Were you aware Mike Huckabee does not support school choice?  Home schooling either?  Nope, Mike believes government holds all the answers to all our problems and it needs to play a greater role in your life.

Don't fall for his folksy witticisms that contain zero substance.  ("And the ultimate thing is, I may not be the expert that some people are on foreign policy, but I did stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night," Huckabee told Don Imus the other morning.  Ha!  Very funny!  Maybe that charm will disarm those who'd like to blow America off the map!)  

Huckabee is also the only candidate in the top tear who has ZERO chance of beating Hillary or Obama in November.  

Meanwhile, for those of you single-issue voters, you have several other candidates who have proven pro-life records (McCain comes to mind) and those who would gladly see Roe V Wade overturned (Guiliani, Romney, Thompson) by appointing strict constructionists to the court.

Huckabee is just the flavor of the month but he's most certainly NOT ready for primetime.

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The same 6% that would draw Democrats to the Republican party and create unity never before seen in Presidential politics.  

But of course, the polls are wrong (unless they show Giuliani declining - then they're right, except for the part of the same poll that shows Ron Paul stagnating).

Mike Huckabee is amazing to me.  When you look at poll numbers, he came from behind Ron Paul, and is now center stage/top tier.  For all of the bluster about how "Ron Paul has a message a majority of people agree with" - It doesn't seem to be true.  (Pollster.com)

Unfortunately, each one of the Republicans running (with the possible exception of the irrepressible Alan Keyes - who knew he was running???) has major flaws.  None are perfect - far from it.

Heck, Ronald Reagan passed one of the most liberal pro-abortion laws in the state of California before becoming conservatives' gold standard.  With his previous record as governor, it's doubtful today's Republican party would let Reagan get past the South Carolina primary.

And when someone says that choosing a candidate that's "elect-able" should NOT be a priority, then why should the Republicans even nominate a candidate?  Duncan Hunter and I agree on almost everything yet I know he's not elect-able and I won't be wasting my primary vote on the man.

If keeping the Clintons or Obama or Edwards out of the Oval Office is at all important to you, then sober up and choose the candidate who agrees with you on most issues but can also win in November.

Wasting your vote on Huckabee because he's the kind of preacher you'd like to listen to at church on Sundays will assure loss of the White House to The Dark Side next year.

From the literature I've read, I think it has something to do with Ru Paul meeting Ronald Reagan on a plane once, in 1987... and getting his picture taken with Ronaldus Magnus.

See, Ron Paul claims he's the only candidate who believes in strict constitutional authority... (and we know politicians don't lie).  And despite his utter lack of success in fixing the problem as a 10-term Congress-critter, he believes his voting record is something of an accomplishment.  

He may have voted "properly", but achieved nothing.  But he claims he's the right man for the job; that he will get the job done as President.  His supporters claim he has the beliefs of a majority of Americans, but only hits 6%-tops in the polls (www.pollster.com), while most polls he doesn't even register in the margin of error.

Despite the conspiracy that's working hard to keep him from getting elected, he believes his true beliefs will succeed when he's elected (because, somehow, the conspiracy won't still be there if he's elected)...  But when it comes down to it, comments like "I might go run in a third party" and "A stronger 2nd Amendment would have prevented 9/11" just make him look like your crazy old uncle you wish would just stay away.

Despite all the fluffy-bunny feel-good antics of individual candidates (vote for me, vote your conscience)... the purpose of the primary is to get OUR nominee to the white house.

It's NOT to vote for the person we like the best, and then vote Republican in November anyways.

However, I would like to comment here for a couple of reasons.

First, I made a mistake in the column by confusing Gary Glenn, president of the American Family Association of Michigan, with Glenn Clarke, the GOP Chair of the 9th Congressional District. Although Gary Glenn is indeed a supporter of Mike Huckabee, he was never a supporter of Arizona Senator John McCain.  It is Glenn Clarke who is a member of McCain's Michigan campaign team.  I apologize for any confusion that I may have caused, and I have asked Nick De Leeuw to kindly delete the reference in my column to Gary Glenn's affiliation with the McCain campaign.

Second, Mike Farris of the Home School Legal Defense Association has endorsed Mike Huckabee, and I'm sure that Huckabee would not have received such an endorsement if he were not a strong ally of the homeschooling movement.

Additionally, in a November 26th Zogby Poll, Huckabee holds a five point lead over Hilary Clinton in a potential 2008 general election matchup - the largest lead of any potential Republican candidate.

Please see: http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1393