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Posted at 1:47am on Dec. 29, 2007 The liberal MSM made Huckabee, but it's the conservative MSM that will give him victory

By Mediahawk

It's true that the MSM (particularly its liberal wing) helped to make Huckabee. But they can't unmake him. As a result of their boosting he has attracted a significant core of die-hard supporters (Christian and social conservatives) who will stick with him through thick and thin (attack ads, his own foolish misstatements and gaffes, and MSM ambush stories and punditry etc). As a result of the help of the liberal MSM these Huckabee supporters have acquired enough critical mass to help him either obtain a narrow or a more convincing victory in Iowa and other early and later states.

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Posted at 1:06pm on Dec. 4, 2007 Divided Between McCain and Huckabee - But Leaning Toward Huckabee

By Mediahawk

First of all let me say that I would have preferred Senator John McCain as the GOP presidential candidate. He's my kind of man. I prefer plain-talking men and politicians to charmers and "slicksters." My previous posts going back many months show this preference. Character- and courage-wise McCain towers above the rest, including Governor Mike Huckabee. He has a greater proven patriotic love of America than most of the other hopefuls.

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Posted at 7:00pm on Nov. 26, 2007 Zogby Poll: Mike Huckabee Leads GOP Top-Tier Candidates in Besting Hillary in Matchups

By Mediahawk

A new Zogby poll brings up some quite remarkable revelations: perhaps for the first time this campaign season that poll shows all leading GOP presidential candidates besting the Democratic frontrunner, Hillary Clinton in hypothetical match-ups.

Democrat Hillary Clinton would lose to all major Republican White House candidates, according to a hypothetical election matchup poll Monday, reversing her months of dominance over potential 2008 challengers.

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Posted at 5:40pm on Oct. 22, 2007 Time, Newsweek and what else have you say it's more and more likely to be Huckabee...

By Mediahawk

It's incredible what's going on right now in the media's reporting of the Republican Party nomination race. For months Mike Huckabee was barely a dot on the radar of the mainstream media. If at all they mentioned him in their analyses and news reports he was usually the one-line or one-paragraph guy.

But all of a sudden it's all changing --- and very dramatically. In the past several days almost all the major mainstream media publications have been giving him the kind of indepth coverage normally reserved for the likes of Giuliani, Obama or Clinton.

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Posted at 6:53pm on Oct. 17, 2007 Huckabee Rocketing in Iowa

By Mediahawk

Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee is now definitely the man to watch out for in the GOP race, particularly in the early nominating state of Iowa.

According to Rasmussen's latest polls, Huckabee is now virtually tied with Fred Thompson for second position in Iowa.

See the numbers here .

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Posted at 3:14pm on Oct. 5, 2007 Mike Huckabee Continues to Make Impressive Gains in State and National Opinion Polls

By Mediahawk

crossposted @ newsandpolicy.com

The story over the past couple of days has been Ron Paul's haul of more than $5 million in the GOP nomination race and on the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton's fundraising triumph over Obama in the third quarter.

But it appears that the media is missing an even more important development in the nomination race --- Mike Huckabee's gradual but sustained upward movement in opinion polls and the decreasing gap between him and the four GOP top-tier candidates.

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Posted at 9:59pm on Sep. 5, 2007 Fred Thompson's Official Entry into the GOP Nomination Fight Will Shake up the Race

By Mediahawk

Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson is reportedly going to make his long-awaited presidential bid official tonight . Thompson's entry into the GOP nomination race is expected to shake things up quite a bit. For months now former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been the frontrunner. Giuliani has high favorability ratings among Republicans, including their conservative base. However, despite being in the good graces of so many of the party faithfuls, there remains a sense of unease about his candidacy. This is largely because of the perception that he's liberal on social issues such as homosexuality and abortion.

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Posted at 7:37pm on Aug. 12, 2007 Huckabee Emerges from Iowa Straw Poll as GOP Resurgent Candidate

By Mediahawk

With his second-placed position in the Iowa straw poll, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee has emerged as a potential resurgent candidate of the Republican Party presidential nomination race. The major focus of the media in the Iowa poll was the performance of former Massachusetts governor, Mitt Romney, who placed first with 32 percent of the 14,302 ballots cast, but who is now struggling to dispel perceptions that it was a hollow victory .

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Posted at 10:38pm on Aug. 11, 2007 Ames: Huckabee Second, The Poll details here...

By Mediahawk

Report: Gov Mitt Romney won the 2007 Ames straw poll, receiving 4516 votes, or 31%.

In a surprise, Gov. Mike Huckabee finished second with 2587 votes at 18.1%

More details at are posted @ newsandpolicy.com

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Posted at 2:37pm on Aug. 10, 2007 McCain Tacks Hard Right on Immigration as Bush Admin Cracks Down on Illegals

By Mediahawk

Following the immigration fiasco that splintered the party into warring factions, the Republican Party is attempting to transform that bone of contention into an olive branch to appease their base enraged and disgruntled by efforts by some party leaders to ram through a Senate immigration reform bill hated by the GOP grassroots. Party heavyweights such as Senators Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Jon Kyl (Ariz.) and his fellow Arizona senator and presidential candidate John McCain supported the defeated reform initiative. They formed part of the bipartisan group of senators that framed the failed bill. But according to media reports these same men are now the spearheading force behind a new bill that is in many respects radically different in emphasis to the aborted bill . What's more, the Bush administration which went stubbornly against mainstream GOP opinion by supporting the defeated bill is now trying to mend fences with the party's grassroots and its political and opinion leaders by cracking down hard on businesses that hire illegal immigrants.Terrence P. Jeffrey editor-at-large of Human Events has one of the best analysis of the announced Fed crackdown in National Review Online where he exposes some of exposes some of its weaknesses and potential long-term ineffectiveness .

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Posted at 4:51pm on Aug. 8, 2007 The Nightmare the Left and Democrats Have Been Dreading: The Tide of War in Iraq Might be Turning in Favor of the U.S.

By Mediahawk

It's certainly premature to make any hard and fast predictions at this point, but could it be that the tide of war in Iraq is turning in favor of the U.S. and the Iraqi military and that the nightmare that the left and the Democrats have been dreading --- defeat of the insurgents and terrorists --- is about to be visited on them? As observed by William Kristol in the Weekly Standard and Michael Barone in the political website Realclearpolitics.com, some recent developments seem to point to a positive turn in the war for the U.S. and the Bush administration. One of the most significant, as noted by Kristol is the fact that two leftist scholars who are no fans of Bush, Michael O'Hanlon and Ken Pollack of the Brookings Institution, recently penned an opinion piece in the New York Times in which they expressed guarded optimism that the war might after all be winnable . Kristol's piece is particularly noteworthy. He was one of the neo-conservatives who strongly pushed Bush to topple Saddam Hussein. However unlike many other neo-cons and initial supporters of the war he did not break away from Bush when his administration seemed to be botching the prosecution of the war. Neo-cons like Richard Perle were some of the most aggressive advocates of the Iraq invasion. But no sooner did the war seem to be a lost cause or another Vietnam than they turned against Bush and practically joined cause with the anti-war left to undermine him at his most weakened moments. Talk of fair-weather friends and allies. But Kristol faithfully stayed the course. He continued to back the war to the hilt and very importantly and beyond that, served as one of the most positive critics of the administration's prosecution of the war, rightly warning Bush against any attempt to retreat before the job was done. The consequences of retreating in defeat would haunt the U.S. for decades, he kept stressing. The only course was to stay the course, as difficult as it might be, until an honorable conclusion was arrived at. So given his consistent defence of the war and the possibility that history might ultimately vindicate his judgment, it's necessary to hear what Kristol has to say in regard to the recent events.

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Posted at 11:17pm on Aug. 5, 2007 Still Shopping: GOP Base Remains Dissatisfied With Field of Candidates

By Mediahawk

Five months to the GOP presidential primaries, social conservatives are still shopping for a candidate. The lack of a candidate of satisfactory conservative credentials and stature continues to be keenly felt in the party. This situation was reflected in a news report about the Iowa GOP presidential debate held Sunday morning.

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Posted at 2:37pm on Aug. 4, 2007 Democrats Going after Rove ... to Nail Bush

By Mediahawk

Congressional Democrats are ratcheting up their onslaught against Bush and the White House. In a dramatic development of events they have cited two top Bush aides --- White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten and White House Counsel Harriet Miers --- for contempt for failing to cooperate in the investigations regarding the firing of eight U.S. attorneys. Then rapidly ramping up the pressure they called for a special prosecutor to probe perjury allegations against Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Washingtonpost.com Staff Writer Paul Kane provides some details about the Democrats' charges against Gonzales.

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Posted at 10:56pm on Aug. 3, 2007 Giuliani: Resilient Frontrunner

By Mediahawk

Despite a clear liberal political track record on social issues that puts him on the wrong side of the influential conservative base of the Repubican Party, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani continues to lead the pack of GOP presidential hopefuls. Former Tennessee Republican senator Fred Thompson who is yet to officially declare his candidacy has been giving Giuliani a good run for his money, but the former New York mayor according to some polls is still managing to hold off the Thompson challenge . He has been the target of sustained attacks from both the left and the right, and yet as noted by Matthew Continetti of the Weekly Standard, Giuliani is standing and advancing boldly toward victory at the head of the pack when by many expectations he should be trudging toward defeat at the backend of the race.

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Posted at 6:18pm on Aug. 2, 2007 Hunting Rove

By Mediahawk

Democrats are again in the hunt for Karl Rove, Bush's top political strategist. Rove was summoned by the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify in the case of the firing of eight U.S. attorneys. But citing executive privilege President Bush rightly barred Rove from testifying. And reports such as this by the CNN say Rove was a no-show at today's hearings. For what the Dem-controlled Senate really wants is to use an appearance by Rove to set traps for him and Bush. See a good analysis of the Dem's gameplan.

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