?

Republicans using attack ads?

What a shocker.

Consider:

his infamous speech playing on YouTube, where he says, "what do you want, to raise this tax or that tax or that tax? I'm ok with that".

And pardons:
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071210/D8TEKRSO1.html
Huckabee has had twice as many pardons as his 3 predecessors combined? Combined! If a pastor had a good word for someone, he says, "if you want me to pardon someone, I'll pardon. Sure. No problem." Since when have pastors had the qualifications to assess whether someone was ready to leave jail?

So everyone jumping on the Huckabee bandwagon is willing to give this guy the job of POTUS? Please America. Huckabee is a nice guy, but he's not the one we need for president.

As POTUS, will he even stand up for something? What's this guy going to do in the face of lobbyists? Roll over and do whatever they ask him to do?

Mike Huckabee? Supported in-state tuition benefits for illegal immigrants. Huckabee even supported taxpayer-funded scholarships for illegal aliens.

this is a big problem I've had with this guy. he is a wolf in sheeps clothing. a globalist that follows the Bush lead. don't need more of this.

Congratulations, Fred. You're the first candidate to LOSE my vote by using a negative ad. Mitt is #2. I just hope there'll be one candidate left who cares about character and integrity, when this is all over.

Mike Huckabee? Supported in-state tuition benefits for illegal immigrants. Huckabee even supported taxpayer-funded scholarships for illegal aliens.

this is one of the big problems I have with this guy, along with his record on raising taxes. he is a globalist that follows Bush. don't need this. a wolf in sheeps clothes. cannot believe people buy into this guy when the Dems will whip his tail in the general election.

This smacks of desperation from Romney. Now he's trying to plug the holes in the Titanic. I'm no Huckabee fan, but this is some serious momentum coming in mid-December.

Charles Windom you are ignorantly attacking someone elses religion. STOP the attacks on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and get to the issues Romney is presenting his experience on. Quit the bigotry and unintelligent attacks. If Romney was Jewish, would you DARE have criticized the fact that they have different scriptorial beliefs than you? If he were Catholic, would you criticize some of those different religious beliefs? People need to get back to politics and issues, not taking other religion's scriptures or religous accounts and posting them on the blogs.

Given that the latest poll from South Carolina now gives Huckabee a huge lead, it goes without saying that he's become the front-runner and is attracting all the attacks.

Huckabee is showing great numbers right now because most of America is sick of hearing Giulianni this and Romney that. He's a breath of fresh air - for now. Once he's been around the circuit, we'll see if his poll numbers keep up…

People like Charles Windom scare me. Why? They spend all their time scrutinizing somebody's personal religious beliefs while completely ignoring what policies they espouse.

Newsflash to our blogging genius: Mitt's stances mean a heck of lot more than whether or not Joseph Smith was a fraud. I'm not even voting for him, but that doesn't remove the fact that you are a total moron.

wow, Charles you are a moron to the highest degree. really. this is a free country and you can say what you want just as the candidates can say what they want. but your attack just reeks of your ignorance. what you chose to not acknowledge was that Smith was being overtaken by a sinister power only to be delivered. I think I would have been glad to see who delivered me from whatever it was that was scaring me. And let's not forget that God is a loving God not one that is always going around striking fear into us. You can ridicule how he chose to write his experience all you want but it will never change the fact that it did indeed happen.

I didn't vote for him for Governor, and will not vote for him for President. He is a great speaker, but that is about it. He has no respect for others..he's always willing to insult anyone who has a different opinion; these do not combine to show great character. The Imus interview from a couple of years ago, the Dumond debacle, etc. Just the tip of the iceberg. If he continues to rise in the polls, the media will be digging. And finding.

Mrs. Huckabee wasn't impressive as first lady. What an understatement.

Charles that is an excellent analysis of Mormanism. I agree is all a fraud. John Smith with a convicted con-artist who made a lot of things up about magical items and things only HE could see. Huckabee gets my nob because he is the only REAL Christian and he will fight for our rights when people attack us for belivers and he is willing to call a sinner a sinner and take the heat. I think he will also complete the campaign against the Muslims and regain the Holylands for Christians.

This is a legitimate concern. I think if you believe in the "latter day saints" you'll fall for anything!

Wasn't Romney recently under fire for hiring illegal immigrants to perform landscaping around his house? He says that he didn't know that the company hired illegals, but if he were as moral as he attempts to portray himself, he would ask them if they hire illegals before they do the work, like I do. He's just a hypocrite that knows that Huckabee is getting his message across and is gaining in popularity.

umm, Bill and Stan are you the same person perhaps??? trying to drum up some anti-Huckabee support. just post once dude. we get it and I do agree with you, though.

Will not vote for Huckabee and here's why:
He has zero intellectual underpinnings in the conservative movement,” another of Huckabee’s countless conservative detractors told the Wall Street Journal’s John Fund. “He's hostile to free trade, hiked sales and grocery taxes, backed sales taxes on Internet purchases, and presided over state spending going up more than twice the inflation rate.”
“[Huckabee] was pro-life and pro-gun, but otherwise a liberal,” reveals Betsy Hagan. The Arkansas director of the conservative Eagle Forum was a key backer of [Huckabee’s] early runs for office, and was once his No. 1 fan,’ explains Fund. Hagan now cautions that, “Just like Bill Clinton [Huckabee] will charm you, but don't be surprised if he takes a completely different turn in office.”
So too has Quin Hillyer of the American Spectator been out-and-about chatting to folks in Arkansas. A fair number of them describe Huckabee disdainfully as “a guy with a thin skin, a nasty vindictive streak, and a long history of imbroglios about questionable ethics.” For instance, Huckabee used public money to fund his family’s Falstaffian appetites, and “tried to claim as his own some $70,000 of furniture donated to the governor's mansion.” He was also in the habit of scolding “the media for reporting [his] transgressions rather than demanding that the transgressors make things right.” Consequently, Huckabee had been investigated 14 times and reprimanded five times by the ethics commission.
Like Michael Dukakis, Huckabee waded into the moral miasma of penal abolition. Dukakis, the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988, fought to secure a prison furlough for convicted murderer Willie Horton. Horton went on to assault a Massachusetts man and rape his fiance during his recreational weekend off. Wayne Dumond, the recipient of Huckabee’s helping hand, raped and murdered a Missouri woman. When asked about his difficult-to-defend role “in an apparently illegal and unrecorded closed-door meeting with the parole board lobbying on behalf of a rapist,” Huckabee has offered a thesaurus of excuses.
On economics, Huckabee is also a habitual offender. The Club for Growth, which is dedicated to promoting a “low-tax and limited-government agenda,” has few good things to say about him. Apparently, there is nothing invisible about Huckabee’s heavy regulatory hand. His consistent contempt for the taxpayer has earned him “a lifetime grade of D from the free-market Cato Institute.” “By the end of his ten-year tenure,” writes the Club’s Andrew Roth, “Governor Huckabee was responsible for a 37 percent higher sales tax in Arkansas, 16 percent higher motor fuel taxes, and 103 percent higher cigarette taxes.” State spending under Huckabee increased a whopping 65.3 percent from 1996 to 2004, three times the rate of inflation.”

Hey Charles,

Why don't we read what else you are really saying in your post?

Won't vote for a non-evangelical
Won't vote for a woman
Won't vote for a hispanic/black/asian

Get your priorities straight. Jesus doesn't make for good government, nor does he want to.

"Give unto Caesar what is Caesar's, give unto God what is God's."

Charles Windom, Rockford Iowa

I think we are all dumber for having read your comment….I award you no points….and my God have mercy on your soul. Get over somebody else's religion already.

Elsa Weiner, Denver

Time to get your gun and head to Iraq. Every Muslim I've met has been very pleasant.

If the media gave Ron Paul 1/10th the attention of any of these candidates we wouldn't even need to hold a primary…

He is the ONLY candidate that speaks for the people.

Huckabee cannot win the general election because he is nothing more than a preacher and a neocon.

Sure he talks real nice, and smiles alot, but he has no intellectual stand on ANY position.

Foreign Policy: Knows only that we need to "keep our honor" and stay in Iraq (great reason)

Economic Policy: "Fair Tax" I dare you to ask him DETAILS about how a fair tax works and the consequences to a manufacturing economy.

Immigration: "Send them home for a couple weeks ten they can come back legally as citizens"

Health: "Quarantine" need I say more?

Family Values: Believes in the subserviance of a wife to her husband…Burka anyone?

Libertate America from Theocracy.

Bring religion to Washington and in the long run it will be destroyed. The majority of Americans do not want a theocracy with laws determined by religious doctrine.

RESTORE THE REPUBLIC!

Everyone knows the best way to win an election is to get tough on brown people!

I never thought I would say this but I would vote for Romney if his competitor was Huckabee. America cannot afford to have another Evangelical Christian running the show.

It is so sad with these republicans. Are these guys the gang who couldn't shoot straight. From poor tired Fred, to the nasty Rudy, the big money for nothing Mitt, to the Bush-licker John McC, to the what happen to Tancredo, to the wacked out Paul and the pardon-man Huckabee, and don't forget the forgotten Hunter, these guys don't stand a chance of winning the presidency. There supreme leader Bush has ruined the party, they're finish.

To Elsa Weiner:

Perhaps you should learn to write and spell so people so people will not mistake you for an illiterate, ignorant bag of wind.

It's Mormonism. And, Joseph Smith is its founder, genius.

Why is it that Christianity seems to attract so many hateful people to its ranks when the message is about love and charity. I'm a Christian myself and people like you make me sick.

all i know is that while these buffoons are parading around the country talking but not acting, criminals (yes, those who break the law are criminals) are walking across our borders. NOTHING will get done on immigration until the new President, if then

ok, so Elsa my be more ignorant than Charles. wait, she is. she can't spell (John Smith??? what?). Lady, if you say you are a Christian then how can you even say anything about another faith "falling for anything". have you read a Bible lately to see the things that defy reason in it yet millions believe.

"Everyone knows the best way to win an election is to get tough on brown people!"

Posted By Jimmy P., Paris, TX : December 11, 2007 11:46 am

That has been the favored route for Republican candidates ever since Nixon's "Southern Strategy" began to kick in. Nixon learned from George Wallace's unexpected strong appeal that you not only win the south but also get many angry white losers from the north to vote against their economic interest if you can blind them with hate (black, brown, gay - hate something).

Romney started this thinking he could buy this election. He has been completely reptilian about it, and will stop at nothing. He has the money and will make up whatever "stance" on the issues he needs for whatever audience he happens to be in front of. Romney is scary.

Of all the republicans in the race, Huckabee might be the most decent human being, although in that snake's nest, that's not saying much.

Charles Windom,

What do you mean Romney is attacking your religion? Didn't you hear his speach? He enjoys a pluralistic religious society and the only one attacking another religion is you.

P.S.- I'm a moderate Republican that will never vote for Huckabee even though he's the first one I'd invite over for dinner.

umm, Tom you ridiculed the GOP linup but do you really thing the Dem crowd is any better. because if you do you are fooled big time by the puppet show. these people are bought and paid for by the same international bankers and corporations. we can either head toward the cliff at 45 mph or 70 mph. either way that's where they are taking us.

I hope that Huckabee stands out even more by NOT participating in these ridiculous negative political ads.
Can Huckabee beat the Dems? He has before.

Huckabee has confidence that is leading or at least tied with the GOP frontrunners. The more Romney attacks Huckabee (and Huckabee responds softly), the more Romney will hurt his own campaign. The evangelical christians will not like a Mormon attacking a Christian who has a checkered past regarding immigration.

I agree completely.

One positive thing about attack ads is that they will inform you of actions the candidate might not be wanting to inform you about. They (the candidates) only tell you what they think you want to hear (their positives) not their negatives. Do any of you have the time to dig into the candidates backgrounds and retrieve their votes or decisions on issues that are relevant - NO, and you certainly can't rely on the newsmedia to do it in an unbiased way. The candidates history on issues shows where they are likely to go on future issues. Yes, they can change their minds on certain issues when all the facts become known and nothing is wrong with that. People are supposed to use their minds to make informed decisions - not, "I can never change my mind based on new information". I was impressed by Huckabee in the debate - had not paid much attention to him before that. One thing for sure, ABC, Anbody But Clinton!!

you all ignore the issue. Was Joseph Smith not a convicted con-artist? Did he not claim to use magical items to do witchcraft?…items that no one else EVER SAW. Jesus is real. Many people witnessed his glory and miracles and the Bible is pure and true.

Romney using attack adds is nothing surprising. I think that the Republicans should listen to Reagan's 11th commandment and let the Democrats do their negative attacks and keep the discussion on what the people want.

I have to agree with the Ron Paul supporters in that he represents the people. My only issue with Mr. Paul is his stance on Iraq. I understand that it was a mistake to go in, and as a Christian I orignally supported to plan to prosecute Hussein and Osama outlined in Jim Wallis's book God's Politics. But, now that we are in Iraq we need to have some responsibilty and uphold our reputation, honor, and duty to the people we have wronged. Pulling out 100% would be a mistake, and Mr. Paul can not ignore the imminent attack on U.S. soil if we were to let Iraq and Afghanistan become the breeding grounds for terrorists they once were. Recent reports so improvement, and though it may not be a 100% turn around, progress is progress and we need to give it a chance.

Huckabee seems like a very nice guy, but with his mixed record I would probably not like to have him as president. I absolutely love the FairTax, which as Huckabee has said would help our economy extensively. It would stop punishing people for making money, it would stop takes on those in poverty, it would bring trillions of dollars in capital gains back to the U.S. form overseas and it makes things fair for everyone.

I think Mitt is very handsome and would make a better leader.

I would not want to live in Huckabee's America. Every day since his "surge" in the polls, something new has come out to embarrass him, and for good reason. The man has horrible judgment, taxes like crazy, seems to always be behind on the issues (whether it was AIDS in the 90s or the NIE report last week), and wants to force his own beliefs upon the whole world. I thought liberals were bad when it came to "tolerating" smokers, for instance, but Huckabee seems far worse.

I can't believe either of these men could be considered as the best choice! They are constantly straddling the line between being conservative or moderate, depending on which group they're speaking to. Both are trying to be as generic as possible. Both are praying looks and personality will purvail. Both have agendas on their web-sites that are pretty scary and half-baked related to: handling working illegal immigrants and their families, improving affordability/access to adequate healthcare, management of terrorists and the war in Iraq and Afghanistan…and I could go on. Both are fiscally conservative in rhetoric–but are not discussing any action plans to reduce our burgeoning deficit. Both are hyping how good the economy is–yet neither is addressing the millions of job losses, the fact that "part-time" or "flex-time" employment are the bulk of "new jobs" being created in our country. Neither are discussing any plans to stem the rampant departure of blue and white collar jobs to other nations. I'm not satisfied with what I've seen.

The more they attack, the higher his numbers go. Go figure?

"Moneybags" Romney shows his true colors.

Looks like Romney is going to get a roundhouse kick to the face soon.

Gogo Chuckabee.

Again Elsa, you are ignorant. there is no issue as Smith was never convicted of any such thing. witchcraft? you are probably a closer practitioner of this than he was. no one else saw? there are witnessess to these items that you talk about. look it up. where did you dig that up? he was hounded by bigoted, narrow minded people that you may know something about.

When he was governor, Huckabee held the following positions on illegal immigration:

1. He supported higher education benefits for children of illegal immigrants
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Mike Huckabee's compassion to support illegal immigrant's US born child is commendable.
However Mike Huckabee went beyond and supported providing benefits to illegal immigrant's kids not born in US.
Considering there are millions of homeless veterans in US, it is unthinkable that Mike Huckabee chose to spend dollars on illegal immigrant's kids not born in US.
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2. Opposed a federal roundup of illegals from his state in 2005
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There is a US immigration law that an alien who does not possess valid I-94 or valid resident status has to leave US within 90 days.
It seems Mike Huckabee was not aware of this fact.
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3. Opposed a 2001 bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote in the state
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In this case Mike Huckabee can be considered to be on the wrong side of of law itself, i.e. he can be considered to use illegal means to promote his agenda.
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4. In 2001, a member of his administration pushed for legislation to grant driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.

Even though Mike Huckabee may have good intentions, but his record shows that he has all along towed illegal means to pursue his goals.

Is republican voter willing to tow a leader's line, who is not only leading people down the illegal path, but due to his conscious actions, depriving US citizens and lawful residents of ways and means to support their families (given the fact that US economy is predicted to grow at an anemic pace of 2% to 2.5% in foreseeable future - thanks to President George Bush's economic policies)?

Elsa and Charles:

If you are going to devote so much time to posting hateful, mean, bigoted and ignorant posts about the LDS church, you might do yourself well to spend a few hours and enlighten yourself.

BTW Elsa - do yourself a favor and read the first few pages of the Book of Mormon. There were more than ONE person that saw the Gold Plates and the translation device. Also note, that these three witnesses later fell away from the church, yet they NEVER recanted their testimony as to the existance of the Gold Plates.

You both remind me of the Islamic extreemists - you hate for no good cause. You hate because of freedoms extended to others. You hate because of others religious choice.

Hey 'Reality Check'

heard the term "glass looker"? How about planey Kolob? That's where spirts live right? There is nothing "real" in your big phoney churh and nothing real in your big phoney candidate.

HIstorical EVIDENCE (court documents) shows Joseph Smith was a con-artist. Deal with it

Make no mistake about it and let the truth be known. The vast majority of Evangelicals disdain Mormons. They are lying if they tell you they don't.
The crux of this whole Huckabee push is about finding "one of theirs", as the "Christian" candidate. It gets no simpler than this. If a Mormon got in the White House, all Evangelicals would, in vernacular terms, go ballistic, because it would validate Mormons in America.
Sadly and pathetically, the more Evangelicals bash Mormons, the more they delegitimize themselves to the rest of honorable Americans of all faiths. Romney has always been positive and willing to be friends with Evangelicals, but they just freak-out and won't reciprocate.
I'm sure that even James Dobson of Focus on the Family and Dr. Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention will become even more embarrassed by this entire scenario, as time goes on. The anti-Mormon segment of their flock could affect the outcome of this election, from the bypassing of a very talented man, in the name of Mitt Romney. He could possibly pull the USA out of a possible economic crisis in the near future. HOW SAD!!!!

Mitt, Mitt, full of cash.
Will you let me keep my stash?
Savings, Yes, but paychecks, No!
Just another politico.
Hope for tax reform, I see,
Will be voting HUCKABEE!

"Considering there are millions of homeless veterans in US, it is unthinkable that Mike Huckabee chose to spend dollars on illegal immigrant's kids not born in US."

Really, there are millions? I don't know where you get your numbers, but I think you might what to do some research and realize that accepted values are ~200,000. Now this is still a major problem, but get your facts straight, this kind of exaggeration and nonsense are distracting people from the real issues.

Everyone bashing on Huckabee is saying talking about all these new indiscretions showing up, well they have shown up for every other canidate. We just forget about them because they aren't new and upcoming in the polls. All the canidates have their flaws, we need to pick the best candidate who stands for conservative values and policy that will take this country in the right direction. The most conservative on the issues are Hunter, (excluding flip-flops) Romney, Huckabee, and then their is Paul.

Whether you like any of these or not, any of them is better than a democrat. We don't want our country to end up going into the socialist wastebin.