Is Iowa caucus winner Mike Huckabee at top of McCain’s Veep list? May 14, 2008
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Image via WikipediaFrom U.S. News & World Report:
Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas and defeated contender for the GOP presidential nomination, is currently at the top of John McCain’s short list for a running mate. At least that’s the word from a top McCain fundraiser and longtime Republican moneyman who has spoken to McCain’s inner circle. The fundraiser is less than thrilled with the idea of Huckabee as the vice presidential nominee, and many economic conservatives–turned off by the populist tone of Huckabee’s campaign and his tax record as governor–are likely to share that marked lack of enthusiasm. But here is the logic of picking Huckabee…
Huckabee’s Iowa campaign manager has fire sale on T-shirts March 14, 2008
Posted by John in IowaCaucuses, Political.Tags: 2008 election, Eric Woolson, iowa caucuses, mike huckabee
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From TIME magazine blog after posted by New York Times:
It comes as no surprise to most of you who know me [Eric Woolson, the former Iowa campaign manager for Mike Huckabee]: My office is a mess. The problem is, it’s my company office, not a campaign headquarters, and that big stack of Huckabee for President T-shirts is one reason why. So, to make sure we find good homes for all those shirts in short order — and my office space gets back to normal — we’re having a blowout sale this week only. All Huckabee for President T-shirts in my office are now just $5 plus $1 for postage and handling. (You can’t even buy two gallons of gasoline for that price — and think how much longer this wonderful souvenir of Governor Huckabee’s campaign will last.)
Members of the media: I have a SPECIAL OFFER for you! All shirts are just $35.00, $7.50 postage and handling. Just kidding! You receive …
Romney’s IA Chair Doug Gross: High GOP turnout could be bad for Mitt January 3, 2008
Posted by John in IowaCaucuses, Political, Religion.Tags: 2008 election, Evangelicals, iowa caucuses, mike huckabee, mitt romney
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From New York Times blog:
If Republican turnout today is 80,000 or above, Mitt Romney’s campaign could be in trouble, according to Doug Gross, Mr. Romney’s Iowa campaign chairman.
That would mean evangelical turnout is higher than expected, with the vast majority of those votes likely going to Mr. Romney’s rival, Mike Huckabee, a former Baptist minister who has clearly benefited from evangelical unease about Mr. Romney’s Mormon faith, as well as the fact that until several years ago he was a supporter of abortion rights. …
Pastors supporting Huckabee receive warning letters January 3, 2008
Posted by John in IowaCaucuses, Political, Religion.Tags: 2008 election, Brad Sherman, iowa caucuses, mike huckabee, Solid Rock Christian Church
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From AP, via Los Angeles Times:
Iowa pastors who support Republican Mike Huckabee for president have received letters warning them that getting involved in politics could endanger the tax-exempt status of their churches.
Several pastors who have publicly backed Huckabee, a Southern Baptist minister who has support from many evangelicals, said they have received the letters, which have no return address. They have arrived in the weeks leading to Thursday’s precinct caucuses.
Two letters were sent to the Rev. Brad Sherman, of Solid Rock Christian Church in Coralville. The first arrived a couple weeks ago and warned that he could be prosecuted for his support of Huckabee.
“I just laughed. No one lands in jail for this,” Sherman said. “Somebody is trying to intimidate Christians from getting involved.” …
Unfriendly neighbors at Paul and Huckabee headquarters January 1, 2008
Posted by John in IowaCaucuses, Political.Tags: 2008 election, des moines, iowa caucuses, mike huckabee, Ron Paul, TIME magazine
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From TIME magazine, Bad Blood at Huckabee and Paul:
For housed alongside each other on the bottom floor of a 73-year-old office building at 405 Sixth Avenue-and sharing the bathrooms in the basement— are the Iowa headquarters of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and Texas Congressman Ron Paul. …“I don’t think we’ve exchanged many words at all,” says Huckabee’s Iowa campaign manager Eric Woolson. You might have thought the holidays would have brought some occasion for communal cheer, or at least an exchange of cookies. “You’re looking for the Silent Night 1914 story, with the Germans and the British playing soccer?” Zambenini told me when I suggested as much. “Nope.” …And there’s the men’s room, of course. A Paul volunteer recently ran into Huckabee himself there, and found him to be cordial. But there is some quiet grumbling from Huckabee’s team about Paul’s people using up all the paper towels. When told about the dispute, a top strategist for a rival GOP campaign said of the scruffy Paul forces: “They probably bathe in there.” …
‘Huckabee Opts for Leno on Caucus Eve’ January 1, 2008
Posted by John in Entertainers, IowaCaucuses, Political.Tags: 2008 election, iowa caucuses, Jay Leno, mike huckabee, Pizza Ranch, Sergeant Bluff (Iowa), Sioux City metro area, The Tonight Show (NBC)
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From Associated Press today, reporting from a Pizza Ranch in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa:
On the eve of the Iowa caucuses, Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee will trade jokes with Jay Leno on NBC’s “Tonight Show.”
While his rivals will be making a final appeal to the state’s voters, Huckabee will be flying to Los Angeles to tape the show with Leno, who returns to the air Wednesday without striking writers. …
More Gazette coverage of Pizza Ranch campaigning here.
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