Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee defended Friday his tax and spending record while governor of Arkansas as his surging candidacy brings fresh attacks from primary rivals. "These are the same critics who if they were around and influential back then, Ronald Reagan would never have been elected president,'' Huckabee told reporters after speaking to the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce at the Holiday Inn here. "Ronald Reagan got elected governor of California in 1966 by pledging not to raise taxes and in 1967, to balance the budget, he had to approve a tax increase.'' While governor for 10-1/2 years, Huckabee...