Mike Huckabee for President

Supporting Rick Santorum for President in 2012.

2012-01-02T08:33:00.000-08:00

As a former Mike Huckabee supporter who really has not been sure who to support in 2012, I've decided to go ahead and support Rick Santorum. He has been rising quickly and many recent Iowa Polls and I think he will do really well in Iowa tomorrow in the Caucuses. I think that anyone who has been supporting Gingerich, Bachman or Perry would do well to give Rick Santorum a serious look.

After looking at all the other candidates one at a time and giving each one a chance to prove themselves to me as and give me reasons to vote for them, I felt that Rick Santorum is the most conservative with the strongest stand on pro-life issues which are near the top of my list (of course one of the major reasons that I supported Huckabee in 2012). I also think that he is a good family man who not only talks to talk but walks the walk. If you were a Huckabee or Sarah Palin supporter in 2008, Rick deserves a good look this time around.

I've decided to create a separate blog in which to talk about my support of Rick. You can find it here: http://rickisrising.blogspot.com/

Where Will the Huckabee Supporters go?

2011-05-16T06:14:00.000-07:00

Since Mike Huckabee made it clear on Saturday night that he was not running for president in 2012, where will his supporters go? As a former Huckabee supporter, I'm asking this question and I'm pretty sure that there are a lot of other supporters out there who have begun asking this question too. I'm not like some of the folks out there that will vote Huckabee no matter what, even if it means Obama winning in 2012. I really liked a lot of what Mike stands for, but there are some other great candidates who can make a difference in the direction our country is going.

Herman Cain -- I don't know much about Herman Cain yet, but from what it sounds like he's an excellent choice for conservatives. I like the fact that he has a background in business having actually run one. He's a fresh face and he deserves som serious consideration.

Newt Gingerich -- This morning I heard a radio host talking about Newt Gingerich. I'm sure Gingerich has some good qualities, but I really don't think at this point in time we need to be discussing the old garb of the GOP.

Ron Paul -- I've never seen him as inarticulate as he has become recently. While many of Huckabee's supporters may like a couple of his ideas, I doubt that congressman Paul will get many of them. I think that his son Rand has a much better chance at getting some Huckabee supporters though he's out too now since he said he wouldn't run if his dad was running.

Mitch Daniels -- Another candidate that I'm going to have to check out more. I like some of his ideas but really don't know much about him.

Hopefully this next election will come down to issues instead of personalities. Unfortunately it seems like a large portion of those that vote in the elections focus largely on personalities. When you focus on personalities, you get candidates like Barack Obama who was a hollywood candidate. He won among young people but his policies have been atrocious for the country. Personality politics is not good for a democracy.

Huck Says "No" to Presidential Run in 2012

2011-05-14T18:18:00.000-07:00

The big announcement was tonight. To be quite honest, I think most people weren't surprised with the fact that Huckabee has decided not to run for president this time around.

There's still time for him to run in 2016 if the environment is right for that. I'm sure that the decision was difficult for Huckabee to make, but one of the reasons I'm not surprised that he opted against running is the political climate in the country. Our country is very divided right now and while I think Mike would be a great unifier, the attacks that will come at him from the Club for Growth wing of the GOP will not be unifying. He claims that his decision is a "spiritual decision" and as a Christian, I believe him when he says that.

While you may be disappointed in his decision not to run, you should respect that his decision was made after lots of personal introspection and was not a decision that he made lightly.

Is Huckabee a Liberal?

2011-04-24T20:17:00.000-07:00

One of the folks who commented on this blog recently pointed out that Ed Rollins who managed Huckabee's campaign for president in 2008 thinks that Huckabee will run in 2012. Whether or not that is true, I'm not sure, as from what I've heard Huckabee hasn't even really launched an exploratory committee for 2o12 yet. Maybe he doesn't need an exploratory committee or maybe he's just not running yet.

But after reading that article and looking over some of the comments that are being posted there, I began to wonder how many conservatives think that Huckabee is a liberal. I've known for a long time that there are some liberals that like Mike Huckabee personally but would never vote for him. I've known some of them would vote for him long before they would vote for many other members of the GOP, but that is not what would make Mike a liberal.

If Huckabee is a liberal, than we've all got problems. From what I know of liberals, most of them have trouble with cutting deficit spending. Most of them support raise taxes on "the rich" which I have yet to hear Mike supporting. I know Mike tries to come across as the little guys conservative not favoring the large corporations some of which pay no taxes while a guy barely getting by at $50K per year is paying thousands of dollars in taxes. So while Mike Huckabee has used rhetoric in the past that may come across as not completely conservative, I've never heard him use the kind of rhetoric that Obama uses. Obama runs around holding the hands of the Wall Street types and then turns around and bashes them with his typical class warfare dribble.

Huckabee is one of the few politicans who has come out supporting the Fairtax, which, while maybe not as good as a flattax from a conservative perspective I've heard Mark Levin and Neal Boortz both advocate for it and I highly doubt they would support a liberal tax idea.

So what do you think? Is Mike Huckabee a liberal? He seems to me to be on the wrong side of the fence on all the issues that liberals support. He was the strongest candidate to finish out the top 3 in 2008 as a pro-gun, pro-life, and pro-traditional marriage conservative. I don't see how people come to the conclusion that Huckabee is a liberal because there's just no evidence to support such an accusation.

Will Huckabee Run for President in 2012?

2011-04-20T05:34:00.000-07:00

Recent polls have both Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee within striking distance of the president. As someone who has been more of an observer of the whole political game for the time being, I find it rather interesting that a lot of pundits are predicting that Mike won't even run.

Just the other day I was listening to one guy on the radio talk about how Mike has sincere doubts about running. While this may be true, I find it rather incredulous considering how Huckabee has a pretty decent chance at winning this time. His biggest competition would be the fiscal conservatives such as club for growth who maligned him the last time around and will probably go after him as a "tax and spend liberal" as they called him last time.

Of course it's not readily apparent whether or not Mike Huckabee will run for president, but there's certain physiological issues that play very strongly into what may be going through Mike Huckabee's mind. Think about it as if you where Mike Huckabee for a minute. If you've had aspirations of being the President of the United States, the leader of the free world, the big guy in charge at a different time, let's say 2008, why would you just let those aspirations fade away.

The truth is that dreams as being president are something that a person doesn't let go of easily. So, if you're Mike Huckabee and you're looking at the current president's low approval numbers and you think you may very well have a chance to beat him, do you just sit there and do nothing? Of course not. Is Mike Huckabee running for president? The chances are very good that he is.

Don't Apologize for America

2011-04-19T06:04:00.000-07:00

Most politicians these days seem to make a living from either lying or apologizing. They're either complaining about the other side or apologizing to their base that they have to capitulate to the other side in order to get things done. That's all well and good but one thing politicians should learn to not apologize for is the United States of America.

Contrary to what some believe, America is not the worst country in the world. We do not oppress half the world's population. In fact, the world is a better place because America has taken steps in the right direction. America has been a leader in the world for ending slavery on the blood of her own people. Can you name another country in the world that has done that? None comes to mind right? Now I know what you're thinking, "America may be great, but she's certainly not perfect." Well no one said anything about being perfect did they?

You may be thinking "well, America has made some mistakes." Yeah? So? So what? Do you think we need our leaders running around the world talking about the supposed mistakes America has made? We don't need that. We need our leaders to lead. And by lead I mean learn to view America as a great nation and a good nation because she is. What other nation in the world feeds the hungry, rescues orphans, is first on the ground in any emergency no matter where in the world? There is none.

Politicians need to get away from the constant tearing down of our great republic. They need to stand up for our country again and realize that they have a great responsibility given since they are entrusted with leading our country. Next time you hear a politician saying something like "America has made mistakes" or some other such drivel, mark their name down and remember to vote them out of office at the very next chance you get.

Keep America the Beautiful Beautiful

2011-04-17T18:55:00.000-07:00

America has not been called "America the Beauitiful" for no reason. America has been beautiful and when we speak of beauty we're not just talking about the literal beauty of the landscapes from the purple mountains to the alabaster city. We're talking beauty of soul, beauty of courage, beauty of strength and beauty of character. But most of us would agree that lately that beauty has been fading. No, it's not completely gone yet, but the beauty that was once there has faded some. The virtues of kindness, brotherhood and integrity are being replaced with things that are not beautiful.

It's becoming harder and harder to trust other Americans and don't walk around our neighborhoods with the same sense of security and trust that we once had. Something is happening to our nation and it's not pretty. The statistics may say that crime is going down, but the indications are that those statistics must be missing the story somewhere since every day I hear on the news of another murder, another rape, or something else that makes me wonder where that came from.

The tarnishing of America is not just in the lowlands either. The mountain tops and peaks of America that once stood quite tall and handsome in their beauty have developed cracks as well. Our politicians seem to lack any sort of shame for their scandalous activities. And most church pulpits preach not the soundness of the gospel or of the truth of morality but instead a morass of of social justice and liberation theology.

But America is not beyond hope. God has blessed America in the passed and He could and will bless America again if America wants to be blessed by Him. The choice is ours but we have to take Him up on the offer. We have to seek Him. We have to pray. We have to turn from the things that are not beautiful and remember that he can give "beauty for ashes."

Who's Running for President in 2012?

2011-04-15T19:47:00.000-07:00

Maybe you're wondering who's running for president in 2012. It's kinda hard to believe it's really that time again. That's right, it was just last year that we had an election and the Tea Party pushed hard to get some sanity back to in Washington.

But the insanity of the next election cycle is beginning already. So let's run down on the major candidates and what platform they'll probably be running on.

First of all there's the big guy himself, Barack Obama. Yep, that's right, perhaps you're groaning already but he's already announced that he's running again. But honestly what did you expect? The birthers have thus far had no success in proving conclusively that he's a huge fraud and other than that there's probably no other way to guarantee the President's political defeat in 2012. As for President Obama's platform, it's not hard to figure that out. It's going to pretty much be hope without the change since change would be the opponent. He also has laid out a pretty good platform for what he's going to run on already and that is his social socialistic utopia, "soak-the-rich" class warfare rhetoric that he does better than anyone else. Groan.

So while Barack Obama is throwing down the gauntlet, what is the opposition bringing to the table? The GOP field is looking fairly interesting, though there seems to be a few favorites emerging.

First of all, the guy with the nice hair. Mitt Romney is definitely running. Mitt is an interesting guy. He appeals to a lot of the NERs (North Eastern Republicans since he basically is one). He was the third or second runner up in 2008 (that depends who you ask). Mitt Romney carries a lot of baggage with the very liberal social policies that he adopted to win the governorship in Massachusetts. Mitt is a professional politician who will probably run on a strong conservative platform. But his real value system is highly questionable since he has a track record of saying whatever he thinks will appeal to whoever he's currently talking to.

But no one's saying you have to have good hair to run for president. One guy that's certainly not running on his hair is Donald Trump. That's right, the billionaire developer who loves to say "you're fired" wants to give Obama the pink slip. While Donald's true intentions are suspect there's little doubt that he'd be great at running things. The challenge for Donald is going to be overcoming the stigma that he's not really serious about running for president. Also, he will need to carefully craft his platform to avoid looking like a crazy rich guy that wants to take advantage of poor people. It is sad that American society has come to that, but it does certainly seem to be where we're at. If Donald Trump is serious about running for president, he will build a strong platform on cutting taxes for everyone and restoring pride and prosperity in America again.

Sarah Palin. Ok, there I said it. I'm not really sure if she's running and she is probably not sure either. While she certainly could run on her good looks, she does need to build some serious credibility on the issues. I think she probably cost John McCain the election last time since she had a few very poorly answered questions that were substantive (yes, the media does still ask tough questions sometimes, at least to Republicans and conservatives). I personally don't think she'll run.

Huckabee. Another guy who shouldn't run on his hair, I'm kind of doubting that Huckabee will run this time around. If he is, he is hiding it very well. I'm sure there's plenty of speculation about what he will ultimately decide to do, but he's doing quite well with his Fox News show. Huckabee wasn't taken very seriously last time around and his choice of the Fairtax as a major platform, while innovative may have not been the best choice. He's a very likable guy but I don't think he particularly enjoys the harsh criticism that comes from many media and liberal personalities when he's running for president.

Ron Paul. This guy has been running for president for so long that it's almost unbearable. His platform will probably be the same "shut down the government and the feds and everything else within 50 miles of DC" stuff that he's run on before. Of course he'll probably get about a half a percent of the vote again as well.

I'm sure there are a list of some others that will be running for President in 2012, and maybe I'll write another post in the future as we get a little closer to the actual race. The way I see it, anyone who runs is a better alternative to the current White House resident who, while he may be technically an American citizen, his ideas are about as anti-American as you can get. Let's hope someone get's to tell him "you're fired!"

Is Donald Trump a Serious Contender for 2012?

2011-04-13T21:20:00.000-07:00

As a Huckabee fan, I'm not exactly sure what to think of Donald Trump's sudden appearance on the scene. I don't dislike Trump, I think he's got some great qualities and definitely has the potential to make for a serious contender. But the question that I have is "does he have what it takes?"

All the indications that are forthcoming seem to indicate that he certainly does. He's been going after Obama on some tough issues that no one else is willing to go after Obama on. Donald has also been a very effective communicator and works well with the media. He has tons of TV experience and is by no means camera shy.

Donald also represents a rather large portion of America. He represents the American dream and he understands what it takes to run a business. He knows what it means to hire people and also to fire people.

My opinion of Trump will be formed over the next couple of months. So far he seems definitely be a serious contender for the White House. Republicans seem to like him a lot and now he's even said that he'd run even if he had to form a third party ticket. Those are not words that republicans should take lightly if they have any plans to take back the White House in 2012. What do you think? Is the Donald a serious contender for the presidency in 2012? Be sure to vote in the poll over on the right.

The 2012 Presidential Race, Beat Obama or Lose America

2011-03-04T05:34:00.000-08:00

The election in 2012 is not just about Republicans and Democrats. It's about the future of our country and the freedoms that many of us still hold dear.

America, the idea is about freedom. Freedom to make one's own destiny. Freedom to choose. Freedom to go where you want, eat what you want, and engage in any activity that you want as long as your freedom doesn't infringe on the freedom of others.

But that is changing. America is becoming less and less the land of the free and the home of the brave and more and more the land of social programs and bigger and bigger government. government at its core is the antithesis of freedom. In other words, government's purpose is to restrict freedom, therefore as government gets bigger and gets more power freedom starts to disappear because those that govern view it as their responsibility to make sure their subjects don't do the things they don't want them to do.

The election in 201o helped stem the tide of the government, but we need more than just stopping the rising of this horrific wave of government control. We need to completely reverse it and instead of growing government into more areas like healthcare, we need to shrink government. The American people need to wake up to the fact that while the Obama family throws parties in the Whitehouse, there are serious issues dangers that are threatening freedom as we've known it.

Mike Huckabee Testing the Waters for 2012

2011-02-24T10:03:00.000-08:00

When I heard that Mike Hukabee was getting ready to release another book, I knew that there would be a lot of speculation about this topic, so let's just get it out of the way now. Mike Huckabee is testing the waters and considering a run for president in 2012.

His book, titled "A Simple Government" is a play off of some of the previous books that he has written including "A Simple Christmas." Huckabee likes simplicity and I think that American's like simplicity too. Things that are simple tend to work a whole lot better than things that are complicated and crazy. I think that Mike's choice to run will largely depend on the mood that the country is in as this summer/fall come around. I certainly don't think that Mike Huckabee will run for president unless he feels he has a really good chance at getting elected.

With Obama's recent change of heart regarding same-sex marriage, there is certainly an area that Huckabee can capitalize on in pointing out the difference between his platform and Barack Obama. Huckabee, who has not been consistently conservative on fiscal policy, has the ability to woo social conservatives in a way that no other major politician can. Because most Americans do believe that marriage should be defined as between a man and a woman, this is definitly a winning issue for Mike Huckabee.

Are these People Americans?

2011-01-19T10:42:00.001-08:00

Ok, so this really made my blood boil. I was just going along minding my own business when I saw this photo of George Washington being boxed in by the NAACP. Now I understand that there are cultural insensitivities about slavery, but if these people are really that offended by our nations culture, they should have held the event somewhere else. They could also move elsewhere in the world if our first president is so offensive to them. This borderline treasonous! Even Fox News didn't display this picture in their story. Our culture is becoming way way too politically correct.

Will Mike Huckabee Run in 2012?

2010-12-29T11:55:00.000-08:00

There's a of questions about whether or not Mike Huckabee will run for president in 2012. He's definetly got a lot going for him if he decides to win and I tend to think that he's got a good a chance as any of the current crop of Republican politicians at winning the nomination.

Of course whether or not he runs is up to him. But there are some signs that he's beginning to prepare for a run. According to the Blog, Mike Huckabee President, there's definitely some signs that Huckabee is going to run. Some of the things that they sight are his remaining very active in politics (which of course is quite true).

Whether or not Huckabee runs in 2012 is not a big deal. I hope he does run and if he does of course I'll support him. If he doesn't that is his own personal decision. He'd make a great president and I think that he could definitely help this country rectify some of the major problems that are only being made worse by the current set of politicians.

Is Huckabee without faults? That's like asking if he's human. Of course he has faults; I think sometimes that people hold politicians to a higher standard than they hold most people to. In fact, I think many people hold politicians to a nearly perfect standard. But of course politicians are people just like the rest of us and no matter how elite they act, they're really just as prone to fault and failure like the rest. However, Huckabee has been an effective leader for conservative causes and if he runs a solid campaign, I think he'll win the Republican nomination and the Presidency in 2012.

Why Huckabee Would Make a Good President

2010-12-16T10:21:00.000-08:00

I've been thinking about writing a post about how Mike Huckabee might NOT be a good president. But the reasons that he might not be a good president I feel are outweighed by the reasons that he would be a good president.

The very reasons that Mike Huckabee would be a good president are the reasons that Obama has not been a very good president. Huckabee for one knows where he stands and knows what he believes. I've never heard him waffle on his core principles and values.

Huckabee is a strong believer in America. On the Medved show last night, Mike Huckabee was talking about how America is STILL the greatest place on earth to live. He's lived the American dream and he respects the American dream unlike the current president. He does not make trips around the world bashing the United States like president Obama has. Huckabee's love of country alone would be enough to make him a much better choice than President Obama.

Mike Huckabee would make a good president because he's pragmatic. He knows how to work with Democrats in a way where he can get his agenda. Mike Huckabee also believes in the values that most Americans believe in. He believes in the sanctity of life and he believes in the importance of the marriage covenant between a man and a woman.

Huckabee is a very thoughtful person. Now if you ask the liberals, they thought that Obama was a thoughtful person. Well, I have news for you, Barack Obama has NOT been a very thoughtful person when it comes to many issues facing the American people. He rams through legislation that is harmful to the future of America and then plays the victim card when people come out and hold him accountable for it.

In conclusion, there are some things that might make Huckabee not such a great president, such as his tendency to maybe compromise a little too much with the other side. But there are more reasons that Huckabee would be an excellent choice for president and he would be a much better president than Barack Obama and I dare say for that matter Sarah Palin as well.

Sarah Palin Slips on North Korea, Calls Them Allies

2010-11-27T06:51:00.000-08:00

Sarah Palin, in a recent radio interview, suggested we should "stand with our North Korean allies." To most people this may not be a huge deal and it's not really a deal killer in itself, but the problem is that it's a pattern that cannot be ignored. I think that if this was only the 2nd time she's slipped up on foreign policy concerns, it might not be a big deal at all.

The problem is that Sarah Palin repeatedly makes mistakes and "slips of the tongue" in the foreign policy arena. In my opinion, these foreign policy slip-ups do ad up to an elephant in the room when it comes to her being president and since foreign policy is the area where the president has the most at stake, voters should seriously take these mistakes and slip-ups into consideration before they cast a vote for Sarah Palin.

Of course we all know that if Sarah Palin were to get elected in 2012, she would have an grand group of advisors and policy hawks that would help her tune her message. But that's not till after the election. Until then she has to run on her own merit, and a slip of the tongue saying that North Korea are U.S. allies certainly calls Sarah Palin's foreign policy credentials into question.

Should Sarah Palin Run for President?

2010-11-19T07:05:00.000-08:00

Should Sarah Palin run for president? Personally, I think she shouldn't. Now you may say that if she wants to run for president she should. But Sarah Palin is like several of the women that she endorsed, including Sharon Angle and Christine O'donnell. She may be a great person, and she's supported by the Tea Party movement, but that doesn't necessarily mean that she'll win. Sarah is a polarizing figure. You either love her or you hate her. I'm probably one of the few that doesn't really like her but can tolerate her.

If Sarah Palin were to run and win the GOP nomination, would I vote for her?

You betcha!

But that is not the point, just because I would vote for her, there would be a ton of people that wouldn't vote. Could she win against Barack Obama? That really depends. She thinks she can, and if the economy is really bad and she does motivate the "female vote," then she of course does have a good chance of winning. However, I really think there are some seriously better options for president than Sarah Palin in 2012. Of course from the title of this blog, you probably know who I'm talking about anyway.

What are your thoughts? I'd be interested in knowing.

Mark Levin Suggests Federal Spending Amendment, Huckabee Should Embrace This

2010-11-18T06:08:00.000-08:00

Last night I heard Mark Levin talking about government spending and how they're going to have to raise taxes in order to get their fiscal house in order. Then he suggested that there be an amendment to the constitution to cap government spending. I think this is a great idea. His suggestion is that government spending be capped at 17% of the GDP. I personally think that the government should be capped at 9.5% of the GDP as that should be plenty to run the federal government. Of course, if 17% is all we can get than that is fine too.

I hope that Gov. Huckabee will take an idea like this and make it a major position in his platform to run for president. He does sometimes seem to be a little egotistical and his idea of implementing the fairtax was certainly a novel idea and I admire him for being willing to "think different" from the run of the mill politicians, but he also needs to be really clear that he will get this crazy, out of control government roped in.

Will Mike Huckabee Run for President 2012?

2010-11-17T10:32:00.000-08:00

In a recent interview with Alan Colmes, Alan asks Mike Huckabee if he's going to be running for president in 2012. Huckabee is very political in his answer and definitely doesn't rule it out. He also seems to be saying that he'll only run if he feels that he's got a decent chance at clinching the nomination for president in 2012.

Do you think Mike Huckabee will run for president in 2012? I think it's highly likely that he will. I would say that the chances of him running are about 95%.

Huckabee 2012: Ready, Set Go!

2010-11-04T05:52:00.000-07:00

I think that the likelihood of a President Huckabee in 2012 has now risen a ton. In fact, if Huckabee was a stock, and you could buy it, I would say "buy, buy, buy." The reasons are simple but the simple reason is really this, there was a red Republican wave that swept into Congress on Tuesday and that wave will almost definitely sweep the Senate and the Whitehouse in 2012. There is a growing sentiment in the country that Washington needs serious change. And while most of the 2008 GOP candidates spouted out mostly similar ideas for how that change should take place, Huckabee was one of the only ones that actually took a bold stand for change.

Huckabee was the only Candidate that advocated for the Fairtax, which is a forward thinking tax that stops taxing productivity. It is supposed to be revenue neutral, which could be debatable, but it could definitely be adjusted to a point where it would help address major problems such as the deficit and high unemployment.

Probably one of the biggest obstacles Huckabee will face will be the Tea Party and Sarah Palin who have been a rising and driving force in the Republican party. He has a strong support among some of these people as well, but the question will definitely be whether or not his support is strong enough to propel him to an Iowa victory and beyond.

I think that Huckabee has a really good chance at 2012 and the next few months will give us a better idea of whether he intends to run or not.

Huckabee Puts His Money Where His Mouth Is

2010-08-05T05:57:00.000-07:00

Huckabee say's he's supporting candidates for 2010 and indeed he does. The following article from the Politico shows that he's given nearly a third of the money that his PAC has brought in to the candidates which he has endorsed. That of course does leave his PAC with some money to pay its employees and the other bills that come in. The article also points to a potential run in 2012 as the Governor starts working in some of the primary states.

In first-in-the-nation Iowa, where Huckabee won an upset in the 2008 nominating caucuses, Huck PAC sent $2,500 donations to Sen. Chuck Grassley and gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats, the conservative activist who lost the GOP primary to former Gov. Terry Branstad. Wes Enos, a state Senate candidate and Huckabee’s former Iowa political director, also got $500.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/39754_Page2.html#ixzz0vjiBn3FZ

Of course Huckabee has never been a huge fund raiser since people like Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin seem to be able to consistently out raise him money wise. I'm not sure if that's a negative or a positive. While I have no distain for rich folks (unlike the current administration), it is indeed interesting to me that Huckabee brings in most of his cash from "smaller" donors, folks who don't necessarily have a lot to give but give what they can.

Huckabee’s committee took in $258,000 between April and the end of June, according to fundraising information obtained by POLITICO – slightly less than the $273,000 Huck PAC raised in the first three months of 2010.

Huckabee’s financial numbers put him behind several other possible 2012 candidates in the fundraising department: former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s PAC raised $866,000 over the same period. Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney have not released updated fundraising information yet. but are expected to exceed Huckabee's total."

But if Huckabee isn’t leading the field in receipts, he’s still parceling out money at a rapid rate, giving $70,000 in the second quarter to candidates he endorsed. That means 27 percent of Huck PAC’s dollars ended up in the hands of politicians the former governor is supporting.

By comparison, Palin gave $87,500 out to candidates – just over 10 percent of the money she raised. In the first quarter of the year, Romney’s Free and Strong America PAC raised $1.6 million and donated $59,000.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/39754.html#ixzz0vjgQ6GQf

Conservative Political News, Conservative Web Sites, Mike Huckabee News

2010-08-04T06:10:00.000-07:00

There's a lot of places to get conservative political news, but it seems to me that the place to get the most information and news about what's going on in the political arena is really online forums and blogs. You can get a lot of information by hitting up the Drudge Report or by going to any Andrew Breitbart's websites, but in my experience your best bet is to go to one of the many blogs or forums around the internet. Of course if you're looking for a top conservative Blog there's always Hot Air or Red State. Of course for Huckabee news, you can go over to Huck's Army, which, even though Mike Huckabee is not currently running for any political office still has quite a few people frequenting the forums and posting comments.

Do you know of any other good resources? Even your own blog or some other place that you get news that's not tainted by the spin of main stream media outlets? Post it below.

Do the Right Thing: Huckabee Points the Way

2010-08-03T09:25:00.000-07:00

Mike Huckabee's book Do the Right Thing hasn't really gotten very many good book reviews. As the following blogger points out, it does tend to read as if Mike was the only one doing the right thing in the race for president and all the others were not. The following blogger points out some pretty interesting points in the book:

In “Do the Right Thing: Inside the Movement That’s Bringing Common Sense Back to America,” Mike Huckabee opens up aboot his life as a pizza delivery boy in Brooklyn amidst the racial turmoil of the late 1980’s. Actually, that’s not true, but Gov. Huckabee had to know what he was in for when he named his book after a Spike Lee movie. No, “Do the Right Thing…” was mainly aboot Huckabee’s 2008 campaign for president and I have to say, homeboy sure sounds bitter.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big fan of Huckabee. He has ideas and a voice that I feel is vital to the Republican Party, and they’re ideas that it’s hard to get people to listen to. Every interview with Huckabee can be broken into two parts: Part 1 is the reporter criticizing Huckabee for talking aboot religion, Part 2 is the same reporter then asking him nothing but questions aboot religion. Mike Huckabee literally had to ask people to ask him aboot education and healthcare.
But those ideas get lost even more in what amounts to a manifesto aboot everyone he feels wronged him over the past year. While Mitt Romney is out talking aboot the auto bailout, Mike Huckabee is out there talking aboot Mitt Romney…and seemingly for no other reason than to prevent him from ever becoming President. If Huck can never have it, it’s like he wants to make sure Mitt never gets it either.

Source: http://www.bloggernews.net/118739

I have read parts of the book, and I don't think that the fact that he may come across as being a little bitter makes the book something that should be entirely dismissed. As a book from a prominent politician it deserves attention and should be on the list of any political science major's reading list.

Presidential Candidates 2012: A Full House

2010-08-02T06:56:00.000-07:00

As of right now the 2012 Presidential Candidate list is a fairly large field. The following list is compiled over at wikipedia as potential republican candidates, though I tend to think that some of the one's they've put on the list will not run (such as Jeb Bush, former gov. of Florida). As for Scott Brown, I think he has no intention of running for president either (though that might be something he might do, you never really know). He does have a steady calm personality which after President Obama, would be very nice. I think Jindal looks very attractive for 2016, but I wouldn't suggest he run in 2012 (though he does have quite a bit more experience that the current President).

Governor Haley Barbour of Mississippi
Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts
Businessman and radio talk show host Herman Cain of Georgia
Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey
Governor Mitch Daniels of Indiana
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich of Georgia
Former Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas
Former Governor Gary E. Johnson of New Mexico
Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana
Former Governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin of Alaska
Representative Ron Paul of Texas
Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota
General David Petraeus of New York
Former Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts
Former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives Marco Rubio of Florida
Former Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania
Senator John Thune of South Dakota

My favorite on this list of course is Gov. Huckabee (what where you expecting me to say, afterall this is President Huckabee 2012 blog right?). But of course there are a lot of candidates here that I would be perfectly happy with. I do know that right now the focus of conservatives needs to be picking up seats in congress and really 2012 is a long shot away. A bazillion things can happen between now and then that could make it very difficult for someone to take out the current administration. That fact however is no excuse for us to not be seriously thinking about who will run and how they can be best served in the election. I'm sure if your name is on this list, then you're seriously thinking about whether you should try to run or not.

A Fat Mike Huckabee: Will He Run Again?

2010-08-01T10:43:00.000-07:00

Mike Huckabee has been a really big guy in the past. He has often told the story of how he lost weight in order to regain his health. However, there's been rumors circulating around the internet that Huckabee has become fat again. I don't know how true these rumors are, since he seems to be staying in pretty good shape on his show. Of course the idea is that a fat politician can run and succeed at getting in political office. But of course don't tell that to Chris Christy who is really a big guy but beat the incombent governor last year in New Jersey. Perhaps of course the real facts are that a governor who promises to trim the fat out of government is more in demand right now than a politician who is skinny and healthy.

Huckabee Report: Quotable Huckabee Quotes

2010-07-31T09:13:00.000-07:00

Mike Huckabee's been doing his Radio program, the Huckabee Report, for a while now (he started it not too long after he started the Huckabee show on Fox News). While browsing online and doing a little research I came across these quotes from the TV show that I thought would be worth sharing:

A Rasmussen poll finds that "Congress member" has sunk four places below "lawyer" and is now the least favorably regarded profession. And if you're a Congress member who's also a lawyer, well…I don't think the chart goes that low.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that Obamacare will be Congress' "Christmas present to the American people." Usually, Christmas is when you spend too much of your own money on something for your grandchildren, not the other way around.

Tom Delay did better than expected on "Dancing With The Stars," but he quit the show because of stress fractures in both feet. That's one thing politics does teach you: when to leave before you get voted out.

Read the story here.

Vote Pro Life! Respect the Sanctity of Life!

2010-07-30T06:42:00.001-07:00

Of course I'm not a one-issue voter, but when it comes down to choosing a candidate to vote for, I say to vote for the pro-life candidate. For instance, if you have the choice between two relatively good candidates who are both conservative on most issues,a good way to make your final choice is to look at the voting records of the two candidates and see who seems to favor the pro-life position in their voting. For instance, when the vote came down between Mitt Romney and John McCain, it was easy to see who had the stronger pro-life position though they may have not been the most conservative on some of the other issues. The pro-life issue is one that will ultimately show what a politician is made of since there is huge amounts of pressure on both sides of the issue and a conservative with real, solid convictions will come down on the side of life every time.

Year Two of Obama, Still No Jobs... Even in the Web Design field

2010-07-26T08:25:00.000-07:00

Seems like the Obama stimulus is really working well (sarcasm). There's still not very many jobs even in some of the growing technical fields out there like web design and graphic design. The following article from http://www.ajc.com/jobs/sharper-skills-slow-to-577400.html shows how there really are very few jobs available in the market today.

After losing her graphic design job, she went back to school to get retrained as a Web designer.

Nine months later, she’s still looking for work.

“It’s very hard out there to find a job. There’s nothing there,” said Tolliver, 34, of Austell. “I keep applying and, hopefully, something will come through. Maybe people will start hiring.”

With unemployment still high — metro Atlanta’s rate shot up last week to 10.3 percent — questions abound as to whether worker retraining really works.

While Washington has pumped $10 billion in grants into retraining programs nationwide the last two years, critics say much more is needed to deal with the unprecedented surge in the long-term unemployed. Georgia’s public technical colleges, along with for-profit ones that have proliferated during the recession, report huge increases in enrollment, yet many struggle to prepare students for so-called “jobs of the future.”

Federal retraining dollars helped 19,050 Georgians go back to school in 2009. About 69 percent of those students got jobs within three months of graduation, according to the state Department of Labor.

As a web designer myself, I can assure you that this woman is not alone. Though Craigslist seems to be filled with jobs for web designers, it's not easy to get a job in this field, even though some are very well paid. Of course, the problem for a beginner often is breaking into a field that has stiff competition and in which clients can be extremely picky about what they want in a designer.

Still Like Mike, Been Busy Designing Websites

2010-07-25T11:46:00.000-07:00

This year has been a busy year. I've not really had much time to update this blog or think about politics. For one thing changes in family life and everything that goes along with a growing family make it difficult to think about what's happening all the time in the country. Also the rise of the "tea party" has made the future of the GOP very questionable. Will we have a three party system before all this is said and done? To be honest, I don't think a two party system is the best answer to the protection of the constitution since the constitution of the United States of America, as to me I think it would result in the liberal party being constantly in Power. I think it's not unlikely that Mike Huckabee will run for president in 2012. If he runs, the recent polls certainly seem to make it look like he's got some pretty good things going for him. I wish him the best and of course may the best candidate win!

So as for the part of this post on designing websites, I've been working towards getting a lot more clients built up and growing my web design business. I know it's difficult sometimes to grow a business, especially when the economy is such that is has been. However, I've been working hard to grow my business and see what possibilities are out there as far as growth. If your company needs a website or you're wondering how much it would cost to get a web design done, visit Eagles Eye Design and look over some of our work.

Why Huckabee is Best for 2012

2010-04-12T06:37:00.000-07:00

Huckabee is the best choice for 2012. Though there are a few others that I'd like to see run and who I might consider voting for (Mitch Daniels would be one of those), Huckabee is the best. Huckabee may not be the most conservative out of the bunch but after the current Administration has pulled to the far left, we don't need an extreme conservative to jerk us back in the opposite direction. We see an ideal being a strong conservative, but for someone who is mostly conservative like Huckabee who would be able to pull us back from the far left brink and get us on track towards a conservative goal.

Why is Obamacare Unconstitutional

2010-04-01T06:56:00.000-07:00

Obamacare is unconstitutional because the constitution is, as Obama has said, an arbitrator of negative rights. It tells us what the government CANNOT do to us and recognizes that rights are given by God, not the government. As citizens of the United States of America, we have certain unalianable rights. However, the government that is supposed to be for the people, by the people is working hard to destroy the rights of the people. When Obama took the oath to protect the constitution, he really didn't mean a word of what he said. He took the oath only because it was the only way he could execute the office of president, but his words mean absolutely nothing. When he signed the bill that will could be the end of freedom in the western hemisphere, he was making history but not history as he would like to make us think. He was making a horrible choice that will mark his presidency as the worst presidency ever.

Obamacare is Completely Unconstitutional

2010-03-22T08:00:00.000-07:00

More on this will be coming later, but the Obamacare bill that just passed the house is extremely unconstitutional. Courts seriously need to come to the rescue of freedom and the constitution and DEMOLISH this HORRIBLE piece of legislation. This is the worst thing that has ever passed in our country and is morally wrong. It is wrong to require people to buy health insurance (which in itself is a scam). It is an infringement on freedom and the destruction of the republic as we know it.

Huckabee: All bailouts are ridiculous...

2008-12-12T06:18:00.000-08:00

Now that's the Mike I like...

This is Why We Like Mike

2008-12-11T10:40:00.000-08:00

The following article has a few quotes of Mike Huckabee towards the end of the article that are important in showing why I like Mike Huckabee for president in 2012. He stands strong against more and more bailouts of failing companies and stands for doing the right thing when it comes to government spending.

Will Republicans find rallying point in bailout debate?
By Chuck Raasch, GNS Political Writer

The recent declaration that the economy has been in recession for a year was not news to Americans who have lost jobs, income, health insurance or retirement security.
Democrats are in power partly because they felt people's pain before the Bush administration and the Republican candidates for president did. If Republicans do not figure out why they missed so many economic distress signals for so long, they have little hope of returning to power for at least a generation.

But now a GOP rallying point has presented itself. It is in response to what appears to be an unprecedented, massive rush to government bailouts of private industry. The public has deep reservations about such commitments. A CNN poll taken just before the executives of the Big Three automakers pleaded for tens of billions in government loans said 61 percent of Americans were against any such bailout.

This reality not only invites Republicans to return to the small-government philosophy they have abandoned, but it also could force them to speak to a middle class that GOP candidates had trouble hearing during the 2008 election. Too often, Republican candidates responded to kitchen-table concerns with textbook-dull homilies on free enterprise.

Looking back on the presidential election, there was one especially predictive moment for the Republicans.

Both the Dow Jones and the S&P hit record highs Oct. 9, 2007. Coincidentally, Republican presidential candidates debated that night in Dearborn, Mich., the epicenter of the auto industry. Despite the bulls on Wall Street, MSNBC anchor and moderator Maria Bartiromo pointed out that two thirds of Americans had just told pollsters they believed the country was in recession. The National Bureau of Economic Research says the recession began two months later.

But some of the Republicans on stage in Dearborn that night appeared to have no clue as to what Bartiromo was talking about. Those who did were unable or unwilling to keep driving an economics message home for the next 13 months.

In the debate, former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson, fairly fresh to the campaign trail, said, "There is no reason to believe that we're headed for a recession." Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said Michigan was undergoing a "one-state recession" while "the rest of the country is growing and seeing low levels of unemployment." Ex-New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani primarily paid homage to the free market as a "wonderful thing."

Some Republicans did hit the right note. Ron Paul declared "this country is in the middle of a recession for a lot of people ... Wall Street doesn't know about it. Washington, D.C., doesn't know about it. But it's because of the monetary system and the excessive spending.''

But the GOP hierarchy and the mainstream media treated Paul as a gadfly.

The eventual nominee, John McCain, acknowledged that economic worries were bigger than Michigan and said that at "every town hall meeting that I have," people were worried about keeping health care coverage.

But he spent a lot of the next 13 months defending his decision to back the surge in Iraq, and he did not have a consistent economic message. Democrats - first John Edwards, then Hillary Rodham Clinton and then the eventual winner, Barack Obama - focused like a laser on the economy.

When McCain suspended his campaign in September and eventually sided with the massive bailout of banks and industry - a commitment that could heap trillions in new debt on succeeding generations - he lost an opportunity to connect with average Americans who still wonder if it is the right course.

In the Dearborn debate, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who three months later won the Iowa caucuses, turned out to be the most prescient.

"I want to make sure people understand that for many people on this stage the economy is doing terrifically well, but for a lot of Americans it's not doing so well," Huckabee said. "The people who handle the bags and make the beds at our hotels and serve the food, many of them are having to work two jobs. And that's barely paying the rent."

But Huckabee did not have the money to sustain a long campaign, and his economic message often was overwhelmed by a false assumption that he was the candidate of the religious right.

Please say it ain't so Joe...

2008-12-08T10:20:00.000-08:00

I really hope this doesn't happen but I'm afraid it will. Of course we've seen what happens when Romney goes up against Huckabee. I think that the same would happen if a Romney ran against a Barack Obama too. However, even though Mitt Romney flip-flops on social issues, if the economy is still a wreck in 2012, I prob wouldn't mind him taking the reigns from Obama. It's just that I'd much rather have Mike Huckabee at the helm.

Republican Mitt Romney is laying the groundwork for a possible White House campaign in 2012, hiring a team of staff members and consultants with money from a fund-raising committee he established with the ostensible purpose of supporting other GOP candidates.

The former Massachusetts governor has raised $2.1 million for his Free and Strong America political action committee. But only 12 percent of the money has been spent distributing checks to Romney's fellow Republicans around the country.

Instead, the largest chunk of the money has gone to support Romney's political ambitions, paying for salaries and consulting fees to over a half-dozen of Romney's longtime political aides, according to a Globe review of expenditures.

Romney founded the Free and Strong America Committee shortly after dropping out of the 2008 presidential primary. He filled its coffers by telling conservative contributors around the country that their money would be used to support Republican candidates and causes.

According to the Globe analysis, he spent $244,000 on contributions to congressional and other candidates between April and the November elections. He has spent more than twice as much on staff salaries and contracts to hire professional fund-raisers, who are compiling contributor lists that will serve Romney well in a future presidential campaign.

In essence, Romney is financing a political enterprise that he can use to remain a national GOP leader and use as a springboard should he decide to launch another presidential bid for 2012.

Romney aides insisted that the primary mission of the Free and Strong America Political Action Committee is to raise money for other Republicans around the country and to promote GOP policies. The committee says that booster work included flying Romney to various districts to help congressional candidates, many of whom happened to support his 2008 presidential primary candidacy.

But the committee's track record of spending most of the money on other expenses, such as Romney's political staff, raises questions about written fund-raising solicitations he has made that were mailed to potential contributors, including this one:

"It is more essential than ever that conservative candidates and organizations have the resources they need to get their message out to voters," Romney said in the fund-raising appeal. "Because of your help, my political action committee . . . is supporting over 70 candidates this election cycle. Your continued support today will ensure that they have the assistance they need to win."

Campaign finance experts say the Free and Strong America committee's use of its funds for Romney's political expenses is well within the legal restrictions set by law. They also note that it is not entirely unusual for high-profile politicians to use such political action committees, despite their appeals to donors like the ones Romney makes, to keep large sums for their own purposes.

The story continues here...

Huckabee: No Bailouts

2008-12-05T06:38:00.000-08:00

This is one of the reasons I really like Mike. He's come out very strong against bailouts. Period. Not the auto industry, not the banks. Nobody gets bailed out. NOBODY.

Bailouts are totally not cool. They ultimately fail and they do not produce growth or innovation. They keep companies that need to go bankrupt for the economy to move on, limping along and dragging down the rest of the economy. Are they painful? Of course for all involved they are. However, continuing to finance a failure cannot in the long run produce success.

In order for success to be defined, failure has to be a possibility.

The Race Begins Now

2008-12-05T06:21:00.000-08:00

Pretty soon (barring the unlikely event of his birth becoming an issue) we'll be inaugurating the furthest left president ever. The media is in the tank for Obama still and will continue to be for a long time coming. However, their being in the tank for him may backfire on them when things go wrong.

Pride Before a Fall
Michelle Obama has stated that America is a mean country. While that may be so, I think overall that I would say a greater sin that America faces is one of pride. I think we're in the process of being greatly humbled through the economic devastation. A nation that is proud can fall a long way.

Obama even admits that one characteristic he doesn't have much of is humility. He props up his ego in amazing ways in presuming that the presidency was his by creating his own presidential seal and now even with his whole "the office of the president elect."

Conservatives need to adopt an attitude of gratitude and humility. I believe that these where two characteristics that made Reagan a great man. He was honorable and had a distinct sense of humor and didn't stoop for crassness. Yet, even in his confidence, he was not proud.

If conservatives can present their ideas in a way that doesn't come across as condescending, they can advance their cause greatly and have a stark contrast between themselves and a president Obama.

Huckabee 2012

2008-11-07T12:48:00.001-08:00

Conservatives are disappointed. Our guy lost.

However, we don't give up but rather begin our efforts to work harder for the next election. 4 years is a short amount of time but the damage that could be done if the leftist president Obama has a full 8 years, could be insurmountable.

Liberals found a Jimmy Carter. Conservatives must find a new Ronald Regan to defeat him in four years. Personally I believe Mike is our best bet. He's much weightier than Sarah Palin and will have a broader appeal. I tried to get excited about Palin and as a strong supporter of Mike in the primaries, Sarah was pretty close to what I wanted. However, she doesn't have the gravitas that Mike has and Mike is much more thoughtful and perceptive.

The Grateful Politician

2008-04-23T14:18:00.000-07:00

You wouldn’t usually put politicians high on a list of people who have an “attitude of gratitude.” I mean, when you think about it, when was the last time you heard a politician say “thank you” and you could tell they sincerely meant it (i.e. they aren’t in a position to get more campaign money for their political campaign, etc).

Well, you watched this morning’s interview of Mike Huckabee on Morning Joe, you don’t have to go back far to find such an example. As soon as he came on with Joe and his co-host, Mike said “thanks for having me.” I hadn’t really noticed it before, but I began to really think about that little one line statement tonight as now more than ever before do I sense that when Mike says that, he really means it and is truly grateful for the opportunities that he has to be in the place that he is.

Too often the attitude among politicians is that they deserve the attention they get. This is one area where I feel that Mike stands head and shoulders above his peers in politics. I don’t get a sense from him that he feels that he is someone super special and deserves the recognition that he receives; he’s merely trying to advance the principles that he knows have made America great in the past and will keep her great for years to come if they are allowed to have a continued elevated place in the areas of public policy.

Thanks for being grateful Gov. Huckabee. We could all learn a lesson from you.

Speaking From the Heart, Huckabee Makes Sense

2008-03-31T08:25:00.000-07:00

When Gov. Huckabee speaks, I'm inspired. When Huckabee speaks, people listen. When Huckabee speaks, he wins votes. When he's not speaking is when the tide turns against him.

And that is exactly why Huckabee scares a lot of people who don't want him to be "in control." They understand that he is a fantastic communicator.

I hope that over the next four years, Huckabee continues to speak and reach out to people. I hope the media pays some attention to him and that America begins to listen. I hope that he runs in four years. I hope.

Huckabee Addresses Obama's Speech

2008-03-19T10:07:00.000-07:00

Huckabee talks like probably no other Conservative talks... maybe we conservatives need to take a lesson from him and realize that there is a bit of hate coming from the "conservatives." Conservatism without vitriol? What a concept!

Transcript below:

HUCKABEE: [Obama] made the point, and I think it's a valid one, that you can't hold the candidate responsible for everything that people around him may say or do. You just can't. Whether it's me, whether it's Obama...anybody else. But he did distance himself from the very vitriolic statements.

Now, the second story. It's interesting to me that there are some people on the left who are having to be very uncomfortable with what Louis Wright said, when they all were all over a Jerry Falwell, or anyone on the right who said things that they found very awkward and uncomfortable years ago. Many times those were statements lifted out of the context of a larger sermon. Sermons, after all, are rarely written word for word by pastors like Reverend Wright, who are delivering them extemporaneously, and caught up in the emotion of the moment. There are things that sometimes get said, that if you put them on paper and looked at them in print, you'd say "Well, I didn't mean to say it quite like that."

JOE SCARBOROUGH: But, but, you never came close to saying five days after September 11th, that America deserved what it got. Or that the American government invented AIDS...

HUCKABEE: Not defending his statements.

JOE SCARBOROUGH: Oh, I know you're not. I know you're not. I'm just wondering though, for a lot of people...Would you not guess that there are a lot of Independent voters in Arkansas that vote for Democrats sometimes, and vote for Republicans sometimes, that are sitting here wondering how Barack Obama's spiritual mentor would call the United States the USKKK?

HUCKABEE: I mean, those were outrageous statements, and nobody can defend the content of them.

JOE SCARBOROUGH: But what's the impact on voters in Arkansas? Swing voters.

HUCKABEE: I don't think we know. If this were October, I think it would have a dramatic impact. But it's not October. It's March. And I don't believe that by the time we get to October, this is gonna be the defining issue of the campaign, and the reason that people vote.

And one other thing I think we've gotta remember. As easy as it is for those of us who are white, to look back and say "That's a terrible statement!"...I grew up in a very segregated south. And I think that you have to cut some slack -- and I'm gonna be probably the only Conservative in America who's gonna say something like this, but I'm just tellin' you -- we've gotta cut some slack to people who grew up being called names, being told "you have to sit in the balcony when you go to the movie. You have to go to the back door to go into the restaurant. And you can't sit out there with everyone else. There's a separate waiting room in the doctor's office. Here's where you sit on the bus..." And you know what? Sometimes people do have a chip on their shoulder and resentment. And you have to just say, I probably would too. I probably would too. In fact, I may have had more of a chip on my shoulder had it been me.

MIKA: I agree with that. I really do.

JOE SCARBOROUGH: It's the Atticus Finch line about walking a mile in somebody else's shoes. I remember when Ronald Reagan got shot in 1981. There were some black students in my school that started applauding and said they hoped that he died. And you just sat there and of course you were angry at first, and then you walked out and started scratching your head going "boy, there is some deep resentment there."

Huckabee Alliance: A Place for The Rest of Us

2008-03-19T09:54:00.000-07:00

The new Huckabee Alliance is a place for former Huckabee fans and bloggers to gather and continue to contribute ideas and battle plans for future work for the values that we hold dear.

Huckabee in 2012. They Shout YES!

2008-03-10T06:20:00.000-07:00

By Grant Swank on Mar 8, 08

It’s 2012 for Mike Huckabee.

His daughter Sarah told media that they have learned a lot in this campaign try. Therefore, they're going to use it as resource for the next go-round. It's no time to quit, Huckabee assures his friends and colleagues.

Huckabee even projects being on a radio talk show whereby he presents the conservative principles he believes in. His convictions basically are biblical when it comes to moral issues. Therefore, Huckabee holds that he will have the evangelical audience for certain.

Moralists in general will take to his continuance, Huckabee reports. They will grow in concern, in knowledge and in power.

Huckabee says he wishes John McCain the best and will work for him. He has not been asked to be McCain's vice presidential running mate, but does not rule that out. He just has not been approached on that as yet.

Nevertheless, Huckabee is not ready to pack up his bags. He�s ready to keep going in strategic venues that will continue to carry his message.

He has strong faith to believe that he has a very dynamic contingency in America. And that block wants him to sit in the Big Office.

Time flies by quickly. It just could be that Huckabee could become a staple in national politics. One day he may live in that White House.

If it's up to Sarah, it's a guarantee.

Social Conservatism: The Foundation of Conservatism

2008-03-07T06:45:00.000-08:00

The other day, I saw Mike make a very interesting statement and I'd like to paraphrase what he said. He said something about how there's a lot of these "economic conservatives" out there who believe strongly in government stepping out of the way of monetary affairs and free trade and free markets. While that is all fine and dandy, he pointed out that economic conservatism can only get you so far. He used the example of a person going to prison and how it costs more to house one person in prison for 1 year than it does to put a student through all four years of college and buy them books. Good point. Mitt Romney was right when he said that a strong country is based on three things: strong familys, strong economy and strong military. However, he gets it wrong when he puts a strong economy and a strong military right in there with strong families, as the strong families belong in a category all to themselves. A country with strong families can remain strong even in times of economic turmoil and strong families are the basis of a strong military since good soldiers realize that they are not in the military for themselves but to protect the freedoms of their families.

Hence conservatism that doesn't value the family first is a weak form of conservatism which will eventually give way to the tenacious grip of liberalism that seeks to destroy social conservatism first and then following that destroys the fiscal conservatism and security conservatism.

I like to think of it this way: Social conservatism is the foundation for the other two conservatisms. Social conservatism is the first one that liberals go after and seek to destroy. Social conservatism is the one that stands firmly on the 1st and second ammendments of the constitution, defends the rights of every individual, doesn't bow to new cultural fads (gay marriage, abortion, etc). Without social conservatism, economic conservatism and security conservatism really have no basis and eventually fall to liberalism completely.

Building Blocks... of Society

2008-03-05T16:05:00.000-08:00

It's sad that Huckabee's out of the presidential race now.

America isn't ready for a Christian leader that lives out Christianity in his everyday life. Apparently America can't handle the idea of God in the public square anymore.

America was founded on the principles of Christianity. Liberalism infiltrated the church and now has infiltrated society. Slowly but surely the basic building blocks of a civil, Christian society are being destroyed bit by bit.

The first institution ordained by God, Marriage is under attack and liberals would like to completely recreate it's definition.

God created life and man has now the ability to destroy it in ways never known before. Abortion is now accepted by many. Abortion quickly degenerated into partial birth abortion. Some zealots for the "cause" of abortion would like to extend it to 18 months! So if you want to kill your 9 month old baby just because you don't like to hear it cry it's ok?

America, America... where is your heart? Where is your soul? Can't you see the direction of progressivism? Will I ever be able to be proud to be called an American again?

Two Winners from March 4th Primaries

2008-03-05T11:09:00.001-08:00

"Even if John McCain secures the nomination tonight, Mike Huckabee will still be a winner. He will exceed Mitt Romney in delegates (267 in counting), and will be involved in the GOP for years to come. He came from nothing, but now is a national figure. Mike Huckabee is this year's 2nd place, but perhaps could end up in 1st in years ahead"

–Carl Cameron

Continuing on the Right

2008-03-05T07:16:00.000-08:00

Gov. Huckabee didn't run a campaign... he started a movement! That movement is just starting and will continue to grow and if he chooses to run again in 2012, the movement will still be there. There will be others also who will pick up the banner of Faith, Family and Freedom and continue to press on.

Like Huckabee, we don't give up until the race is done. And this one is just starting now!