Huckabee is delerious.

After witnessing what happened in Iowa, I am really worried about our country. Are there really that many people in this country who think someone like Huckabee is a viable candidate? He is a deceitful opportunist who could not even effectively run one of the smallest states let alone the leading world power. People of the USA, WAKE UP! Do some homework. Look at the facts - I mean really look at the facts. Anyone would be better than Huck. Anyone.

Huchabee and Hillary…both are unelectable. We won't have to listen to either of them in a short while and I can't wait!

I've lost all respect for Huckabee after he pulled a "John Kerry" and started systematically stealing Ron Paul's ideas, words, and strategies to cast himself as a populist. Huckster stole Ron's "eliminate the IRS" idea, Huck's now giving lip service to the Constitution, he stole Ron's online fundraising ideas, and Huck even stooped so low as to steal Ron's Christmas commercial idea (and then all the other candidates jumped on the bandwagon). These are just four of dozens of examples. Reminds me of what Kerry did to Dean 4 years ago, but people in the general election could detect a fake when they saw one. So wake up you Huck supporters. Do your research and support the real thing this time around, not same fake Bill Clinton wannabee.

liked Huckabee's line at the debate "We are all created equal" and then on the other face exudes so much religious bigotry and "christian" hypocricy against Romney, I definetly believe Romney to be more christian and much more presidential!

Oh my goodness. The stench of bitterness and desperation is overpowering!

Huck - quick tip: showcasing your record isn't an "attack ad" just because you're not proud of certain elements of your record. It also doesn't make Mitt the meany because he puts out an ad that tells people what you don't want them to know. If anything, consider it free advertising to those people who actually support raising taxes, raising spending, pardoning convicted rapists that go on to murder and rape again….It's your record. Facts can be stubborn things.

Oh yeah….nice try to repeatedly ignore the question last night about whether you raised taxes as Governor…and then your "Mitt, I'm not going to talk to you because you're not the moderator." Very childish. You can't stand the heat so you try every which way to avoid it.

I told my wife they must breed a different type of politician in Hope. The phrase "Slick Willie" will soon be "Slick Huck"

James said: "I live in the S.E. part of the country and I'm not really impressed with anyone at this time, I've been thinking all along, is this all this country has to offer us? But I know one thing we definitely don't need to elect a muslim(Obama) as President."

Do you need to be told again that Obama is not Muslim? His Kenyan father was raised a Muslim, but was a confirmed atheist by the time his parents met. His stepdad had little use for religion. His mom was not religions but was considered spiritual. Barack himself is a member of the Trinity United Church of Christ; a Christian church (you can tell because it has Christ in the name.)

So, where do you get the notion that Barack is Muslim?

Mikie, get a thicker skin! Mitt's information is correct in his ads. For example, you over ruled the verdicts of judge and jury to give pardons. It makes no difference the individual human reasons, you became judge and jury. Mitt was right. Quit whining.

It's all personal for Huckabee and McCain. They are unstable to say the least. Romney is the one who has no ethical violations and has kept clear of the Washington swamp.

But he's got to fight fire with fire. Romney has avoided personal attacks, but since these guys hate him anyway, the time has come for him to respond to their personal attacks.

I want him to bring up McCain's adultery, ethics violations, Keating Five, bottom of his class at the Academy, class clown mentality, age, etc.

I want him to bring up Huckabee's real views and record, ethics violations, his son's horrendous behavior and his maneuvering to cover it up, and his lying about his own resume…how dare he say that Romney has fudged his resume when Huckabee himself has claimed a "divinity" degree he never received?

Neither of these guys would have him as a VP anyway and everyone seems to have forgotten about these key character flaws…so fire away, Mitt!

I should add that I was a fervent McCain supporter in 2000, but his time has passed.

Brenda,
Judging from your entry at 11:12am on 1/7/07, I assume you are NOT one of Huckabee's Christian followers. Calling any man a schmuck is far from being Christian, wouldn't you say?

Huckabee has been caught many a time being VERY personally negative to Romney, on TV, in his un-released but released ad and with his "knock his teeth out" Chuck Norris & campaign manager who wants to kick Romney. Imagine how he talks with these guys off camera when no one else is taping!

Huckabee is one of those Shirt sleeve wearing Christians that has turned my family away from the typical Churches of the USA!

Huck is a typical fake Christian hypocrite and NOT Presidential at ALL!

"Oh, and by-the-way his win in Iowa had nothing to do with him or his views and everything to do with evangelical chirstians' fears of a Mormon in the White House. "

How could a republican nominee win the general election without the support of evangelicals?

I love how the plagiarist Huckabee has been stealing Ron Paul's lines about the Constitution, liberty and the IRS. What a little leech. You can't really expect much more from a preacher boy though. This guy has no real understanding of the Constitution, monetary policy or foreign policy. No understanding of history. However, he did notice that Ron Paul gets a lot of applause and thought he might borrow a few ideas.

The problem, Huckabee, is that you can't fake the funk. Ron Paul has been pro-Constitution, pro-Liberty and pro-Small Government for over 30 years! His tune hasn't changed in all that time and he has the Congressional record to prove it. He can back his arguments with a strong knowledge of history and a strong understanding of the foundational underpinnings of the US Constitution.

Huckabee is just the glass jaw of the Republican party.

Billions of dollars of adds? That's a lot of money Huck. Maybe in all of your education you forgot math classes. Huckabee is out of control.

By the way, Huckabee should know that Romney's father did march with MLK and was a well known civil rights activist.

Huckabee is a liar at best. He can't take the truth about his own record and failures and so he resorts to attacks on Mitt's family, religion and honesty.

Tell me again that he is a good Christian, it's hard to see the resemblance to the good Christians I know.

Huckleburp has played almost every dirty, underhanded trick in the book and made up a few that weren't in the book.

When questioned about his past dealings, which are fully and impartially documented and public information to boot, he cries "FOUL" and falls back on religion to pull the wool over gullible voters.

He is no better than the Pharisee's of biblical times.

Um, RedSea Foriegn National, I think Spencer was making a joke!

I live in the S.E. part of the country and I'm not really impressed with anyone at this time, I've been thinking all along, is this all this country has to offer us? But I know one thing we definitely don't need to elect a muslim(Obama) as President.

Huckabee is still the most believable candidate.
He is one of us.
Thank God for that.

Romney 08!
Huck's not gonna make it, especially his cheesy one-liners.

Red Sea Foreign National.

Obviously you missed the sarcasm in Spencer's post. It was a direct slam against Huckabee's ad that he wasn't going to show but showed to the media.

Huckabees tax plan is a wonderful idea if you are rich and live like you make $60k per year cause you will pay very little taxes.

It is a nighmare if you are middle income. the tax is added in first and then the item being purchased is added in, thus making it a 30% tax

It is a 30% tax on everything we buy! A $40,000 car would come with a $12,000 sales tax. this would be a $240 per monthly payment just on the sales tax portion of a loan. this is supposed to help the middle class?

The biggest nightmare will be to the american businesses when everyone stops buying things because the tax is so high. then what follows? Layoffs, Debt, Bankruptcies, recession, Depression.

I am ok with a flat tax but getting rid of the IRS is again a stupid comment from huckabee. there needs to be someone to handle the collections of tax revenue. It may need to be retooled signficantly but doing away with it would never work.

one more thing Red Sea: Try proff reading before you post next time.

Again here is how the white house should look in 2009

Romney - President
Rudy- VP
McCain- Secretary of Defense
Thompson- Attorney General
Obama- Secretary of State

What a shame it is, that reporters don't ask Romney why none of his 5 young sons are in the army everytime he tells us how gung-ho he is on the war.

This should be asked every time he rolls out his hawish speech on the war.

He seems to have no character at all.

Its too bad Romney and Huckabee dont get along the would be a perfect pair as far as balance. If you look at the issues they think need change they are very similar. Romney approaches issues with a more executive aproach and who better to keep him in check when comes to keeping in mind the wishes of the people than Huckabee. Nobody will probably agree with me becaue of their bickering, but they would be a powerful and effective team.

To Spencer, in Utah, What makes you think you are at a higher moral elevation than you peers. As I said fromthe beginning about Huckbee to family and friends, the American people will never understand hos tax plan, and fpr those who asked if I hve looked at it, I have, in the early 80's when a thesis I wrote as an economic student one a first place prize that was about replacing an income tax xith an income tax! This guy knows what he is talking about, and I do not care if he is Xhristian, Muslim, Jewish, or any other religion, but this guy knows what he is taling about when it comes to taxes, but the American people are not yet ready to consider this type of change! Nor educaed in Economics!

So imagine a 35% increse in prices, in the short terl, but at the same time a more than 35% increase. In which case do you have more control? And in the long run, the prices will come down, even though initially an increase in prices will happen. But equally offset, but in the long run prices will come down, and imagine to take home 100% of your paychecj, and the dact that prices will come down because companies will no longer have to pay 50% social security tax.

As I predicted in a paper I wrote in the 1980's the American people could never comprhend or understand this kind of concept. I read Huckabee's paper on this and he has all the angles covered, but it is so typical that the Alerican people are decived by a fast talking lawyer like Obama than an honest and simple man like Hucjkabee, so anyone who does not like the politics we have in the states, and wants to complain about politicians and Washington can only blame theirselves for ignorance!

One thing is sure, once the elections are over and the next president is iin place we will turn to status quo and lack of interest except for filing our annual income tax, saving receipts, etc…. busy going to amusement parks, holidays in the carribean, while we criticise politicians but continue to blindly live our lives.

How many people out there have ever sritten or put pressure on the congress or sentate representatives for the state tey live in, an dhow many fo you even know who they are, or let alone how to find their address or phone number?

The American Public is blind, and if we had Huckabee since 2000, we would be a lo tbetter off than if we had Bush, and for sure he would have more integrity!

Lori, very funny!!!

Romney 08…

I hope NH Republican voters strategize in the big picture (ie General Election). As smooth and sharp as Romney was in the debate last night, he does not stand a chance in the General Election against Clinton or Obama. Mitt Romney is going to be viewed as too pro-corporate/big business and that is not going to sway a lot of voters his way. Dems consistently make the mistake of electing a string of candidates (ie Kerry) in the primaries that could not beat the Republicans in the General Election (except for Bill Clinton in 1990s where they got it right). I hope that the primary voters use their votes strategically for the GE and elect someone who is going to win. I believe the best candidate to win in the General Election against Clinton or Obama is John McCain and hope that Republican Primary voters strategize for the November election.

"Billions of dollars in ads" Wow. Huckabee is a real moron.

I am a Christian so I don't believe in negative attacks.

Although I do have many negative things to say about Huckabee's bid for the White House. For example, he’s a hypocrite with a silver tongue, and is just plain dumb on fiscal and foreign affairs.

But I would never say or post those things publicly because I am at a higher moral elevation than my peers.

Huckabee always say he is positive and yet he attacked Romney and Brownback's religion to his advantage. What are his ideas? The "fair tax" would do nothing but kill the economy. It would both create a black market and raise gas and milk each almost a dollar a gallon. It would kill the housing market because home interest deduction would be gone. It would kill the middle class and be great for the very rich. He cannot answer a simple question about his tax record and he has long history of ethical violations.

Hickupbee, SHUTUP!! you are attacking Romney, he has been nothing but fair to you. Go Mitt!!

Huckabee has no clue whatsoever. He is so involved in incorporating his religion into politics that he is losing sight of the overall purpose. It's disgusting.

It is interesting to watch the Huckster has no experience and no platform other htan the bible and singing Amazing Grace. McCain wants to stay in Iraq for a "100 years" so he is about the Empire and Nation building, The Empire is in 135 countries we have occupied them he says we should stay forever, Why and how much does all this cost the Empire?

Fred is stil on Law and order and thinks this is an episode and has no platform.

We are 60 trillion in debt, the economy is a mess the Feds want to save the day and it is none of their business. Greenspan the idiot caused it and the Congress.

The only guy that has been in congress for 20 years and you can look at his voting record and is for real change is not Obama or Mitt it is Ron Paul he has not changed his platform and speaks the truth.

I would like to have Ron Paul debate any of them on the constitution, foreign policy or the economy that would not hold their own for 5 minutes.

Wake up you have a candidate

Huckabee's taking the high road? (His own words)
Sounds like a Huckoprit, or a Huckabigot.
As an undecided voter, I must say that Romney is presenting facts about Huck's record, and Huck says Romney's being negative. Then Huck strickes back with non-factual epithets. Huck is definitely not diplomatic presidential material, regardless of what the other candidates are/are not.

There will NEVER be a perfect president. You choose the one you think will do the best job. The presidency was not supposed to be about digging up dirt on the other candidate or back bitting it is supposed to be about the candidtate telling what they will do for the American people. We don't need the American people backbitting the candidates they do a good job of that on their own. When you go to the poles think about the issues.

"un-Christian-like hate-mongoring, slithering, slandering attacks coming from the Grand Wizard Wannabe , you know the "wiz", right? HIS HIGH HUCKABEAST???

Naw….say it isn't so, eh…say it just isn't so, lol….what a "suprise". Nothing new there

Vote Romney, Thompson, or Obama in 2008!!!

Hooray for Huckabee!

He gets my vote !

C-TRUE……..Can I say Ignorant………..read and research before you blog. fyi Obama's Dad did not raise him as a muslim. His parents went their separate ways when he was very young and his Dad DID NOT RAISE HIM.

Huckabee got worked on National TV- - - He hates being caught in a lie. He is a disgrace to our party. Mitt Romney was the clear winner. Intellegence, vibrance, Credentials, experiance….. Romney has got 'em all!

I'm so tired of hearing Huckabee crying over all those "billions" of dollars of negative ads that were aired against him in Iowa. Did he win Iowa, or did I miss something? The truth is, is that he is a prideful, indignant, cry baby who doesn't want to discuss the issues but would rather cry foul play when those issues are brought up. Oh, and by-the-way his win in Iowa had nothing to do with him or his views and everything to do with evangelical chirstians' fears of a Mormon in the White House. Tomorrow he'll be crying about the "trillions" of dollars in attack ads against him.

Thanks Boyd

"…The most dangerous hypocrite in a (country) is the one who (uses) the gospel for the sake of (his politics). A man (combined) of his politics and the gospel is able to cheat a whole country with his religion and then destroy them under the color of Law…".

So says The Founding Father… Benjamin Franklin. I am sick of republicans lying that thie country was meant to be governed by Judeo - Christian principles. That is complete BS. They did everything possible to keep reliogion out of politics…. they understood that religion is personal to the person… you CAN NOT legistlate religious morals or beliefs…. its is immoral, its is dangerous, Its FREAKING IRANIAN.

If evangelicals WANT a theocracy they need to disband the constitution because you CAN NOT have both.

Mike Huckabee is biterly lashing out? I did not come to that conclusion after viewing the interview with John Roberts. Mike did say "millions" not "billions". Personally, I do not like Mitt Romney. He looks a little too polished for my liking. Money can buy many things but it cannot buy my vote. Negative attack ads only encourage me to seek the real truth. The truth is out there on the net !

I can hardly wait until Tuesday, February 5th. Who will be the last one standing?

These two are BORING. Watching them go back and forth at each other reminded me of watching two children arguing in a playground.

Notice how Rudy Giuliani just sits back and listens? He is waiting and getting ready to make his move. On Super Tuesday, Rudy will emerge as the clear frontunner and dispatch of these two.

Don't you just like this back and forth b!tching between these two christian devils?

It is so effeminate. lol
They are definitely not presidential material.

Vote for Huckabee or get a roundhouse kick to the face from the MAN, Chuck Norris!!

Pres- Huckabee
SecDef- Norris

"This army is Norris approved!"

We all know Rudy’s stance on books. When Ron Paul stood up to him and explained that 9/11 did not occur in a vacuum, but rather the attacks were a reaction to failed American policy, Giuliani (the mayor of New York on 9/11) was astonished. "I don't think I have ever heard that before and I have heard some pretty absurd explanations for September 11th." So like any respectable debater, Paul gave Rudy a reading list, which vindicated his argument. This list including the 9/11 Commission Report and a book by the former head of the CIA’s bin Laden Unit, Michael Scheuer. Unfortunately Paul doesn’t understand the mind of Rudy. The books he assigned were filled with big words, no pictures, and rational arguments – virtually assuring that the former mayor (during 9/11) would not look at them.

Given that Giuliani (who was mayor during 9/11) hasn’t dropped out of the race and apologized to the American public, one can only assume that he hasn’t been doing his reading. So I have a solution. Giuliani should see the new film, Charlie Wilson’s War. Though based on a book written for adults, the film contains few sentences, making it an apt choice for the former mayor.

The story follows Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson’s crusade to supply Afghani militants (mujahideen) in their fight against the Red Army. Almost a billion dollars of sniper rifles, bullets, machine guns, rocket launchers, antiaircraft guns, grenades, surface to air missiles, and an array of mines were given to these fanatics. The logistics and politics of Operation Cyclone is the topic of this film, adopted by Aaron Sorkin. Witty dialogue and outrageous characters make this a madcap adventure into the dark world of politics, complete with Mossad agents, strippers, and evangelicals.

While one can read about blowback and the devastating consequences of clandestine intervention, seeing the deeds done hits viscerally. It seems, as Bismarck said, that to retain our appetite for sausages and foreign policy, one ought not see them made. But this is what we want. Americans should be disgusted with the fact that we helped arm Muslim extremists – that their tax dollars were given to terrorists and murderers. What Charlie Wilson’s War does is unflinchingly expose the American people to the corruption and danger of our world-policing foreign policy.

Those familiar with Congressman Ron Paul and his philosophy of nonintervention will see Charlie Wilson as his antipode. Whereas Paul stresses staying out of the internal affairs of foreign nations, Wilson dedicates himself to the proposition that everything is the business of America. He, like Rudy Giuliani, clearly had never heard of blowback – the concept that our actions can have unforeseen implications.

In the polarized world of Wilson, there is only Good and Evil. At the time, Communist Russia was the Devil himself and had to be stopped at all costs…even if it meant sending weapons to bin Laden’s friends – the future Taliban. And while there was no explicit mention of bin Laden, there doesn’t need to be. Whether we armed bin Laden is irrelevant. The movie makes it clear that we allied ourselves with religious zealots, including Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (who is now listed as a terrorist). Even if we didn’t directly fund or train him, did we not support his cause? Were these rebels not labeled "freedom fighters"?

A powerful illustration of this flip-flopping comes when some powerful Congressman goes to the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan to chant, "God is Great" in Arabic. Imagine doing that today! And this is exactly what Ron Paul is decrying. He understands that the world is complex and changing, filled not with monoliths but nuance. He is too humble to profess to mete out perfect justice.

Eventually Wilson gets it. So does he seek to rectify the situation by eschewing future intervention? Nope. The solution is more money – this time to build schools and infrastructure. Afghanistan was to become the 51st state, for America to rule and westernize. If the medicine isn’t working, reasons Wilson, the only answer is a higher dosage

Contrast this view with that of Dr. Paul. Just as the Soviets of yesteryear were the boogeyman, today Islamofascism is. And just as some said we needed to accept totalitarianism at home to fight the Red Menace abroad, so too today do we have the neocons who sound the clarion call against the archaic notion of rights and liberty.

But Paul says we need to understand blowback. We need to understand our enemy if we ever hope to protect ourselves. Our war against the Soviets created unintended consequences. Who knows what the War on Terror will create. Unless there is a direct threat against America and the retribution is targeted and declared, all intervention must necessarily be deemed unwise and intrusive.

Far from an archaic relic, Ron Paul’s foreign policy of noninterventionism is the only viable one for the real world. Ron Paul is the only one sensible enough to understand that no council, Congress, or commander-in-chief can rule the world. How can a man like Giuliani, who reads only neoconservative tracts with titles like World War IV, be expected to understand much of anything?

Like Giuliani, Wilson snarkily demeans this philosophy when he responds that America’s inaction is a result of Congress’s "tradition." But there’s nothing wrong with a tradition of peace and obeying the Constitution. It’s the tradition Ron Paul wants to bring back.

What disturbs me the most, however, is the real Charlie Wilson. On CBS’s Sunday Morning, an interviewer asked him if had any regrets. He brazenly replied, "None. What’re you gonna regret?"

I’m not sure. Maybe it could be the arming of butchers and despots who killed thousands and paved the way to September 11th. Just a thought.

January 7, 2008

Max Raskin [send him mail] goes to high school in New Jersey. He was a summer fellow at the Mises Institute in 2007.

Anyone but the "H" factors. No Huckster or Hillary. They are both really scary.

I just think it's funny how Hucklebee and his two-platoon "Huck's Army" decry that the media is biased AGAINST Hucklebee then the media is what MADE Huckabee….

If Huckabee is such a populist and has such a large grassroots movements why does he have 1/4 the money and 1/10th the donors of Ron Paul?

Without the media's obsession with the smooth talking Hope Arkansas Politician version 2.0 Huckabee would still be fighting Ducan Hunter for last place.

Part of what some with running for office is having your past record examined against the platform you are running on…

Huckabee would be a hit on the Democrat side. Aside from his "look at me I'm and evangelical" he is not a republican.

I watched your interview with John Roberts here. Gov. Huckabee said "tens of millions" spent against him, not "billions" as you printed. Be accurate!

I was undecided as well, but have decided on Mike after talking with him in person. He is the most authentic candidate I have heard speak. He will not win here, but I think he can win nationally.

If this guy wins then it will be the end of the world. Look where the "Christian" conservitive has gotten us in the past 8 years. In debt, hated and no respect for our country.

Given a little more prodding by the other Republican candidates about his issues I predict a public explosion since nobody is going for the holier then thou art stance of his. It would be nice to have another presidential candidate pull a Gore/Dean and freak out in public

The Republican Party is simply screwed. Candidates have done nothing to better there chances at the White House. Romney needs to stop whining worrying about others. Guillian appears selectable but needs to step it up. Thompson and McCain are going to kick the bucket before they can actually accomplish anything. And Huckabee, are you kidding me! This joker will provide unheard of ammo to the Democrats. He would inevitably be labeled a hypocrite, either by people who trust him in political affairs or by the brain-washed Christians who believe he is the salvation for their beliefs. He will not do both.

Additionally, it appears the way the republicans pick their candidate in Iowa is by subscribing to what their church leaders say. Christianity has turned into a cult-like organization which infringes on the agency of its members. Time for me to look into different Theology. Hallelujah!!! Oh, and by the way my Christian friends -God still loves you even though some of you are cult-like.

NH primary is insignificant to the rest of the country. The important states will vote on Feb. 5th. Mitt Romney and John McCain will not do well in these states. But Huckabee and Guiliani will. Ron Paul is a nutt!

SHELLEY, GREENVILLE SC

Yes! He does look like Nixon. Although some say he also looks like Gomer's Pyle.

Wait a second? You quote Huckabee as saying billions? Check your quotes buddy. Also you accuse Huckabee of lying about his pledge to not attack Romney. Is he not allowed to defend himself either. Who over wrote this article did a very poor job.

After Super Tuesday it will be very clear that RUDY is going to be the next President of the United States. I also predict that he will pick Mike Huckabee as his running mate. He will not want to isolate all those evangilicals that are still the back bone of the Republican party.

Not a bad combination if I do say so myself.

PRESIDENT HUCKABEE!!!!!!!

Has anyone considered that Obama could be part of a terrorist sleeper cell?

I was lead to believe that it night be true because of the aftermath of 9-11 when it was uncovered that there are sleeper cells just waiting for an opportune time to harm us. After all, his father raised him as a Muslim. (Carl Marx said give me a child until he is 6 years old and I will give you back the man.) Look at the recent -several years ago- A Chinese scientist was caught spying for China. He had come here to develop a life, over decades, in order to provide a cover, and access, for his real intentions. I do not think we should take the chance because America is at stake.

Not to mention his drug use and other misadventures that he writes off and says we should ignore because he was a teen. Even though other politicians have had to answer for their youthful indiscretions.

Then when he is questioned he dismisses it and pretends that he should be held to a different standard, and derides the questioner.

What has happened to our journalist? Have they all become watchers instead of investigative reporters

How can we trust someone with his background, lack of experience? People think they can do the job but one only has to look at President Bush's job and see how they can turn our country into a 3rd world country.

when has this bigot ever kept a pledge? oh, that's right, he never said he WOULDN'T raise out taxes here. scumbag.

Thank you, Lori. Let's get this Dope-a-bee out of the race so we can have serious candidates who can actually lead this great nation let voters know why they're the best.

Huck's voters are right-wing evangelicals. They organized and got their people to the polls in Iowa because they want Jesus to be President of the United States. Huck's vote in these primaries is nothing more than that. All this talk about his being a candidate of change with a "reform agenda" is a bunch of hooey.

Wake up America! The evangelicals have a very narrow agenda for this country. They have controlled the White House, Congress, and the Supreme Court for almost all of the last eight years. How many more trillions of dollars are we prepared to add to the national debt in pursuit of their theology of greed? How many more Americans and innocent Iraqis are we willing to sacrifice for their holy war? How many more children will go without health care, and parents fall into poverty at the hands of these people who say they are followers of Jesus Christ?

Make no mistake. This warm and fuzzy Baptist preacher from Hope is just their stalking horse.

Ummmm Billions of Dollars? Really? I had no idea Romney had that much in campaign funding….

Good to see that the facts are important to Huck

Huckabee wants to avoid an open battle with all the candidates because he is not politically or internationally well informed. I believe in God and I believe in the Bible just like a lot of Huckabee followers and political assessment of Huckabee tells me he is not the one. I will cast my vote for someone who is more politically and internationally informed than myself.

Wow, Huckabee was asked another direct question and he didn't answer it. Sounds like the debate last night. Did you raise taxes $500 million or not? The answer is a resounding YES.
Now he is asked HOW his health care reform will work, and he said what? It needs to have 3 things, blah blah blah. Can we please get an answer from this man? …. NopeI didn't think so.
Can anyone who voted for him explain to me why anyone else should vote for him? Please don't invoke the name of the Lord and tell me that Huckabee is God's candidate. The above comment that quotes Franklin hit the nail on the head.
Huckabee has a nothing platform!

I guess the "Dope from Hope" has figured out the the thump from his bible isn't as loud in NH as it was in Iowa. Sorry, I can't vote for someone who hides behind God. I'm a Christian, but I don't base my vote on religion. I vote for who would be the best for the country. And has anyone else noticed that this guy looks like Nixon?

You know, we all talk about Reagan in these elevated terms because he brought conservative change, but I think people forget how he did it. He had great ideas based on conservative principles that inspired Democrats to come to his support. That is what Mitt Romney brings, that's what his healthcare plan was all about. Ted Kennedy did support Romney's plan, but not because of some bipartisan concession, but because it was a great idea that fixed a major problem. The gridlock in Washington is not due to a lack of bipartisanship, it's due to a lack of great ideas. Obama's lofty rhetoric, Edwards' fighting spirit, Huckabee's populist appeals, and McCain's constant concessions to liberal philosophy won't change Washington. Only the great ideas of a Romney administration will inspire the nation to come together to support conservative solutions. More is at stake here than just the parties or the candidates. If you want solutions, vote for someone who has been proven to come up with solutions, not someone who promises them (including Clinton, whose changes have more been attemps than accomplishments). Chnage is coming whether we like it or not, but if you want positive change, vote for Mitt Romney.

I have been listening to the Upper Class media today and for weeks talking about another gentleman from Hope. Most of the commentators agree the "bunker mentality" is a general election discussion Huckabee is moving toward. In truth Bush must be listening of late for he is beginning to move toward such a policy of talking to world leaders even our enemies the Foreign policy position Huckabee advocates in the article. Huckabee is a rare Republican that thinks using both sides of his brain and sees "green" cares about broken humanity and is endorsed by the NEA. He is a Republican cut of a different clothe that social conservatives, moderates and actually even some liberals can and will support! The elite and establishment Republicans despise Huckabee’s broken humanity policy and are praying the great fish (not a trout) of the bible will swallow him in the Republican primary sea! They mostly care about their money or selfishly the borders within their own habitation! The more they pray their Pharisaical prayers and preach their negative messages and God knows they are coming out of the woodwork the higher Mike goes in the Polls. I must say I am amused! There are even some right wing Arkansas Legislative Republicans that supported a policy which would allow migrant children to suffer or even possible die rather than provide for them medicine. They add to their position of closing the border (which Huckabee supports) an additional policy of not providing medication, or feeding the poor. They preach this policy as if it is from Jesus’s teachings. I am not sure what bible they have been reading. I have not found that policy in mine. The one I own and the one Mother Teresa read states “suffer the little children to come unto me”. I guess the Pharisaical Republicans have added to their bible we must ask what country the children come from and we must look at the color of their skin and if they are not “white American” they are illegal or different and we must not help them. You are right Governor Mike we are a better Country than that. Even Michael Moore is more right on this position than the right wing Pharisaical Republican Legislators fighting Mike Huckabee’s broken humanity policy that gives a human touch to Government.
I recall in a debate some years back when a Democrat said to a Republican candidate called Dan something to the effect “you are no John F. Kennedy”. Hmm, I think the press is finally getting it that Mike Huckabee is no Pat Robinson. Elect ability? Huckabee beat the Clinton machine in Arkansas four times so I’ll let you answer that. Ed Rollins Reagan’s Architect and now Mike’s still likes donuts and booze and may be getting older and balder but his memory is still good and I think he’s got one more winning campaign in him. Ed remembered Democrats prayed for the Republican nomination of B rated movie star and eventual Governor Ronnie Reagan in 1980 and their prayers were answered. I guess they forgot to pray about the general election for Reagan won with a landslide. I read a few days ago a headline on Drudge and elsewhere the Democrats were again in a “silent” prayer mode for another “B rated star” guy in this case the “Mike” guy called Huckabee who they want to be the Republican nominee. They better be careful what they pray for because he is clothed in the same clothe as Reagan a “Great Communicator and Chief”! I wonder if their prayers will be answered again. Yes we agree with Mike “Jesus is to smart to run for office” and let us add to take sides but I do look forward to watching those old rerun movies with a B star actor replaced by a “Mike” guy.

Kyle - you're a genius. I loved your comment!

Romney - President
Rudy- VP
McCain- Secretary of Defense
Thompson- Attorney General
Obama- Secretary of State

Huckabee- Baptist Minsiter in Hope Arkanasa

Let's make this happen please. For our country's sake! (But also add Edwards somewhere. I think he's kinda cool too.)

Billions, Huckabee wantsto run the country and he thinks billions have been spent. At the debate Huck would never answer whether the net increase in taxes was 500 million. He was asked directly and just wouldn't answer which shows Romney's ad was correct. George Romney was a civil rights supporter when it wasn't popular for Republicans I would bet anything Romney's father has a better civil rights record than Huckabee's. Huckabee makes personal attacks because that is all he has. Romney has never attacked Huckabee personally for all of his ethical violations. Destroying government owned hard drives when he left office to prevent even more ethical complaints. Using a government airplane to make perrsonal speeches (speeches he took money for while governor from special interests). Now I love how Huckabee is saying all men are equal regardless of IQ which proves even he knows he is not in Romney or Guliani's league.

On Immigration McCain and Huckabee implied that we needed to work on the soloution of Immigration and one that will work. Amnesty in any form does not work. Reagan allowed 3 million in the 80's and all that did was send a message to 12 million now illegal immigrants to come on over and we will work out a way for you to become legal. This will only send a message to 48 million more to do the same thing.
Border fence is just stupid I mean it sound great but that is one big fence and it will not keep them out, Nor does it do anything to secure the canadian border.
As an owner of a very large landscape company I Depend on immigrant workers but I believe that legal immigration is the way to go.
by the way our government is doing a horrible job at keeping up with legal immigration. It is very frustrating to try to go the legal rout and get H2B visas for my employees. It is very expensive and very time consuming and the government will send back the legal documentations 50 times because of wrong ink color, new forms to replace old forms etccc.
I think the best way to monitor it is through the employers and a tamper proof ID system. I do think the government should not penalize employers but of course I am biased, I do think the government needs to create a bullet proof process that protects employers from possible fake IDS.
We must make sure we remain a law abiding country or else this problem will multiply 4 fold.

Who would have guessed that CNN would pull for Romney over Huckabee? Oh wait. Of course they would, who better to attack on the religious front in the general election than a Mormon. Especially when Hillary shares the same beliefs as Huckabee..

A great summary from The National Review:

Many conservatives are finding it difficult to pick a presidential candidate. Each of the men running for the Republican nomination has strengths, and none has everything — all the traits, all the positions — we are looking for. Equally conservative analysts can reach, and have reached, different judgments in this matter. There are fine conservatives supporting each of these Republicans.

Our guiding principle has always been to select the most conservative viable candidate. In our judgment, that candidate is Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts. Unlike some other candidates in the race, Romney is a full-spectrum conservative: a supporter of free-market economics and limited government, moral causes such as the right to life and the preservation of marriage, and a foreign policy based on the national interest. He supports enforcing the immigration laws and opposes amnesty. Those are important steps in the right direction.

Romney is an intelligent, articulate, and accomplished former businessman and governor. At a time when voters yearn for competence and have soured on Washington because too often the Bush administration has not demonstrated it, Romney offers proven executive skill. He has demonstrated it in everything he has done in his professional life, and his tightly organized, disciplined campaign is no exception. He himself has shown impressive focus and energy.

Since almost all of the candidates have the same foreign-policy principles, what matters most is which candidate has the skills to execute that vision.

We believe that Romney is a natural ally of social conservatives. He speaks often about the toll of fatherlessness in this country. He may not have thought deeply about the political dimensions of social issues until, as governor, he was confronted with the cutting edge of social liberalism. No other Republican governor had to deal with both human cloning and court-imposed same-sex marriage. He was on the right side of both issues, and those battles seem to have made him see the stakes of a broad range of public-policy issues more clearly. He will work to put abortion on a path to extinction. Whatever the process by which he got to where he is on marriage, judges, and life, we’re glad he is now on our side — and we trust him to stay there.

More than the other primary candidates, Romney has President Bush’s virtues and avoids his flaws. His moral positions, and his instincts on taxes and foreign policy, are the same. But he is less inclined to federal activism, less tolerant of overspending, better able to defend conservative positions in debate, and more likely to demand performance from his subordinates. A winning combination, by our lights. In this most fluid and unpredictable Republican field, we vote for Mitt Romney.

The National Review

Ah poor little babies can't stand the fact that Huckabee blew Romney out of the water in Iowa and that Romney is about to lose New Hampshire. And Romney isn't slick? PLEASE. Romney is a shmuck–and please get that stupid smirk off your face. Good grief–do you sleep with that smile plastered on there? Huckabee is the only authentic candidate, and I can't wait to call him Mr. President. The rest of ya can go cry in your beer….

Listen Up - to paraphrase Benjamin Franklin in one his Silence Dogood letters (at age 16) -…
"…The most dangerous hypocrite in a (country) is the one who (uses) the gospel for the sake of (his politics). A man (combined) of his politics and the gospel is able to cheat a whole country with his religion and then destroy them under the color of Law…".

Like I've said before folks - do you REALLY want a President who needs to justify every single decision from the Oval Office with quote from his bible? Or - do you want a President who is clear on the meaning of the phrase - ' separation of church and state'.

There are problems with both Huckabee and Romney. I wish Huckabee would explain better how this "fair tax" is really fair to those making so little. I would like to know how Romney can be so mistaken when he claims to have "seen" his father walk with Martin Luther King Jr. These things make no sense to me. The ideas also seem delusional as well.

Face it conservatives, you don't really have any good choices this year. They are either somewhat questionable about really being conservative (tax hikes, abortion, homosexuals) or they are so close to libertarians that it is basically tearing down government until it can't really protect the citizen inside the country.

huckabee is creepy, dishonest (ran his attack ad even though he said he wouldn't) and also really lacks the qualifications to be pres.
all of you republicans- go ahead and make him your nominee-! Then let's see how he'll stack up nationally to Barack Obama.
He is simply not a contender.

So can we now say that Huckabee doesn't keep his promises?? Has flip-flopped on his "positive" campaign. I think so! So now he is a flip-flopper!!

I hope the people in New Hampshire (and the rest of the country) realize that Huckabee is a terrible choice for president. He will not seperate church from state. He will not make us more safe because once a murderer has found God in prison he lets them out. He has not experienced with foreign policy. He will not make us more economically sound. He will find some good wholesome reason to raise our taxes or give money to illegal immigrant children. He is not tough on immigration. He is too soft and too liberal to be the Repubican nonimee.

Mitt Romney is the best choice. Although not perfect, he is tough on immigration and crime. He is an experienced economic genius. This is something America needs!!

And while I'm at it, McCain seemed like a playground bully on the Saturday debate. What a jerk! I was trying to imagine him in the Oval office being rude to everyone and it made me cringe.

Huckabee said "millions" of dollars not "billions" of dollars, and I think that "bitterly" was the wrong word. After listening to Huckabee's interview It's hard to see how you can title the piece Huckabee hits back hard again. Not a Huckabee supporter at all, but I've been amazed at how level-headed he's been after Romney's attacks. Your article made it sound as if this had fundamentally changed but the video and quotes you provided did not.

Mike Huckabee's relentless whining and complaining about Mitt Romney is getting more than old it is getting pathetic. Billions of dollars in ads? Give me a break. Huckabee is not ready for the big time. He needs to go back to Arkansas.

Lost me with that "lead with a nose ring" line CNN.. Who still believes in unbiased reporting here??

Oh my goodness. The stench of bitterness and desperation is overpowering!

Huck - quick tip: showcasing your record isn't an "attack ad" just because you're not proud of certain elements of your record. It also doesn't make Mitt the meany because he puts out an ad that tells people what you don't want them to know. If anything, consider it free advertising to those people who actually support raising taxes, raising spending, pardoning convicted rapists that go on to murder and rape again….It's your record. Facts can be stubborn things.

Oh yeah….nice try to repeatedly ignore the question last night about whether you raised taxes as Governor…and then your "Mitt, I'm not going to talk to you because you're not the moderator." Very childish. You can't stand the heat so you try every which way to avoid it.

I told my wife they must breed a different type of politician in Hope. The phrase "Slick Willie" will soon be "Slick Huck"

Poor Huckabee. He is loosing it, and I mean it in more ways than one.

Mitt Romney goes pretty hard on Mike Huckabee, and John McCain. However he is going at them on issues, and he is using facts readily available from their record, in print. Mike Huckabee and also McCain are going after him personally.

He honestly sounds pathetic with his comeback.

What is Huckabee's Resume or Qualifications? Has anyone looked at his Fair tax proposal?
It is a 30% tax on everything we buy! A $40,000 car would come with a $12,000 sales tax. this would be a $240 per monthly payment just on the sales tax portion of a loan. this is supposed to help the middle class? There is no substance behind his talk, he is a preacher and preachers talk. He is attacking his opponents (which currently is only Romney ) personally and not on the issues.
He thinks in his warped way that he is running a positive campaign because he does not show negative ads but all that comes out of his mouth is negative personal attacks and he lets the media play them for free.
In my oppinion Romney is being way to nice to this guy. Just think what the Democrats would do to Huckabee in a general election.
Romney - President
Rudy- VP
McCain- Secretary of Defense
Thompson- Attorney General
Obama- Secretary of State

Huckabee- Baptist Minsiter in Hope Arkanasa

Imagine… A (so called) "Man of God" USING the name of Jesus for personal gain. What a world we live in?!!!!! And the people here in Iowa that actually voted for this maniac? This guy shows that there is a huge divide within the Republican Party! Crazys and those of us who think rationally.

Here's my impression of the Huckster so far, based on his behavior and words during this campaign: he's just another snake-oil salesman, glib, not very deep, politically slippery, an opportunist who will say and do anything to satisfy his lust for power. I wouldn't trust him to walk my dog around the block.

Huckabee… you lost! Accept it!

Huckabee is a joke and an embarrassment to all Republicans. Someboyd please shut him up. I am a Christian and he is an embarassment to me as a Christian.

He uses the Bible as a political tool (shield when he needs to and assault weapon when he needs to). I am disgusted.

Showing frustration when a rich flip-flopping media-annointed pretty boy spends half the GDP attacking you is not "going negative."

Huckabee must think that NH voters can't see his game here. Huckabee is sour because he got caught in his lie on the debate last night. Romney was the clear winner of last nights debate. Romney clearly looked more presidental and the independent voters of NH felt this same way. They know that he can win against the democrats. the problem that Huckabee has is he looks phony when in one breath he will complain about negative ads, and than in person he will make of incorrect data to prove his points. NH is not IA and they will see Huckabee for the one hit wonder that he is. Romney has my vote.

I'm an independent in NH and Mitt Romney blew away the competition last night at the debate. He definitely convinced me to vote for him.

I was between McCain and Romney, but last night Romney strongly, intelligently and passionately showed (1) Mitt is tough on illegal immigration while McCain still wants amnesty and just calls it a different name, (2) Mitt is an economic genius who will cut the income tax and corporate tax, and eliminate the death tax, while McCain has proven to align himself with the most liberal senators against the Bush tax cuts, (3) Mitt is youthful, energetic and a problem-solver while McCain seems a bit tired and petty, and (4) Mitt is a Washington outsider and an institution-reformer, while McCain is an old Washington guy bouncing around the same, failed policies.

I'm convinced NH saw their man last night- Mitt Romney.

Watching these two take off the gloves is fun.

Gee … a self-professed Christian who can't keep his word. How typical….

Hucky Bucky sat on a wall
Hucky Bucky had a great fall
All the Bigot forces and all the Bigot men
Couldn't get Hucky back on top again.

Huckabee will bomb in NH. Its fun to watch Republicans eat their own. Come on schism.

The nice thing about Romney is that if you do not like his positions he will gladly switch them for you or better yet he will make up a position to fit your needs !
How can a person be true to America if they cannot be true to themselves ?
I'm sure there are those who would sell their souls for the right price but thank God Most people can not be bought otherwise Romney would be their man .

Billions of dollars? Did he actually say that? Well Mike, I think you really mean millions of dollars. And as far as ad money goes, you're just jealous that your campaign doesn't have any. So stop whining and start finding some money.

Huck, you don't even know where you stand. All your worried about is beating Romney, not building the country. You lost my vote!