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I'm amazed at the ignornce of many people here. The people who support Mike or Palin must be either prodigiously dim or excessively selfish. They really need to educate themselves with history and theology before claiming themselves conservatives.

Huckabee's not a bad guy. He's at least decent, but Sarah Palin is utterly indecent. She's the queen of trailer trash values. Let them fight it out. My preference is that Palin wins because she'll be so much easier for the decent people to defeat and reelect President Obama in 2012. If she's disappointed about that that vacant bus left up there in the wilderness of Alaska by Chris Matthews remains readily available to her and hy entire dysfunctional, trailer trash family.

Palin and Huckabee are irrelevant, they are both too specialized. It's going to be a showdown between the guy that looks like the Fonze, and the guy that looks like Lou Diamond Phillips.

And one of them will go up against Obama.

Someone asked if we couldn't say something nice about Sarah Palin.....well, I can......the clothes she wore during the campaign were beautiful.And.......and.........and...that's it.

Huckabee is not a viable candidate. He is just another non-credible FOX entertainer with his own show, his ultra-conservative books, and his shove-down-your-throat "religion".

Republicans have no serious candidates, no believable leadership, and still no solutions for any issue facing America.

With a 17% approval rating among all Americans, they won't be winning any seats in any office. Americans are sick of their negativity, obstructionism in Congress, and refusal to denounce their lunatic tea bag racists. They have betrayed the People who elected them.

All i seems to hear these days from the Republicans is who will better candidate in 2012 but what about now in 2009 what about coming together and stand behind this President at least for the good of the country now! We need the Gop to stand up now for Health Care Reform Now sure its not perfect but it will help somebody along the way. I dont give a care who runs against President Obama in 2012, we need to come together now for America!

I'd vote for Huckabee . . . I hope he runs!

we take you seriously! seriously unqualified to be President.

Yopur headline and article make it sound like Huckabee is critcizing Palin. In fact, he is complaining about some people who criticize him in the same areas they protect Palin. Of course, his old quote from the days following Palin's resignation as governor (which resignation was due to the cost to Alaska's taxpayers for Palin's legal defense against liberal libel) is totally irrelevant to his recent complaint about other people. Whenm you fail to report real news and deny real news, you start making up news! So sad.

I believe Huckabee would make a great President. But he just too good to be one. He is very well educated, he looks like he is a very good man, which probably he is. He is religious. I'll vote for him if he runs, even though I don't vote.

I like Huckabee, he is bright and knows politics. Palin is a quitter and the drama she brings to the party is not what is needed to topple Obama.

Just watch these family values deeply religious God fearing repugs knife each other in the back and slice their throats. Republican's are the sorriest bunch of hypocrites that ever crawled out from under a rock. All I say is keep turning in tighter and tighter little right turns and all us normal voters will keep electing responsible adults.

I have two words for Palin AND Huck -
Go Away!
And CNN, stop giving these clowns all this attention. Aren't there enough people in the universe you can give some free publicity too??

Huckabee might be a whiner here but at least he finished the job he was elected to do.

If I have to choose between Huckabee and Palin, I choose Huckabee in a heartbeat. He might be a Christian which might scare people w/ the issues of church and state, but I think he can discuss issues intelligently, don't lose temper easily, and not extreme. As long as they are moderated in tone, I am okay w/ it. However, I am a Democrat, so I don't get to choose the Republican standard bearer.

I must say, those who say Huckabee hasn't had a honest hard days work is stupid. Also Yes we have freedom of religion. However there is nowhere in the constitution that says separation of church and state, and even if it did, Democrats and Republicans threw the constitution out the window years ago, starting with the republican party. So in my mind when a republican complains about the dems tearing up the constitution, they need only to look in the mirror.

One final thought. In my Opinion, and again Just an opinion. We should separate all liberals and all conservatives. And make them live that lifestyle. Split half the country. that way people can quit complaining, but then again they will find something else to complain about.

That's all we need, another born again nut case running the county into the ground all over again.

Gimme a break. It's Palin from day One.

ACORN stole the election? How so? All they did was register people...can you tell me how many inaccurately registered voters actually cast a ballot? Didn't think so, because there weren't any. People have to show ID at a polling place that matches what is on the books. ACORN did not steal anything.

And I suppose you were absolutely fine with George Bush stealing the 2000 election via his daddy's Supreme Court? Bush, who should have been one and done, but who managed to steal another one in 2004, thus ensuring debt, chaos in the world, and the collapse of the banking system. Yeah, that was great.

That's right, we don't need a Fox entertainer, and I see Romney getting upset about Palin via his Mormon standards..I luv this, keep battling you Republicans and the Democrats will really put it to U
The juvenile politicians...

I am would vote for Mike today, I am a Democrat that would jump the fence right now. I would have done this if he was the man and not McCain and Palin. Simple decisson very simple.

Why are Liberals called "The Left?" Because nothing they do or say is Right!

Essentially, the GOP is still in a Catch 22 proposition. By trying to appeal to core belief conservatives, they narrow their popularity. If they "enlarge the tent," they stand to lose essential core values. This augments the ability for a new political party to gain a foothold in the American political scene. Bush's tenure in office effectively decreased the chance for a religious candidate or one who holds Biblical beliefs to appeal to a wide spectrum of the American electorate. The shifting demographics of our country now probably suggest that a candidate who has an "open-ended" value lexicon and pragmatic inclinations and skills would probably succeed in capturing the Presidency.

By 2012 it won't matter who the Republican Candidate is.. Given the mess the Demoncrats have made in less than a year, it will be nothing short of amazing if the party survives 2010..

As an Arkansan, I will tell you one thing–WATCH OUT FOR HUCKABEE. He is a self-promoter and an egotistical whiner. Half of the parks and rivers in Arkansas are named after him or his wife. Not because he wanted it, us dumb Arkies just forced him to do it.

SURE!!

Huckabee can beat Obama. Anybody but Obama !

We do not need another theocrat in national office. Huckabee would change the Consitution so that it matches his sacred book. I don't believe in him or his book. I believe in the Constitution.
He should be kept from any national governmental office.

And herein lies the fundamental problem with the Republican party. It's not whether Sarah Palin can take the pressure of a presidential primary election, it's whether Sarah Palin can take the pressure of actually being president. Do you think the work and the pressures thereof stops simply because you get elected? Apparently you do. And you just lost my vote.

Sarah P. is not bright enough to know what a double standard is.

Just a general observation from reading liberal and conservative postings here and on other sites........the liberals seem to have better spelling......

And I was always a Dem and became a Conservative.
If you simply do the math and forget the parties – at least with the Republicans we don't have a double digit unemployment, military that is backed with the right attitude and people who do not want to take away my personal rights.

Again it's simply the math and the ability to do what's right, not just popular. And doing what is right is not always popular.

I would vote for Huckabee over Palin any day. He doesn't make me gag with just a mention of his name.

Huckabee would be my last choice among all living Republicans to vote for, with the possible exception of Palin. Stop with the religiocrats and run a real Republican. You remember, small government, keep gov. out of people's personal lives? Bible thumping populists are not real Republicans.

This guy will have a better chance as a 'Conservative Democrat'. He should switch parties.

Yes – it is shocking that Huckabee is labeled an ignoramus while Palin, who says sillier things than Huckabee, is somehow not labeled something worse by these same people.

Yes, Palin does stand for things – but she stand for things against facts, logic, reason and all evidence – that behavior is not something of which to be proud.

I rather see Mr. Huckabee playing guitar on Fox.. He does a better job as a musician then as a politician.. Mr. Huckabee is funny..Hee hee hee!!!

Well better Huckabee than that idiot Palin.

Then again, so Obama wins again, I hope the GOP does nominate the quitter Palin.

LOL!

If Huckabee wants to be taken seriously, then he needs to behave more seriously. And I'm not even talking about his political views. Put that aside. I am talking about how he spends his time and how he runs his life. What a joke.

Not only does no one care what Sarah Palin thinks or says; no one cares what Mike Huckabee says about Sarah Palin or thinks about Sarah Palin.

These two right wing nut jobs deserve each other and I hope they both make the gop ticket in 2012 so we can flush em both, once and for all

Maybe if he gets it he can help find the $2.3 Trillion lost by the Pentagon under Bush/Cheney......Cheney seems willing to open his mouth with every chance he gets.

Huckabee would be a very good candidate, but after the first three years of the narcisstic, ego-maniac, now occupying the White House, the People;meaning Republicans, Conservatives, Independents, and just plain voters will vote for anybody, but Obama!

Mike don't throw Palin under the bus... Where is a place for her... you... Romney ... Pawlenty... Jindal...! Work together! for win in 20012

I'm not surprised that Gov. Huckabee is doing so well. He is a hard working decent man, even if I disagree with many of his views, I do respect him. And that is much more than I could say for Romney or Palin. Romney reminds me of a talking "Ken" doll, and Palin is an air headed "Barbie" who winks and does not think with more than 2% of her bosom.

The Dems love you Huckabee... because you are a loser.
Stay out of the race.

please let Palin run, it will be better than comedy central.

I don't agree with ole Huck on pretty much anything. But he doesn't scare me the way Sarah does. I just can't stand her.

I would prefer Romney and Jindal to Palin and Huckabee. Although Palin may be the best looking GOP candidate, presidential election is no beauty contest. I have been very disappointed by what she represents and has said.

Ahhhh, my daily dose of the CNN Palin ticker.

I am not going to read any comments since I know the mere mention of Palin's name makes the loons carazy.

So, you've gotta love CNN's use of the title to a story. it's made to sound like it's Palin that has the double-standard instead of those imaginary people Huckabee is talking about, supposed "fans" of Palin, that don't like him.

I don't know enough about Huckabee to judge him, but it seems he is willing to attack those on his own side, or maybe it's just the only thing the media will report on. Either way, the fact that the media seems to like Huckabee and doesn't do a hatchet job on him, makes me wonder.

Both the Reps & Dems need some new blood. We are all sick of the same old blowhards who get nothing done. Mike belongs in the pullpit.

If Huckabee has the IQ of a rock he's miles ahead of Sarah. But as long as the GOP nominates a right wing nut it's gonna be Obama again.

I'm really tired of all the religious overtones & undertones by the GOP. Why can't they just run a campaign based on they're abilities. Why do they have to drag God and Jesus into the political ring with them in order to give themselves respectability????

Hmmm. Let's see, a guy who is against abortion, but also against funding for education.

Is he for humans? Or dignity?

Send him off. He isn't worth the time I just spent writing about it.

I agree Governor. She is an ignoramus too.

Its obnoxious how cnn obsesses about Sara Palin. If cnn was any more left of left they would fall off the planet which they already have

Conservatives will decide this time who will run in the Republican Party. If not, Republicans will NOT win.

Huckwannabee is the best of the sorriest party in American political history. His beliefs and policies would be disastrous but he's not brain dead and has some principals he actually stands on and has even a small sense of humor.

The GOP would hold the old South with him. As things stand that's about the best they can do. Palin might not carry Alaska.

A superior man is concerned with justice. An inferior man is concerned with profit.
-Confucious

Huckabee needs to go to the gym and workout he looks fat!!

Nice guy....but he said on Larry King he is doesn't believe in evolution, only creationism.

That alone loses my vote. Take a science class, dude.

We the people will not tolerate religion of any kind in our goverment. If you can leave it out of the political proccess to run this country then we can except your run for the position. If you can't then don't bother running at all. Of course this goes for everyone who wants to run. The other thing is to have a plan how to help the American people and fix our problems, all of us. not just your small corner of fanatics.

MikQuick- First of all it's R-E-L-I-G-I-O-N not religeon. And if you think that the men who crafted our Constitution used any other Faith as a basis for that document than Christianity, then you need to go back and dig into the backgrounds of our Founders. This country was founded as a Christian nation with the ability for those of other faiths to be welcomed into this country and not be mandated as to what faith to practice. But I would ask you to name ONE President who claimed to have a faith OTHER than the Christian faith. There has not been one. Just because Gov. (and soon to be President) Huckabee chooses to practice what he preaches does not mean he would mandate what faith you had to practice and to insinuate such a thing is absurd. I suppose you would rather he be a hypocrite in practicing his faith like, oh say, Bill Clinton-a professed born again Baptist. Freedom of Religion applies to candidates for President of the United States as well. If you disagree, then you are FREE to vote for someone who shares your views.

He's a good, decent, and intelligent man that would lead our country very well. Huckabee 2012!! And I like Sarah but he's it. Obama is really scaring me.

There went my chances of ever supporting this self promoter. Huckabee hasn't taken a small fraction of the abuse Palin has taken from the media ... and he is actually whining that she isn't being abused more.

Yeah, i can see American voters rushing back to the same party that brought this economic fiasco upon us after 8 years and doubling the 5 trillion dollar deficit.

Now, your complaining about 1 trillion for American and health care over 10 years..

President Obama is trying to save American lives with the 1 trillion. and 10 years, not end American lives with the 5 trillion the shrub and the dick spent in 8 years and the 4500 and still counting young American lives.

He wants to what? ...rewrite the Constitution to make it a "Christian document". Does he not realize the country was founded on FREEDOM of RELIGEON not, freedom of religeon as long as its christianity....I would rather change to socialism than be forced to worship who he dicides I should. SEPERATION of CHURCH and STATE! feel free to worship who you like but keep your bible out of my constitution.

I think all of these Republicans have outdated views based upon myth and false values! Romney et al only worry about the spending Democrats try to do to help americans who pay for all of the largesse of Congress. they seem to quickly forget the massive deficit spending under Bush. Why is that so true? Peace

Huckabee would bring us more all-you-can-eat buffets, that's for sure.

At least Huckabee doesn't suffer from a double standard from the media. They critizice her for not allowing the media to cover her Milwaukee right to life speech. But how many of them covered her Evansville Indiana speech? And who would spend money to see her speak, if they could see it on C-SPAN for free? The then had the nerve to critizice which cities she will be signing books in. Did we see the same kind of treatment from other politicians on book tours?

Huckabee is honest, straight forward, intelligent.. and has a good sense of humor.. Don't rule him out.. He is looking very good these days when you consider the other people who are up for consideration.

Hopefuly Palin will have dissapeared by that point anyway. She is not qualified let alone ready – also I don't think the country really wants the female "Forrest Gump" leading them. This from a Democrat (because I had to pick from the available list) and a liberal for the most part – all that means is that I will listen to all candidates and choose who I think will be best – regardless of their party affiliation. (unlike GOPers who think their party must have the answers) I dont think the teabaggers and/or nut job Beck / Limbaugh fringe disciples will have any impact on re-electing Obama – he would really have to make a screw up not to be re elected...regardless of the claims made by the 2 wackos mentioned above, he has not.

Before one can have double standards, one needs to have standards to begin with.

Send this Huck down the river too.

The other, fictional one described the possibilities of tolerance.

This one talks about conservative values while benefiting from a government health and pension system. Make him do an honest days work before giving him the gold-plated benefits.

Huckabee has stated for the record that he wants to rewrite the Constitution to make it a "Christian document". Would that include such christian values as witch burning, torturing non-believers, hanging heretics?

Gotta love the right wing "take back out country" sentiment...why – so you can screw it up even more then you already have? Eight years of your pathetic excuse for leadership is what got us where we are now. What is wrong with your brains? Why have you given up using them to THINK?? You all say the same thing over and over in the same words and all while ignoring any responsibility for all the damage you have done. Just hype and attack. Take back the country....much more the absurd GOP flock and their brand of "leadership" and you won't have to worry about much of a country being left to take back.

"Of course their is a double standard. Thats why Obama is where he is today, he got in via the affirmative action standard."
Ah right, he got given a 10% vote headstart right?

Really? Your a serious person Hucky?

Gee, it's funny how you only get serious whenever it's convenient for YOU Mike. I mean you're getting all bent out of shape over the trashy gossip being spewed at YOU by your own party!!!

Don't hate the players Mike, hate the game. Your teammates are nothing but "back stabbers," all waiting with their sharp daggers to turn red with Huckabee blood. Why are you ticked off? It's YOUR GOP PARTY who is doing more internal damage!!

Palin quit what is probably the easiest job in any state in America. Governor of Alaska. And she quit because she stated on camera 'I can no longer handle the intense scrutiny and pressure of this job'.

Now, tell me how on Earth will she ever be able to do a job that is considered the MOST stressful job on the planet – the President of the United States.

She's a quitter plain and simple!!!!

"Palin/Huckabee 2012. Go team. Take back our country."
I thought this was a democracy, not a theocracy.

"homocrats" – interesting word dray, guess it shows your true colours.

And How on earth was it that "ACORN stole the election in 2008"?

Personally I'm all for Palin being the GOP choice – that'll be a certain loss for that party which has degenerated into the party of extemist loons. How could anyone seriously consider Sarah Palin qualified for the office of POTUS? Then again how could anyone seriously consider Bush 2? The dope child whose own parents expressed the sentiment? That anyone takes this party seriously anymore, that people still buy into seriously flawed agenda and disingenuous spin based on fear and ignorance designed to get those who feel disinfranchised to act out AGAINST there own best interest. Stupidity in America is rampant and we are destroying ourselves with it.

So he's using FOX NEWS has his soap box to promote his campaign? And if CNN had a candidate on its payroll the Rightwing would scream to the heavens in complaint!

Sorry, Mike. You're every bit as bad for this country as Sarah Palin.

huckleberry hound or the ice princess. Either one will be short work for President Obama. So long as the gop continues to stand for nothing and foster extremists they will remain a sideline opposition, which is very very good for the United States as we recover from their last reign of terror.

Sorry, no more right wing "family values" people in the White House...PLEASE. At least get logical problem solvers like Obama. The hypocritical Repubs brought the nation to it's knees with their "family values" for the last 8 years. Enough is enough.

Huckabee is correct. CNN and other news outlets follow everything Palin does to the point of ad nauseam.

However, the only clear choice in 2012 is Obama/Biden.

If only the GOP realizes that none of their potential candidates have views consistent with today's times. They believe that this ultra right group of uneducated gun totiing wing nuts is the future of the country. Let's pray they never set foot in the WH.

I really disagree with Huckabee and I do not think its time for the pendulum to swing into the red. But I'd take him over any other GOP clown, currently out there.

THE CAPTION is hilarious, people, read it. But anyway these 2 battling over the right wing base support is quite funny. That would be like us liberal folk listening to Ralph Nadar and Jane Fonda duking it out to get the Greenpeace vote... because that was somehow relevant to the rest of the country.... righhhht. Has anyone noticed how absurd the rightwing has become? In some ways I have to thank GWB. Not only did he smirk his way thru his 8 years of entitlement, he screwed up so badly and showed so much disdain for the country he might have destroyed his own party. Who could trust that BS again?

Good, now we can get a repub ticket that stands a chance of winning!

Palin/Bachmann 2012!

If Huckabee had gotten out when he knew he couldn't win, we would now have Romney who knows how to run a corporation and has political savvy. We wouldn't be in the mess Obama has put us in now. I think he and McCain cut a deal the reason he stayed in the race and Romney knew it. There was no way McCain could win, although I admire his service to his country, he is a democrat wearing a republican hat. Republicans stayed home because they couldn't vote for either McCain or Obama. As for the 'hickernut' Huckabee, give me a break....just take your guitar and fade away.

I'm a Democrat, and I'd like to see Ole Huck run. He fits his party description better than the fraud Romney, and the quitter Palin.

It will be a close election if Obama and Huckabee go against each other. Go for it Huckabee.

Huckabee would be more credible if he wasn't on Fox news.
If he ever had a chance he killed it with his show.
I hope he does run and take Palin as his vice president so Obama will win by a huge margin.
Republicans have a long hard climb to the top.
I was a republican and switched because that party is nuts

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well so much for a Huckabee/Palin ticket in 2012 I guess.

who is paying the body guards?....the congregation?

repugnants...evangelicals..conservatives..the cancer and the scum....good for nothing

Huckabee is only a moderate compared to full-blown crazy like Sarah Palin.

Did you know Huckabee said he wanted to put the Ten Commandments into the Constitution? That includes "thou shalt have no other God before me." Goodbye Buddhists, Hindus, secularists, and freedom of religion.

Why does CNN always, I mean always write negative things about Sara Palin, come on stop that. I don't think you are fair and balanced?
Someone is?

Knowing HGovernor Huckabee, I do not believe he is down on Palin, but you are.

I used to like CNN but not now.

Gunnar

Yeah, there is a resemblance to Gomer Pyle, but the TV actor has more hipness and credibility than Huckabee.

It's going to be Sarah Palin/Liz Cheney in 2012.....

You have become a TV personality and not a serious candidate.....

Regardless, Obama is ONE and DONE.

Of course their is a double standard. Thats why Obama is where he is today, he got in via the affirmative action standard.

Huckabee is light-years better than Palin. Not that I'd vote for him but at least he lends a little stability to what seems more and more like a a party full of crack-pots.

The Republican party gave us George the liar Bush, and Dick the kill everyone who is different that us Cheney.
Then they try to give us John one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel McCain and the worlds most stupid bimbo Sarah the moron Palin.
Now they are putting out of approval. The ultra conservative group. So there goes the separation of church and state.
Come on people "wake up" the Republican party is trying to drive their ultra conservative views down everyone's throat.

When it comes to Mike Huckabee you only need to know one thing:

When a group of presidential candidates were asked if they did not believe in the theory of evolution, Mike Huckabee raised his hand faster than anybody else.

The man will even deny his own intellect in order to pander to the far right. If he's not doing that, then he's just another example of conservative anti-intellectualism and academic stupidity.

In the 21st century, we can't allow people like Huckabee to EVER come into power. Personal freedom as we know it would be gone in a single term.

It's astonishing! CNN Ticker appears to be absolutely fixated on Sarah Palin. It reports a knock on the ex-Governor of Alaska virtually on a daily basis. Do I detect a bias?

It's medication time, John!

To those who think the current occupants of the White House are "thugs":

Don't forget that Huckabee was the one who, during the 2008 presidential campaign made a joke – a JOKE – about then-candidate Obama being assassinated.

Huckabee was getting ready to speak at an NRA conference; there was a loud bang noise offstage, and Huckabee joked that someone was gunning for Obama.

To make a sick joke like that says volumes about a person. For Huckabee to EVER try to claim the higher ground and present himself as somehow morally superior to ANYONE is a disgrace and the epitome of hypocrisy (and, unfortunately, all too common these days among so-called “Christians”).

Only a fool would be taken in by this huckster.

Gomer Pyle is back at it again!!!

Shame, shame, shame!!!!

Huckabee just needs to be more whacko and irrational to appeal to GOP voters. Bush, Cheney, Rove, Palin, McCain, Limbaugh.... they appeal to "The Core."

And the jockeying for position to gain the GOP nomination in 2012 begins! It should be delicious. There will be blood. I am hoping Palin shows the hatred and vitriol she used during her VP campaign, and that the GOP competitors actually say what most everyone who has paid attention really thinks about her.

The way things are going I suspect Ron Paul is going to be the rising star of this ticket.....we'll see.

There is one thing that Huckabee and Palin have in common. They both lie when they tell people that the are Christians. Christians try to live by the teachings of Jesus.

These religious conservatives live the hate, revenge and judgement of the old testament. That is precisely what Jesus sought to change. The conservatives of his day killed him for teaching love of neighbor, peace, non judgement. Palin and Huckabee try to kill Jesus' teachings everyday when they worship their money and power and deny their neighbor what they have.

They hate abortion but love war. They say they are pro life but support the death penalty. They feel they are God's chosen people. It must be that God didn't create those of different faiths. They are as dangerous as the extremist Muslims or Jews. If you worship money and power, support them. If you truly try to live by Christ's teachings, open your eyes to what these people are really tying to do to America

Palin/Bachmann 2012

Embrace the Crazy!!

If this guy is the best the republicans can come up with the Democrats have no worries.

I am a dem but I certainly have a lot more respect for Huckabee than Palin. Huckabee is a decent person and pretty intelligent to boot. He is far right, yes, but he campaigns well.

The GOP will continue to use Palin....Day and night.....If you know what I mean.....Sorry Huck.

Hucabee, you've been rejected once by the voters so why don't you shut up. Palin will run again for Vice-President and assuming she isn't dragged down again by a fossil her team will win.

Yes, the bible and politics merge. With him running, it makes it hard to seperate church from state doesn't it?

This is really an interesting article. I'm sure Jeff Katz would have something to say about this! He's got this politcal talk show on shovio.com M-F @ 11am. You guys should check it out. Its great, he really puts thing into perspective.

I just want to see a conservative candidate it is actually conservative. Not just a religious bigot with an agenda that has nothing to do with helping this country get back on its financial feet. Neither political party has the best interests of this country in a plan. Both parties manipulate the people throuth the media with loves the controversy to sell commercials. It's a joke and we're all paying the price. We need a smart candidate that can move job creation back into the United States, reduce government spending and protect our shores. That includes not spending our tax dollars protecting every other country in the world. Let Dubai, Japan, Saudi Arabia and Isreal pay for their own military. We have problems that need to be fixed here. Give me a politician that will at least try to accomplish real change.

Huckabee is a conservitive nut job just like Palin. HYPOCRITES!

If Huckabee and Palin are the future of the GOP, they are sunk!

GOP: Evolve or die...

As a ex republican, I will NEVER vote for one again. They prey on the middle class and the poor. And they are not conservative, but just in the sense that they want everything for little ole ME.(themselves). Let us keep Pres. Obama for 8 years to straighten this mess out. He is doing a good job!

He wants us all to know that he too is a hardcore religious nut job!

Whatever, because neither Huckleberry nor ditzy Sarah have a prayer of getting elected. (Pun intended.)

Hopefully there will arise a 'new' face for the Republican nomination. Sarah Palin is certainly not presidential material and Huckabee is supported by a relatively small cult of the religious right. He scares the heck out of Democrats and Independents such as myself.

I live in Iowa where he won ... the motto was, "Religion still matters. Vote Huckabee". This guy would be worse than George W. Bush in office....way to far right for my comfort.

He has no place in politics - neither does religion. He's bigot.

Palin/Huckabee 2012. Go team. Take back our country.

Huckabee is expecting too much if he thinks the right wing extremists in his party can judge the candidates with any degree of intelligence or objectivity.

I love the infighting of the GOP presidential aspirants. May they continue to keep this going for a long time.

Sarah Palin will be the first woman president of the United States. If the American people can elect a Marxist Kenyan then surely they can elect a true American and Sarah Palin. I guess it will be too bad for the jealous feminist's. As for old Huck...the way he governed just goes to show a Rino can actually play a guitar

Huckabee is the only one that shows integrity and intelligence a very rare combination for the Republican Party. Palin is pretty but it is only skin deep, so is her IQ. Romney still has that deer in the headlights look and that is scary. Now if someone would just superglue Rush Limbaughs' and Glen Becks mouths shut we could have an honest, intelligent debate, another rare Republican combination.

"Huckabee is so honest and pleasant, unlike that gang of thugs currently occupying the White House. I will be so great to replace that lying thug that ACORN stole the election for in 2008, I will vote most anyone. Obama, one and done."
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Ah, those sour grapes! LOL!!

Mike Huckabee is throwing his hat into the ring of the presidential sweepstakes and releasing a book. That is the story. However, two innocuous quotes in a three page interview create the CNN headline (making a non-story, a home page story) and generate dozens of anti-Palin comments without probing into the issue it calls out, only rehashing old quotes to fill space. Political "trash talking" , if you can really call this that, is not news. CNN knows that if you put "Palin" in a headline, you will get hits. Bravo to CNN for knowing the importance of November sweeps and the marks that took the bait and demonstrated that CNN does have an agenda.

I don't agree on many issues with Huckabee, but I've always thought he is a decent guy. He has always been respectful of those with opposing views and has a sense of humor.

I would find it very hard to vote for an individual who has to swear to uphold the constitution when he believes (and has stated) that the constitution needs to be changed to reflect the laws of his god. Not everyone believes in the Bible.

I voted for Huckabee in the primary last time and would vote for him in the general election. Even Palin would be better than the clown we have now....

The scary thing after reading all this is how stupid you all sound. Enough with all this hate and ignorance. Who are you to talk!

All of these people Stand for Something. They are willing to speak out on issues, and defend our nation. They are offering solutions, and to the best of their ability identifying areas in our republic that need correcting.

What you need to decide is what you believe is critical to the success of this country, then stand up and support the person who represents those ideals. We have too many critics. What is needed are patriots!

"How can you convince anyone to not support Palin if all you use are arguments straight out of the 2nd grade?"

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Like the way the GOP does to Obama? Death Panels anyone?

didnt vote for him before and wont vote for him now. what a whiner.

Is there an award for the most bizarre, off-the-wall choice of phrase when selecting text for a hyperlink?

What kills me (THIS time) is the author/editor’s choice of words for a hyperlink from the following phrase:

“. . . including some in politically important Iowa.”

“including some”, perhaps, and “politically important Iowa” would be MUCH better (for the link in question), but “some in politically”? Where the hell does that division come from? Bizarre.

the GOP has the choice between a dim wit and a minister? slim pickins!

I think that huck would be a good president and i think he will be the one that runs and it don;t matter who he runs against he will be the next president. and i will back him all the way.

Both Palin and Huck are awful people and shouldn't even be elected dog catcher.

Looks like the same ol lineup, to me.

Mr. Huckabee, the difference between you and Sarah is that she is HOT and you are NOT.

She will be well into her forties by 2012 and those who voted for her HOTness will NOTness.

Huckabee is right (so to speak) in this respect: Palin is just as much a wingnut as he is. I would love to see a Huckabee/Palin ticket in 2012–a sure, Congress-enlarging victory for the Dems!

Quick, name one republican policy that has helped the middle class or the poor. Have a nice day!

I agree with Mike. Palin is every bit the ignoramus he is and should be treated accordingly. It is grossly unfair to view them differently.

Huckabee is a good guy. He makes Palin look liike an idiot.
Wait a minute.....Palin "IS" an idi............never mind..

I don't like Huckabee and support BO.

However, you guys that actually believe science over God, your creator, are the real looney tunes. I suggest you go back over that book for real answers and TRUTH. Man's so called "wisdom" is nothing more than an illusion of our own pride and arrogance. How dare you place doubt in your heart and turn away from Him. Your scientists are full of nothing but false theory. I pray you ALL find yourselves. How disrespectful you sound, and oblivious to that fact as well.

If he's all the GOP has for 2012, they are even worse off than I thought.

I can see in my crystal ball that Sarah Palin going to mess it up for Huckabee in 2012. I'll vote for Huckabee anytime, but I wish Palin just stay out of way.

I had the opportunity to meet Mike Huckabee last week and it confirmed everything I previously believed about him. He is a gracious, kind, and compassionate man. We would be lucky to have someone like him in the White House. He is a man of principle and character. If John McCain had not eeked out a slim victory in South Carolina, Mike Huckabee might well have been the Republican nominee. He is conservative, but not a radical. I believe in 2012 there will be legions of Americans who would love to give Mike Huckabee a chance to clean up the mess in Washington! I am one of them.

I would really like both of them to team up in 2012.. It would be oh so sweet to see them both go down in defeat.

Huckabee doesn't get it. The powers that be in the Republican party don't want someone like him, who is smart and can make his own decisions, to be elected. They like to get clueless people elected (George W., Sarah Palin), so that they can tell them what to do.

I like his stance that the Earth is only six thousand years old. If he'd just take a stand against this heliocentricity nonsense that's going around, he'd be the ideal GOP candidate.

Wow. If anyone wants attention these days, bring Sarah Palin into the conversation.
All you Palin haters have accomplished is to keep her a national figure and incite a supportive backlash against you. And it seems neither side of this I hate/love Sarah seems to put very much thought into the discussion. The comments are almost always just putdowns. How can you convince anyone to not support Palin if all you use are arguments straight out of the 2nd grade?

The GOP circular firing squad is heating up. Pass the popcorn!

For all I hear about conservatives/members of the GOP being fear mongering racist. I seem to see a lot more people taking blows below the belt on the left side of this forum. Before ranting about how we are not willing to work together it might be nice if your arguments were based on facts and political issues. Not based on a persons weight, and as a conservative who has life long friends from Asia, Europe,and the Middle East I highly resent being referred to as a racist simply for being conservative. I know just as many bigots on the right and the left. Both sides of the political spectrum have a fringe. Same goes for any conservative comments that follow the meaningless attack mold.

"He makes no apologies for his faith. Also, he does not impose his faith on others."

Really? He doesn't impose his faith on others? Then what was all that stuff last year about how it would be easier to change the Constitution so it matches the Bible rather than the other way around?

Huckabee is the reason we ended up McCain as the Republican Candidate. His underhanded deal with McCain on Super Tuesday alond with the lies that McCain and Crist posted in Florida gave us a choice between a radical democrat and a moderate democrat last time. His religous bigotry should keep him off and stage let alone the national stage.

Ron Paul 2012

This is the only way to put an end to Palin's vapid demagoguery - let the Republicans have at her. Democrats should stand back and stay out of it.

Put 'em together and i'll vote.

We need the most stable women the GOP has to offer.

Palin/Bachmann 2012

As a former conservative turned staunch liberal democrat I would much rather see the democrats face Sarah Palin than ol' Huck. At least Huck completed two terms as governor.

Leftists like to have an evolution discussion every time Huckabee's name comes up. Living things on earth do evolve that is fact.
Did man evolve from pond sludge??? Well that is just one theory now isn't it? How did the fist life start anyway? Science have an answer? Didn't think so.

Science is not exact, today’s certainties will be discredited tomorrow.

But there is also a place for faith in well rounded humans, and science cannot replace it. This is what the ultra left is missing...Faith!

I thought Mike Huckabee was good hearted man even though I don't agree with his ideology but during the RNC he conducted himself in a disgusting manner and later on when he made the "joke" about Obama ducking because he heard a gun shot, I saw his true colors.

I'm a life-long Republican turned Democrat in 2008, and I certainly agree that Huckabee is a serious guy. Palin's an idiot and it's a joke to say she is somehow qualified to be president. Huckabee is lightyears ahead of Palin in the "qualified" department.

Huckabee is the same moron that thinks the constitution should be based on the bible. He's a freak and a cultist. He's right about Sarah though, as they always say: it takes one to know one!

If Palin and Huck both run it will split the crackpot vote and the GOP will end up with another McCain. Most likely Mitt.

Sorry, just too funny....Extra !! Extra !! Read all about it....This just in Sarah Palin will run in 2012 with Joe the plumber as her VP and has offered the Secretary of Sate position to Huckabee.

Huckabee said No due to ethical reasons. And believed Palin to be A facist.

Huckabee is against fire, and all other forms of progress.

Barring all of the liberal babble, I'm purely excited at the amount of strong candidates that are rising up from the ashes to destroy the DNC next year, and in 2012. It is going to be like 'shock and awe' all over again. ha.

I would love to be a values voter... Meaning: providing Health Insurance to all people in USA because it is what Jesus would do for all of our people.....How about that Republicans and you to Joe Liebermann.....the filibuster type Democracy guy.. with his wife being a former..... Health care Lobbyist.. Value voters........eh?

Palin = Pretty. That's all.

Great! The repugs are out eating their young. Neither one is worthy of being president of this great nation, but at least he is not following her like the dumb pod people who think, as was stated in another blog, she's doing god's work. Gawd I certainly hope not. She's evil as all get out..
This woman is poison and I am glad he is the first one to say it aloud.

Huckabee is a religious nut, and frankly thats the last thing this country needs. We are trying to move away from the Dark Ages, not toward it.

Nice, both of them on the FAR RIGHT of the party and STILL they are bickering. If that's not a sign of how permanently unable to accomplish or ever get along with anybody, then I don't know what is. This is proof positive that we need to kick all of these right wing retards out of this country and let them kill themselves on a deserted island!

Palin is an illness. A scourge on America. A blight. An embarrassment.

GOP Complain That President Obama Hasn't Done A thing In 9 Months!

The GOP Haven't Broaded There Base In 60+ Years and Counting.
The Party is Still 93.7% White Americans

Steele It's Been 9+ months, You Haven't Done A Thing To Broaded Your GOP Base!
It's Not That Easy Is It!

Governor Huckabee completed his term as governor, can articulately offer his views on an array of national issues, and does not have the embarrassing domestic drama that has hounded Mrs. Palin.

And yet, conservatives like Ann Coulter skewered Huckabee, but is completely enthralled by Palin.

Makes you wonder if some Republicans are secretly rooting for a second term for Obama. What other possible explanation could there be for supporting a possible Palin candidacy other than to ensure a landslide for the president?

American voters are fickle and make very shallow voting decisions. Mike's problem is his name anything starting with Hucka ... is not good. Sorry

Palin is an idiot, even a Republican can see that. I do NOT agree with Republican ideology, but at least this man knows a moron when he sees one.
Palin is a stupid moron, who has no brains and should go crawl back in the hole she slithered out of.

Huckabee & Romney are too churchy.
Palin is three bricks short of an eighth of a load, and would therefore need a "ghost President." NO THANKS, we've already had one of those.
Obama for a 2nd term, and more Dems after that!

GOP Complain That President Obama Has Done Anything In 9 Months!

The GOP Haven't Broaded There Base In 60+ Years and Counting.
The Party is Still 93.7% White Americans

Steele It's Been 9+ months, You Haven't Done A Thing To Broaded The GOP Base!
It's Not That Easy Is It!

Even though I usually disagree with him on the issues, I recognize in Mr. Huckabee an intelligent and thoughtful person. Not so much when I hear Sarah Palin speak. The GOP is in big trouble with Palin at the helm.

As a conservative from Arkansas I have abandoned the GOP. It's a paler shade of the big government spending liberal party. There is no party for true small government conservatives but polls show conservatives far outnumber liberals. I guess I'm an independent conservative, also a majority in the polls.

The people who insult others for differing views or use hateful language when referring to someone who doesn't believe in evolution should be ashamed of themselves. I have served my country proudly to defend your right to your own opinion but please be respectful of those who disagree with you.

"He makes no apologies for his faith. Also, he does not impose his faith on others."

He most certainly does! He imposes his faith on others when, for example, he campaigns against marriage equality!

I find Mike Huckabee to be one of the few members of the GOP that seems likely to be pleasant to to occupy the same room. That said, I think he's disqualified himself from leading any nation that isn't a Christian Theocracy.

Momentum is growing for whoever the Republican candidate is. This may become a referendum on the current administration and the results may not be to the libs liking.

Obama and smart do not go together, He is the worst President we ever had.

George Bush took the largest budget surplus in history and switched to the largest deficit...then took the nation to the brink of another Great Depression. The GOP keeps drinking the cool-aid and lives in denial of the facts.

I can't stand any of them, especially Pawlenty, he has brought my state to its knees. Of all of them, Huckabee is probably the best but I don't want these "values" candidates telling me who I can marry, etc.

Before anyone even considers voing for Mike Huckabee, you better do some research and find out what his philosophy on healthcare is. Let me give you a hint:

No more Medicare
No more Medicaid
No more S-Chip
No more government involvement in healthcare, period
No more employer-based healthcare insurance
Complete deregulation of the private insurance sector
Everyone pays for their own healthcare insurance
If you can't afford healthcare insurance, your SCREWED!
The number of people without healthcare insurance SKYROCKETS!
Filthy rich healthcare insurance executives laugh their greedy keisters off all the way to the bank!

If the GOP think they can win PALIN they are wrong, she is not smart enough and she is a quitter, there is no way she could lead this country , Huckabee would be a good choice if not Obama should be president again, i would never vote for Palin she is no where near as good as Hillary was.

Democrats like social programs so when someone gets on one they become dependant which equals a vote for homocrats.

Only an idiot or a Fox viewer would think ACORN stole the election in 2008. The GOP is none and done.

Mike does seem to be the only Republican that is not foaming at the mouth.

One thing the conservative cannot stand is an independence thinker an Ms. Palin want let them boss her. Go Sarah make the money let them wish they had your hand.

Good Lord, is this the best the GOP has to offer. Bill Clinton is the last southerner that will ever be elected President.

I just had my 'ah huh ' moment! ... it just hit me right now!

I believe that Palin acts with her 'double standards' whatever they might be .... the way she is acting NOW ... all crazy talk and hiding in facebook and twitter and ready to kick the media in the face one minute and then kiss it all better the next ... this CRAZY woman would be acting like this IF she had won the election. ... she would be the Crazy VP that she is now ... only without the VP title.

That's pretty funny, Mike Huckabee just called Sarah Palin "Dour," and no one seemed to notice

I'm an atheist today thanks to being raised in the south and a Baptist preacher who scared the crap out of me every Sunday. GOP....pit bull in lipstick or a Baptist preacher!!!! Ohlordey, help the dying GOP, or NOT.

Huckabee seems like he has a much nicer personality than Palin, but how difficult is that? However, his viewpoints and "values" (gag) are largely based on mindless superstition that has no place in government. He's just another religious zealot who wants to use the government to force his personal viewpoints on everyone.

I disagree with Mike Huckabee on most issues, but at least he is a rational educated person that comes by his stances intelligently. He is serious and honest about them.

Sarah Palin is a shallow, flighty, attention-seeker who knows nothing and is worth even less.

Sarah Palin is not worth 1/1000 of a Mike Huckabee on her best day with the wind behind her.

I see why CNN's ratings are tanking...and equal to E-News......

Here we go again. Snipe, snipe, snipe. Ultra Christian Conservative Mike Huckabee vs. The Quitter with the Litter on Twitter vs. the Mormon that no one will vote for. The Government Opposition Party is all hat, no cattle, no ideas, no sense.

Are these 2012 so-called hopefuls suffering from love of themselves. Somebody tell them that they cannot claim to know how to win an election in 2012 in 2009. They must be conpersons to think that they know who would win in 2012.

Surprising enough the corporate news media with nothing important to write about are obsessed with these so-called 2012 hopefuls.

Republicans, please give us in 2012, Huckabee-Pawlenty, or Huckabee-Gingrich, or Huckabee-Pence, or Huckabee-Jindal, or Huckabee-Paul, or Huckabee-Santorum. Or, the other way around on any of these. Goodbye Huckabee, hello President Obama through 2016. How dense are these Republicans ? Is their no limit ?

"someone that is incorruptible."

ummm...I'd hardly call someone who refuses to believe in scientific empirical evidence proving evolution "incorruptible"...his position on the subject evinces a readiness to believe whatever he is told to believe, i.e., a level of gullibility and a lack of critical thinking skills indicative of a susceptibility to corruption and a whole host of other things

Good for Mike Huckabee. He does have experience and he remained governor until his term was up.

I, too, think that people are giving Sarah Palin a free ride. They think she was treated unfairly by the media in the last election. She should read her history books. Many candidates before her were given extreme scrutiny and constant criticism by the press. She is not alone in that regard.

Whether you are a woman or a man you should be prepared for scrutiny. I agree that some of it leaves you wondering what the people were thinking but nevertheless it is a part of political life.

He is a ready-witted repub. w/ a soft spoken voiice, but we do not dig him as a candidate to run for office. He will make an excellent priest at the white house.

For those who want to define Governor Huckabee only on his religious beliefs, apparantly you know nothing about him. Yes, it's true that he has a strong Christian faith. But what exactly is wrong with someone living up to a standard they hold true? He makes no apologies for his faith. Also, he does not impose his faith on others.

There is much more to this man than he gets credit for (including many of the "big name endorsers" from his own party!).

If I were you, I would take a LONG HARD look at his policies before you quickly conclude that he's nothing more than the "religous candidate".

I listened to His point of view last night and if You reverse everything He said, He would be "right on the mark".

Mr. Huckster......afraid of Ms. Palin.....too funny.....

He wrote a book????? Hmmmmm, didn't hear anything about that....:)

No Quiter For President or Vice President, Sarah The Balloon Lady Palin! Going Nowhere!

Mike and Ron Paul are the only two conservatives that I would trust as Prez. None of the others that we hear about all the time, strike me as trustworthy at all. At least Mike or Ron say exactly what they mean, and have thought about what they are saying and come to their OWN conclusions about what would be best for this country. I don't think the other hopefuls are in the same league as those two gentleman.

I disagree with a ton of stuff from both candidates, but am sure they would govern with intelligence and real loyalty to the country as a whole not the special interests only.

If Huckabee wins the Republican nomination (and it's a looooooooong way before we know what they field will actually look like), then except the true conservatives in the party to back a third-party candiate. Huckabee's record as Governor of Arkansas was anything but conservative!

Huckabee's picture and the caption under it made my day.

Well I'd never actually vote for him, but if came down to choosing between him and Sarah Palin, I'd definetely choose him. At least he has a brain.

Anyone with a heartbeat would be better than the idiot in office now.

Please, please, please! NO MORE SARAH!! I don't care! I don't care! I don't care!

It's enough that her nomination forced me out of the Republican party to become an independent!

I don't understand this obsession with her! She is not intelligent, she has no experience in anything – couldn't even serve a full-term as Governor! Her ramblings are completely nonsensical! She was basically forced on McCain, a man whom I've always admired, until it became evident that he'd lost control of his campaign and accepted her as his running mate.

And yet you continue to ignore the mainstream Republicans like Huckabee and Romney... except if Sarah is involved somehow.

It's a sad state of affairs when Sarah Palin blowing her nose is more important than a policy speech by any other Republican. Even though I no longer identify myself with that party, does anyone seriously think that she's the best they had to offer?

If this is the case, then I guess I made the right decision.

Nope ain't gonna happen...Rush/Beck/Steele will annoit their far right extremist puppet in Sarah Palin. Any moderates will be forced out of the party and labeled as "liberals" or "Democrats".

Looks and acts like Sheriff Bill Gillespie from the movie "In The Heat Of The Night". About as smart as the fictional character. "Mr. Tibbs" will bury this guy. End of "story".

God help us if this religious zealot gets into higher office. If so, I and my family will be moving out of the country for a while.

...now there's a tough game to play if you're a GOP watcher.

Sarah is an unpleasant & outwardly crazy loonie. Mike seems like kind of a sweet guy (& a decent bass player), but when you listen to what he's saying, he's equally crazy. He's right, he should be getting as much press for his loonieness as Sarah.

this is a GREAT example of stupidity on the right. Here you've got a guy who believes the world is about 10,000 years old (doesn't believe in evolution) and he's topping polls.

The right has no care for science/logic/reason/history or anything of the sort. Thats why they will not survive as a party past the beginning of the 21st century.

Their logic is all blind: whether it be from hate,ignorance or religion.

Sorry– but Huckabee is too far to the right for me. And Palin is just too stupid.
SURELY the Republican party can find a better candidate than either of these two!

Sign me up to be on Sarah Palin's Death Panel. I'll give her the boot vote quicker than you can say A-M-B-I-S-O-L!

I'm voting "NoExtremists in 2012" ... guess that leaves our the entirety of the Republican Party. DRATZ!

Wow...... the GOPers continue to attack each other....... what else is new?

The reason my husband and I, are no longer Republicans is because of the vile politics of the Republican party.

What have the Republicans done for America? Nothing. The Republicans have been against every single social program for America!

Social Security – GOP was against it, saying it was socialism.
Medicare
Medicaid
CIVIL RIGHTS
DE-segregation
SCHIP
Minimum Wage
Unemployment Benefits

America is not stupid, Huckabee, Palin, Romney (Evangelicals wont vote for him), wont get our vote, we know who the GOP is for, its not for We the People!

sarah palin is NOT interested in a national political career... she has found a gold mine in having books written for her, and doing speaking engagements.. there is ZERO benefit for her in getting involved in the mud-slinging that is a national campaign.. i don't know why people insist on discussing her as if she has national political aspirations.. the reason she quit the alaska governorship is because she realized it is a dead end job for her...

I wouldn't vote for Huckabee—but at least he seems to be a relatively normal, sane individual. I would feel better with him running the country much more than Bush or Palin or Cheney.

So, even if I disagree with his politics, at least he's not an absolute lunatic.

The Dems would love to see Gomer Pyle run...another win for President Obama, by a bigger landslide!

I agree. I'm an admirer of Sarah Palin and there's no doubt she would be a much better president than Obama. However, if she could not handle being governor of Alaska, there's no reason why she should be considered for anything higher. And that ridiculous excuse she gave about not wanting to be a lame duck was a laughable insult to everyone's intelligence. Stick with fishing Sarah.

I couldn't agree more that the criminal Palin gets a pass from the Republican press on every boneheaded self-serving stunt she pulls - and EVERYTHING she pulls is boneheaded and self-serving - but aside from the fact I wouldn't want Huckabee or ANY living Republican in the White House, isn't it quite unseemly that a person seeking the Presidency has his own worldwide bully pulpit on Rupert Murdoch's bastion of "fair and balanced" yellow journalism, the cable network Fox "News"? Of course, everything Fox "News" does is a disgusting caricature of responsible, objective news reporting, but this is embarrassing even by Fox's in-the-gutter standards.

There is only one true Republican left his name is Ron Paul, Mike maybe you read and listen to what he is saying, you might learn that this country is a republic with a constitution.

Huckabee is the only republican could-be candidate that makes me nervous. The others are pantomine villians that will lose every contest they enter (or quit half way through, if you like). Huckabee has charm and a strong work ethic, so if he ran in 2012, democrats would be rightly worried. I'm sure they're praying for Palin to win the nomination though! I'd bet they're trying their best to keep Palin talking!

The Republicans have many good candidates for 2012, what does the Democrats have is a loser of a President. A definite Republican win for President in 2012.

Does not believe in evolution, is too radical, too far right and too Christian to be president.

Huck is a true American values patriot.... I saw him at a debate in Fort Lauderdale 2 years ago, and he won hands down against the other candidates... he has the common sense and family values we need in a leader, someone who knows and believes in the American work ethic, innovation, and honesty, someone that is incorruptible. Go MIKE Huckabee...

gop will loose again ,,,,, all hat....

Too far right, too Christian, too radical.

Go Huckleberry! Tell everyone that the earth is 6000 years old, man walked with dinosaurs, and evolution is a myth. You will certainly get the tea bagging birther group in your camp (aka "conservatives") but the rest of the electorate will laugh in your face as you win 1, maybe 2 states in the general election. Even some blood red states would not go for the new American Taliban. To make things even easier, select the Alaska dimwit as your VP candidate

When does the Taliban 2016 election campaign begin?? Who are the rising stars for that??

It would be so hard to call him President Huckabee, it would be like a big joke, I think he would make a better comedian!

I'd really like to know what presidential poll is Palin leading in , awwww that's down right funny , I geuss she'll lead in your polls only CNN ,becuse your the only fools that would actually keep printing stories about this quitter, idiot and devisive racist . one thing is for sure AMERICANS with real life common sense knows this woman would be nowhere quailfied to run as POTUS, and when she does her Ophra interview you'll see just what i'm talking about but you'll probably print a story saying how great she was .......***beepin idiots.

I would LOVE Mike Huckabee to run. He's the one guy the left still hasn't tried to excoriate. He's a great guy, with solid conservative principles and fiscal responsibility. He's for the fair tax, and would set out to abolish the IRS in favor of a more sane system. Wolf Blitzer's response to that of "What about all those people who work for the IRS?" was a riot. And Mike's retort was sobering, "The government's first duty should not be to see how many people it can employ." bingo. Go Mike. I <3 Huckabee

Huckabee started taking catty, cheap shots at Palin right after the 2008 Campaign was over, and has never stopped. If there is any negativity towards him coming from the Pro-Palin wing of the Repub Party, it's because her supporters see him as a very shallow, two-faced, fair-weathered friend. Palin has never said one unkind word against Huckabee, so I am assume he is just another insecure male politician who feels threatened by her.

As a VP candidate all the other GOP'ers were supporting her, now those same people Want the same job and Palin won't last in a real debate against her own party members who chasing the same job. All of her winks and cute terms won't hack it in a republican debate. My guess is that she might not even try, even she is not that dumb.

Anyone wold be better than Palin.....but the GOP has no one to compete with Obama. That is becaue they are all far-right extremists, and none are old-fashioned Republicans....conservative, but willing to be non-partisan.

Gooooolllllyyyyy Gomer Pyle, you want us to take you seriously? Stop acting like an undereducated trailer trash guy. I see you are gaining weight again. OK, you fit back into the mold: Just another fat, wealthy, angry, bitter, hate mongering Southern white male, with fake Southern manners. Please Republicans, give us as your Presidential/V-P candidates in 2010, Huckabee-Cheney, Huckabee-Palin, Huckabee-Romney, Huckabee-Barbour (my favorite – two Gomer Pyle act-a-likes), Huckabee-Anyone, Anyone-Huckabee. Any such combination will give us President Obama through 2012.

Palin is the epitome of "negative fluff." She opens her dumb mouth and words fly out but she has no clue what's she's talking about.

Put the three of them (Romney, the Huckster, Miss Wasila '82) together and you could shoot a Three Stooges remake.

What would CNN do without Sara Palin??

Obama is bankrupting the country. Look into that sometime..

This Guy sounds kind of Suckerbee! Poor Stick.

He's right about Palin and pressure...has she even given ONE major interview in the past year? Has she reached out to anyone other than her drooling fan base? If she thinks her ghost-written book and a sit-down with Oprah and the Fox Noise contingent (who probably already has the list of what NOT to ask) will establish her as an intelligent, credible candidate, she is mistaken. She and her fan base will blame the evil media for any missteps she takes, and they will also blame everyone but her for anything stupid she says. And Sarah dear, please "stop makin' things up" to suit whatever issue it is you decide to comment on this week.

Just what we need, a religious fanatic.

Anyone who would consider voting for a guy [Huckabee] who denies evolution and believes in the literal biblical story of the creation of the world and universe, and thus, thinks the world is only about 6000 years old, needs their head examined....

Anyone who would consider voting for a guy [Mittens Romney] who believes what a con artist purportedly read on non-existent tablets that no one else could see or read, also needs their head examined...

As much as I like Huckabee I would not vote for him. What we need in the White House and Congress is men and women who actually listens to the people that put them there. It is going to take both the Democrats and Republican partys to convince the Independents that we should vote for them. As I can attest to the fact that more and more voters are going over to the Independents. I was a Democrat all my life until they decided to spend , spend and spend. When you count everyone who has no employent the figure goes from 10% to 17%. Where are the jobs that were promised? Where is the relief for citizens who are losing their homes? Wall Street and the Big Banks have recovered very nicely but what about the common person?

I'm a lifelong Republican. The only time I ever voted Democrat was for Edwin W. Edwards. My first vote was for Dwight D. Eisenhower. Before I vote for a Huckabee I would vote for the present skank in the White House the go vomit.

Chuck Norris would make a good secretary of state for the Huckster. Why not Dick Armey for health and human services?

I can't take him seriously with those shades on. Who's he supposed to be? Elvis?

GOP cat fight. They're already trashing each other for 2012. It doesn't get any juicier than this!

There is no viable republican candidate to run for President. John McCain was the best you bums had to offer. Time to find some new blood GOP or disseminate from the spotlight.

come on, Huckabee–do not start negative talk against SP or I will not support you. You have never been sliced and diced by the media, liberals, and Hollywood like Sara. palin backers are only trying to counteract the viciousness of the liberals and the press........

You know, Huckabee,

I really could find it in me to vote for you. What is stopping me is your nonsensical Christian nonsense. The way your party behaves as Jesus' chosen while doing nothing to take care of others is nauseating.

You may be serious but you are, in many ways, no different from Sarah Palin.

Both Sarah and her husband Todd quit their jobs and are pandering for money. What responsible people would quit their job when they have young children to support especially having a child with a severe disability that requires parental care around the clock. People are looking for jobs and aren't looking to support a grown able man who just ups and quits. Todd obviously had no plans of staying at home with the children while his wife is traveling. Something is very wrong with this family who claim "family values".

in new york district 23 in last weeks elections the democratic candidate mr owens told the voters he intends to vote for the public option . well owens and the democarts won bye 5 points a seat held bye the republicans since 1850 . whqat does that tell ya it shows the repubs are in a whole lot of trouble and they will be troubced in the midterms . come on the gop held the seat for over 150 years and lost it . if huckabee an palin an romney are the best they have got the republican party of no are toast.

Why Mike? Why are you upset, this is what the GOP is sir. Fight or go home. Ms Sarah gets special treatment, she demands it.

.."I'm not nearly as attractive.."

Ahh but neither is she. You know her Miss Amercia days never worked out. I guess she is soaking up as much 15 minutes as this evil, divise, selfish, ingnorant, hate-inspiring woman can.

HI My name is Johnny Cash. No, wait a sec, my name is Mike Huckabee, and I bought this shirt that looks just like Johnny's.

HUck, if you want to be treated like a serious politicial leader who wants to lead this country, lose the guitar and stop acting like a kid rocker.

if the GOP wants to get in on the battle in 2012......he should be listened to.

Forget Palin..........if not the Dem's continue in 2012.

No THINKING adult can possibly take Sarah Palin seriously. She proved her self totally inept when running as the Vice Predidential candidate. She was unable to answer simple questions, could not give ONE example of the Amendments to the Constitution or even what she reads. She is like any Hollywood celebrity, Attractive, talkative and not very bright. Unfortunately the Repubs will probably elect her to something before they find out their mistake.It could prove to be very expensive.

Awww poor Hukabee – he is not getting as much love as Sarah. Maybe if he stopped playing that stupid guitar. singing with the band, and telling jokes on his TV show, people would begin to take him seriously, and not view him as a Rush Limbaugh type entertainer

Ex Governor Palin is rock star all right: the controversial family, looks good in the spol light, says one thing and then a month later says she meant something else, and my favorite she is a rouge. Webster defines rouge as an unprincipaled, decietful, and unreliable person. Now that i have read that and said it out loud it actually makes sense and really fits her. I think that the GOP is looking for any way to win, even if needs to rely on a beauty contest. Huckabee is right, she is the crowd favorite, but not a real champion. After listening to her speak at the RNC last year i actually enjoyed her passion and desire to do what seems right, the problem i have is that i dis agree completly with her values. Good luck Huckabee i hope you triumph over the rogue.

CNN, we get it. You folks hate Palin and love to push her critics to the front. I doubt that you would even publish this IF Mike had said something nice about her.

As for Mike H., he will lose big time to BHO.

Right Wing billionaire David Koch funds the teabaggers. Research him and tell me how grassroots this organization is. It is all lies. Again, the under-informed allowing corporate giants to control policy and keep them broke, under-informed and unhealthy.

if this is the best the gop has for 2012 the democratic party is going to be in office for a vary long time indeed. the gop truly the party of no an noway .the gop the party of corpret whores .they will sell you out to the corprets in a heartbeat . they have done exactly that with health care reform . in 2010 an 2012 the party of corpret socialisim the gop will be crushed again .all polls in red an blue states bye the way show the public option is the majority wish of the people . they will punish the party of no bigtime for trying to stop it , you wate an see . in new york 23 a seat the gop held since 1850 the democratic candidate told voters in the dustrict he untends to vote for the public option and

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HEY .... WE ( the good ole U S of A ) MISSED the boatt ( HUCKABEE) the first time ! Will we do so again? I SURE HOPE NOT. Just look at the MESS we are currently in! .... WE CANNOT AFFORD to continue on this path. Our country's FUTURE is at steak here.

VOTE for MIKE HUCKABEE in 2012

I could see Huck pick Michelle Bachmann as a running mate

I hope Huckabee does well. As a moderate I definately don't have all of the same beliefs that he has, but I very much respect that he is consistant in what he believes. These are the same traits I respected in John McCain, before he changed during his presidential run. Now that McCain seems to be back to himself, I would love to see a Huckabee/McCain ticket. It would finally give us moderates someone to stand by.

He is just as scarely as Palin is and not presidential material!

Is Huckabee complaining that the darling of the Conservative Tea Party bunch is receiving better treatment from the clowns than he is?

What a wuss! Huckabee is an idiot and Palin had better be good in bed because she is not good at anything else. Can you say Refusenik clowns?

HUCK in 2012!!!

Sarah Palin is doing exactly what she wants to do, make money, get rich and not having to work for it. You guys keep giving her the platform for it and crazy people are hiring her to give speaches, and the speaches are a lot about nothing. Fuel the fire....

I am not a Republican, I am an independent........I can tell you right now i will Vote for Huckabee over Obama......but if Palin gets the GOP nomination as their Presidental canidate.......I will vote for Obama or any other Democrat that is in the running.....Palin proved that she is not capable of handling the WH when she quit on the people of Alaska......and then there is the matter of her not having the knowledge or the insight or experience or wisdom that it takes to be President of America

This current crew will guarantee a second Obama term. None of them have much appeal outside the base, so while they might get the nomination, there is no way independants (and former Reagan Republicans like myself) will vote for them in the general election to any great extent.

They just don't get it....the reason Reagan appealed to so many people that far and away his top two priorities were smaller government and a strong national defense. Social issues took a distant back seat. Now that (along with his bi-partisanship) would get him thown out of the party as being a RINO.

We believe the Gov has no skeletons in his closet - that's a step forward in today's political world. He seems like a knowledgeable person, but needs to expand his foreign relations resume.

Rush is going to have a wussy fit with Huckabee. By the way, what is Rush's obsession with bending over and grabbing his ankles in the presence of male democrats? That may excite Foley though.

In terms of content of character Mr. Huckabee is light years ahead of the Alaskan Air Head. Huckabee is light years ahead in terms of content of the cranium as well.

I think the wingnuts are going to be very disappointed with the 2012 election if they think Huckabee could lead a GOP landslide.

I wouldn't dare vote for this guy, he clearly is the biggest hypocrite of all. I don't trust hucksbee, palin , romney or none of the gop for that matter. If it came down to it and it was only gop in the running for potus it would be Crist Crhristy i would vote for.

While I agree that Mr. Huckabee is a much more serious thinker than is ms. Palin, it's far to early to start campaigning with a slogan of "Vote for me; I'm not Sarah Palin", since it invites a smarter person like Mitt Romney to use the slogan, "Vote for me; I'm not Mike Huckabee".
I'll just ignore all of these people and vote for the smartest candidate in the 2012 Presidential Election. His name is Barack Obama.

Mike Huckabee will win in 2012. It is time for common sense and fiscal responsibility. Enough of the Bush/Obama policies and bailouts that have bankrupt this nation.

Huckabee's last remark is right on: If Palin weren't pretty to look at, she'd be nowhere.

That notwithstanding, Huckabee is totally unqualified to be President. He doesn't understand the First Amendment and it's explicit separation of Church and State.

He's also ignorant of science. Scientific discovery and advances are one of the reason our country has done so well – and without proper support of the sciences, we will not succeed in the future.

The GOP really needs to get away from all these "Christian" types – the U.S. isn't, never was and never should be a theocracy.

Huckabee is so honest and pleasant, unlike that gang of thugs currently occupying the White House. I will be so great to replace that lying thug that ACORN stole the election for in 2008, I will vote most anyone. Obama, one and done.

I do not think we need a Fox entertainer in the white house. But, he is a lot smarter than Romney and Palin.

I'd vote for Mike today.