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Politico has discovered a pro-huckabee group doing push-polls in Iowa . A newly-formed group claiming to support Mike Huckabee hit the phones of Iowa Republicans tonight with an automated push-poll attacking Huckabee's GOP opponents and praising the former Arkansas governor.

Cisco Cotto (a Catholic) says Mitt Romney has jumped the shark, and ended his candidacy, because he is going to give a JFK speech...    

As Jeff mentions below, Romney is going to address questions about his faith!   People kept asking Romney when he was going to address his faith. Well stop the presses, but he already has. Here are just a few of the questions Romney has been asked about his religion. Just click on the question to see his answer to the question.   I just don't think the news media has done a good job. They keep telling people Romney has not addressed questions about his religion, but the media should be smart enough to organize and present the responses that Romney has already given... Unfortunately the media would have to "inform" or "educate" the public, in order for that to happen, so don't count on it. 1st Debate What do you say to bishops who deny Communion to elected officials who support abortion rights ? Do you accept Huckabee's statement that he wasn't talking about you ? Mike Allen Why are key tenets of your faith still misunderstood...

As you may have heard, Governor Romney has decided to deliver an address titled "Faith in America" later this week in College Station, Texas.   Provided below, for your consideration, is an on-the record statement about the speech, the governor's decision to deliver it and the themes Governor Romney will discuss:     Statement from Kevin Madden, Romney for President campaign spokesman:   "Governor Romney has made a decision to deliver a speech titled 'Faith in America.'   "The governor has been invited to The George Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas to deliver this address on Thursday, December 6.   "This speech is an opportunity for Governor Romney to share his views on religious liberty, the grand tradition religious tolerance has played in the progress of our nation and how the governor's own faith would inform his Presidency if he were elected.   "Governor Romney understands that faith is an important issue to many Ame...

  None of The Below By George F. Will Sunday, December 2, 2007; B07 ... On the Republican side, Mike Huckabee 's candidacy rests on serial non sequiturs: I am a Christian, therefore I am a conservative, therefore whatever I have done or propose to do with "compassionate," meaning enlarged, government is conservatism. And by the way, anything I denote as a "moral" issue is beyond debate other than by the uncaring forces of greed. His is a moralist's version of the intellectual vanity once ascribed to Oxford 's Benjamin Jowett: My name is Jowett Of Balliol College; If I don't know it, It is not knowledge. Many Iowans think it would be wise to nominate a candidate who, when the Republicans were asked during a debate to raise their hands if they do not believe in evolution, raised his. But, then, Huckabee believes America can be energy-independent in 10 years, so he has peculiar views about more than paleontology. Huckabee combines pure ...

I included the entire paragraph in order to avoid the claim that I took this out of context. Last night, for example, it was apparent from the get-go that Rudy Giuliani was having a very bad night. Mitt Romney clearly got the better of him in the opening debate about illegal immigration. Romney's dial numbers hovered in the 60s (on a scale of 100) while Giuliani (40s) seemed defensive, members of the focus group later said...and they thought Romney seemed strong, even when defending his Sanctuary Mansion. (I mean, if you care about illegal immigrants--which I don't understand in the first place, because I don''t-- shouldn't you check the people working your lawn and, if you have doubts, hire another company? ) It’s going to be hard for Joe Klein to claim that what he meant was to check their state ID or citizenship status, because he went on to write, “if you have doubts, hire another company?” What would you be “checking”, that might make you suspect your yard wor...

CHALLENGE: Jihad ism – violent, radical, fundamental Islam – is this century's nightmare. It follows the same dark path as last century's nightmares: fascism and Soviet communism. Many still fail to comprehend the extent of the threat posed by radical Islam , specifically by those extremists who promote violent Jihad against the United States and the universal values Americans espouse. Yet the Jihad has been with us for some time. Radical Islam has one goal: to replace all modern Islam ic states with a worldwide caliphate while destroying the United States and converting all nonbelievers, forcibly if necessary, to a fundamentalist form of Islam . Merely closing our eyes and hoping that Jihad ism will go away is not an acceptable solution. U.S. military action alone cannot change the hearts and minds of hundreds of millions of Muslims. In the end, only Muslims themselves can defeat the violent radicals. But we must work with them. The consequences of ignoring...

Keeping Americans Safe at Home and Abroad We must strengthen our Military by increasing the size of our Military by 100,000 troops and dedicating at least four percent of our gross domestic product to defense. We must transform our domestic civilian international efforts to meet a new generation of global challenges and ensure that our intelligence and law enforcement efforts are able to address threats before they reach out shores. CHALLENGE: After President George H.W. Bush left office, in 1993, the Clinton Administration began to dismantle the Military , taking advantage of what has been called a "peace dividend" from the end of the Cold war . We took the dividend, but we did not get the peace. Meanwhile, we lost about 500,000 Military personnel and about $50 billion a year in Military spending. The U.S. Army lost four active divisions and two reserve divisions. The U.S. Navy lost almost 80 ships. The U.S. Air Force saw its active personnel decrease by 30...

  Tuesday, November 27, 2007 How often do candidates do stuff like this without the press around? Today I got an email via my dad that he got from an old high school friend of his. This friend, from Murray, Utah, was forwarding an email from her friend in California, specifically San Diego where fires raged just a short while ago. Apparently, a certain Reed Fisher, whose home and property were damaged by the fire, got a call from someone in the local LDS Church offering to help clean up. After telling them about a burnt tree with 20 year old roots that he had been unable to remove, the brother showed up at 7 AM on a Wednesday morning, along with his father, who turned out to be none other than Mitt Romney...minus the press corp. See below for the story (note: the email was an excerpt from a journal entry by the individual, and I have not edited it except for length and names, to retain privacy): Remember that big pine tree right in the front as you walk out the front doo...

 

     

Criticism of Governor Huckabee's liberal fiscal record from those in Arkansas who know him best, including this zinger:   'He was pro-life and pro-gun, but otherwise a liberal,' she says. 'Just like Bill Clinton he will charm you, but don't be surprised if he takes a completely different turn in office .' http://www.mittromney.com/News/Press-Releases/Huckabee_Best_11.30 …DISCUSS GOV. HUCKABEE'S TAX-AND-SPEND RECORD FACT:  Arkansas Conservatives Have Widely Criticized Gov. Huckabee: Betsy Hagan, Arkansas Director Of The Eagle Forum: "He Was Pro-Life And Pro-Gun, But Otherwise A Liberal" "Nor am I alone. Betsy Hagan, Arkansas director of the conservative Eagle Forum and a key backer of his early runs for office, was once 'his No. 1 fan.' She was bitterly disappointed with his record. 'He was pro-life and pro-gun, but otherwise a liberal,' she says. 'Just like Bill Clinton he will charm you, but...