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Huckabee Ready for a 'Miracle'

Arkansas governor won't quit race despite impossible odds

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 10, 2008 2:30 PM CST

(Newser) – Mere numbers, it seems, won’t stop Mike Huckabee from fighting till the end. Despite apparently insurmountable odds, the Republican candidate says he won’t “walk off the field,” the Chicago Tribune reports. John McCain has enough delegates that landslides in every remaining... Read full story »

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