Based on the news below, Matt Lewis asked on Twitter , "How much money would Mike Huckabee immediately raise were he to announce he was challenging B. Lincoln for Senate?" Oh, how I wish. From the Wall Street Journal , this afternoon: Sen. Blanche Lincoln , a centrist Democrat from AR , said Saturday she would vote to move forward with debate on health-care legislation, giving Democrats...
I saw Mike Huckabee on Fox and Friends this morning defending Barack Obama and blasting some in the GOP, calling their opposition to what Obama is doing to this country "shameful" and "deplorable". It is very likely Huckabee is planning...
The conventional wisdom on Sarah Palin is that she's a divisive figure, and, from what polls tell us, that's true: according to Pollster.com's average , 38 percent of Americans hold a favorable view of her, while 49.2 percent view her unfavorably. So she's in minus territory--11.2 percent more Americans view her negatively than positively--which is bad for any politician running for office (if indeed...
The New York Daily News suggested Thursday that, according to one source, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani might use a run for Senate--if he wins--as a launching pad for taking another stab at the White House in 2012. Giuliani's 2008 presidential campaign went down in flames, more or less, but he remains a nationally recognized figure with a respectable support base. So, in light of this speculation,...
New numbers from Public Policy Polling for the 2012 Presidential race show Republicans creeping closer to Barack Obama in national head-to-head match ups.PRESIDENT - NATIONAL (PPP)Barack Obama (D-inc) 46% Ron Paul (R) 38% Barack Obama (D-inc) 49% Mike Huckabee (R) 44% Barack Obama (D-inc) 51% Sarah Palin (R) 43%Barack Obama (D-inc) 48% Mitt Romney (R) 43% Barack ...
NOTE: Please note that you can now track past updates of these trial heat polls by clicking here or on the "2012 trial heat polls" tag at the bottom of the post. For the ninth straight month Public Policy Polling released a series of 2012 presidential trial heat polls matching President Obama up against four prospective Republican candidates. And despite the fact that Obama slipped below...
The weekend beckons.... CA-Sen: Boxer Maintains Solid Edge, Even in Ras Poll Given that the Rasmussen poll in question had some data that hinted at a GOP skew (the 55% job approval for President Obama, for example), the news on the Senate race has to be considered very good news for Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer. In the new Rasmussen poll, she leads both of her likely Republican challengers (Carly...
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee tells Newsmax that some of his fellow Republicans are calling him a RINO for defending President Barack Obama against personal criticism. “So be it. It is total hypocrisy for us [Republicans] to rail at the way Bush was treated, and then do the exact same thing. It’s disgusting,” Huckabee said of [...]
The Chicago Daily Herald reported on Tuesday that Republican Senate candidate Patrick Hughes was making a trip to Washington to seek the support there of major conservative action groups. Additionally, Hughes is hoping to win the endorsements of two potential Republican Presidential candidates: former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. The Herald writes: Hughes,...
Wow -- the teabaggers, birthers and know-nothings waited for hours for Bible Spice to sign copies of Going Rogue, and they weren't happy when her highness basically took the money and ran... ( Rumproast ): Teabaggers just aren't happy about anything these days. I guess the Noblesville, Indiana Going Rogue book signing didn't go very well yesterday because 300* or so of the 1000 people with wristbands...
While pundits sing the praises of Statists like Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee, and the Democrats work to “fundamentally transform” the United States of America … What exactly, has your Congress Critter done for you (individual sovereignty, freedom, and right to the fruits of your labor) lately? Or, how about over this past year? Nothing, you [...]
Several blogs, including firedoglake , are running this. Also, the blog rumproast is collecting some very rude comments about the Noblesville Disaster from the Crazy Woman's facebook : Gary Conner Sarah, You angered and disappointed over 300 families in Noblesville tonight. I attended Mike Huckabee’s book signing yesterday. He had pre-signed book in case he would be unable to sign all the books...
Tracking the GOP race to 2012 Bobby Jindal is giving $10,000 donated to him by an accused fraudster to a victims' compensation fund; a source tells the New York Daily News that Rudy Giuliani wants to run for Senate--as a possible stepping stone to a 2012 bid; Sara Palin drew more than 750 people to her book-signing event in Noblesville, IN; the Army will keep media out of a Palin book-signing event...
Mike Huckabee denounced some of his fellow Republican's knee-jerk attacks on President Obama as "deplorable" and "shameful" in a recent speech. Huckabee said attacking Obama over well-intentioned actions like visiting Dover Air Force Base as the bodies of American troops arrived home or handing out Halloween candy made civil debate...
Former Gov. Mike Huckabee, who is regularly mentioned as a possible candidate for President in 2012, had some pretty tough words for his fellow Republicans recently. According to The Huffington Post , Huckabee had this to say regarding Republican criticism regarding President Obama's recent trip to honor the war dead as they returned to Dover Air Force Base: "When he [Barack Obama] was at Dover...
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