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Mike Huckabee

Michael Dale "Mike" Huckabee (born August 24, 1955) is a former governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas, having served from 1996 to 2007. He was the third Republican governor of the state since Reconstruction, and enjoyed high approval ratings during his tenure. He officially announced his candidacy for the 2008 United States presidential election on January 28, 2007, and has been running a national campaign since then. (More at Wikipedia)

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First thoughts: The campaign gap

From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro *** The long campaign gap: It's been three weeks since the last primary (Mississippi on March 11), and it's three more weeks until the next primary (Pennsylvania on April 22). That gap... (Read more...)

From: First Read | Posted: 2008-04-01 13:10

Obama: His populist pitch

Michelle Obama is campaigning with Teresa Heinz Kerry (Read more...)

From: First Read | Posted: 2008-04-01 13:03

Lets Unite and Stop Dividing

Immigration is an issue that continues to divide our party, and our country. Looking back at my opinion of the issue, as I continue to grow as a Christian and an individual , I have seen my views change drastically from where I was a few years ago. W... (Read more...)

From: Too Conservative | Posted: 2008-04-01 04:59

A Southern Baptist conversion to concern about climate change

Young theologian discusses denomination's recent declaration Cross posted from Grist.org (Read more...)

From: Air America Radio - | Posted: 2008-04-01 02:42

Dems: A pre-convention convention?

Disaster in the air. (Read more...)

From: Hot Air | Posted: 2008-03-31 23:00

Video: McCain Launches Presidential Platform in Meridian, Mississippi

GOP presumptive nominee John McCain gave a speech in Meridian, Mississippi this morning outlining his family roots and his views on the on-going violence in Iraq. McCain’s choice of location [...] (Read more...)

From: You Decide 2008 | Posted: 2008-03-31 22:47

Hillary to appear on Leno Thursday

From NBC's Mark MurrayThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno has just announced that Clinton will appear on the show Thursday. Per the press release, it will be the third time she has been on Leno....( (Read more...)

From: First Read | Posted: 2008-03-31 21:26

100 years?

From NBC/NJ's Aswini AnburajanDoes McCain really want troops in iraq for one hundred years? According to Obama the answer is yes. In a back and forth at today's pr (Read more...)

From: First Read | Posted: 2008-03-31 21:14

RINO's For Obama

Reading this article I couldn’t stop laughing. I mean seriously: Call them the Obamacans: They are against continuing the Iraq war and reject what they see as Mr. Bush’s unconstitutional buildup of executive power. While the conservative... (Read more...)

From: Flopping Aces | Posted: 2008-03-31 20:40

Is God talking to you TOO, Senator Obama?

AFTER 8 HORRIFYINGLY CORRUPT AND DESTRUCTIVE YEARS WITH JESUS GEORGE AND HIS MURDEROUS MISSION FOR GOD….. DO WE REALLY WANT JESUS BARACK, ANOTHER FUNDAMENTALIST XTIAN CLAIMING TO BE “CALLED”ON A MISSION RUNNING OUR COUNTRY? Thursda... (Read more...)

From: BartBlog | Posted: 2008-03-31 19:23

Clinton leads among House supers

From NBC's Domenico MontanaroWe listed the Senate superdelegates endorsements earlier today. We've broken out the House backers as well, and (Read more...)

From: First Read | Posted: 2008-03-31 17:51

Massive final-day registration in PA

From NBC/NJ's Matthew E. BergerPHILADELPHIA -- While a final number may not be available for a few weeks, the Pennsylvania Department of State has released an update on the number of people registered to vote in the April 22 Democratic... (Read more...)

From: First Read | Posted: 2008-03-31 17:29

Klobuchar Call

I'm on a conference call right now with Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar who's announcing her endorsement of Barack Obama. In an interesting effort to change the tone of the campaign, she started out by emphasizing that she believes the "Democratic... (Read more...)

From: Matthew Yglesias | Posted: 2008-03-31 15:44

Tar Heel politicking

From NBC/NJ's Carrie Dann and NBC's Mark MurrayObama is heavily favored in the May 6 North Carolina primary. And not surprisingly, the Clinton campaign has downplayed expectations there (just like Team Obama has downplayed expectations in... (Read more...)

From: First Read | Posted: 2008-03-31 15:03

Obama leads among Senate supers

From NBC's Domenico MontanaroWith the endorsement by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) for Obama, we decided to take a look at who each Democratic senator is backing. Obama, it (Read more...)

From: First Read | Posted: 2008-03-31 14:29

Relaunch! Premium is now ONDemand, free podcasts and more!

We have launched. As you can see AirAmerica.com has had a face lift. What you can’t see is that we have streamlined our ONDemand (formerly Premium) service, rebuilt our site infrastructure and starting later this week, offering a new (Read more...)

From: Air America Radio - | Posted: 2008-03-31 13:41

First thoughts: Should she stay or go?

From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro*** Stay or go? To paraphrase that old Clash song, “Should she stay or should she go?” (“If I go there will be trouble; and if I stay it will be double…”) That was the question that... (Read more...)

From: First Read | Posted: 2008-03-31 13:23

The delegate fight: In until the end

On Sunday, the Washington Post ran this front-page story, “In her most definitive comments (Read more...)

From: First Read | Posted: 2008-03-31 13:21

Looking ahead: General elex preview?

The Washington Post goes back and examines the attempt Obama and McCain made to work together (Read more...)

From: First Read | Posted: 2008-03-31 13:19

Clinton: Not paying the bills?

So does Clinton have a money problem? Apparently, the campaign is slow at paying bills, particularly for events. And some of these local vendors are actually warning colleagues about getting Clinton money up front. Per the (Read more...)

From: First Read | Posted: 2008-03-31 13:17

Clinton Equates Calls to Quit as Chauvinism

With calls mounting to quit and superdelegates jumping aboard Senator Obama’s campaign because of Senator Clinton’s statistically inability to reach enough pledged delegates, she has pulled out what many believe has been her trump card... (Read more...)

From: Election Geek | Posted: 2008-03-31 12:03

Hillary Claims She "Spoke Out Against" NAFTA Starting in 1992

Campaigning in Indiana on Friday, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, claimed to have been a 16-year vocal opponent of NAFTA. "I spoke out against it starting in 1992 -- the president made a different decision," Clinton said. "I think now with... (Read more...)

From: Political Punch | Posted: 2008-03-31 11:59

Hillary Clinton Quits White House Race, Endorses Prozac

(2008-03-31) — Ending weeks of speculation, Sen. Hillary Clinton today pulled out of the race for the Democrat presidential nomination, and announced she would endorse Prozac, a prescription drug used to combat depression and obsessive... (Read more...)

From: ScrappleFace | Posted: 2008-03-31 11:57

Maupin's remains found in Iraq (Cincinnati.com)

Cincinnati.com: (Read more...)

From: memeorandum | Posted: 2008-03-31 05:15

More voices support Hillary's decision to continue

Like many looking forward to voting for Hillary Clinton in Oregon primaries on May 20, I applaud Senator Clinton's decision to ignore the calls of prominent Obama supporters to step aside and give Senator Obama a cakewalk to the nomination. Plenty... (Read more...)

From: BlueOregon | Posted: 2008-03-31 03:58

New Backing for Obama As Party Seeks Unity (Jackie Calmes/Wall Street Journal)

Jackie Calmes / Wall Stree (Read more...)

From: memeorandum | Posted: 2008-03-31 03:40

Wordpress Install Call to Undefined Function Error

This is just a note for anyone who went to upgrade to Wordpress 2.5 and suddenly saw a “call to undefined function” error spring up. You need to go into wp-includes and delete plugin.php Then grab a fresh copy plugin.php from the... (Read more...)

From: Election Geek | Posted: 2008-03-31 02:57

Say It Ain't So, Joe - It's not news that Sen. Joe Lieberman ... (Michael Scherer/Swampland)

Michael Scherer / Swam (Read more...)

From: memeorandum | Posted: 2008-03-31 02:55

Bush booed loudly while throwing out first pitch in Nationals home opener. (Think Progress)

Think Progress: (Read more...)

From: memeorandum | Posted: 2008-03-31 01:40

Why Conservatives MUST Back McCain

All onliners who want to know how to help John McCain should go to an important resource: http://mccainbloggerresources.blogspot.com/. On that site, Kathy Morrison has many suggestions on how you can help build you own small (or large!) coalitions... (Read more...)

From: Campaign 208 VictoryA | Posted: 2008-03-30 23:23

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