Mike Huckabee, post-Romney: 'Long way' to go

You would make an excellent Veep Mr. Huckabee! I realize you're still a viable candidate in the south but I just don't think you can touch Senator McCain in big northern states like Pennsylvania and Maryland.

Still you've run a great race and I'm glad you're still standing and not the mormon pseudo-conservative. I'm still supporting Senator McCain but congrats to you for making it this far. Continue to run the great race you've run this far! You and show honor and respect to Senator McCain by the way you've run this race and we that support him certainly honor and respect you!

For several years, I have been a bit embarrased to be a Republican. Today, I can honestly say that I am now totally ashamed of being a Republican. How this party could ever support a candidate like John McCain or his butt-buddy Mike Huckabee is beyond me. What has happened to this once great party? I refuse to vote for either of these candidates, even if Hillary gets the Democratic nomination. If Obama gets the nod, I will vote for him. Either way, a ticket with Hillary and Obama together will assure the Democrats will occupy the presidency for 16 long years. Republicans all - you should be ashamed!

From back in the late summer I believed Mike Huckabee would win the Republican nomination -- and I still do. If you want a real conservative, a fine and decent man, Huckabee is your man!

Go for it Huckabee! You've got my vote!

even though the press says it's the evangelical Christian vote that has gotten Huckabee this far, the additional truth is it's the FairTax-ers. To me my vote for Huckabee is a one-issue vote. If it's not to be President Huckabee, I'd still vote for McCain/Huckabee because as VP Huckabee could still promote the FairTax to Congress. Without Huckabee I might have to cross the isle, because I fear McCain would not just "win" the war in Iraq, he would escalate it to another level.

Mormon psuedo conservative?

Some may argue that Romney is a flip flopper. Truth is, he has changed some positions but he has become more conservative over time. As governor, he defended traditional marriage in the courts and opposed expansion of abortion rights every time it came across his desk. Homosexual groups oppose him and he won the values summit this past summer.

Also, why is it that McCain and Huckabee get a free ride? McCain has sided with the democratic party on numerous liberal issues and he has been endorsed by the NY Times, a liberal mayor from NY and a liberal govenor from CA. Huckabee has committed numerous election violations and his record in AK is liberal and not conservative.

While I wish Romney was still in, I respect his withdrawl. I will vote GOP (even if the GOP has hijacked the conservative movement).

If Huckabee is on the GOP ticket I will vote Democrat. I'll write in Ralph Nader before I vote for the Huckmonger who used animosity towards my faith to rally voters against Romney.

In endorsing McCain, the New York Times said it well of Huckabee:

"Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas, is an affable, reassuring Baptist minister who talks about a softer Christian conservativism. His policies tell the real story. To attract Republican primary voters, he has become an anti-immigrant absolutist. His insertion of religion into the race, herding Mr. Romney into a defense of his beliefs, disqualified him for the Oval Office."

Amen NYT.

How arrogant of Huckabee to think that he can run a campaign of intolerance and personal animosty against Mitt Romney and then expect Romney supporters to flock to him.

Grandpa McCain was roundly booed at CPAC today, if he picks Mike Schmuckabee as his running-mate the natives in the GOP are going to start grabbing their pitchforks.

They've lost faith in Bush, they've lost a conservative, and their candidate is going to be someone they hate as much as any Democrat -- including Clinton.

Short of Ronald Reagan's corpse winning the endorsement, nothing is going to help the Republicans.

Let the games commence!!!

I am disgusted by two things:

First that ANY so-called Conservative would consider McCain.

Second that Romney gets to give away the delegates from the states he won. If a candidate drops from or "suspends" his campaign the delegates from each individual state should go to the candidate next chosen by the votes of that state's citizens.

It is useless to argue about the label of conservative, liberal, Reagan or Bush. Nobody is perfect. The only competent candidate who can turn our economic around and is best for our country right now is Mitt Romney.

There is nothing wrong to change message or mind. Do you know any candidate or any people who never change mind?
We need a leader to listen to American people, not a stubborn dictator who does not care what American think.
Romney's vision of using economic strength to combat terrorists, to change the heart and mind of the Muslim world so they will reject violence and embrace peace and prosperity. You can not conquer the world with more and more troops and violence.
If we do not have solid economic to backup, you would have no means to fight. Romney's Apollo plan for energy independence are also set him above all other candidates.
Romney's lost is due to the Washington style dirty political tricks. First in Florida to layout wrong charge before election. If McCain and Huckabee are coordinating, it should be unlawful. Since the election is not supposed to be two candidates coordinating against one candidate.

After Huckabee's Iowa win, Huckabee told McCain, "Now it's your turn to kick Romney's ass"

Before Huckabee's surprising turnaround at the convention, McCain delegates told FOX News they had been instructed by the campaign to throw their support to Huckabee.

If this is the way politics works, then next time any candidates could send a few more of their sorogates as candidates to meddle their way to victory. McCain and Huckabee are complete disgrace and dishonest. If they are nominee, they will never be a president, because democrats can play dirty tricks with more intelligence than these two losers.
I see huckabeast as a big phony. Using God and Jesus to provoke religions hatred. Religions is not a test for presidency as our founding fathers and constitution said. Romney has all the good value that God teach us, pro-family, pro-freedom, pro market economics, pro peace and prosperous for all the world so all will reject violence.

Mike Huckabigot (you know, the former ordained Baptist Preacher gag a maggot, to me, is just a lap dog to McCain. He thinks McCain will pick him as vice-president.

McCain will leave Huckabigot at the alter, just like he did his first wife.

God help us all.

"I know that the field is down to two and our chances are substantially improved."

Is Huckabee aware that Ron Paul is still in the race? This sort of snub truly lacks class. Paul's numbers aren't very high, but he still has more money than both the other republicans combined. And he still has more passionate supporters than either McCain or Huckabee.

In the unlikely event that Huckabee ends up with the nomination, he will not be able to win the general election without the support of Ron Paul's base. It's foolish of him to insult Paul's supporters by pretending that their preferred candidate doesn't exist.

Mormon Pseudo-conservative?

Bigotry is alive and well. Take your hatred elsewhere.

Dave, I'm from Arkansas and I just want you to know, you don't have an idea of what you are talking about concerning Huckabee. Liberal? Election violations? Want to elaborate with some facts?

Mike Huckabee has been the only true conservative throughout this campaign to date. Mitt Romney is a flip-flopping, "Johnny Come Lately" conservative and Senator McCain has been in bed with the liberal Democrats for the past 25 years.

Mike Huckabee is not a Washington insider nor is he a "Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC)groupie, thus, he has been the outsider from the beginning. Ronald Reagan was not a Washington insider either nor was he accepted by the establishment Republicans.

Mike Huckabee, pro-life all his life, pro-miitary and national defense, pro-less government, lower taxes and supports President George Bush's permanent tax cuts, (McCain did not). He is pro-Israel and supports the foreign policy of total victory in Iraq. He won't cut and run.

So, will someone tell me, who the real conservative has been and still is in this campaign for the Republican nomination?

If not Mike Huckabee, than who?

I will never support a ticket that has Huckabee on it. He implied that religious biggotry is ok by poisoning the well at the beginning of the campaign and he allowed it to fester.

I hope he finally gets out of the way and gains some character.

I like the fact that Mike Huckabee said that it is now down to two people. I guess he forgot that Congressman Paul is still in the race and he has a huge war chest while Huckabee doesn't pay his employees on the campaign because his campaign is broke. Huckabee should get out of the way and let McCain fight it out with a true conservative.

If Huckabee is on the GOP ticket, may God have mercy on our souls. I don't believe that God would endorse such a religous bigot as Huckabee is. Why is it that more people don't recognize this?

As usual, many of you overlook Huckabee. And it was a surprise to you but NOT to Huckabee supporters. LOOK OUT TX...Huckabee was endorsed by the Dallas Morning News...here is part of the article...google for rest of article:

Dallas Morning News Endorses Mike Huckabee
December 23, 2007

Mike Huckabee for the Republican nomination

12:00 AM CST on Sunday, December 23, 2007

Many Republican voters are dissatisfied with the GOP presidential candidates this year. We share that frustration. But one of these men is going to be the party's nominee. Of this field, Mike Huckabee is the best choice.

It was a hard decision. In most respects, Mr. Huckabee, who governed Arkansas as a pragmatic, compassionate conservative, is not dramatically different from his main GOP competitors. He is somewhat better on energy and the environment, and though none of the Republicans are as forward-thinking about Iraq as they should be, Mr. Huckabee's emphasis on diplomatic engagement in the Middle East is fresh and welcome.

Mr. Huckabee established a respectable record of fiscal responsibility in Arkansas. Rather than run up deficits, he backed raising taxes to pay for needed infrastructure, health care and education. That's called prudence, and it was once a Republican virtue.

Amazing that the news media do not get it. Mike Huckabee came in the underdog all the way and still they will not give him the nod he deserves. The vote is not in, but they have given the nod. First for Mitt, now for Mac. In the end they will be saying Mike. What a shocking surprise when enough people were in their face all along saying, "I told you so". But like little kids they have wax in their ears. Thats only because they are so out of touch with the voting public of America. By the way Mike has a lot broader base than evangelicals. Your new polls are going to show this very shortly. Watch, wait and see the outcome change. For Mike, its one left to go........

Gilligan won't get the nod... And Romney won't endorse him.

No right-thinking Christian could possibly think of voting for Huckabee.

You apparently have not seen his extremely offensive and blasphemous ridiculing of our Lord with his prank of feigning a very worldly phone call from G-d when he was called to give the invocation (an opening prayer) at a Republican convention. Check it out on YouTube.

Such vain usage of the Lord's name is in direct violation of the commandments.

Anti-Mormon bigotry in some evangelical states overpowered what should have been their concern about voting for such a man who makes a mockery of the Lord in open public. I guess that's typical of a people who believe that they are saved with a one-time expression of faith and are afterward free to blaspheme the Lord since they're already supposedly irreversibly saved by grace without any need to exercise faith further or be repentant or seek the Holy Ghost afterward.

Huckabee should be denounced for what he is, but a worldly-minded press wouldn't care about such things.

Mr. Huckabee is a true conservative no matter what is "spun" about him. I trust him with our nations leadership and welfare. I will not vote for Mr. McCain.

Keep it going Governor Huckabee! The media is leading voters to believe
the Republican Primary Race is over but it's far from being over. Evangelicals WILL NOT VOTER FOR JOHN MCCAIN. SUPPORT DR. DOBSON AND VOTE FOR HUCKABEE.

I think this is a golden opportunity for Mike Huckabee to shine. I have liked him since I first heard one of his stump speeches. He is articulate and inspirational. He seems responsible regarding his views on taxes. His idea to get rid of the IRS is pretty radical to me. I can't imagine what that would be like. But, I do appreciate that he realizes that tax dollars first belong to the person that earned those dollars, and the government is not automatically entitled to the money. His views on securing the borders and at the same time, making the process of legal immigration faster make sense to me.

I am worried about Hillary Clinton's idea of mandated health care for everyone, with the government controls that it would bring. I also think Obama's health care plan is weak. The federal government has barely explored any of the market-based reform ideas, and I want a President who will push for those ideas before we do something as sweeping and permanent as putting the government in charge of it all.

I'd rather vote for Huckabee than McCain mainly because of some of McCain's statements and thoughts about our presence in Iraq. I think McCain rattles his saber too much.

There is still a slim chance for Huckabee as President, and I really want him to win the nomination.

I have had no problems with any of the Republican candidates. I think they are all fine gentlemen however I truly believe Mike Huckabee is the real conservative in the bunch and also has the best disposition to be President.

The Repubs stand zero chance in the election.

McCain is the eventual nominee, that we know.

The traditional "smear campaign" methods used will be problematic in the general. Obama's previous admittance of teenage drug use can be weakened with counterattacks that point out McCain's assistance in covering up his wife's stealing of prescription drugs from a childrens charity in the 1990's.

Admittance of drug use some 30 years ago, pales to the fact of drug addiction to the point that one stole from a childrens charity in one's 40's, when one is "old enough to know better".

Plus, McCains previous use of racial slurs basically cements the 20 - 30 %ethnic vote for Obama in the general.

And of course, the Bush admin have done enough to turn ppl off repubs for life anyway. Bush was the biggest ad for the dems.

Just like I thought, you would not post my earlier comment because of the dig on your biased blog on reporting the news at face value.

McCain must decide to take a VP that will carry the conservative vote, But I am afraid he just doesn't get the answer to winning. This may be a defeat greater than Goldwater in the early 60;s.

Huckabee is a true conservative! He may not be a Wallstreet conservative, but he epitomizes all the beliefs of our party. Thank GOD we have a conservative that we can be proud of. I think Huckabee will go all the way, to the disdain of McCain. I like McCain, but he isn't loved by my fellow conservatives, and I'm afraid of the wars he will get us into.

Mike snakeabee the natural successor for Romney? Youv'e got to be out of your mind. True blue conservitaves will stay away in droves, and those, who like me, can't stomach war monger illegal amnasty mccain, or hoodwink bigot dishonest snakebee, well we'll just vote for whatever Dem is nominated.
Cograts mchuckabee on losing the whitehouse.

I really don't see much difference between McCain, Huckabee, Clinton, or Obama (and Romney is no loss), especially on key issues such as illegal immigration, tax cuts, security and health care. It will be more of the same if any one of them is elected President. President Bush is the reason why we're in this mess today. The Republican Party is no longer conservative; it hasn't been for a long time. President Bush is not a conservative and I've never believed for a minute that he was. He campaigned as a conservative and showed himself to be the real liberal (establishment Republican) that he is by his second term in office. He has blurred, intentionally, the differences between the Republicans and the Democrats. The Republican Party has been hijacked by the left. This country has been trending liberal for a long time, and true conservatives are a dying breed. The only political parties that exist in my mind are the Conservative Party, made up of true conservatives (the ones who are an embarrassment to the establishment Republicans), and the other is the Socialist Party, made up of establishment Republicans and the Democrats. So, there you go -- the Conservatives and the Socialists. I remember when the Democrats lost the election 8 years ago. They were angry, whining, ringing their hands, convulsing, and threatening to leave the country, basically, imploding. That's exactly what the Republicans are doing now. All that I plan to do in November is write-in my candidate, so that when the country tanks under the presidency of either McCain, Clinton, or Obama, I won't have to feel guilty for pulling that lever for either of these Socialists. If you vote for any one of them, then you can't complain. The conservative talk show hosts (with the exception of a few) have carried the Bush administration's water for so long and now they're complaining. Voting is a wonderful freedom and I will exercise that freedom when I write in my candidate, knowing full well that he will not win. It's a matter of principle for me. The Republicrats are going to lose big time in November and I do not have an iota of sympathy for them. Twice as many Democrats as Republicans voted on super Tuesday. True conservatives stayed home because we don't have a candidate. All of you "conservatives" who voted on super Tuesday are going to be disappointed in November. Unless McCain makes nice to the true conservatives, bye bye White House.

Romney supports will have nothing to do with Huckabee. Huckabee bent over for McCain and that disgusted every conservative in America. John McCain is not a conservative. He is in many ways like Bush, but less tolerant, less dry drunk mentality. This is a win-win for the liberals, liberal media and special interest groups. Its a win for NAFTA and NAU supporters and most of all for the illegal. The losers: The American people.

huckabee was put in power in arkansas by the clintons years ago just for this run!!!

Governor Huckabee has stood true to his convictions from the very beginning. These attacks on his record in Arkansas are without merit. Being accused of foul play in a Democratic Party dominated state is not surprising at all. If you folks would just go to his web site and read his positions and answers you would see that he is the closest thing to Ronald Regan we are going to see in a long, long time. He's pro-life, but he cares about the women involved as well. He is pro-gun ownership, not just as a hunter but as a guard against tyranny. He is pro-free market, but not just for multi-national corporations. Wake up and look at the facts. This man is a great leader and a great citizen. Don't let the lies of Ron Paul's web hooligans deceive you.

Just to correct the former governor, there are 3 people left in the race: Ron Paul, John McCain, and Mike Huckabee himself. So let's get over the childish game of not mentioning your opponent, Ron Paul, to make a statement and prove why you should be the nominee; and I guess the best part of that challenge is that you cannot do so. The fact remains you are absolutely unelectable in a general election, and you still have problems getting the conservative vote from a decently liberal Republican McCain (check John's voting record; you'll see what I mean) Plainly put, soon there will soon be 2 people left in the race; and you, sir, will not be one of them.

To those of you who are asking what happened to the Republican Party, my answer is George W. Bush. Just about the entire Party went lock-step behind him as he ran the country into the ground. Now, the American people want a change, and sadly, this GOP is now tainted by its association and support of GWB. Most of the infighting, fragmentation, recriminations, hand-wringing, and back-stabbing that is going on now is a result of the Party desperately trying to disassociate itself from some of the more toxic policies of the current administration. There's still a bit hope for this election, but my money is on 2012. The Party needs to heal and regroup and learn from its mistakes, and I don't think that nine months is enough time for all that.

Huckabee would make a great veep, alright;
-- for the Taliban.

They're all in favor of men (not women, mind you) who are willing to use their supernatural beliefs, customs, and practices as a 'program' to rule.
And to rule ruthlessly, no less.

Of course, the President of Iran (and his immediate superiors: Iran's moslem clergy) have corrupted their supernatural belief system to suit the predjudices of today's world.
...and anyone who disagrees with them can hang from the end of a rope.
....with supernatural blessings, so I've read....

There's nothing quite like targeting a minority for political leverage.
-- Especially a minority that doesn't subscribe to the ruling party's supernatural belief system.

Strange how the rulers of nations like Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan are willing to execute people on a whim;
-- a religious whim, naturally.

They'll mutilate non-believers, torture them, and stone them,
--all in the name of their supernatural beliefs.

It's no mere coincidence that political power groups in those nations have (and believe in) a "Party of God" which gives them the authority to enact widespread barbarisms.

It needs to be pointed out, especially now,
-- during America's election year,--
that the Republican Party in THIS nation
ALSO refers to itself as "The Party of God."

-- Huckabee is living proof of the ease with which America's republican politicians can (and DO) manipulate a supernatural belief system to engineer their political machinations for power and self-enrichment.

They have already singled out minority groups as enemies.
They have already sworn to use their supernatural beliefs to empower themselves, and to surpress (and oppress) others.

The "God Connection" provides the GOP's ruling elite with an excellent smokescreen to blot out any view of the tragic (and illegal) war in Iraq;
...of the uncountable thousands of deaths it has brought about, and the astounding enrichment of the Republican-run armaments industries, as well as GOP oil-barons,
(like the Bush family).

It's no wonder that George W. Bush LIED hundreds of times to convince the gullible American public (mostly comprised of good folks who, unfortunately, get their news from TV advertisements), in his efforts to garner support for his war of oppression, and his war of profits for the super-rich.

He said (--knowing full well, that he was lying--) that invading Iraq was necessary to stop the spread of WMDs (which were not there, as he well knew in the first place), and to combat Moslem extremist terrorism,
--which the Iraqi war has actually increased,
-- and done so by several hundred-fold.

Worst of all, when he was in Jerusalem a few years back, George Bush said to the Israeli prime minister:
"God told me" to invade Iraq.
Even the Israelis had a hard time swallowing that one.

But such pallaver plays well in THIS country, which is why it is used so often, and accounts for the GOP proclaiming itself to be America's "Party of God."

Just ask Huckabee...
He would be the first to tell you that he would be acting on "God's instructions," and that he (Huckabee) would implement a divine plan for America; regardless of how much blood is shed, and regardless of how many Americans would lose their constitutional rights;
(as well as their jobs...).

Which documents should serve as the basis of American law?
The Declaration of Independence?
.....hell, no.

How about the American Constitution, and the Bill of Rights?
.....no way.

How about Huckabee's new testament (and ONLY the portions which suit him and the GOP)?
....Sure! That's the plan.

And what about America's constitutional Separation of church and state?

....not according to America's self-proclaimed "Party of God."

Someday, when any of you have time, check out HOW MANY TIMES the USA and IRAN (supposedly, ideological enemies) have voted together on the same things in the United Nations.
....with ALL of the rest of the world's nations voting opposite.

Iran & the USA have a LOT in common.

...the ruling parties in both nations want a religious state.
...there's nothing like supernatural scripture to hang your forign policy on....

...and, of course, it's essential to maintaining a permanent ruling aristocracy.

Wow! McCain was smiling ear to ear during his speech at CPAC. All he's going to win is the Republican nomination...so what!

His chances on winning the Presidency are less than remote. He will end his pitiful life someday with the proud distinction of being a president wanabe and a mere footnote in presidential politics.

So be happy Mr. McCain and enjoy the next 8 months. You will be defeated in the largest landslide in the history of politics.

Democrats are flocking to the polls in record numbers..out numbering republicans 2 to 1. Does anyone really think that McCain will win? If so, I'd love to have what they're smoking!!

Are you kidding me? What is bigoted at all about saying someone is a mormon? There's nothing wrong with pointing out that he belongs to the LDS church. Get real, idiot. If you want to see real bigotry check out the posters claiming there's something wrong with being hispanic by calling McCain names like "Juan."

You Romney people are ridiculous. You lost. Go home. It's over.

Dave, this statement is ridiculous: "Some may argue that Romney is a flip flopper. Truth is, he has changed some positions but he has become more conservative over time."

Tell me, exactly, how Romney "changed his position" on how he, personally, felt about not serving in Vietnam over the years.

"I longed in many respects to actually be in Vietnam and be representing our country there and in some ways it was frustrating not to feel like I was there as part of the troops that were fighting in Vietnam."

- Mitt Romney, Boston Globe, 6/24/07

"I was not planning on signing up for the military. It was not my desire to go off and serve in Vietnam."

- Mitt Romney, Boston Herald, 5/2/94

These two diametrically opposed statements should show you that if Romney was willing to "change positions" on so personal and set in stone of a decision, that he would be willing to say or do anything to win election.

That you're still trying to push this fiction that Romney's clear flip-flops are the product of an evolution of ideology shows you how effectively that fictional message has resonated with voters. Here's another clear indication:
Money spent by McCain to date: $39 million
Money spent by Romney's now defunct campaign to date: $87 million.

Number of delegates defunct Romney campaign has won: 293

Number of delegates McCain has won: 703

Romney campaign's cost per delegate: $654,000

McCain's cost per delegate: $57,000

Which one of these guys is the business whiz again?

Get over it. You lost to a better candidate. One whose position doesn't shift with the prevailing wind.

This country is SCREWED.

That's all I have to say.

It doesn't matter if it's Obama, Hillary, or McCain.

This country is SCREWED.

CONGRESSMAN RON PAUL '08

This man is a true conservative who adheres to the Constitution strictly. He is not bought and paid for like McCain,Huckabee,Clinton and Osama.

oh yeah btw. You want AMNESTY for MILLIONS of ILLEGALS?? You will get it! with the four above-named people.

Hucksterbee=Dark ages.

Cut it, Romney supporters. Whether Huckabeee or McCain have a chance, Romney never did. Polls showed McCain tied with Clinton but Romney losing to Clinton. Obama beat both, so Obama is the odds-on favorite now. But Hillary and McCain still have a chance.

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No right-thinking Christian could possibly think of voting for Huckabee.

You apparently have not seen his extremely offensive and blasphemous ridiculing of our Lord with his prank of feigning a very worldly phone call from G-d when he was called to give the invocation (an opening prayer) at a Republican convention. Check it out on YouTube.

Such vain usage of the Lord's name is in direct violation of the commandments.

Anti-Mormon bigotry in some evangelical states overpowered what should have been their concern about voting for such a man who makes a mockery of the Lord in open public. I guess that's typical of a people who believe that they are saved with a one-time expression of faith and are afterward free to blaspheme the Lord since they're already supposedly irreversibly saved by grace without any need to exercise faith further or be repentant or seek the Holy Ghost afterward.

Huckabee should be denounced for what he is, but a worldly-minded press wouldn't care about such things.

Posted by: Andrew Jacobson | February 7, 2008 6:47 PM

FYI, cultists, Mormons are NOT Christian...Christians have the Old and New Testaments, that's the Bible. Books that support polygamy, say that Jesus and Satan are brothers, and the moon is made of green cheese have no credibility. Further, it is not for you to tell others whether Huckabee's use of the Lord's name was in vain, or not. Who's the real bigot? Who's the one (Mormons) that are almost all-white, with no minorities?

For all the leftist liars, there is NO WAR in Iraq...Saddam's regime ended in 2003, and it's not coming back. There is civil unrest/strife, not a war.

Second, Bush secured approval from both the UN and the US Congress for the invasion of Iraq...claiming that the war is 'illegal' is simply leftist doublespeak...it's like claiming Obama doesn't take PAC money (where did that $145 billion come from? All $10 bills? what a liar)

"How arrogant of Huckabee to think that he can run a campaign of intolerance and personal animosty against Mitt Romney and then expect Romney supporters to flock to him."

Travis I completely agree. Huckabee's official statement was laughable. He will have little luck rounding up former Romney supporters.

The Republican party has weeded out its best candidates one by one by dirty, Washington politics. Anybody who can't see it is naive. huckabee has 15, yes 15 ethics violations!!! McCain....you know the story. Wake up people.

Robert,

Your statement about Mormons not being Christian is a laugh! Guess you haven't done your research. We read the King James version of the Bible (yes, Old and New Testaments. We also study them! Goes to show you how narrow minded you are!

Ann,

Please be aware that many people who attend service and proclaim themselves a Christian, catholic or mormon do not know what their docturnal statement is. Robert may very well be correct, he may also be wrong. My church also reads the King James bible, but I am sure there are docturnal differences between us. I know my church's docturnal statement. Do you know yours?

Robert, maybe you should do your research before trying to defend your bigoted, biased, and baloney beliefs. Mormons ARE Christian since they belief in Christ (same one as in the bible) as their Lord and Savior. They also believe in the Old and New Testaments (YOUR bible), have never said the moon is made of green cheese, and think that ALL men are brothers, (even ignorant ones like yourself). Furthermore, a majority of LDS members are OUTSIDE the US, in Central and South America, Asia, and even Africa.

If you're gonna knock my religion, try learning how for yourself, and not from whisper campaigns of corrupt former baptist preachers.

Mormons are christians.

Lets get back on topic.

Jim, understand that most Christians do not consider Catholics or Mormons to be Christian.

That basis comes from the John 14:6 being taken by the literal translation.

Since Catholics believe that you must also do good works to get to heaven and Mormons believing in additional teachings of the book of mormon, That in itself violates the core basis of what christians define as what it means to be a "Christian" So unless you are a Mormon who does not read or believe the book of Mormon, you will probably be refered to by a Christian as a mormon and NOT as a Christan.

Its all in how you define Christian. I would suggest your interpration is dangerous. Something akin to a group creating a new book and believing in it in addition to reading and studing the Qur'an and deciding to call themselves Muslim.

Back on topic... I'd vote for Huckabee. But he does have a tendency to talk a bit out of both ends. Nothing even close to the extent Hillary praises herself and spins issues.

I think we should judge a religion by its practices before we bestow legitimacy on it. The LDS Church would go a LONG way toward proving its legitimacy if it ended the corrupt practice of baptizing the dead against their will.

All major religions have pending litigation against the LDS church because of this practice. People need to choose of their own free will whether or not to be baptized into a particular church. Baptizing the dead is a black eye for the mormon church.

Their fundraising practices also smack of indulgence-peddling, but that's minor compared to the baptism stuff. If you think those fact-based assertions smack of prejudice, you're wrong. I know and like lots of mormons who agree with me about the baptizing the dead issue. They'll be the first to tell you they wish the church would change its policy.

They're fine people and if their church would end these old "get up our numbers" practices it would probably help everyone involved.

I would feel the same way about scientologists trying to tell me I had to recruit new members to be a good member of their "church" and help Xenu.

Tell your leaders to create policies that act like a legitimate religion if you want to be treated like one.

Mike Huckabee is a great communicator, and has a vision for America which resonates with mine. Why not actually research what he stands for before the Tuesday primary. Politics is about more than name-calling. If you knew more about him, you would probably want to vote for him too.

The comments on this blog resonate with the road rage that has taken over Maryland. The culture of our State has become so course (that is, rude and self-centered) in the past 15 years.

Another reason to vote for Mike - he brings civility and a sense of humor back to politics.

I can't believe the speech Huckabee gave for the Council of Conservative Citizens wasn't enough to keep him off the Tyra Banks show.

He seems to have charmed Banks as much as he charmed the nation's largest White supremacy group in 1993.

Who is she inviting next week, a hooded Klansman?