Former presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee told supporters that he may run again for president in 2012 during a teleconference with supporters on Thursday.
Although Huckabee resisted from confirming anything for sure, the former Arkansas governor did say he wouldn’t rule out another presidential run in the next election, according to Arkansas’s The Morning News.
He said factors that will affect his decision include if presumptive Republican nominee John McCain wins this year’s election, and if McCain will seek a second term if he becomes president.
"Let's dust ourselves off, let's get back on our feet, let's learn from everything we've been through and let's live to fight another day," Huckabee said, according to The Morning News.
During the teleconference, which was sponsored by Charisma magazine, Huckabee criticized religious leaders who did not rally behind his campaign.
"There were leaders of the conservative movement that, had they stood with me early, I think the outcome would have been different," Huckabee contended.
"Some people really worshipped at the altar of electability rather than to be faithful and loyal to the principles they were supposed to be committed to," noted the former Republican candidate. "When it gets to their own political realm, they think more secularly than even the secular people. That was very troubling.”
Last month, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in New Orleans, several dozen leaders of the "Christian right" were also reportedly chided for cold-shouldering Huckabee until it was too late.
Paul Weyrich – a founder of the Heritage Foundation, the Moral Majority, and the Council for National Policy (CNP) – was among those at the meeting and essentially confessed that he and the other leaders should have backed Huckabee, a candidate who shared their values more fully than any other candidate in a generation.
"Friends, before all of you and before almighty God, I want to say I was wrong," said the former Romney supporter, according to WORLD magazine.
Huckabee ended his bid for the White House in March after McCain secured the needed number of delegates to be the Republican nominee. But Huckabee’s unexpected primary victories with a shoestring campaign shocked the nation which had no previous knowledge of the small-town Baptist preacher turned politician.
Currently, Huckabee said he is working on several projects including on helping elect conservative governors and members of Congress who share his political views; writing a book and giving paid speeches; and helping McCain to win the general election.
Besides politics, Huckabee is apparently also venturing into the entertainment business. His daughter Sarah told CNN this week that Huckabee has signed a contract with Hollywood talent agency, Creative Artists Agency, although no details of future projects were given. CAA represents A-list stars including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore and Tony Bennett.
Huckabee’s folksy and deadpan sense of humor drew praise and attention at his appearances on “Saturday Nigh Live” and TV shows such as “The Colbert Report” during his White House Campaign.
Huckabee will give a speech at Union College in New York on Monday titled “The Pursuit of the Presidency and the Perfectly Insane American Process.”
Christian Post reporter Eric Young contributed to this article.
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Huckabee is the man ! Huckabee in 2012 !
Lossnerp,
All I have suggested is for people to do a little research into Huckabee, this means looking into what he actually did while he was governor. If Huckabee is so great according to your relatives, why is he number 6 on judicial watch's top ten most corrupt politicians in America? (A list which also includes both DNC candidates.)
Huckabee for Prez 2012!
Woo!! Go Huck! You've got my vote! :D
I noticed some Christians on this blog and also Huckabee seem to be in favor of an American Christian theocracy. They want an America that looks a lot like Iran. I ask them to read the following information very carefully.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Establishment_Clause_of_the_First_Amendment
The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment refers to the first of several pronouncements in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, stating that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion...." Together with the Free Exercise Clause, ("...or prohibiting the free exercise thereof"), these two clauses make up what are commonly known as the "religion clauses" of the First Amendment.
The establishment clause has generally been interpreted to prohibit 1) the establishment of a national religion by Congress, or 2) the preference of one religion over another or the support of a religious idea with no identifiable secular purpose. The first approach is called the "separationist" or "no aid" interpretation, while the second approach is called the "non-preferentialist" or "accommodationist" interpretation. In separationist interpretation, the clause prohibits Congress from aiding religion in any way even if such aid is made without regard to denomination. The accommodationist interpretation prohibits Congress from preferring one religion over another, but does not prohibit the government's entry into religious domain to make accommodations in order to achieve the purposes of the Free Exercise Clause.
The clause itself was seen as a reaction to the Church of England, established as the official church of England and some of the colonies, during the colonial era.
Prior to the enactment of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1868, the Supreme Court generally held that the substantive protections of the Bill of Rights did not apply to state governments. Subsequently, under the Incorporation doctrine the Bill of Rights have been broadly applied to limit state and local government as well. For example, in the Board of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School District v. Grumet (1994), the majority of the court joined Justice David Souter's opinion, which stated that "government should not prefer one religion to another, or religion to irreligion."
Hey, Scitsonga....I got some news for ya!!! There's never been anything like the "Separation of church and state." It's a myth propagated by the left and right of this nation!!! You need to read your Constitution better!!! And another thing, most citizens of this DO NOT support the this separation nonsense, unless they've been brainwashed in state institutions (schools).
As for Huckabee...he won't get elected, and he shouldn't waste his time!!!
REPENT, FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT HAND!!!!
Hey Howard,
Congress does not need to make a law establishing a religion, we already have a religion, and plenty of them in America. Huckabee is the only candidate that stands for American values, and will get rid of the taxes oppressing our nation. Do YOU want to pay more taxes ?
Yay! I love Huckabee. He's great. I hope he goes on to do wonderful things. And I hope he's a guest on the Colbert Report a lot in the future too :P
Huckabee should be in the running for VP this year, which may leave him out of the top spot for eight. Here's a good thread on how the running mate process might play out:
http://digits.hrblock.com/ssDigits/digits.php?rType=1&sPath=1140&sNode=1140&uId=198
Let me sign up for your campaign, Mike! I was with you before you decided to run and stayed with you until your final moment of withdrawal which I felt was wrong. Start now because true conservative Republicans will not support a McLame, McVain, McAlien or McBlame Everyone Else candidacy. Oops...I guess it is McCain.
Mike Huckabee for President in 2012! Go Huck!
dmulholand: "I would venture to say that most Christians believe that Separation of Church and state as you understand it is a myth."
I was wondering, dmulholand, what part of "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion" don't you understand?
Another question is why do you and other protestant extremists show no respect to people of minority religions like Judaism? You might have noticed American Jews respect the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. Most Christians also respect the Establishment Clause, because unlike the protestant extremists, they understand the wall of separation is in everyone's best interest, including Christians.
It's very obvious Huckabee has no respect at all for the Establishment Clause and that why he has no chance of ever being elected to be president.
dmulholand "Slavery has always been wrong in God's eyes. He created us all equal. "
actually not according to the bible and one of the 10 commandments:
"You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor." Sounds like the bible says its OK to have slaves, just dont covet your neighbors, get your own. Slave owners and supporters of slavery in the Americas used various biblical passages to justify slavery.
"I would venture to say that most Christians believe that Separation of Church and state as you understand it is a myth."
Just because someone believes something doesn't make it true. I would say those that believe religion & government should be mixed are poor students of history- centuries of variousreligious wars, and have a poor understanding of the US constitution. Perhaps you should review my previous post on the 1st amendment and what President Jefferson had to say on the subject, you apparently didn't get it.
Lets suppose for the sake of argument that the US government were to sanction christianity, how many thousands of different christian denominations exist? Which version should be choosen? Would we have to restart the christian religious wars of Europe to settle it?
"All laws are based on the Ten Commandments and morality. Otherwise, there would be no sense in having laws, because everyone could come up with their own moral code."
You lost me on that one. All laws? dude are you serious?
Slavery has always been wrong in God's eyes. He created us all equal. What rights God gives us should not be taken away from us by any human person. The Declaration of Independence calls these "inalienable rights" because they were given to us by the Creator of the Universe.
Slavery has never been right, but to point out the Pres. Washington was a slave owner and therefore he must be bad, is a flawed argument. There are no slave owners today, so we do not understand the context of what was happening then. I've heard that Pres. Washington treated his slaves well, as did many other slave owners.
However, there were slaves in before Jesus came to earth. To use the argument that because some leader is a slave owner, therefore he is a bad leader, when most of the country owned slaves is like the pot calling the kettle black. They are both black. Sorry for the silly analogy, but it was all I could come up with.
As far as your point about most Americans supporting the separation of church and state, I would have to disagree. Our country is evenly divided at election time Democratic and Republican. The Democrats have a pro-abortion plank to their party platform. The Republicans have a pro-life party platform. That means it is about 50/50 on what we agree on.
I would venture to say that most Christians believe that Separation of Church and state as you understand it is a myth.
I would also venture to say that most scientists who believe in the theories of Darwin's evolution believe in the separation of church and state. I also believe that Stalin, Lenin and Hitler believe in the separation of church and state.
The toothpick of separation of church and state that Thomas Jefferson was referring to is not the same plank or 2 by 4 that you are referring to.
Thomas Jefferson was merely suggesting that the Catholic Church or the King of England would not be in charge of the government. He never meant to insinuate that we would abandon all morality in our legal system. All laws are based on the Ten Commandments and morality. Otherwise, there would be no sense in having laws, because everyone could come up with their own moral code.
Your saying that Huckabee will not be president does not make it so. The only reason he is not still in the running, is because the Republican Party Bosses, rigged "Winner Take All" delegate states, and intimidated the voters into voting for a loser. John McCain couldl be disqualified because of some campaign finance ethics scandal, Hillary Clinton couldl be brought down by another of her husband's sexual scandals, and Barack Obama could be kicked out of the running by his close relationship to some liberal Muslims or his Pastor Jeremiah Wright's anti-American tirades.
If our American election system were fair, there would not be a presumptive nominee already chosen while American citizens still are still waiting in line to go to the polls.
"We had a whole country of slave owners, as slavery had not been declared illegal, so the fact that Washington was a slave owners is a moot or irrevelant point."
So if slavery is legal, there's nothing wrong with it?