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...easy to forget that the jovial Mike Huckabee is campaigning as a Christian-right candidate. But his latest TV ad is a pretty good reminder. The words Christian Leader flash across the screen while Huckabee explains that "faith doesn't just influence me, it really defines me. I don't have to wake up every day wondering, 'What do I need to believe?'" He also exhorts religious conservatives to "live or die" by the belief that life starts at conception. Evangelical support has led to a recent Huckabee surge in Iowa, and this ad could boost those numbers further...
...days after thanksgiving, I asked Mike Huckabee what had surprised him about voters over the past six months of campaigning. "The intensity of the immigration issue," he said immediately, and then added, "I honestly don't know why it's gotten so hot." Huckabee gets points for candor: most of the presidential candidates I've spoken with in recent months feel the same way but aren't about to say so. It is difficult to spend a day on the trail and not see the anger explode...
...party's two front-runners - former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney - have begun the kind of day-to-day and hour-to-hour negative campaigning that could well decide who wins the nomination. Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee has surged up in the polls, especially in Iowa, turning a four-man race into an even broader contest. Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson has unveiled several big policy proposals, while sliding in some polls. Texas Congressman Ron Paul has become a true force in terms of online fund-raising, and has begun to spend...
...Last year, it was a slower offense and that didn’t really suit my style. It’s a different team, they’re more athletic, faster.”Leading the improved Wildcats (3-1) into Lavietes Pavilion will be senior forward Mike Christensen and junior guards Tyrece Gibbs and Eric Gilchrese. Christensen scored 19 points when the teams met last year and is averaging 13.5 points-per-game. Gilchrese leads the team with 15.5 and Gibbs is third with 12.8.“Our perimeter defense is going to be key, they have some...
...really expecting to beat Romney in the first two states, only slow him down, take the air of inevitability out of him, and - who knows? - maybe pull off a surprise early win. Even as they launched that push, however, aides sought to lower expectations: Giuliani's top aide Mike DuHaime said his operation was "momentum-proof," meaning it could contend with any other candidate who emerged unbeaten from the early states...