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In a letter to National Review Online, Huckabee's Director of Research, Joe Carter, writes that "Governor Huckabee is a supporter of school vouchers, and has always been a supporter of school vouchers." Carter's claim contradicts many news reports: --As the Club pointed out in a December 13th press release, the Concord Monitor reports that the New Hampshire affiliate of the National Education Association endorsed Huckabee specifically because of his opposition to school vouchers. In fact, the affiliate's President, Rhonda Wesolowski, released the following statement about the NEA's endorsement of Huckabee: Among Republicans, Governor Huckabee was the only candidate to show...

In the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination, five candidates are within nine points of the lead. It’s Mike Huckabee at21%, Rudy Giuliani 19%, Mitt Romney at 15%, Fred Thompson at 13% and John McCain at 12% (see recent daily numbers). Ron Paul currently attracts 5% of Likely Republican Primary voters nationwide.

Well… not really: In light of Mike Huckabee’s heartfelt apology to Mitt Romney for making reference to Romney’s religion in the New York Times Magazine, we at the Thompson Campaign would like to offer Huckabee our own heartfelt apologies for some references we’ve made about his record as Governor of Arkansas. We apologize for pointing out that as Governor of Arkansas, Huckabee offered in-state tuition to illegal immigrants. That’s something he’d probably just as soon no one talk about. We apologize for pointing out that in 2002 Huckabee wrote Pres. Bush a letter asking him to lift the Cuban embargo....

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows Mike Huckabee attracts support from 22% of Likely Republican Primary voters nationwide. In the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination Rudy Giuliani remains close to the lead and earns the vote from 19%. The frontrunners are followed by Mitt Romney at 14%, Fred Thompson at 12% and John McCain at 11% (see recent daily numbers). Ron Paul currently attracts 6% of Likely Republican Primary voters nationwide. This past week, Rasmussen Reports released early voting state polling data showing Huckabee’s lead growing in Iowa, Romney firewall holding in New Hampshire, and...

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows little change in the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination. Huckabee attracts support from 23% of Likely Republican Primary voters nationwide and Rudy Giuliani earns the vote from 19%. The frontrunners are followed by Mitt Romney at 15%, John McCain at 11%, and Fred Thompson at 11% (see recent daily numbers). Ron Paul currently attracts 5% of Likely Republican Primary voters nationwide. However, there is a stunning change in Florida, a state where Giuliani has been ahead for most of the year. The former New York City Mayor now trails...

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows Mike Huckabee and Rudy Giuliani still leading nationally in the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination. Huckabee attracts support from 23% of Likely Republican Primary voters nationwide and Rudy Giuliani earns the vote from 19%. The frontrunners are followed by Mitt Romney at 15%, John McCain at 12%, and Fred Thompson at 9% (see recent daily numbers). Ron Paul currently attracts 5% of Likely Republican Primary voters nationwide.

Rudy Mitt Huckabee   By Don FederFrontPageMagazine.com | Wednesday, December 12, 2007 On the issue of illegal immigration, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, and Mitt Romney have begun doing passable impressions of Lou Dobbs. But can you trust a candidate whose record contradicts his campaign rhetoric? At the recent CNN/YouTube debate, Romney and Rudy squared off on what's shaping up to be the defining issue of Campaign 2008 -- with the ferocity of rabid mongooses. Rudy -- who wants to "secure the border" (is there anyone, including Hillary, who says they don't?) -- bragged that as mayor of New York...

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination can’t get much closer. Mike Huckabee attracts support from 22% of Likely Republican Primary voters nationwide and holds a statistically insignificant one-point lead over Rudy Giuliani. With 21% support, the former Mayor of New York is followed by Mitt Romney at 14%, Fred Thompson at 12% and John McCain at 9% (see recent daily numbers). Ron Paul currently attracts 5% of Likely Republican Primary voters nationwide. New polling data released today shows Mike Huckabee with a 16-percentage point lead in Iowa. Mitt...

Every Democrat running for president thinks anti-illegal immigration activists are all racists and xenophobes. Do we really need a Republican nominee for president who thinks the same way? Breakout GOP candidate Mike Huckabee, the soft-on-border control former governor of Arkansas, scored a jaw-dropping endorsement Tuesday from Jim Gilchrist, founder of the Minuteman Project. Despite a long gubernatorial record opposing employer sanctions and pushing tax-subsidized illegal alien education benefits, Huckabee won Gilchrist's support by unveiling a last-minute, tough-sounding homeland security plan. Trouble is, Huckabee has downright and longstanding contempt for his new bedfellows of convenience. Just two years ago, Huckabee appeared...

Why hasn't this charmer with a perfect record on the right's core social litmus tests not already wrapped up the Republican nomination? Look no further than the uber-conservatives who are spitting mad that he's too nice to poor people and foreigners. During a media conference call in October, when he was riding high from his strong showing at the Values Voter Summit, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee was asked how his populist economic message would sell to financially strapped Michigan voters. After arguing that a thriving stock market doesn't exactly resonate with working-class voters, Huckabee chastised his fellow Republicans for...

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination can’t get much closer. Mike Huckabee attracts support from 22% of Likely Republican Primary voters nationwide and holds a statistically insignificant one-point lead over Rudy Giuliani. With 21% support, the former Mayor of New York is followed by Mitt Romney at 14%, Fred Thompson at 12% and John McCain at 9% (see recent daily numbers). Ron Paul currently attracts 5% of Likely Republican Primary voters nationwide. A Rasmussen Reports analysis shows how each of the top five candidates could win the nomination....

Fred Thompson knocks him for flip-flopping -- not supporting the Cuba embargo after calling for it to be lifted as late as 2002 -- but what is jaw-dropping is this: Since then, Huckabee said, he had been able to find new markets for the rice market by going to Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea to find Asian markets for the state’s rice. Another reason for the policy change, explained Huckabee, was that he was "really not that aware" of the issues that exist between Cuba and the United States. "Being in Arkansas, that’s not one of the issues I am...

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows Rudy Giuliani with 24% support. That’s five points more than Mike Huckabee’s 19% of the vote in the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination. Mitt Romney attracts 13% while Fred Thompson and John McCain are tied at 11% (see recent daily numbers). Ron Paul currently attracts 4% of Likely Republican Primary voters nationwide. See general election match-ups and other key stats for Republican candidates. The race remains very fluid and it is still easier to show how each of the leading candidates will lose the nomination rather than win it....

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Sen. John McCain and former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani stood alone among the Republican presidential candidates in last night's Spanish-language debate in calling for some illegal aliens to be granted a path to citizenship. "None of us have been perfect — all of us have been struggling with this for a long time," Mr. Giuliani said, summing up the flip-flops most of the top-tier Republican candidates have made on the issue during the presidential campaign. He and Mr. McCain said that after the border is secure, the illegal alien population can be addressed, with some being...

The more I read about the efforts Huckabee made to win the release of Wayne DuMond and the governor's defense of his actions after DuMond went and murdered two women, the less savory his defense seems. The Los Angeles Times has a detailed story detailing Huckabee's claims that he didn't pressure the parole board which are refuted by several other witnesses of his appearance before the board. Though he acknowledged discussing the case with the state parole board, Huckabee said that conversation was "simply part of a broader discussion" initiated at the request of the board chairman. "I did not...

By ANDREW DeMILLO, Associated Press Writer Mon Dec 10, 3:10 AM ET LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - As governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee had a hand in twice as many pardons and commutations as his three predecessors combined. The case he's asked about most concerns the parole of a castrated rapist who later killed a woman. Although the Republican presidential contender plays down any personal involvement in that release, Huckabee granted 1,033 pardons and commutations in his 10 1/2 years as governor of Arkansas. The acts of clemency benefited the stepson of a staff member, murderers who worked at the governor's...

Sunday, December 09, 2007 Advertisment Rudy Giuliani and Mike Huckabee continue to lead national polling in the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination, but they’ve switched places. The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows Giuliani with 22% support while Huckabee earns 19% of the vote. Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson are tied for third at 13% and John McCain is at 10% (see recent daily numbers). Ron Paul currently attracts 5% of Likely Republican Primary voters nationwide. In the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination, it’s Clinton at 38%, Obama at 27% and Edwards at 13%. Bill...

Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee, seeking to blunt criticism of his record on immigration, has issued an extensive new plan that calls for illegal aliens to return home voluntarily, pushes employers to check workers' status and would end several legal immigration programs. It marks a major change in tone from Mr. Huckabee's tenure as governor of Arkansas, when he campaigned for illegal-alien students to be eligible for college scholarships and financial aid and complained about federal raids on work sites that employed illegal workers. In his book earlier this year, he also called for a way for illegal aliens to...

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows Mike Huckabee with a single point advantage over Rudy Giuliani in the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination--it’s Huckabee 21% and Giuliani 20%. Three other candidates are within ten points of the lead--Mitt Romney at 13% John McCain at 11% and Fred Thompson at 11% (see recent daily numbers). Ron Paul is the only other candidate with measurable support and he currently attracts 5% of Likely Republican Primary voters nationwide. Seventeen percent (17%) remain undecided. Results for the Presidential Tracking Poll are obtained through nightly telephone interviews and reported on...

In the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination, Mike Huckabee retains a three-point edge with support from 21% of Likely Republican Primary Voters nationwide while Rudy Giuliani is the top choice for 18%. Mitt Romney earns 12% while Fred Thompson and John McCain each attract 11% (see recent daily numbers). Five candidates are within ten points of the lead and all five could conceivably become the party’s eventual nominee. Ron Paul is the only other candidate with measurable support and he currently attracts 8% of Likely Republican Primary voters nationwide. New data released today shows that Huckabee is the new...