WASHINGTON – Presidential contender Mike Huckabee is on the move, drawing larger than expected crowds on the campaign trail, witnessing a boost in funds, and scoring a major endorsement from a prominent Christian conservative leader on Thursday.
The Rev. Dr. Donald E. Wildmon, founder and chairman of the American Family Association, has given his personal endorsement to the former Southern Baptist preacher.
“I think he shares our values,” Wildmon said, according to OneNewsNow, which is operated by the American Family News Network.
“Will we agree with Governor Huckabee on 100 percent of items? No, we will not,” the ordained United Methodist pastor admitted.
“But when you take the whole ball of wax, I think Governor Huckabee is the person we need,” he added. “I think he has the skills to bring us together. I think he has the leadership and the vision, and I think he can take the country to that place where we need to be desperately at this point in our history.”
A growing number of Americans are agreeing with Wildmon or at least considering a similar view of the former Arkansas governor.
Huckabee’s campaign staff was pleasantly surprised Wednesday in Cedars Rapids, Iowa, when more people showed up than expected at a small rural community college – a situation occurring more frequently these days on the campaign trail.
“The candidate du jour right now is Mike Huckabee,” said Chuck Laudner, executive director of the Iowa Republican Party, to the New York Times. “He certainly can win. It’s still a wide-open race here in Iowa.”
Huckabee has been rising in national polls and even bumped former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney from his top tier position for the first time last month.
In addition, he had a surprising strong second-place finish in August at the Iowa straw poll and came in second narrowly behind Romney at the Washington Values Voter Summit in October.
According to a survey of the National Association of Evangelicals’ 100 board members in October, Huckabee was the “clear first choice,” reported the NAE president Leith Anderson. However, Anderson noted evangelicals are still concern on Huckabee’s ranking in polls.
“If he does well in the Iowa caucuses or early primaries then Evangelicals may suddenly rally to his support,” the NAE head predicted.
Huckabee’s appeal to social conservatives stems from his long-standing anti-abortion, anti-gay “marriage” stance as well as his ability to naturally cite Bible verses and stories in his speech. Yet he also ventures out of the conservative circle and attracts moderates being one of the few Republican candidates to speak on environmental issues.
Chuck Norris, the martial arts superstar and conservative columnist, and the Rev. Rick Scarborough, a high-profile pastor and the head of Vision America have also endorsed Huckabee.
Huckabee – who has been called the “dark horse” in the upcoming election – has somewhere from 13 percent to 19 percent of the vote in Iowa, according to the Los Angeles Times. Those numbers place him second behind Romney.
His campaign took in more than $1 million online in October – an amount that is more than raised in the entire third quarter, according to the New York Times.
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Huck has my vote. Go Huck
The fewer supporters Huckabee has the better.
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Professor, feel free to join fellow Huckabee supporters at http://forum.hucksarmy.com/
My support for Mike Huckabee is without question OVERWHELMING. He will take the republican nomination. He has 10 years of defeating the Clinton political machine in Arkansa as its governor. Guilinani has been disgraced by scandal in his leadership. He is too much of a liability to be supported for the GOP nomination.
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Ah.... I still remain unenthused by Huckabee. His record is why I am indifferent towords him. As for his stand on the issues on his web page. He must just changed some things in last two weeks. It was different. Which means he's coming around. I guess. I have been watching him all year. Huckabee was my first choice. Until found out his record on immgration and free trade.
Then there is the impressive consistant stand of Duncan Hunter. With Hunter im very enthused.
http://www.betterimmigration.com/candidates/2006/prez08_gop2.html
http://www.ontheissues.org/CA/Duncan_Hunter.htm
Gee... How you end up with that name of yours Dannypoo?
Dannygirl
dannygirl, I just wanted to post Mike Huckabee's official position on Illegal Immigration, this may or may not be strong enough for you. But I wanted to post it so that others know where he stands.
http://www.mikehuckabee.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Newsroom.Article&ID=82
Immigration Facts
- The Governor opposes and will never allow amnesty.
- Governor Huckabee believes that securing our borders must be our top priority and has reached the level of a national emergency.
- The Governor supports the $3 billion the Senate has voted for border security. This money will train and deploy 23,000 more agents, add four drone planes, build 700 miles of fence and 300 miles of vehicle barriers, and put up 105 radar and camera towers.
- In this age of terror, illegal immigration is not only an economic issue, but also a national security issue.
- Governor Huckabee opposed the amnesty bill that was attempted to be rushed through Congress this summer, and opposed the misnamed DREAM Act, which would have put us on the slippery slope to amnesty for all.
- Governor Huckabee opposes and will not tolerate sanctuaries for illegals.
- Governor Huckabee opposes giving driver's licenses to those who are illegally in our country and supports legislation to prevent states from doing so.
- Governor Huckabee believes illegal aliens who try to vote or try to apply for welfare benefits should be arrested.
- Governor Huckabee will stop punishing cities which try to enforce our laws and protect the economic well-being, physical safety, and quality of life of our citizens.
- Governor Huckabee opposes and will not tolerate employers who hire illegals. They must be punished with fines and penalties so large that they will see it is not worth the risk or profitable.
- Governor Huckabee opposes the economic integration of North America that would create open borders among the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
- Governor Huckabee will never yield one inch of American sovereignty.
- Governor Huckabee will take our country back for those who belong here. No open borders, no amnesty, no sanctuary, no false Social Security numbers, no driver's licenses for illegals.
continued:
It has been reported that Mike Huckabee supported benefits for illegals immigrants while he was Governor of Arkansas.
Governor Huckabee never supported benefits for illegal immigrants. In Arkansas, illegal immigrants do not receive welfare benefits or food stamps. Governor Huckabee has always, and will always be supportive of the laws and regulations of the country.
It has also been said that Mike Huckabee was in favor of providing college scholarships for illegal immigrants while he was Governor.
The governor only supported the measure that applied to those who met the academic qualifications and applied for legal citizenship. The measure didn't pass. Governor Huckabee stressed that any student would simply be treated as any other graduate of an Arkansas High School, and not given any special consideration.
Critics say that Governor Huckabee's motives behind opening a Mexican consulate office in Little Rock was to court illegals to come work in Arkansas.
The Mexican consulate provided Arkansas businesses with access to Mexico and opportunities to expand their markets, and would help further ensure that immigrants from Mexico are legal and better able to secure legal documentation. At the same time, the office would open up opportunities for Mexican investors to invest money with Arkansas partners, which would help create more jobs in the state.
http://www.mikehuckabee.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Newsroom.Article&ID=82
Huckabee needs to be stronger on Immigration enforcement, bringing back jobs to American workers, and jealous for American Sovereignity.
But, I still prefer Duncan Hunter.
Danny
Free free to visit www.mikehuckabee.com if you are interested in what he has to say.
If you are already a supporter we have a forum designed to stimulate grass-root effors.
http://forum.hucksarmy.com
see you there!