Bush, a born again christian, also Clinton & Carter. Is Hillary and Obama? How much power does the president really have? Dem 1 term - Rep 3 term - Dem 2 term - Rep 2 term - Let me guess Dem is next. Looks like power sharing regardless of what anyone says. Self preservation… didn't the democrats give money to the republicans when the republicans went broke decades ago?

Nine out of ten Americans and nearly 100 percent of the world in general have no interest in anything Dobson says. Like the far-right of every society, he is a sad reminder of how the quest for power reduces so many to something akin to goofy, self-absorbed has-beens. Rev. Dobson, do you honestly think our Lord Jesus would have wasted his time on trying to manipulate political races? Rev. Dobson, you have lost your focus on what is your true calling. It is not of this world.

May Mike Huckabee have the favor of God be upon him. That will have a sure nomination…

Dobson has endorsed Huckabee and has also said he would never vote for John McCain. So what would Dobson do if McCain chooses Huckabee as his VP running mate? What would other Huckabee supporters do?

The fact that Dobson doesn't back McCain lightens my heart. That simply means that McCain is someone this country should vote for!!!

Values voters? How is Huckabee a "GREAT" candidate? Because he was once a preacher? GET REAL!!!! Here's the reality and listen close because apparently this message isn't getting across anymore- this country does not believe in your ignorance anymore, we reject you and all of the idiotic things you stand for. We will NEVER elect a person with anything resembling your belief structure to our highest office ever again. If you don't like it, may I suggest you move to another country. I hear Iran is big on religious fundamentalism…

Wow… hearing all the spiteful comments about religion and people of faith is scary to see. Pretty soon maybe people of faith will be publically persecuted for expressing their faith. Stop fooling yourselves there is no absolute seperation of religion in anything.. not in institutions nor in persons.

What a disaster…Dobson and Huckabee need to sit this out. We don't need a president just because someone will amend the constitution regarding marriage, and trust me…that is likely 70% of Dobson's reasoning which is absurd given the actual # of important issues we face.

Absurd absurd absurd.

Hillary 08

Dr. Dobson, like many Values voters, has been a bit slow in rallying behind the Huckabee campaign. Mike Huckabee is a GREAT candidate and deserved our support from day one. Nevertheless, the race is not over and there is still time to express who we are and what we stand for by generously and vocally supporting Mike Huckabee for President!

Years ago, when my pastor stood in the pulpit on Sunday and gave his endorsements and suggestions to the congregation for the Tuesday election, I got up from the pew before he was finished speaking, left the church, put a stop-payment on that day's tithe check, and never returned to that church.

I question why the IRS allows tax-free status to churches or religious figures who step over the church/state the line. I don't care for Dobson one way or the other, however I do respect him - he is one of the few evangelical leaders with no real scandal behind him.

Having the fanatic mulla Dotson endorse Huck is the best indicationj yet that he is unfit to be in public office, at any level. Mc Cain is too old and has unaccpetable policies on the Bush war of aggression & the immigrant sell out. That leaves only Ron Paul if you just have to vote for the GOP.

Nothing about whether you agree on anything with Dobson, HUckster? Hmmm

What part of "there shall be no religious test for office" do these idiots not understand?

To sum up the story:

"Agent of intolerance supports non-believer in Evolution"

Religion and Politics mix like Oil and Water - not good. Stop trying to enforce your religious views upon other people, keep it to yourselves.

"Taken aback?" If Dobson endorsed a candidate I can understand how badly they wish he would "take it back" as it is support by a divisive, discriminating and fear governed group that preys on people's weeknesses by focusing on irrelevant issues. We've seen this before! AMERICA WANTS CHANGE!!!

Before Mitt Romney dropped out, Dobson had said he would vote for Romney. So this "endorsement" of Huckabee is a case of "he's the only conservative left", not that Dobson is enamored with Huckabee (he isn't or he would have endorsed him a lot earlier). This is a largely symbolic vote for Dobson since most people agree Huckabee doesn't have a legitimate chance to win.

As an evangelical Christian myself, I think Dobson and those like him who have pushed our faith into the political sphere have irreparably damaged its witness for a generation. When someone outside of Christianity (or inside it, for that matter) looks at the hateful and divisive things that have been done in its name for political "gain," how could anyone ever be more interested in finding out what Christianity is about.

Dobson used to be "focused on the family." He is now clearly focused on power, and the Bible does have a lot to say on that matter (a thousand times more for instance, than regarding homosexuality, abortion, etc.).

While I don't bear any particular ill will towards Huckabee (although a few things he has said concern me), I do hope this endorsement further marginalizes the voice of far-right political Christianity.

Christian conservative James Dobson and his evangelical nut jobs in 'Focus on the Family' scare the beejeezus out of me. The evangelical, far right opinons gave Bush the support to get and stay in office. Considering how poorly he's handled the economy, health care, the war and just about everything he's touched. He's taken us from a budget surplus that he inherited from Clinton and given us a $10 trillion deficit that we'll be paying off for generations. His budget was $2 trillion in '02 and now he's proposing a $3 trillion budget. Don't talk to me about 'tax and spend' Democrats when the fiscal mismanagement on the right, as supported by whackos like Dobsen and the religious nuts, is slowly taking America into the toilet. The religious right is more concerned with abortions, flag burning and guns, when those of us with an IQ larger than our shoe size are concentrating on avoiding recession, ending the illegal war, fixing our economy, contolling our borders and getting the health care system fixed. I guess I can safely say that if the evangelicals support a candidate, then he's the LAST person I'd even consider voting for.

Does this sound like separation of Church and State? An Evangelical TV stars endorsement on President sounds like a lobby in the making. What will the political payback be? Will he expect his choice for President to play favors after election? Money isn't the only thing in lobbying. TV star preachers can also collect a lot of money from poor unsuspecting "Believers."

Dobson and the far right keeps trying to regain their hold on our national politics. Hopefully, our voters have seen what kind of disaster resulted from putting a 'so-called' born again christian in office. Never have we had more dispicable thugs running our country. From Bush and Rove, Rummy and Scooter and on down the line, this has been the most corrupt administration in history.

I want to applaud all the Obama volunteers that spread out across DC last night in Adams Morgan, Dupont Circle, Georgetown, and U St. to hand out flyers and speak with hundreds if not thousands of supporters. The energy was amazing! There were no Hillary supporters to be found. DC will go for Obama, as will Maryland and Virginia! Get out and vote! Yes we can!

I noticed that my blogs no longer get through CNN. What's up?

I LIKE MIKE!
FAIRTAX, FAIRTAX, FAIRTAX

GIve it up Huck. This endorsement is nice, but won't change the eventual outcome. It's over.

I would not be so proud of the support from that corner. This faction has done more to divide the political arena than any group, cult or other organization in history.

All what Huckabee is trying to achieve is to ensure that McCain will offer him the VP position (and possibly the commitment not to run 2012 and support Huckabee then, even if the latter is a long shot), stressing that this would signify the support
of (nearly all) very conservatives.

Even if such would be a good move, McCain nevertheless would be well advised to scale down his woeing of such conservatives, as this helps the democrats by repealing independents and cross-over Democrats (as well as Colin Powell ??!)

Tom

It's an endorsement by a dinosaur.

Does anyone still care who Dobson endorses? I mean, he's not really considered a kingmaker or anything.

Dobson's rhetoric is the launching pad for bigotted inflitration and religious extremism. We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability. We don't need another $200 billion war to get rid of him, you know, strong-arm dictator…It's a whole lot easier have some overt operatives (like Dems in the White House) do the job and then get it over with.

….to paraphrase Pat Robertson.

"One of our own" Dobson said about Huckabee during his endorsement.

How about ALL Americans being "your own".

It's the sort of savage bigotry that is anti-american, anti-freedom and anti-patriotic. That sort of divisive rhetroic has done more damage to the US than the terrorists.

God Save The USA

I think people underestimate the conservative vote in general. I think most people in the US and even immigrants - Hispanics , Asians tend to be conservative in their views. So far the vote has been fractured on the republican side. The media never considered Huckabee as viable, but now differences between him and Sen. Mc Cain, will become sharper and people will start moving to Huckabee in droves. Now whether or not that makes him the nominee is questionable, but what America will see is the strength of the conservative movement. It just might make Huckabee the nominee and by then the dust would have settled on both Iraq and the economy and pave the way for the 44th president of the United States- President Mike Huckabee.
-Hananiel

Mike Huckabee in 2008! The only canidate out of the 4 that is not a liberal.

Oh for the days when one's religion was not a factor in their politics. Oh for a day when Americans see people like James Dobson for what they are-close minded, reactionary , war mongering , people hating - I can never call them Christians for nothing they do would be what Jesus would want people to do.

It is sad and frightening that a man who says he will rewrite the Constitution to fit his God's rules can garner any support. This is America! The separation of church and state has allowed us to thrive and survive -
we are not to be ruled by reactionaries!

I wish Dobson would worry about all of the poor and suffering in this nation and around the world and keep himself out of politics. He does a disservice to all
people with his narrow minded, money grubbing, hyocritical , power hungry life.

Go Mike Go!

One of the reasons the Pilgrims came here was to escape religious persecution. Our founding fathers specifically created a separation of church and state for a reason. Religious leaders who endorse candidates (regardless of the fact that he says he does it as a private citizen, who does he think he is fooling) should have their tax exempt status removed from their respective organizations.

Back when I was a naive Republican, I used to listen to Dobson and I admit, I liked him. For the past 10 years or so, I've come to dispise his political rhetoric.
The man is a neocon fascist that ought to really focus on the family and stay out of politics.