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NEWS ABOUT: Mike Huckabee

Mike Huckabee stories: 210 news summaries

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Huckabee Easily Wins
Kansas Caucus

He trounces McCain in a state heavy
with conservative voters

Feb 9, 08 2:59 PM CST
(Newser) - Mike Huckabee easily won the Kansas caucuses today over John McCain, NBC reports. Huckabee took 60% of the vote, McCain 24%, and Ron Paul 11%. He won at least 33 of the 36 delegates up for grabs. The win, which comes in a state with a strong base of conservative... More »

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John McCain • Mike Huckabee • Kansas caucus • Election 2008

Hoping for a Miracle, Huckabee Vows to Fight On

Candidate says he's not just a "fly in the ointment"; critics say he's after VP slot

Feb 9, 08 12:30 PM CST
(Newser) - He’s already outlasted America’s mayor, a Law and Order star, and a millionaire former governor. Now, despite eating John McCain's dust in the GOP delegate race, Mike Huckabee vowed today to continue to fight for the White House, Reuters reports. “Am I quitting? No, I’m... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Republican • Mike Huckabee • vice president • Republican nomination • George W. Bush

Key Evangelical Leader
to Endorse Huckabee

First primary endorsement ever for Focus on Family founder

Feb 8, 08 4:41 AM CST
(Newser) - One of the most influential Evangelical Christian leaders in the nation is expected today to endorse Mike Huckabee, providing a major boost to his campaign among conservatives, AP reports. James Dobson, founder of Colorado's Focus on the Family organization, has never before endorsed a Republican presidential candidate during a primary... More »

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Mitt Romney • James Dobson • Mike Huckabee • Focus on the Family • evangelicals • Republican candidate • endorsement • Election 2008

Would-be Spoilers Await Break

Huck and Mitt hope delicate party dynamics will topple McCain

Feb 7, 08 7:26 AM CST
(Newser) - John McCain's strong Super Tuesday showing has left him looking like a sure thing to win the Republican nomination, but Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney are staying in the race and hoping for a change, the Wall Street Journal reports. "Once you're out of the race, you're out. But... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Republican • Super Tuesday • conservative • Mike Huckabee • Republican nomination • Republican National Convention

OPINION

Four Takes on the GOP's Night

Scribes talk McCain's conservative problem, the Romney slight, and Huckabee as VP

Feb 6, 08 12:46 PM CST
(Newser) - With the big day behind us, four writers look to where Super Tuesday results leave the GOP:
  • John McCain “had an impressive night,” says Jim Hood in National Review, but still lost in many states among Republicans—and had terrible conservatives stats. He’s no good for
... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Karl Rove • Super Tuesday • conservative • Mike Huckabee • Mormon

Cautious TV Wins Super Tuesday

Chastened by mistakes on New Hampshire, 2004, stations stay calm

Feb 6, 08 10:47 AM CST
(Newser) - It was a chastened, circumspect TV news machine that creaked into action last night, the New York Times reports. After trusting ultimately incorrect polls in New Hampshire, pundits seemed terrified of making bold calls—a strategy that worked out, since the primary bonanza settled nothing. The biggest gaffe came from... More »

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television • Hillary Clinton • Super Tuesday • primary • Latino voters • Mike Huckabee • pundits • endorsement • network television

McCain Dominates But Doesn't Clinch Party Base

Solidifies frontrunner status, shows weakness with the party's right

Feb 6, 08 6:16 AM CST
(Newser) - With twice as many delegates as Huckabee and Romney combined, John McCain emerged last night as the unquestioned leader in the GOP race. “Tonight I think we must get used to the idea that we are the Republican party frontrunner," he told supporters gleefully. But his losses to... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Super Tuesday • GOP • Mike Huckabee • Republican candidate • Republican presidential primaries

Romney Gears Up
for Hard Fight

With mere scattered victories, he vows to battle to bitter end

Feb 6, 08 5:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Victorious only in his home state of Massachusetts, Utah, and five caucus states, Mitt Romney vowed last night to stay in the campaign—and is digging in for a long, hard battle, AP reports. Speaking in Boston, Romney pledged to fight all the way to the convention, casting his campaign... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Super Tuesday • Boston • Mike Huckabee • Utah • West Virginia • Republican nomination

Huckabee Storms Back In

Huckabee's strong Southern showing complicates GOP race

Feb 6, 08 2:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Mike Huckabee was expected to win his home state of Arkansas on Super Tuesday, but his wins in West Virginia, Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia on top of that have put the supposed "third wheel" back in the race for the GOP nomination, the Washington Post reports. "Sometimes one... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Republican • Super Tuesday • Arkansas • conservative • Georgia • Mike Huckabee • Alabama • Tennessee • West Virginia

Arkansas Called for Clinton, Huckabee

Hometown kids win
in Natural State

Feb 5, 08 7:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton and Mike Huckabee are the projected winners in the state of Arkansas, where both have deep roots. The candidates were widely expected to take the honors in the home of a town called Hope, after each was part of the state's first family, MSNBC reports. The Natural State... More »

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Arkansas • Mike Huckabee • Election 2008

Clinton Scores Mass. Surprise

Kennedy, Kerry endorsements
can't help Obama overcome ad blitz

Feb 5, 08 7:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton topped Barack Obama in the Massachusetts primary today, overcoming his fervent endorsements by Ted Kennedy and John Kerry, MSNBC reports. Clinton did benefit from backing by state lawmakers like the senate president, Therese Murray, who implied Clinton lost the big endorsements because she is a woman, the AP... More »

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Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • John McCain • Mike Huckabee • Massachusetts • Democratic presidential primaries • Republican presidential primaries • Election 2008

Huckabee Scores 1st Blood With W.Va. Victory

Ex-Ark. gov takes down Romney after McCain voters' 2nd-round switch

Feb 5, 08 2:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Mike Huckabee won the first 18 delegates awarded on Super Tuesday, capturing the West Virginia convention over Mitt Romney, 557-522. The ex-Arkansas governor won the contest in the second round after John McCain voters shifted to him, irking Romney supporters. Said one Romney booster, “These are the juvenile actions... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Mike Huckabee • West Virginia

Obama Momentum Opens Lead in California: Poll

Mitt boost in jackpot state may slow McCain

Feb 4, 08 6:58 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama is pulling out in front of Hillary Clinton in Missouri and California the day before all-important Super Tuesday, according to the latest Reuters/C-Span/Zogby poll. GOP contender John McCain is well ahead of Mitt Romney in New York and New Jersey, but Romney has boosted his lead in California,... More »

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Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Super Tuesday • presidential campaign • Mike Huckabee

Clinton, Obama Neck-and-Neck in National Poll

With Rudy out, McCain clear-cut GOP favorite; Edwards' effect unclear

Feb 3, 08 6:34 AM CST
(Newser) - As the race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama continues to tighten, GOP candidate John McCain is enjoying more overwhelming support than ever, according to the latest Washington Post-ABC News national poll. Clinton's 47%-43% lead over Obama falls within the poll's margin of error, with no clear sign of who... More »

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Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Super Tuesday • Mike Huckabee • Ron Paul

Paul, Obama Score Highest
in MTV Debate

Huckabee and Clinton win fewest youth votes in 'instant' polling

Feb 2, 08 9:59 PM CST
(Newser) - Four White House hopefuls were beamed in to MTV's "Closing Arguments" debate in New York tonight and one took first place in "instant" polling: Ron Paul. His stand for friendly foreign relations won over 73% of those polled, and roughly half promised him their vote. Barack Obama fared... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • MTV • presidential debate • Mike Huckabee • Ron Paul • polling • Election 2008

Prez Hopefuls Get Their MTV

Candidates to face young voters in MTV/Myspace 'Super Dialogue'

Feb 2, 08 9:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Voters hoping to get a question in to Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Mike Huckabee or Ron Paul before Super Tuesday will get their chance tonight when the candidates appear via satellite on an MTV/Myspace forum. John McCain and Mitt Romney were also invited to the event, the fourth in the... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • MySpace • MTV • Mike Huckabee • Ron Paul • Election 2008 • young voters

Polls Predict Easy Ride
for McCain

State-by-state look gives him Super Tuesday victory

Feb 2, 08 8:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Snowballing support for John McCain means he could just about wrap it up on Super Tuesday, TPM Election Central reports. A state-by-state look at the 21 races sees him leading in most and, thanks to differing rules on apportioning of GOP delegates, McCain will walk away from Romney states with... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Republican • Super Tuesday • Mike Huckabee • poll

McCain, Romney Spar
in California Debate

Former Mass. governor questions front-runner's conservative credentials

Jan 30, 08 7:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Mitt Romney took aim at John McCain's conservative credentials at a debate in California tonight, looking for a chink in the front-runner's armor less than a week before Super Tuesday, the AP reports. McCain, endorsed by Rudy Giuliani hours earlier, shrugged off the attack. The two also sparred on Iraq,... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Republican • presidential debate • Mike Huckabee • tax cuts

OPINION

Mitt's Seconds Looking More Like Lasts

Without big win, and taking lumps from departing GOP rivals

Jan 30, 08 2:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Mitt Romney is “almost there” in his quest to narrow the GOP race to two, but the men he’s beating are hanging tough against him—and the silvers aren’t adding up to gold. The departing Rudy Giuliani is passing the torch to John McCain, while Mike Huckabee—... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Mike Huckabee • Florida primary

McCain Grabs Frontrunner Crown With Florida Win

Momentum shadowed by some concerns

Jan 30, 08 4:27 AM CST
(Newser) - GOP hopeful John McCain won in Florida last night by pulling together the same coalition that worked for him in New Hampshire and South Carolina: moderates, voters concerned about the economy, and those most disenchanted with Bush. Romney campaigned on "fixing Washington" but McCain is the candidate with a... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Mike Huckabee • Republican presidential primaries • Florida primary • Election 2008

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