Everything He Touches Turns Into An Ethics Investigation

February 14, 2008 - A Huckabee pastor endorsement is being investigated by the IRS:
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Don't Mess With Me, Er, Texas

February 13, 2008 - Huckabee refuses to face the music:
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Huckabee Didn't Get the Memo

February 12, 2008 - He's still doing robocalls on Romney:
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Clemency Turned Bad

February 6, 2008 - "A Van Buren man paroled in 2004 after then-Gov. Mike Huckabee commuted his six-year prison sentence for fourth-offense DWI pleaded guilty to a new drunken driving charge Tuesday."
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McCain, Romney and Huckabee Split More States

February 5, 2008 - Sen. John McCain kept up the trend of winning his home state of Arizona. Up north, the state of North Dakota goes for Gov. Mitt Romney with a 13 point win over Sen. McCain, 36-23 with 98 percent reporting. Reports...
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Georgia On My Mind

February 5, 2008 - Georgia closed their polls at 7:00pm tonight and we are still waiting on a final result in the Republican primary. MSNBC reported a slim margin between Gov. Mike Huckabee leading Sen. John McCain with Gov. Mitt Romney hanging around for a close three-way race.
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More Polls Close, More States Declared

February 5, 2008 - The networks called several states since the polls closed at 8:00pm. Here's a shocker: Gov. Mike Huckabee won his home state of Arkansas. Gov. Mitt Romney was able to hold on to the state he, apparently, despised for the twenty-plus...
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Huckabee Wins West Virginia, Now 2-7

February 5, 2008 - Gov. Mike Huckabee won the West Virginia Caucus with 52 percent on the second ballot.
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Do As I Say, Not As I Do?

February 1, 2008 - You remember those robocalls on Huckabee's behalf that Huckabee criticized? Well, it turns out that he has accepted contributions from that same group:
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More Gifts

January 29, 2008 - Huckabee's ever-growing list of ethics complaints gets a little bit longer:
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The Tancredo Effect

January 17, 2008 - Another installment of Governor Huckabee vs. presidential candidate Huckabee. This time, Mike continues his rightward spiral on immigration:
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Huckabee Loves Gifts

January 14, 2008 - Mike Huckabee recalls the tale thusly: "At a campaign stop in Michigan yesterday, a woman came up to me and said 'I don't have any money but I want to give you something for the campaign.' Then she reached out to me and gave me a gold ring."
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Dissent Among the Ranks?

January 9, 2008 - Yesterday I talked about Huckabee's flip-flop on immigration. After his top immigration surrogate claimed he supported a constitutional amendment to deny birthright citizenship -- and after his campaign refused to back away from it -- they later put out a statement reversing his position.
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Huckabee Flip-Flops on Birthright Citizenship

January 8, 2008 - Today the Washington Times reported that Mike Huckabee vowed to amend the Constitution to prevent children born in the U.S. to illegal aliens from automatically becoming American citizens. It attributed this information to his "his top immigration surrogate," and fits nicely with his recent sharp right turn on immigration.
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Huckaboom? Try Hucka-Bush!

January 3, 2008 - Mike Huckabee may have chuckled his way to an Iowa caucus win, but the voters are serious about rejecting President Bush’s failed leadership. The fact is, a vote for Mike Huckabee, like all the Republican candidates, is a vote for a third Bush term on everything from Iraq to health care, to sticking with Bush's budget busting special interest tax cuts. The American people, though, want real change and new leadership. Huckabee's not alone, and he may not win the GOP nomination. One thing is clear: whoever wins, a vote for any of the Republican candidates is a vote for a third Bush term.
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Huckabee Didn't Know About NIE Because Busy Following Britney Gossip

January 2, 2008 - You all know the story. Mike Huckabee, displaying his well-known lack of foreign policy knowledge, for days didn't even know about the NIE that came and tried to make excuses for it. This, of course, was despite the fact that it had been a big news stories in all of the papers.
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Will Huckabee Cross the Picket Line?

January 2, 2008 - Mike Huckabee is turning to Jay Leno and will appear on the Tonight Show. But the Writers Guild announced this weekend that they planned to picket the late night show, among others.
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Four Strikes... Huckabee's Out?

December 31, 2007 - 1 & 2: Huckabee pulls a double gaffe on Pakistan question.
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Huckabee Hit For Gifts From Appointees

December 17, 2007 - Maybe Huckabee was just helping to spread the giving spirit throughout the year. But apparently, as governor, Huckabee thought it was better to receive -- thousands of dollars worth of gifts from donors, staff and appointees -- ignoring the obvious ethical concerns.
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Republican Hopefuls Debate but Will They Ever Listen?

December 12, 2007 - The Republican presidential candidates are set to take part in the Iowa Public Television/Des Moines Register debate Wednesday but if previous debates are any indication, it's unlikely the American people will hear anything more than the same over-the-top rhetoric and failed Bush foreign policy from the Republican hopefuls.
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Huckabee And Thompson: Global Warming Overblown

December 11, 2007 - "Tonight on CBS Evening News, each of the 10 leading presidential candidates will be asked, “Do you think the risks of climate change are at all overblown?"
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What Year is Huckabee Living In?

December 10, 2007 - Huckabee, on one of the Sunday talk shows, said he still thinks that AIDS patients should have been isolated from the public:
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Forgetful Huck?

December 6, 2007 - Gov. Huckabee says 'It'll happen again' on NIE blankness:
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Huckabee, Like Bush, Wasn't Briefed

December 5, 2007 - This was an important finding related to our nation's security that dominated the news coverage over the last couple days. Is this a show of the same kind of disinterest that presumably led to Bush trying to claim he wasn't briefed on the findings until last week?
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It's War in Iowa

December 4, 2007 - Phone/email campaign highlights Giuliani's shady inner circle and includes mentions of "pedophile priest" accusations.
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And the Winner Is...None of the Above

October 22, 2007 - Values Voter Summit doesn't answer any questions.
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Scandal At the Values Voter Summit

October 22, 2007 - After Value Voters straw poll, Huckabee supporters cry foul.
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Thompson Opts For the Fancier Things In Life

October 16, 2007 - Fred blows a bundle on four-star French food.
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Mike Huckabee Stuck in the Tubes

September 25, 2007 - The Huckabee campaign proudly joins, like, 2007--with a live webcast.
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It Was Colonel Mustard, In the Study, With the Revolver...Huckabee Asks Nation To Solve Attack Ad Mystery

September 20, 2007 - Huckabee asks for help with a "Who-Done-It?"
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We’re Too Busy For Health Care...Republican Candidates Skip Cancer Forum

August 29, 2007 - The leading candidates in the race for the Republican presidential nomination skipped Lance Armstrong's forum on cancer.
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Huckabee's Initiative in Arkansas Is a Failure

August 28, 2007 - Mike Huckabee's anti-obesity initiatives in Arkansas are a failure.
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Did He Miss the Memo That We're In a War?

August 27, 2007 - Mike Huckabee doesn't like talking about foreign affairs on the campaign stump.
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Mike Huckabee Also Not Sure About the Money

August 16, 2007 - Mike Huckabee doesn't have high hopes for raising campaign cash--according to the man himself.
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Huckabee Expects Rough Seas In New Hampshire

August 16, 2007 - Mike Huckabee may not have the same success in New Hampshire--because of the very traits that propelled him to victory in Iowa.
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Pundits Talk About "None Of The Above"

August 13, 2007 - The bloggers over at Talking Points Memo have put together their weekly Sunday morning show roundup, which includes a roundup of many of Mitt Romney's many positions as well as a discussion about puppy-gate.
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FEC Investigates Huckabee's Connections to FairTax Group

August 13, 2007 - Mike Huckabee may have skirted campaign finance laws when he urged supporters to hitch rides to Ames on FairTax buses.
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Huck Claims He’s Not Going on the Offensive...

August 10, 2007 - After attacking Romney, Huckabee says he's the "clean" candidate.
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The Man From False Hope, Arkansas? Huckabee Expects To Be Top Tier By January

August 10, 2007 - From the land of giant watermelons, Mike Huckabee thinks big.
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Huckabee Just Can’t Give Up Those Chocolates. . .

August 8, 2007 - Is Mike Huckabee's campaign hiding a devastating--but delicious--secret?
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Republicans Breathe Deeply, Cautiously Think About Doing A YouTube Debate

August 7, 2007 - Despite calling the YouTube debates "degrading" (you know, answering real questions from real people, that sort of thing) Mitt Romney may yet be forced to participate in the Republican CNN/YouTube debate.
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Who Exactly Are the Republican Candidates Willing to Talk To?

July 12, 2007 - If recent reports are any indication, the 2008 Republican presidential candidates as a group refuse to talk to America’s teachers, young people, African Americans or Hispanics.
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Sicko Response: Don’t Trust Twinkies Anonymous

July 12, 2007 - Sicko producers fire back at Mike Huckabee's attacks on the film:
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Huckabee: Picking on The Fat Kid

July 12, 2007 - Huckabee resorts to an ad-hominem attack in a desperate jab at Michael Moore:
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Huckabee: The Best Thing We Can Hope For Is To Lose

July 12, 2007 - 'Mike Huckabee is pinning his hopes for the Republican presidential nomination on a strong showing at the Ames straw poll next month.'
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Huckabee’s Campaign Strategy? Get Fat or Get the Sack

June 27, 2007 - From the Politico:
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Going After the Obesity Vote

June 26, 2007 - The New York Daily News reports that with a new campaign for public health, Bloomberg steps on Huckabee’s toes:
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Huckabee Has a New Plan: Go to Jail With Paris

June 14, 2007 - Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee accused the news media of not paying enough attention to his campaign. But maybe his new idea will work...
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Huckabee: Gitmo's Great!

June 11, 2007 - ABC News has this quote from Mike Huckabee: "I can tell you, most of our prisoners would love to be in a facility more like Guantanamo and less like the state prisons that people are in in the United States."
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SC DEBATE: PARDON ME MIKE ...

May 15, 2007 - Mike Huckabee Commuted 152 Felons For Over 500 Crimes In Ten Years As Arkansas Governor, 14% Rearrested, Governor Accused of Playing Favorites.
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Son of a Preacher Man

April 27, 2007 - Mike Huckabee's son arrested with a handgun:
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Biography: Mike Huckabee

April 27, 2007 - Mike Huckabee was a two-term governor of Arkansas who is running because of the lack of fresh faces in the race. He is a former Baptist preacher who takes a far-right position on abortion, but is relatively out of step with his party on immigration.
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The Daily Flipper

April 16, 2007 - Read what the Republicans Wish You Wouldn't...
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The Daily Flipper

April 13, 2007 - Read what the Republicans Wish You Wouldn't...
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Off Message?

April 13, 2007 - Candy handed out at Huckabee's health event:
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The Daily Flipper: Varmint Edition

April 9, 2007 - Read what the Republicans Wish You Wouldn't...
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The Daily Flipper

March 30, 2007 - Read what the Republicans Wish You Wouldn't...
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Huckabee's Campaign May Already Be Unraveling At Light Speed

March 7, 2007 - Today it was announced that Huckabee’s longtime chief of staff in the Governor’s mansion has left the presidential campaign. [AP, 3/7/07] Newsweek’s article in the latest edition is titled, “Why Can’t Huckabee Catch Fire?” and asks “Why isn’t the governor...
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The Daily Flipper

March 7, 2007 - Read what the Republicans Wish You Wouldn’t … In today's edition, Rudy's unpleasant, divorced and in drag and none of it is helping. Romney's pandering...again. McCain is old (still) and he may have helped craft the rules that will land a fellow GOP Senator in hot water...Plus, conservatives honor a gay porn star at CPAC!
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The Daily Flipper: CPAC Hangover Edition

March 5, 2007 - Read the news the Republicans wish you wouldn't...in today's edition CPAC fall out, a Nevada Governor in hot water and a New Mexico Senator under fire for firings...
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Huckabee To Sign Pledge He Called "Dangerous" "Gimmick" No Tax Promise Ignores High Tax Record

March 2, 2007 - In a complete about face today, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee announced during a speech at the Conservative Political Action Committee conference that he would indeed sign a no new taxes pledge. But conservatives may not be aware that prior to his announcement, Huckabee declared that such pledges were "dangerous" and were "gimmicks"...
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Busy Huckabee Tries to Fudge His Record On Taxes In New Hampshire

February 13, 2007 - Despite evidence to the contrary, Huckabee continues to deny his record of raising taxes as Governor in attempt to pander to the right wing conservative base. But the truth is, Mike Huckabee has a long history of fiscal irresponsibility and was rated one of the worst among freshman state executives by the Fiscal Policy Report Card
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Huckabee Brings His Questionable Ethics Record to the Presidential Race

January 31, 2007 - Immediately out of the gate, Huckabee found himself on the defensive, deflecting questions regarding his tenure as Governor of Arkansas and his record of ethics violations and fiscal recklessness. The most recent scandal surrounding his draining of the state's emergency funds and the destruction of government property before leaving office is bringing to light his long history of bilking tax-payers for his own benefit.
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GOP '08 Watch: A Weekly Look At the Potential Republican Candidates

January 26, 2007 - This week, the potential Republican Presidential candidates faced a number of hurdles as they make their runs for the White House.
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Huckabee Admires Bush's Stubbornness on Iraq

January 11, 2007 - Following President Bush's address to the nation on Iraq, Arkansas Governor and Republican Presidential contender Mike Huckabee said he supports President Bush's refusal to change course in Iraq. In an interview on Fox News Channel Huckabee explained, "you said people have said he's stubborn. That's a good quality in an executive."
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