Mike Huckabee

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Arkansas Called for Clinton, Huckabee

Hometown kids win in Natural State

(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...

Clinton Scores Mass. Surprise
Clinton Scores Mass. Surprise
Feb 5, 2008 7:07 PM CST

Clinton Scores Mass. Surprise

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

(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...

Huckabee Scores 1st Blood With W.Va. Victory

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

(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...

Obama Momentum Opens Lead in California: Poll

Mitt boost in jackpot state may slow McCain

(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,...

Clinton, Obama Neck-and-Neck in National Poll

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

(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...

Paul, Obama Score Highest in MTV Debate

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

(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...

Prez Hopefuls Get Their MTV
Prez Hopefuls Get Their MTV
Feb 2, 2008 9:15 AM CST

Prez Hopefuls Get Their MTV

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

(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...

Polls Predict Easy Ride for McCain
Polls Predict Easy Ride
for McCain
Feb 2, 2008 8:21 AM CST

Polls Predict Easy Ride for McCain

State-by-state look gives him Super Tuesday victory

(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...

McCain, Romney Spar in California Debate

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

(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,...

Mitt's Seconds Looking More Like Lasts
Mitt's Seconds Looking More Like Lasts
OPINION
Jan 30, 2008 2:46 PM CST

Mitt's Seconds Looking More Like Lasts

Without big win, and taking lumps from departing GOP rivals

(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—...

McCain Grabs Frontrunner Crown With Florida Win

Momentum shadowed by some concerns

(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...

McCain Edges Romney in Florida
McCain Edges Romney in Florida
UPDATED
Jan 29, 2008 9:28 PM CST

McCain Edges Romney in Florida

Victory gives him big boost heading into Super Tuesday

(Newser) - John McCain scored a hard-fought victory over Mitt Romney in Florida tonight to establish himself as the Republican front-runner a week ahead of Super Tuesday, Politico reports. McCain got 36% of the vote to Romney's 31%. Rudy Giuliani, who staked his campaign on a win here, managed just 15% and...

Rudy Will Drop Out, Endorse McCain
Rudy Will Drop Out,
Endorse McCain
Jan 29, 2008 9:06 PM CST

Rudy Will Drop Out, Endorse McCain

He staked his campaign on a Florida win but finished third

(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani will drop out of the presidential race in the wake of his weak third-place finish in Florida and endorse John McCain tomorrow, NBC News reports. Giuliani is expected to fly to the Ronald Reagan library in California to make the announcement. "We ran a campaign that was...

McCain Surges Ahead in California
McCain
Surges Ahead
in California
Jan 29, 2008 5:13 AM CST

McCain Surges Ahead in California

He opens up big lead over Romney week before Super Tuesday

(Newser) - John McCain has leaped ahead of GOP rival Mitt Romney in California, according to the latest CNN/OpinionResearch Corp. McCain has the support of 39% of likely California Republican voters, up 19% from just two weeks ago, and well ahead of Romney, with 26%. Rudy Giuliani and Mike Huckabee bring up...

Republicans Place Super Tuesday Bets

McCain, Giuliani have similar plans; only Romney will go national

(Newser) - With Super Tuesday looming, Republican contenders are ironing out their strategies for what an adviser to John McCain calls "a de facto national primary," the Washington Post reports. McCain and Rudy Giuliani have overlapping plans in California and the Northeast, Mike Huckabee is crossing his fingers in the...

McCain Takes Slim Florida Lead
McCain Takes Slim Florida Lead
Jan 28, 2008 7:13 AM CST

McCain Takes Slim Florida Lead

Governor's endorsement counts big with conservatives

(Newser) - Apparently, Florida Governor Charlie Crist has the golden touch. John McCain rose 3 points overnight in Florida after Crist endorsed him Saturday, pulling ahead of Mitt Romney in the latest Reuters/Zogby poll. Most significantly, McCain wiped out Romney’s 6-point edge amongst conservatives. “One day doesn’t make a...

Foreign Pro Liz Cheney Joins Romney Campaign

Now scramble's on in Florida

(Newser) - GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s campaign got an injection of foreign policy expertise yesterday from the vice president’s daughter. Liz Cheney, a State Department official responsible for Mideastern and North African initiatives, will be Romney's senior foreign policy adviser, FOX News reports. Cheney had been a co-chair of...

Did Huckabee Cash In on School Shooting?

Emotions still frayed from book deal after 1998 Jonesboro killings

(Newser) - The crime shook Arkansas: Two boys, 11 and 13, killed four classmates and a teacher in 1998 in what became known as the Jonesboro shootings. Within days, then-Gov. Mike Huckabee had a $25,000 book deal about youth violence. A decade later, the deal still rankles some who say the...

Republicans Seek Edge in Calm Florida Debate

Candidates focus on economy ahead of next week's state primary

(Newser) - The GOP debate in Florida remained a largely civil affair last night, with the leading candidates agreeing that the economy needs aggressive tax cuts and that Hillary Clinton has no business returning to the White House, the AP reports. In one of the few bits of drama, Mitt Romney took...

Rivals Don't Hide Scorn for Mitt
Rivals Don't Hide Scorn for Mitt
Jan 24, 2008 12:27 PM CST

Rivals Don't Hide Scorn for Mitt

Dislike is palpable in competing GOP campaigns

(Newser) - If the primary season were a popularity contest, Mitt Romney would have retired long ago. He’s the least liked among the Republican presidential candidates, fielding ugly insults from rivals angry about perceived attack ads, policy pandering, and endlessly deep pockets. The New York Times was unsurprised that unloved Romney...

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