Although Bill O'Reilly has been tough on him, people who visit O'Reilly's site obviously like Mike Huckabee.
In an unscientific survey, Huckabee eaily beat the other main GOP candidates.
Q: At this point in the campaign, which Republican candidate do you prefer?
Huckabee - 43%
Romney - 32%
Giuliani - 19%
McCain - 6%
Total Votes: 40054
Monday, December 17, 2007
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Huckabee and America's Priorities in the War on Terror
An article by Mike Huckabee about the War on Terror and American foreign policy is on RealClearPolitics today. You can find it here:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/12/americas_priorities_in_the_war.html
He wrote about American foreign policy, securing Iraq, containing Iran, and tough love for Pakistan.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/12/americas_priorities_in_the_war.html
He wrote about American foreign policy, securing Iraq, containing Iran, and tough love for Pakistan.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Governor Huckabee reaches out to Catholics
Mike Huckabee was recently interviewed by Catholic Online. (http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=26206)
He talked about pro-life issues, education (and school choice), Iraq, taxes, immigration, terrorism, and more.
More and more Catholics are joining with evangelicals to support Mike. This will be important in New York, with its large Catholic population.
Don't forget to write letters to your local Catholic newspapers!
He talked about pro-life issues, education (and school choice), Iraq, taxes, immigration, terrorism, and more.
More and more Catholics are joining with evangelicals to support Mike. This will be important in New York, with its large Catholic population.
Don't forget to write letters to your local Catholic newspapers!
Friday, December 14, 2007
Rollins to head campaign; new polls looking good
The man who helped Ronald Reagan win 49 states in 1984 has signed on with Mike Huckabee's campaign as national campaign manager.
Ed Rollins also worked for Presidents Nixon and Ford.
So many Republicans look back with fondness to the Reagan years and his brand of Conservativism, and this addition to the staff just helps to link the Huckabee's campaign to Reagan and those feelings.
Meanwhile, in the latest Rasmussen poll, Huckabee continues to lead Giuliani 23 to 19 nationally despite a slew of unfounded attacks on Mike. He is also leading Romney 39 to 23 in Iowa, Romney and Thompson 25 to 18 in South Carolina, and Romney 27 to 23 in Florida, and is in a statistical tie with Romney (but still ahead 21 to 20) in Michigan.
In states like New York and New Hampshire Huckabee is trailing in recent polls - but he is only really beggining to campaign in New Hampshire, and hasn't done so in New York yet.
For now, getting out his name and the word about him is up to us.
Ed Rollins also worked for Presidents Nixon and Ford.
So many Republicans look back with fondness to the Reagan years and his brand of Conservativism, and this addition to the staff just helps to link the Huckabee's campaign to Reagan and those feelings.
Meanwhile, in the latest Rasmussen poll, Huckabee continues to lead Giuliani 23 to 19 nationally despite a slew of unfounded attacks on Mike. He is also leading Romney 39 to 23 in Iowa, Romney and Thompson 25 to 18 in South Carolina, and Romney 27 to 23 in Florida, and is in a statistical tie with Romney (but still ahead 21 to 20) in Michigan.
In states like New York and New Hampshire Huckabee is trailing in recent polls - but he is only really beggining to campaign in New Hampshire, and hasn't done so in New York yet.
For now, getting out his name and the word about him is up to us.
Monday, December 10, 2007
New Poll: Huckabee second in New York
Although he has yet to campaign in New York, Governor Mike Huckabee has already risen to second in New York in a new poll - and he is rapidly gaining on the leader.
In the survey conducted December 2-8 by California-based Datamar Inc., Huckabee was the choice of 13.6 New York voters.
He now trails only Rudolph Giuiani, who was the choice of 35.7 percent.
But there's more.
In Datamar's November survey, Huckabee had commanded only 7.8 percent of the vote, and was in fifth place. So he has nearly doubled his numbers and vaulted over three other candidates.
The surge is evidently having an affect here.
Meanwhile, in November, Giulini had 38.8 percent. The new poll suggests his suport is slipping. He held a 31.1 point lead over Huckanbee in November. That has closed to 22.1.
And remember, we have barely begun efforts in New York.
Here's the data for the top tier candidates.
December
Giuliani - 35.7
Huckabee - 13.6
McCain - 11.3
Romney - 9.9
Thompson - 7.1
November
Giuliani - 38.8
Huckabee - 7.8
McCain - 9.8
Romney - 11.8
Thompson - 9.9
No other candidate gets more than 3.5 (Paul).
A significant figure in the latest survey is that 16.6 of the surveyed voters are still undecided slightly up from the 16.5 in November. These are the people we have to reach in the coming weeks.
(To see the full poll, go to http://www.datamar.net/pdf/nyrepublicanPPdec07.pdf)
In the survey conducted December 2-8 by California-based Datamar Inc., Huckabee was the choice of 13.6 New York voters.
He now trails only Rudolph Giuiani, who was the choice of 35.7 percent.
But there's more.
In Datamar's November survey, Huckabee had commanded only 7.8 percent of the vote, and was in fifth place. So he has nearly doubled his numbers and vaulted over three other candidates.
The surge is evidently having an affect here.
Meanwhile, in November, Giulini had 38.8 percent. The new poll suggests his suport is slipping. He held a 31.1 point lead over Huckanbee in November. That has closed to 22.1.
And remember, we have barely begun efforts in New York.
Here's the data for the top tier candidates.
December
Giuliani - 35.7
Huckabee - 13.6
McCain - 11.3
Romney - 9.9
Thompson - 7.1
November
Giuliani - 38.8
Huckabee - 7.8
McCain - 9.8
Romney - 11.8
Thompson - 9.9
No other candidate gets more than 3.5 (Paul).
A significant figure in the latest survey is that 16.6 of the surveyed voters are still undecided slightly up from the 16.5 in November. These are the people we have to reach in the coming weeks.
(To see the full poll, go to http://www.datamar.net/pdf/nyrepublicanPPdec07.pdf)
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Cohen's narrow-minded attack on Huckabee
In his December 5 column in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle ("Huckabee’s moment of shame”), Richard Cohen accused Governor Mike Huckabee of “punting” when asked by ABC’s George Stephanopoulos if Governor Mitt Romney, a Mormon, is a Christian.
He also accused Huckabee of having “obdurate and narrow-minded religious beliefs.”
I suggest that Mr. Cohen has such narrow-minded beliefs, and that he does not understand Christianity or Huckabee.
Huckabee’s told Stephanopoulos, “Mitt Romney has to answer that. ... It's not for me to determine what somebody else's faith is.”
He was stating common Christian beliefs that each person has to account for his own faith, and it is not for other's to judge what lies in a person's heart. Moreover, Huckabee left ministry a long ago to become a public servant. He is running now to be President of a multi-religious United States, not Evangelical-in-Chief.
Further, Huckabee avoids tearing down others – as he declined to do to Rudy Giuliani in the same interview. Huckabee is trying to focus on issues and a vision for America.
People may disagree with him on those issues and that vision. That’s fine. But Cohen going after Huckabee on religious grounds for not going after another candidate on religious grounds strikes me as “narrow-minded.”
Echoing Cohen’s football reference, I think in this case Cohen’s attempted bomb was just an incomplete pass.
(A modified version of the above is being submitted as a letter to the editor.)
He also accused Huckabee of having “obdurate and narrow-minded religious beliefs.”
I suggest that Mr. Cohen has such narrow-minded beliefs, and that he does not understand Christianity or Huckabee.
Huckabee’s told Stephanopoulos, “Mitt Romney has to answer that. ... It's not for me to determine what somebody else's faith is.”
He was stating common Christian beliefs that each person has to account for his own faith, and it is not for other's to judge what lies in a person's heart. Moreover, Huckabee left ministry a long ago to become a public servant. He is running now to be President of a multi-religious United States, not Evangelical-in-Chief.
Further, Huckabee avoids tearing down others – as he declined to do to Rudy Giuliani in the same interview. Huckabee is trying to focus on issues and a vision for America.
People may disagree with him on those issues and that vision. That’s fine. But Cohen going after Huckabee on religious grounds for not going after another candidate on religious grounds strikes me as “narrow-minded.”
Echoing Cohen’s football reference, I think in this case Cohen’s attempted bomb was just an incomplete pass.
(A modified version of the above is being submitted as a letter to the editor.)
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Huckabee on immigration
Now that Mike Huckabee is rising in the polls – leading in at least one poll in Iowa, and second nationally in the most recent Rasmussen Tracking Poll - he is coming under increasing attack.
One target of critics is Immigration. Governor’s Huckabee’s record has been distorted – particularly in terms of “scholarships for illegal immigrants” - and his positions have been ignored or even misrepresented.
Here are some of the things he is actually calling for:
He says our borders must be secure.
He supports the $3 billion the Senate has voted for border security.
He opposes amnesty and sanctuaries for illegal aliens.
He opposes giving driver’s licenses to illegal aliens (as was proposed by Governor Spitzer in New York).
He believes that employers who hire illegal aliens should be punished with fines and penalties.
He opposes the economic integration of North America that would create open borders among the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
So his positions are pretty clear.
As for the issue of illegal immigrants getting tuition assistance in Arkansas, the facts are different than his opponents are implying.
There was a bill in 2005 that would've given children of illegal immigrant the lower in-state tuition rates offered to other Arkansas students. There was also an academic merit-based state scholarship that they would have been able to apply for if they met the criteria.
But the children of Illegal immigrants had to have gone through the Arkansas school system, and had to have the ability to pay instate tuition rates for college education.
Further, the proposed law contained a clause that said those children who accepted the lower tuition would have to file an affidavit stating that they intended to legalize their immigration status.
Thus, if enacted, the law would have affected a limited number of such students, not the large numbers of students Governor Huckabee’s opponents have tried to imply.
The law did not pass anyway.
When challenged at the You Tube Debate about the issue by Mitt Romney, Huckabee replied, "In all due respect, we're a better country than to punish children for what their parents did. We're a better country than that."
For a more complete explanation of his position, go to http://www.mikehuckabee.com
One target of critics is Immigration. Governor’s Huckabee’s record has been distorted – particularly in terms of “scholarships for illegal immigrants” - and his positions have been ignored or even misrepresented.
Here are some of the things he is actually calling for:
He says our borders must be secure.
He supports the $3 billion the Senate has voted for border security.
He opposes amnesty and sanctuaries for illegal aliens.
He opposes giving driver’s licenses to illegal aliens (as was proposed by Governor Spitzer in New York).
He believes that employers who hire illegal aliens should be punished with fines and penalties.
He opposes the economic integration of North America that would create open borders among the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
So his positions are pretty clear.
As for the issue of illegal immigrants getting tuition assistance in Arkansas, the facts are different than his opponents are implying.
There was a bill in 2005 that would've given children of illegal immigrant the lower in-state tuition rates offered to other Arkansas students. There was also an academic merit-based state scholarship that they would have been able to apply for if they met the criteria.
But the children of Illegal immigrants had to have gone through the Arkansas school system, and had to have the ability to pay instate tuition rates for college education.
Further, the proposed law contained a clause that said those children who accepted the lower tuition would have to file an affidavit stating that they intended to legalize their immigration status.
Thus, if enacted, the law would have affected a limited number of such students, not the large numbers of students Governor Huckabee’s opponents have tried to imply.
The law did not pass anyway.
When challenged at the You Tube Debate about the issue by Mitt Romney, Huckabee replied, "In all due respect, we're a better country than to punish children for what their parents did. We're a better country than that."
For a more complete explanation of his position, go to http://www.mikehuckabee.com
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