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Posted at 12:40pm on Feb. 6, 2008 Huckabee supporters second choice is McCain by 2 to 1

By michaelac

this alone should be enough for Romney to drop out. I've been saying this for two months and I've had to listen to talk radio say Huckabee supporters will go to Romney. Talk radio needs to admit they've been wrong about this.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/gallup/2008/02/is-huckabee-hur.html

McCain wins over Romney as the second choice of Huckabee voters by more than a 2 to 1 margin, 64% to 28%. Indeed, McCain beats Romney 42% to 24% with Huckabee in the race (Huckabee gets 18% of the vote, Ron Paul gets 5%, and Alan Keyes gets 2%). With a narrowed-down ballot focused just on McCain and Romney (forcing Huckabee voters to choose between the two front-runners), McCain wins 53% to 30% -- a slightly expanded margin

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Posted at 6:01pm on Jan. 27, 2008 Lindsey Graham and his 90 day Iraq deadline

By michaelac

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1665833,00.html

Graham told TIME Wednesday that the Iraqi leaders have 90 days to start resolving their political differences with real legislative agreements or face a change in strategy by the U.S. "If they can't do it in 90 days," he said, "it means the major players don't want to."

So, the questions I have are as follows…

How much progress did the Iraqi government make on oil revenues, de-Baathification, and provincial election before his deadline?

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Posted at 10:47pm on Jan. 7, 2008 Romney lied twice in the ABC debate

By michaelac

first he said he never called McCain's plan amnesty. Then he said his ad does call it amnesty but he had not seen it. OK, so you're putting out expensive television ad's that begin with your approval but you say you never saw the ad. I'm sorry, that says a lot about the man. here's the other lie.

“I do not support and have never supported a time withdrawl”

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Posted at 7:31pm on Jan. 6, 2008 Huckabee thanks vets

By michaelac

This is a video from Huckabee’s appearance in New Hampshire. Rich Lowry commented on the speech, and from watching the video, you begin to understand why Huckabee is such a brilliant politician.

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Posted at 2:11pm on Jan. 1, 2008 New Hampshire-McCain takes lead-McCain 31 Romney 25

By michaelac

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/01/542238.aspx

The Republican numbers: McCain 31%, Romney 25%, Giuliani 14%, Huckabee 9%

Romney will have a hard time coming back from McCain's surge.

Also, I'm sure David Brook's op-ed will hurt him.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/01/opinion/01brooks.html?ref=todayspaper&...

"The leaders of the Republican coalition know Romney will lose. But some would rather remain in control of a party that loses than lose control of a party that wins. Others haven’t yet suffered the agony of defeat, and so are not yet emotionally ready for the trauma of transformation. Others still simply don’t know which way to turn."

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Posted at 11:08pm on Dec. 31, 2007 Des Moines Register-Huckabee 32 Romney 26

By michaelac

polling ended on Sunday. I think this is why Huckabee pulled the ad at the last minute.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071231/NEW...

Huckbaee maintains his lead in Iowa over Romney.

Huckabee 32
Romney 26
McCain 13

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Posted at 11:33pm on Dec. 28, 2007 Quad City Times Poll-Huckabee 34 Romeny 27

By michaelac

this is the second poll in the last few days to show Huckabee holding on to his lead in Iowa.

http://www.qctimes.com/articles/2007/12/28/news/elections/doc47752698aab...

For Republicans, Huckabee leads with 34 percent, followed by Romney with 27 percent. Fred Thompson is a distant third with 11 percent, followed by a three-way tie for fourth between Rudy Giuliani, John McCain and Ron Paul with 8 points each. Duncan Hunter had 1 percent, and 3 percent were undecided.

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Posted at 8:10pm on Dec. 25, 2007 Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee both increased spending by 5.2 billion

By michaelac

OK, I would like to get down to who spent more while they were in office. It looks like Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney both increased spending by 5.2 billion. I’ve attached links to Factcheck.org and an article by Centers for Small Government. Mike Huckabee was Governor for 10 1/2 years, while Mitt Romney governed a larger state for less than half the time. What can we read into the numbers? Will Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson stop saying he increased spending from 6 billion to 16 billion now that Factcheck.org has called them on their misleading information?

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Posted at 9:15pm on Dec. 19, 2007 I'm Mitt Romney, and I approve this misleading ad

By michaelac

Mitt Romney said today that Mike Huckabee has not disputed the facts in his negative ad's. It is becoming clear that Mitt Romney will do and say anything to become President.

Mitt Romney=the pot calling the kettle black.

Mitt Romney had 100 Requests for Commutations while in office.

Mike Huckabee had 8700 Requests for Commutations while in office.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/80949/page/1

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Posted at 8:55pm on Dec. 15, 2007 Huckabee and pro life appointees

By michaelac

http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=26206&page=2

"I will staff all relevant positions with pro-life appointees."

Ok, I'm one of the few Huckabee supporters on here, but this statement confuses me. In what positions will not being pro life be a deal breaker? I know he wants a pro-life Supreme Court nominee but will he have a litmus test? I hope a reporter asks him what positions will require being pro life. Even Condi Rice is pro choice. Does this mean he will only appoint pro lifers to his cabinet? He needs to clarify this statement. I’m pro-life, but I do not believe in a Supreme Court litmus test, nor do I believe that most of the cabinet positions require a pro-life appointee.

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Posted at 1:22am on Dec. 15, 2007 Huckabee on NPR today

By michaelac

I think Huckabee will win over enough of you fiscal conservatives over time.

listen

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17265301

In an interview on Fox News recently, you said that the government should not be bailing out people whose mortgages are about to reset to interest rates that they can't afford. Foreclosures are at record rates right now. Wouldn't doing nothing — as millions of Americans risk losing their homes — smack of Herbert Hoover deferring to the market as 25 percent of Americans were unemployed in the Depression?

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Posted at 11:54pm on Dec. 9, 2007 Fingertips at work against Mike Huckabee

By michaelac

I wonder if Mike's campaign even wants to bother with stuff like this.

It amazes me how many of the campaigns are digging for dirt. I’ve supported Huckabee since June, and I’ve never received an email from the campaign attacking another candidate’s positions. The only thing I’ve ever received is his response to something Mitt or Fred has said. The uplifting optimist candidate who promises change will win the nomination.

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