Huckabee is pro-amnesty. In an interview a couple of weeks ago, he was asked about how his platform married up with his former position...he said illegals should get citizenship, but that they needed to return to their home country and apply - and that they could be back in the US in days, on a path to citizenship. That is amnesty.
Huckabee's tax plan is to replace the income tax with a sales tax. Anyone who has watched Congress knows it will NEVER pass. It would be a huge loss of power for Congress, which is why it will never get close to 50% support. Someone advocating that as their only tax platform is either very ignorant about Congress, or dishonest.
Huckabee's anti-abortion plan is to pass the HRA. Given how hard it was to get Alito on the Bench, no sane person would conclude Congress would pass a HRA. Supporting the HRA is tantamount to doing nothing about abortion.
On Iraq, his comments scare me. Based on his speeches and published articles, he doesn't have clue one about how the world works. His comments that we haven't tried to negotiate with Iran reveal either gross ignorance, or gross stupidity. It simply ignores the facts. His comments about invading Pakistan were stupid when Obama made them, and aren't any better coming out of Huckabee's mouth.
This isn't about Christianity, it is about HOW TO ACHIEVE our goals. And Huckabee, weighed in the measures, falls short. Way short!
“Huckabee is pro-amnesty”
he has said many times that he wants all illegals to leave and apply for work visas in their home countries. His stated position is that they then go to the end of the visa line.
As far as his foreign policy experience is concerned, I agree. Then again, except for McCain, none of them have any.