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New York Times
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Dec 22, 07 11:55 AM CST
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Mike Huckabee surged to the top of the polls in the Republican presidential contest partly because of his squeaky clean image, but the persona emerging from years as governor of Arkansas is quite different, the New York Times reports. Supporters and critics alike remember him as a hard-charging iconoclast with little tolerance for opposition and an appetite for unpopular positions.
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New Republic
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Dec 21, 07 7:32 PM CST
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The unexpected surge of populist Mike Huckabee has exposed a core Republican rift, separating the religious right from the financial conservatives, EJ Dionne writes in the New Republic . Hucksters tend to be socially conservative but they're tired of seeing protection of the wealthy prioritized above family values, and they're not antithetical to government to assistance the poor, he writes.
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Wall Street Journal
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Dec 19, 07 8:42 PM CST
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Rudy Giuliani’s lead among the field of Republican presidential hopefuls is gone. In the latest NBC News/ Wall Street Journal poll, the ex-mayor lost his double-digit advantage and is now tied nationally with Mitt Romney at 20%. Mike Huckabee has surged and is now nipping at their heels with 17%, while John McCain has 14%. The shifts highlight the fluctuating dynamic of the Republican contest, the Journal notes.
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New York Times
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Dec 19, 07 4:22 PM CST
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Mike Huckabee’s campaign is experiencing growing pains, the New York Times reports, with his surge to the top of the Republican heap forcing his understaffed organization to face an onslaught of criticism, particularly from Mitt Romney’s well-oiled political machine. “I have a lot more enemies now, but that’s part of the deal,” Huckabee says. "My opponents have taken out all the sharp knives.”
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Reuters
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Dec 15, 07 8:08 AM CST
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GOP contender Mike Huckabee has grabbed the top spot among Republican candidates in South Carolina because voters find him the most "believable," according to a poll released yesterday. "Huckabee has come on because he has a more personable or pastoral appeal to a lot of voters," a political science professor noted. Huckabee, whose support appears to be growing across the nation, was backed by 24% of those polled.
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Politico
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Dec 14, 07 8:23 PM CST
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For Mike Huckabee, the season of giving lasts all year long, Politico reports. An analysis of records from Huckabee's tenure as Arkansas governor showed that he accepted more than 90 gifts from 21 Arkansans he later appointed to state posts. And those people kept giving: they contributed more than $161,000 to the Huckabee campaign, Politico finds. A Huckabee attorney called the correlation "a coincidence."
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CNN
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Dec 13, 07 4:47 AM CST
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Surging GOP candidate Mike Huckabee apologized to Mitt Romney yesterday for having asked a reporter if Mormons believed that Jesus and the Devil are brothers. Huckabee said he apologized after the Republican debate in Iowa, and Romney "graciously" accepted. Earlier this week Romney had slammed Huckabee, a former Baptist minister, for his statement, saying it went too far and "It's not the American way."
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MSNBC
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Dec 12, 07 4:45 PM CST
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Republican presidential hopefuls held their final debate before Iowa’s Jan. 3 caucuses today in Des Moines, focusing on taxes and using only a few sharp words. Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, suddenly the front-runner in state polls, remained largely in the background, MSNBC reports, avoiding controversy and urging candidates “to quit fighting amongst ourselves.”
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Associated Press
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Dec 12, 07 3:27 PM CST
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Mitt Romney is rebutting Mike Huckabee’s suggestion that Mormons believe Jesus and Satan are brothers, saying Huckabee “is really going too far” by “attacking” his religion. The former Massachusetts governor said it’s “just not the American way” to impugn personal beliefs. Mormon faith does not describe Jesus and Satan as brothers, the AP reports, but rather conforms to the Biblical account.
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CNN
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Dec 12, 07 11:31 AM CST
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Hillary Clinton’s lead in New Hampshire has evaporated, a CNN poll finds. Clinton's approval rating is at 31%, off 5% since November, leaving her in a statistical tie with Barack Obama, who's at 30%. Clinton’s support among female Democrats has fallen from 43% to 33%. Mike Huckabee hasn't replicated his Iowa surge—his 9% rating pales against GOP leader Mitt Romney's 32%.
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Washington Post
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Dec 12, 07 9:55 AM CST
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With the first voting three weeks away, Republicans across the country remain fragmented among five leading candidates, but a new poll shows marked gains for Mike Huckabee. Rudy Giuliani still leads the pack with 25% support, but Huckabee's Iowa surge is moving to the national stage, where he has risen to 19% from 9% in early November, the Washington Post reports.
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Los Angeles Times
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Dec 11, 07 9:49 AM CST
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Mike Huckabee vowed yesterday that he'll strengthen the embargo against Cuba—an about-face from a 2002 letter he wrote President Bush seeking to lift the ban for economic reasons, reports the Los Angeles Times. The change, presented in Miami to a Cuban audience, is just part of the candidate's recent toughened stance on immigration.
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CNN
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Dec 10, 07 7:44 PM CST
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Former second-tier candidate Mike Huckabee has jumped to top spot by virtually tying Rudy Giuliani in a national poll today, CNN reports. Mired at 5% of GOP votes only two months ago, Huckabee leaped to 22%, just 2% shy of Giuliani—well within the CNN poll's range of error. What's more, Huckabee is now number one among GOP hopefuls in Iowa.
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New York Times
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Dec 9, 07 1:51 PM CST
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What explains Mike Huckabee’s sudden transformation from long-shot hopeful to polling contender nipping at Giuliani’s heels? It’s not just tardy rallying of the religious right behind the Baptist preacher, argues the New York Times' Frank Rich, but Huck’s Obama-esque rejection of the Rudy-Romney “calling cards of fear, torture, and nativism” and gentle, non-partisan approach to politics.
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Associated Press
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Dec 7, 07 7:29 AM CST
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A new poll for AP sees Mike Huckabee rocketing into second place in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, shaving support off of Fred Thompson. Rudy Giuliani remains the frontrunner with 26% support, but the former Arkansas governor and Baptist minister, who barely figured in polls only a few months ago, now has the backing of 18% of respondents. McCain pulled 13%, Romney 12%, and Thompson 11%.
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Associated Press
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Dec 5, 07 10:40 PM CST
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A month before the Iowa caucuses, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee reacted with frustration when asked if creationism should be taught in public schools, the AP reports. Huckabee, a Southern Baptist minister who has said he does not believe in Darwin's theory of evolution, said his personal views on religion were irrelevant—though they remain a hot topic.
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Newsweek
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Dec 5, 07 1:55 PM CST
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Like the last shrewd Arkansas politician before him, Mike Huckabee isn't discounting the punch of star power—particularly when it's coming from martial arts tough guy Chuck Norris. Seriously, says N ewsweek’s Howard Fineman. Not only did the action hero provide needed publicity, but he’s a known born-again Christian conservative who’s sought Bible study in public schools.