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 By Richard Cohen Tuesday, December 4, 2007; Page A21 What could be called "The Huckabee Moment" occurred Sunday morning when ABC's George Stephanopoulos asked the former Arkansas governor, suddenly and ominously the front-runner in Iowa's GOP contest, whether Mitt Romney is a Christian. Mike Huckabee knew precisely what was being asked of him, and he also knew, because he is a preacher, what the right -- not the clever, mind you -- answer should be. But Huckabee merely smiled that wonderful smile of his and punted. This, with apologies to George W. Bush , is the soft demagoguery of low expectations. Until just recently, the expectations have indeed been low for Huckabee. He is more famous for losing more than 100 pounds than for any towering political accomplishment. But he is an ordained Baptist minister, and Romney is a Mormon -- a member of a church that some conservative Christians consider heretical. Huckabee has presented himself as the un-Mormon....

Huckabee adopted the plan when he, unknown and languishing far back in the polls, was a Not Ready for Prime Time Player. It probably seemed a cheap way to inoculate Huckabee from his tax-raising history as Arkansas governor. Huckabee both raised and cut taxes during his 10 years as governor, but his tax hikes outweighed his tax cuts by half a billion dollars. Click here for more. © 2007 by King Features Syndicate

Dec 04, 2007 ; Governor Mitt Romney On Hanukkah Jan 20, 2007 ; Governor Mitt Romney's Visit to Israel 01-23-07 ; Excerpts from Governor Mitt Romney's Remarks at the Seventh Annual Herzliya Conference Sep 21, 2007 Governor Mitt Romney On Yom Kippur Quotes 2006 In the recent conflict along the Israel-Lebanon border, Khatami described the terrorist group Hezbollah as a "shining sun that illuminates and warms the hearts of all Muslims and supporters of freedom in the world." Jan 20, 2007 Governor Mitt Romney's Visit to Israel Also See Jihadists http://myclob.pbwiki.com/Israel Governor Mitt Romney On Hanukkah Tuesday, Dec 04, 2007 Boston, MA – Today, Governor Mitt Romney issued the following statement regarding Hanukkah: "Ann and I would like to wish the Jewish community a Happy Hanukkah. The festival of lights is a holiday that represents hope. The story of the Maccabees reminds us all of the value of faith and the promise that t...

Donald Lambro in the Washington Times concludes : Mr. Huckabee says he would like to eliminate the Internal Revenue Service and replace the income Tax with the so-called Fair Tax , which would impose a national sales Tax on virtually everything we buy. But such a Tax would be a disaster for this country, especially for low- and middle-income Americans who spend a disproportionate portion of their earnings — in many cases all of it — on the necessities of life.   It would wreak untold havoc on the business community, driving down retail sales and creating an underground economy that would undermine America's productive marketplace — especially small businesses that produce most of the jobs in our country.   The Club for Growth was formed with one purpose: to promote economic growth by lowering the Tax rates, simplifying the Tax code and providing Tax incentives to expand business formation, savings, investment and economic opp...

Richard Cohen calls Huckabee a Shameless Follower for campaigning on the principle of religious intolerance in his article Un-Mormon and Unchristian

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It’s been discovered that the push-pollers in Iowa are also Huckabee donors “Estruth was also a sponsor of Huckabee’s fundraising reception earlier this month and he and his wife have already given $2,300, the maximum allowed in a primary, to Huckabee..” “Swift and his wife served as co-hosts for a Huckabee fundraiser earlier this month in suburban Cincinnati.” The group intends on continuing their push-polls, expanding into other early primary states. They also have refused to give out the names of others who are funding these push-polls. Since these push-pollers are donors, will Huckabee return their donations, and the donations received at fundraisers they hosted and sponsored?

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...