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Thursday, June 21, 2007

Calling All Huckabee supporters!

We need to rally behind Mike! Calling all Huckabee supporters!

As the end of the second quarter approaches, it is imperative that Governor Huckabee is able to continue to spread his message about the sanctity of life, smaller government, and lower taxes. To be able to do this the Governor needs to have the funds necessary to share his message at the grassroots level. Help support the Governor by being a part of our push for 1,500 contributions in ten days. Donate online by going to www.explorehuckabee.com

Thanks for your help and continuing support.

Press Release: Mike Huckabee Applauds Presidential Veto Of Federally-Funded Embryonic Stem Cell Research Legislation

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Little Rock, Ark – Former Gov. Mike Huckabee (AR) said Wednesday that he applauds a veto by President George W. Bush of legislation to loosen restrictions on federally-funded embryonic stem cell research.

“Without the President’s veto, this controversial legislation, which is wrong on moral grounds and based on inconclusive scientific research, would have become law. I commend the President for his strong stand in support of life,” said Huckabee.

Huckabee said he also supports an executive order by President Bush to direct the Health and Human Services Department to promote additional research into cells that might regenerate into different types of cells that could potentially be used to battle human disease.
“Vital scientific research can and is being conducted without the destruction of life,” said Huckabee.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Huckabee has broken into the top four!

I am so excited to read this news! There has been a steady movement upwards for the Huckabee campaign, but this news brings great momentum for the campaign! Many are taking notice of the Huckabee campaign platform and what Mr. Huckabee stands for: True character and true concern for people. Below is the list of reported percentages from a recent Mason Dixon poll released from Iowa:

On the Republican side, Romney 25% Undecided at 21% Thompson at 17%, Giuliani at 15%, Huckabee at 7%, and McCain and Brownback at 6% each.

Be sure to go Check out www.explorehuckabee.com for all the details!

Way to go Mike!


McCain drops in Iowa poll

The Associated Press

THE RACE: The presidential race for Republicans in Iowa

Mitt Romney, 25 percent
Fred Thompson, 17 percent
Rudy Giuliani, 15 percent
Mike Huckabee, 7 percent
John McCain, 6 percent
Sam Brownback, 6 percent

Huckabee to 'stay and play' in Iowa

By Todd Dorman - Globe Des Moines Bureau
Published June14, 2007

AMES — Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said Wednesday he’s confident GOP caucus-goers will take a good look at his campaign even as the media focuses on so-called front-runners.

The former Arkansas governor campaigned in Ames and Story City before officially opening his Des Moines campaign headquarters. He said the office is proof he plans “to stay and to play” in Iowa.

But Huckabee concedes he’s still looking for a way to break from a sizeable pack of lesser-known candidates.

“Accompanying Paris Hilton to jail might work,” Huckabee joked. He criticized the media’s coverage, or lack of coverage, of the presidential race.

“One of the things that is frustrating is there’s more attention on Britney Spears getting out of a car without underwear than who’s going to be the next president,” Huckabee told reporters.

And when the media does cover the race, Huckabee argues that it spends too much time focusing on so-called front-runners.

So far, that group includes former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona.

Huckabee argues that that early focus on cash-flush “celebrity” candidates will soon yield to a broader, tougher appraisal by actual Republican voters.

“People from around the country began realizing that we do have a choice,” Huckabee said “Our choices are not the three doors on Let’s Make a Deal, A, B and C. There are other doors.

“I think that’s when Republican voters become much more discriminating. And they’re going to be asking tougher questions,” Huckabee said.

Voters’ questions, Huckabee insisted, likely will be better than those asked during recent GOP primary debates.

Huckabee pointed out that the last three debates included no questions about education, and a recent New Hampshire forum included no questions on tax policy.

Huckabee’s calls for education and tax reform are centerpieces of his campaign.

Huckabee said he’s confident his hopes will rise in Iowa but he concedes the GOP’s August straw poll in Ames may not be much help. McCain and Giuliani are skipping the event, potentially reducing its importance on the road to January’s caucuses.

“If the straw poll changes substantially in its impact, importance and role in the process, then we’re not going to be irresponsible with our time and resources,” Huckabee said.

On Wednesday, Huckabee toured Advanced Analytical Technologies in Ames. The high-tech firm produces cutting-edge testing devices that help cosmetics and pharmaceutical companies, among others, test their products for bacterial contamination.

The steadily growing biotech company, which employs 28, has been called the “best-kept secret” in its industry, according to CEO Steven Lasky.

“Kind of like your candidacy,” Lasky joked to Huckabee.

* Todd Dorman can be reached at 515- 243-0138 or todd.dorman@lee.net.

Sunday, June 17, 2007

Huckabee visits Plano, TX

Plano got a glimpse of the 2008 presidential race Friday evening when Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee visited Charlie O’Reilly’s home to raise funds for his presidential exploratory committee.

Republicans and democrats agree Collin County is an ideal area for presidential candidates to do their fundraising.

“Collin County is one of the richest counties in Texas,” said Deborah Angell Smith, Collin County Democratic Party chair. “Because of the number of corporate headquarters and organizations in the area, it is a fertile ground for fundraising.”

Ray Huffines, Plano resident and CEO of Huffines Auto Dealerships, was present at Huckabee’s fundraiser. Huffines said a Republican presidential candidate visiting Plano was nothing out of the ordinary.

“Obviously Plano is a very Republican place, very Republican,” Huffines said. “It doesn’t surprise me that Republican candidates would target Plano as a good place to have an event.”

O’Reilly’s home was fill with more than 120 supporters for Huckabee’s campaign. The crowd inside the house lined up to shake hands and snap photographs with the Republican governor from Arkansas. “(Plano) is as good a place as there is on Earth,” said Huckabee, when asked why he chose to visit the city to raise funds for his campaign.

While Huckabee admitted he got a slow start, he said he is optimistic about his chances to become the Republican presidential nominee and even being elected the next U.S. president.

Huckabee said his late arrival to the race shouldn’t hamper his efforts, comparing the campaign process to one of America’s most popular racing sports.

“Like a NASCAR race, it is not about how you are doing in the first few laps. It is how you are doing in the last few laps that make the difference,” Huckabee said. “I think we will win (the upcoming primaries and presidential election). I wouldn’t do this if I didn’t think I was going to win.”

O’Reilly’s walls were lined with framed photographs of himself posing with politicians and professional athletes, such as U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), U.S. President George W. Bush and former Dallas Cowboy Walt Garrison.

O’Reilly — who supported Bush’s campaign in 2000 — said he believes Huckabee could be the next president.

“I think you may be looking at the next president right here,” O’Reilly said. “I believe he has moved up into the higher-level tier now.”

Smith defined Huckabee as a strongly conservative candidate.

“Huckabee is definitely one of the more conservative presidential candidates opposing widely accepted positions such as evolution, climate change and comprehensive immigration reform,” Smith said.

Huffines said Huckabee’s stances on pro-life and traditional marriage were two reasons why Huckabee will get his vote.

“His stand on the issues I think is right in line with what I believe,” Huffines said.

Contact Josh Hixson at jhixson@acnpapers.com

Huckabee Reminds Christians Not To Abandon Principles

Huckabee Reminds Christians Not To Abandon Principles
By Julia Duin
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
June 7, 2007

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said yesterday that Christian conservatives will become "irrelevant" to the political process if they give up their core convictions for expediency's sake.
"Christian conservatives are on the brink of becoming irrelevant in this election cycle if they do not remain active because they really believe something about their faith that drives them into the political arena," he said in remarks made at a Pew Forum press conference.
Typically, Christians have entered the political arena out of concern for the family, to stop abortion and because of other issues that "really emanate from our faith," he said. "If they say those issues are not as important this time; if they say the real issues are taxes or national security, then frankly, they are just another Republican special interest group."
Mr. Huckabee, 51, is one of the most outspokenly evangelical candidates in a crowded Republican field. An ordained Southern Baptist minister who became a Christian at age 10 at a vacation Bible school, he decided to enter politics in 1992. After a failed U.S. Senate race in Arkansas, he won a special election to become the state's lieutenant governor in 1993 and became governor in 1996.
Yesterday's remarks were on how his religion affected his politics during his 10-year tenure as governor.
"How did we handle 75,000 evacuees that came to our state in the course of five days when Hurricane Katrina hit?" he asked. "I promise you, faith guided me through all of that, not just in terms of my compassion for the people I saw. ... I determined we were not going to treat these people like boxes ... stacking them up in some sports arena and calling that rescue."
Instead, he got church leaders to open up camp and conference sites across the state to house refugees.
"It went back to the simple prescription: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you," he said, quoting Luke 6:31.
Mr. Huckabee, who barely registers in national polls, is hoping that the Republican Party's evangelical base is unhappy with the current leaders in the race and that there might be room for a traditional-values candidate. Not only does he oppose abortion and same-sex "marriage," he also believes creation should be taught in schools alongside evolution.
In a presentation filled with humorous one-liners and references to his less-than-stellar showing compared with the party's presidential front-runners, he said money is driving the media's perception of who can win.
"[It happens] every time when the 'fair and balanced' Fox News network puts candidates' names on the screen that says '2008 election' and they only list three," he said. "And when the others of us are busting our backsides every day to be one of those guys? It perpetuates the idea there's only three choices.
"This whole process is being driven solely by money and not by message. ... If we're not careful, we're leading this country not towards a presidency but to a plutocracy. I am not sure that's where we want to be."
Interviewers, he said, constantly toss him "God questions" during candidates' forums such Tuesday's debate in Manchester, N.H.
"I wasn't sure whether I was being interviewed to be president of the United States or chaplain of the Senate," he added.
"If you want to know what makes me tick," he said, "to understand me and [my] decision processes, do it in the context of my faith. I sometimes marvel when people running for office are asked about faith and their answer is, 'Oh, I don't get into that. I keep that completely separate. My faith is completely immaterial to how I think and how I govern.' To me that's really tantamount to saying, 'My faith is so marginal, so insignificant, so inconsequential, that it really doesn't impact the way I live.' I'd consider that an extraordinarily shallow faith."

"Huckabee Stops by for a Chat"

"Huckabee Stops by for a Chat"

Nashua Telegraph
Jennifer Horn
published 6/10/2007


I admit, when I heard a former governor from Arkansas named Huckabee was running for president, my first thought was, "Hmmm, maybe he should think about changing his name."

After meeting said gentleman, however, I am now thinking, "Time for us to get used to hearing that name a lot more."

On Monday, before the New Hampshire debates and before Huckabee became the voice of reason on the stage at Saint Anselm College, he stopped by the house for a cup of tea and we spent some time getting to know each other.

It was pouring rain, so my husband met him in the driveway with an umbrella. By the time they made it up the sidewalk to the front door, Bill was already telling the governor about the multiple construction projects taking place around our home.

It turns out presidential candidates are as fascinated by construction equipment, large piles of dirt and big holes in the ground as the rest of the men in my house are. Before I lost him to talk about retaining walls and filtration systems (the governor actually had some good advice on this topic), I invited him into the living room and away from the boys.

Huckabee, a former Southern Baptist pastor, is a relaxed, approachable, gentle man. He is soft-spoken, but passionate about the issues.

His slow Southern demeanor belies the depth of knowledge and understanding he has regarding issues of great importance, and I was pleasantly surprised to learn his sense of humor is spontaneous and genuine, not just a "scripted for the campaign trail" collection of reusable lines.

Huckabee is quick to smile, and he does so often. He enjoys talking about his family, his faith and his experiences as pastor and governor.

He has been married to his wife, Janet, for 33 years. They have two sons and a daughter, all grown. When talk of a presidential run first came up, it was his family who convinced him to go for it.

"I was the holdout," he told me, "She was the one who convinced me. . . . All of my children and my wife told me, 'You gotta do it.' "

He started out in communications and advertising after school. However, when he was invited to speak before a congregation of Baptists, he so impressed them that he was eventually invited to become their pastor. That led to a 12-year career in the ministry that, he says, prepared him for his next career: 10 years as governor of his home state.

You might wonder whether a Baptist pastor makes a good match for the White House; I certainly did. As he talked about the people he served and the problems they faced, his qualifications become apparent.

"You could not name a social pathology that exists in our nation today that I couldn't put a name and a face to," he said. "Teenaged girl who's pregnant and hasn't told her parents yet, I talked to her before she talked to her parents.

"Elderly couple faced with tough financial situation, can't afford their medicine, virtually down to eating pet food – I know those people. I could give you their names and where they live.

"I've seen wives who have had the daylights beaten out of them by abusive, alcoholic husbands.

"I've seen young couples who are facing every kind of challenge, from being overextended in debt and it affecting their marriage, you know, trying to hold it together and not sure they can.

"I've seen the families who have had to unplug the machine from their loved one at 2:30 in the morning in the ICU.

"Quite frankly, the reason I got into politics was because I was seeing these real people in real situations and I became convinced that the people making the decisions didn't have a clue about the real world that people were living in. They were living in this isolated ivory tower and they didn't understand the single mom trying to put food on the table. . . .

"I just felt it was very important that people who were making those decisions, whether it was on tax policy or education, have some clue on the real-life impact it was going to have on families."

A comment from then-Gov. Bill Clinton's director of the Department of Public Health in Arkansas, Jocelyn Elders, that preachers needed to get over their love affair with the fetus and quit moralizing from the pulpit, inspired then-pastor Huckabee to become more politically engaged – or, as he puts it, to get out of the stands and onto the field.

A Huckabee presidency would be unprecedented, bringing the compassionate, ministerial qualities of pastor and the governing experience of a governor to the White House in one man.

"Our party is in trouble when we put forth people who don't have real convictions and aren't willing to stand by them regardless," he said.

When it comes to policy, Huckabee supports the "Fair Tax," a consumption-based taxation system that eliminates an income tax; a preventive health-care system; the importance of energy independence; and a strong national defense. He is also keenly aware that the role of president goes beyond legislation.

"Part of the role of president is to inspire the nation," he said. "Leadership is not just about legislation, it is about role modeling."

Some of his detractors have tried to use his Christian beliefs regarding evolution and the creation of man as proof that he is unqualified or too naive to be president, but I found his position on this reflects closely the beliefs held by most people I know.

"The Bible spells it out for us very simply with: 'In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. . . .' We may not know how or when, but I do believe God put the process in motion," he said.

"I'm going to leave the scientists to debate the intricacies, but I believe that rather than all this being just some accident that happened, there was a design, and a designer in the design."

Plainspoken, but clearly very intelligent, friendly, comfortable and totally approachable, Huckabee reminds me of many people I know. He loves our nation, values its history and envisions a bright, prosperous future for its citizens.

Mike Huckabee: husband, father, pastor, governor . . . president? It remains to be seen.

But Mike Huckabee, man of character and strong moral leadership? No question about it.