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Endorsing Huckabee: Why Now is the Time

This thought just occurred to me. It's no secret that this presidential campaign is the longest in history.  By now, those who have watched it--even with one

Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics

Principles, Pragmatics and the Vote: The Impotence of the Religious Right

Our preferences are shaped by the media we consume. The more I read my study material for my financial certifications, the less I find myself noticing the gender inclusive pronouns

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Values Voters, Rudy and Huck: The Dilemma we Face

This morning, the good Doctor Reynolds (of whom I am very fond) defended Mitt Romney against all comers for the primary. The most powerful reason to vote for Mitt is

Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics

Blogger's Conference Call with Mike Huckabee

I have the opportunity to be on a conference call with Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee.  It's been all Huck, all the time here at Mere-O, so I

Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics

Huckabee's (insurmountable?) Hurdles

Despite a very strong debate performance, Mike Huckabee faces several significant challenges that he will have to overcome in the next ten weeks.  I've been overwhelmingly positive about

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Republican Debate 2

To Romney:  Your behind in the polls.  Is Hillary fit to be Commander in Chief?  How do you actually plan to beat Hillary?  His answer--No.  I was busy finishing

Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics

Republican Debate 1

The debate is on.  I came in about 8 minutes late, just in time to hear Romney, Giuliani, McCain and Thompson take each other down.  It got nasty for a

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Huckabee and Iowa

Since I've been all about Huckabee the last 48 hours, I figured I would pass along this interesting piece of news from Dean Barnett, formerly of HughHewitt.com:

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Washington Briefing Dispatch: Final Reflections

I thought I would put together some final reflections from this weekend.  Here are my thoughts. * The big story is obviously Huckabee.  While Romney won the straw poll, it'

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Republican Debate Wrap-Up (Updated) (AND AGAIN!)

This segment: Foreign Policy! Giuliani: Is this the time to work with Russia on missile defense? No, we should speak softly and carry a big stick. We should think about expanding NATO geographically, shore up our ties with Eastern Europe […]

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Annotated Huckabee Round-Up, plus Daily Kos!

I was curious what others were saying about Huck's speech today, so I thought I would throw together a brief annotated round-up of quotes. Read to the

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Huckabee Wins Social Cons

Okay, so the title is a little over the top.  But there is good news for the Huckabee campaign today from the Washington Briefing. While Huckabee lost the straw poll,