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Likely GOP Presidential Candidates Slam Obama Budget Plan

Apr 14th 2011 – 4:26AM
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CONCORD, N.H. -- The Republicans vying to challenge President Barack Obama next year are universally panning his budget proposal as political gimmickry and another example of his inability to lead. The likely candidates lined up Wednesday against Obama's budget proposal, which would cut the federal deficit by $4 trillion...

46 Percent of Mississippi Republicans Want Interracial Marriage Banned

By Lauren FrayerApr 8th 2011 – 8:24AM
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A new poll gauging Mississippi Republicans' preferences going into the 2012 election ended up revealing something more startling: 46 percent of GOP voters in the state think interracial marriage should be illegal. Results were announced Thursday by Public Policy Polling, a polling firm based in North Carolina. The company...

'Feelings Thermometer': Michelle Obama Ranks 'Warmest' With Voters, Pelosi 'Coldest'

Mar 7th 2011 – 9:21AM
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Jose Luis Magana, AP

Everyone is used to the familiar "horse race" poll that tells us who is out front when it comes to a campaign, but Quinnipiac University has a different measure for some of today's leading political personalities: namely, who ranks the "warmest" and "coldest" on a "feelings thermometer"?

Mike Huckabee Rips Natalie Portman Over Out-of-Wedlock Pregnancy

By Mara GayMar 4th 2011 – 2:46PM
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Mike Huckabee slammed actress Natalie Portman on a radio show for glamorizing out-of-wedlock pregnancy at the Academy Awards and sending an irresponsible message to women. The former Arkansas governor and possible presidential hopeful said on "The Michael Medved Show" this week that most unwed mothers aren't able to...

Mike Huckabee Disses Natalie Portman; Why Not Bristol Palin? Twitter Asks

By Steven HofferMar 4th 2011 – 2:33PM

Not so fast, Mike Huckabee. The former Arkansas governor is taking some serious heat for his comments on Monday criticizing Academy Award-winning actress Natalie Portman for being unmarried and pregnant. "People see a Natalie Portman who boasts, 'We're not married, but we're having these children, and they're doing just...

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Tom Cotton, Club for Growth Favorite, Leading Arkansas Republican House Primary

May 22nd 2012 - 03:17PM

Army reservist Tom Cotton appears positioned to defeat Beth Anne Rankin, an aide to former-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R), in Tuesday's House Republican Primary in Arkansas.

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Mike Huckabee And Citizens United Were Totally Just Kidding About That 'Political Whores' Mailer

By Jason Linkins May 17th 2012 - 12:32PM

Earlier this week, BuzzFeed's Zeke Miller obtained a hard copy of a letter from the conservative nonprofit group Citizens United, signed by sometime presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, in which Huckabee complained that President Barack Obama had "surrounded himself with morally repugnant...

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  • 06/01/12 Mike Huckaby to Release EP via Tresor Source: XLR8R Detroit techno visionary Mike Huckaby is set to drop the aptly titled, three-track Tresor EP via the Berlin-based Tresor imprint.
  • 05/31/12 Huckabee to Newsmax: Obama Attacks on Wealthy... Source: Newsmax.com Former Arkansas Gov. Michael Huckabee insists that President Obama's attacks on wealthy Americans are nothing more than a "political tactic" to sway voters.
  • 05/31/12 South Carolina: André Bauer Gets Mike Huckabee... Source: Roll Call - Washington DC Former South Carolina Lt. Gov. André Bauer picked up the endorsement of 2008 GOP White House hopeful and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) today.
  • 05/30/12 Mike Huckabee endorses Mitt Romney Source: ABC - WMUR 9 - Manchester NH Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee didn't make an endorsement during the Republican primary, but on Wednesday in New Hampshire, he gave his backing to Mitt Romney.
  • 05/30/12 Mike Huckabee visits NH Source: ABC - WMUR 9 - Manchester NH Former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee (R-Arkansas) is returning to New Hampshire on Wednesday evening to headline the Republicans' annual state fundraiser at the Radisson in Manchester.

Background on mike huckabee

Michael Dale "Mike" Huckabee (born August 24, 1955) is an American politician who served as the 44th Governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007. He was a candidate in the 2008 United States Republican presidential primaries, finishing second in delegate count and third in both popular vote and number of states won (behind both John McCain and Mitt Romney).

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