Huckabee Maryland Update

JR:

I sent this email out early this morning in my new capacity as Maryland Delegate Chair for the Huckabee for President campaign. I have been working for the last two weeks to fill out our delegate and alternate delegate slate here in Maryland and, with the exception of a few holes at alternate, was able to get a great group of candidates together. Last Friday, I joined a number of Huckabee volunteers and one staff person at a hospitality suite at the MDGOP state convention. We were the only campaign with a suite and the next morning, on the convention floor, we outstickered the other guys. Small victories but victories nonetheless. If you are interested in helping the Huckabee campaign here in Maryland, please send me an email. Also, the campaign needs help getting signatures in Virginia to get Governor Huckabee on the ballot there. If you are interested, I can put you in touch with the campaign staff. They are paying $1 per signature.

Here's the email:

Good Morning!

This email is going out to all the Huckabee supporters in Maryland that I have had contact with in the past two weeks, including every person that has filed for delegate or alternate delegate to the national convention.

First, I just want to express deep appreciation for everyone who went to Annapolis, Hagerstown, or Salisbury to place their names on the ballot. Thank you for taking the time to do that. We have an outstanding slate of candidates in every district.

I am also excited to have the Republican Minority Whip of the House of Delegates Chris Shank, Delegate Tony McConkey, and former State Senator andSecretary of Human Resources Christopher McCabe on our slate. These three stepped up to the plate to stand with us when many other elected officials had endorsed other campaigns.

There are a number of other elected and former elected officials that have expressed interest in endorsing Governor Huckabee as well, so stay tuned.

Finally, for our delegates and alternates, I just want to clear up any confusion. The campaign has a list of who you are, so they will be submitting the paperwork to put Governor Huckabee's name next to yours on the ballot. The campaign has until December 13th to do so.

A lot of people have been contacting me with great ideas about how to campaign for Governor Huckabee, hold events, and raise money. Keep those ideas coming! However, please understand that we may need to check to be sure that the campaign is okay with our activity on certain things, but having sign wavings, outreach at community events, etc. is definitely something that we should try to do.

I will be in touch again soon, and if you have any questions or comments, feel free to email me.

Thank you again!

Justin Ready
Maryland Delegate Chair
Huckabee for President
www.mikehuckabee.com

P.S.
Keep checking the campaign website for ways to spread the word about Governor Huckabee's record, and help the campaign in the early primary states.

Western Maryland Republican Leadership Retreat: Speaking for Mike Huckabee this weekend

JR:
I will be joining fellow Republican activist and county central committee members from Western Maryland in Hagerstown, MD on Saturday from 9:00-3:00 to discuss strategy and during lunch, hear from presidential surrogates on behalf of their candidates. There will be a straw poll following the campaign pitches. I will be speaking on Governor Huckabee's behalf.

I had a little success at my last appearance, the District 42 Republican Club in Lutherville, MD. The club president, John Fiastro, has decided to endorse Governor Huckabee for President and sign up to be a delegate, something I am considering.

My good friend Katie Nash, member of the Frederick County GOP Central Committee, is organizing this event and is doing a great job helping to build the GOP in Western Maryland. Info is below and I will include the link if you are interested.

Announcing the 2007 Western Maryland Republican Forum:Renewing for 2020
Saturday, November 17th, 8:00 – 3:30
Four Points by Sheraton Hagerstown

1910 Dual Highway

Hagerstown , Maryland (MD) 21740

Republican activists! Join us as we envision the future of a Republican Western Maryland in 2020. Register Now By Emailing this Form

Hosted by the following Maryland Republican Central Committees:

1) Allegany County 2) Carroll County 3) Frederick County 4) Garrett County 5) Washington County

Agenda:

8:00 – 9:30 Legislative Networking

Meet with your legislators and get a first-hand outlook for the 2008 Legislative Session. What will O'Malley's taxes mean for Marylanders?

10:00 – 11:00 Fundraising Strategy Panel Discussion

Fundraising will be an integral part of improving the strong Republican presence in the five counties. Learn from the experts in our panel discussion!

11:00 – 12:00 Grassroots Leadership TrainingAttract and motivate volunteers to win Republican elections! Experts will provide "insider" tips and share ways to make your hard work on the campaign more effective.

12:00 – 1:30 Lunch

Eat lunch, hear from the 2008 Republican Presidential candidate representatives, and participate in a straw poll to determine which candidate is faring best in Western Maryland.

1:30 – 2:30 Break-out Discussion

Through open discussion and a collaborative atmosphere, create a strategy for future Republican victories . Where do we want to be in 2020?

2:30-3:30 MD GOP Update

Your fellow committee members will share the latest and greatest news from the Maryland Republican Party.

To learn more, email us at GOP@Frederick.com or call Katie Nash at 301-524-9142.
Advance registration cost is $20 (registration at the door costs $30) and includes breakfast and lunch.

This event is made possible by the generous support of these legislative sponsors:

Senator Alex Mooney

Senator David Brinkley

Confirmed Forum attendees include:

Senator Alex Mooney

Senator David Brinkley

Delegate Gail Bates

Committeeman Louis Pope
And More confirming every day!

Huckabee to 24%! Statistically Tied with Romney in Iowa, and moving up in Florida

From PoliticalWire:

Huckabee Catches Romney in Iowa, Clinton Fading
Here's the new Iowa poll we mentioned yesterday: A new American Research Group survey finds Mitt Romney barely holding on to his lead in the first caucus state with 26% support, followed closely behind by the surging Mike Huckabee at 24%. Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson tie for third with 11%, followed by Sen. John McCain at 10%.Key finding: Among registered Republicans saying they will definitely participate in the January 3 Republican caucuses, Huckabee actually leads Romney, 24% to 23%.On the Democratic side, Sen. Hillary Clinton leads with 27% followed closely by Sen. Barack Obama with 21% and John Edwards with 20%. Clinton's support level is her lowest recorded by ARG in 12 Iowa polls over the past year.

Giuliani Still Ahead in Florida, Clinton Way Ahead
Political Wire got an advance look at a new Strategic Vision (R) poll in Florida that shows Rudy Giuliani leading with 31%, followed by a four way statistical tie for second place with Fred Thompson at 13%, Sen. John McCain at 13%, Mitt Romney at 12% and Mike Huckabee at 10%.The Giuliani campaign has seen Florida as a firewall in the event that he loses in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. The winners in those races could get a big bump in Florida.Meanwhile, the Democratic race is a runaway with Sen. Hillary Clinton leading with 47%, followed by Sen. Barack Obama at 27% and John Edwards at 8%.

JR:
The first poll is, obviously, the biggest news. Huckabee is very competitive in Iowa and can win the whole thing, not just compete for second. Now we have to be careful about keeping expectations low. However, perhaps even bigger news (because many of us have thought all along that Huckabee would do well in Iowa) is that Governor Huckabee is moving up in places like Florida, where he was in low single digits the last time I saw a poll. Now he is in a statistical tie for second place, although a close 3rd or 4th is probably where he is at this moment. Nationally, Huckabee is passing Romney and competing for 3rd place. He is moving up the leaderboard fast in Iowa and inching higher in New Hampshire (where he just has to play for an okay showing) and SC.
My point? Huckabee is first tier, so the press and the pundits need to start including him in their formulations and discussions. Huckabee is first tier, so if you have been sitting on your wallet, or reluctant to put up that bumper sticker, sign, or blog endorsement, you got no more excuses.

A great response to attacks on Governor Huckabee as "Not a true conservative"

From the Roebuck Report:

Friday, October 26, 2007
Fund's assassination of Huckabee misleading

-- Huckabee’s social conservative track record is unrivaled by the GOP frontrunners
-- The governor’s fiscal track record stacks up well, too

By Lucas Roebuck

Manhattan myopia fueled by the natural tension between fiscal and social conservatism seems to be the modus operandi of the assassination piece against former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee in Friday’s Wall Street Journal, penned by John Fund, one of the Journal’s leading editorial voices.

Fund attempts to make the case that Huckabee is “not the ‘consistent conservative’ he claims to be.” However, instead of constructing a well-researched case of examples of Huckabee’s supposed conservative inconsistencies, Fund strings together a handful of individuals who simply accuse Huckabee of being liberal with little or no factual support. Furthermore, what little evidence Fund does present is skewed by critical omissions of relevant fact.

Huckabee is obviously a stronger conservative on social issues than on fiscal ones, which is the opposite of Mayor Rudy Giuliani, hometown favorite of the Manhattan GOP crowd. The Journal, based in New York City, values fiscal conservatism over social conservatism, so the worst kept secret is the group-think going on among the opinion writers at the Journal favors Giuliani.

Fiscal conservatives have become frustrated with their weakening influence in the GOP (not that I blame them) and have grown to resent social conservatives reign over the Republican party since President Bush took office in 2001. Also, the elite in the GOP have always looked down on their mostly Southern social conservative allies, and this is particular true for the Journal, which often, like much of the mainstream media, can’t see very well beyond the shores of Manhattan. Fund’s column against Huckabee embodies this frustration. Huckabee’s gaining in Iowa polls, and he is the strongest social conservative hands down among GOP candidates, so naturally he is drawing fire from the GOP elite.

The strongest case against Huckabee’s fiscally conservative record in Fund’s column is Fund’s implication that Huckabee raised the gas tax in Arkansas to pay for road repair for Arkansas dilapidated interstate system. (I would argue, even on a philosophic level, that raising gas taxes to pay for roads is not necessarily contradictory to fiscal conservatism.*)

I say that Fund implied Huckabee raised the tax, because Fund knows saying outright that Huckabee raised the tax would be inaccurate. Fund refers to Huckabee’s “efforts to raise taxes to repair roads” and cites a state senator who said Huckabee urged him to “back a gas tax increase.”

What Fund omits from his column is that this tax was a referendum in 1999 put out to be voted on by the people of Arkansas, not something imposed by a state legislature and signed into law by a governor. The people of Arkansas spoke at the ballot box, and through direct democracy, imposed the tax on themselves.

If you want the bottom line on Huckabee’s tax policy, as Fund points out, Huckabee has signed the Americans For Tax Reform no new tax pledge. Rudy has not signed the pledge.

As an Arkansas journalist for nearly a decade, I had a unique opportunity to observe Huckabee’s character. I believe Mike Huckabee is a man of his word and if elected president, will not raise taxes.

Fund, quoting Arkansas Business scribe Blant Hurt, points out that Arkansas spending rose faster than the inflation rate and sales taxes were raised during Huckabee’s tenure. Both of these facts are true, but the tax increase was the result of an Arkansas Supreme Court order in the Lake View school funding lawsuit that Huckabee fought, but lost – another fact Fund failed to mention.

Education eats the lion’s share of state expenditures, inflating the rate of increase of state spending. Lake View was a horrible court decision, and I fought it on the editorial pages at the time as Huckabee fought it in court. To use the results of the forced tax increase (and forced spending of that new revenue) as proof Huckabee isn’t really fiscally conservative is erroneous at best, if not deceptive.

Fund also trots out Huckabee’s enemies in the Eagle Forum, who take the opportunity to blame Huckabee for the Arkansas Republican Party woes. This statement is patently ridiculous. While Huckabee was governor, Republicans gained ground in the state house up until 2006, which as we know, was not a banner year for Republicans nationwide. When Huckabee was on the ballot, Republicans won more offices than they had since Reconstruction. Huckabee was always one of the most popular politicians in office, according the the University of Arkansas’ Arkansas Poll, conducted annually.

The Eagle Forum doesn’t like Huckabee because he doesn’t take the hardest line against illegal immigration. He specifically earned the groups ire when he supported a bill (which failed) that would have allowed children of illegal immigrants who were applying to become citizens access to merit based state scholarships.

If an absolute hard line on immigration is more important to you than say, ending abortion, then Huckabee isn’t your candidate. Huckabee says on immigration, “My number one priority is to secure America’s border” and “those caught trying to enter the country illegally must be detained, processed and deported” (as opposed to catch and release). Still, Rep. Tom Tancredo is farther to the right than Huckabee on immigration, so send your donations to Tancredo if this is your primary voting issue. Of course, Huckabee is as conservative or more conservative on immigration than former Mayor Rudy Guiliani, Sen. John McCain and former Gov. Mitt Romney.

Fund is either ignorant that the immigration issue is at the heart of the Eagle Forum opposition to Huckabee or disingenuous. Fund and his fellows on the Wall Street Journal are well known for being centrists on immigration reform. The Journal certainly is as centrist or even more so on immigration than Huckabee, which is probably why Fund didn’t give context to the Eagle Forum comments.

As far as blaming Huckabee for the GOP woes in Arkansas, the Republican Party in that state stared unravelling in 2004, when the social conservatives turned on Sen. Tim Hutchinson, largely because of his divorce and remarriage to a former staffer. This gave rise to pure ideologues like Jim Holt, who twice was able to win the GOP nomination for statewide races (once for U.S. Senate, once for Lt. Governor), but was unable to assemble a winning general election campaign. Don’t get me wrong, Holt worked hard and was more conservative, both fiscally and socially than President Reagan, but lacked Reagan (and Huckabee’s) communication skills. Unfortunately Holt, who managed to alienate nearly every Republican in the state legislature, was not savvy enough to beat the persecution of the Arkansas press.

Tim Hutchinson’s fall from grace also tainted (unfairly) his brother, Asa, who was the Republican who ran to replace the term-limited Huckabee. (Asa, whom I supported, was uncontested in the GOP primary, because of the sudden death from cancer of Lt. Governor Win Rockefeller, a moderate Republican who was as popular as Huckabee statewide.)

In considering Huckabee’s social conservatism, Fund either is talking out of both sides of his mouth or implying Huckabee is hypocrite. In one sentence, Fund describes Huckabee as “running hard right” on social issues, but then cites one of Huckabee’s fellow seminarians, Pastor Rick Scarborough, saying that Huckabee “never appointed conservatives while he headed the Arkansas Baptist Convention.” Fiscal conservatives? Theological conservatives? Social conservatives? Those who like conservative hymns instead of guitar-led worship? In his weak attempt to discredit Huckabee, Fund doesn’t say — another omission.

At any rate, Huckabee’s social conservative track record is unrivaled by any one else in the GOP field. Front runners Romney, Giuliani, McCain and actor Fred Thompson don’t even come close to the consistency of Huckabee’s social conservatism, which is ultimately where Fund’s analysis of Huckabee falls apart. When Huckabee is talking about being consistently conservative, he is talking about the promotion of the sanctity of life, opposition to gay marriage and other core social conservative values that his opponents have flip flopped on enough times to rival John Kerry.

Every year while governor, Huckabee led the line in Arkansas’ annual Right to Life march. Huckabee also led efforts to pass a state constitutional amendment recognizing marriage as a bond between one man and one woman. Finally, Huckabee was proactive in helping to strengthen marriages in Arkansas by promoting “Covenant Marriages” as an option in Arkansas, where couples must see counseling before a judge will grant a divorce on grounds of convenience.

Huckabee is not the perfect candidate. HIs flirting with carbon credits and his weak stance against SCHIP expansion, both noted by Fund, don’t thrill me.

But who can I count on to strongly oppose the infanticide going on in this country? Not Giuliani, who is self-described as pro-choice, nor Romney, who flips on issues like abortion for political expedience. Who can I trust not to raise taxes? Not Giuliani, who won’t sign an anti-tax pledge, nor Romeny — again, whose flip-flopping ruins his credibility.

Contrary to Fund’s assertion that Huckabee is an inconsistent conservative, Huckabee is a social conservative I know I can count on.

Fund's column can be found at: http://opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110010782

* Even hard core fiscal conservatives agree that the government must be involved in some public works projects — like roads. Few people — if any — would argue that creating a healthy system of roads is not one of the government’s primary responsibilities. I would also argue that if you are going to have a tax, making those who directly benefit from the service the tax will provide, i.e. those who drive on roads (or rather, who buy gas), pay for the tax is also fiscally conservative — as opposed to some “progressive” income tax or universal sales tax.

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Lucas Roebuck is the former opinion page editor of the Benton County Daily Record, former assignment editor for KNWA-NBC, and former managing editor for the Northwest Arkansas Times and Siloam Springs Herald-Leader.

JR:
I posted this whole article because I think the attacks on Gov. Huckabee need to be answered. It's pretty clear that he is now in the first tier of contenders and considered a real threat for the nomination when all of these attacks start coming out. I am particularly interested in Mr. Roebuck's explanation of Governor Huckabee's record on illegal immigration and in-state tuition, as well as the education court case which forced the state to raise taxes.

I am going to be sending this around to all of my friends and aquaintences when they repeat these assertions. I think the attacks on Huckabee should be celebrated by us "Huckamaniacs" because it shows he is gaining traction.

Finally, I do not necessarily agree with my candidate on everything. However, every one of the contenders, both first tier and longshots, have some imperfections or even skeletons in their closet (not Huckabee on that one). I think we have to look at the whole picture of the candidate and the whole picture of who can be the best conservative candidate to appeal to the electorate hungry for change in 2008. Mike Huckabee will come to Washington D.C. with clean hands, ready to get to work.

If you want a candidate that will make a difference in Washington and hold true to our conservative, pro-family, pro-taxpayer values, then give this campaign your support...and if you can, GIVE!

Byron York promotes Mike Huckabee to first-tier...about time.

From National Review:

The GOP’s Wide-Open Race
At the Values Voters conference and Orlando debate, candidates make their moves.
By Byron York

We’ve just come through the most revealing three-day period in the Republican presidential race so far. Before Friday and Saturday, when all the candidates appeared at the Values Voters Summit in Washington, and Sunday, when they gathered for the Fox News debate in Orlando, we wondered whether Rudy Giuliani could survive an appearance before socially conservative voters; whether Fred Thompson could show the energy that primary voters demand in a candidate; whether John McCain could regain his place in the contest’s first tier; and whether Mike Huckabee could fully ascend to that top grouping. Now, we know the answers are “yes” on all counts. Those answers, along with the continued strength of Mitt Romney — despite doubts about his record among the voters to whom it means the most — mean that there are now five real contenders for the Republican nomination. It is the most wide-open race in a very long time... Go to National Review Online to read entire article...

As for Huckabee — he did well in Orlando, but he has done well in all the Republican debates. His true winning moment came in Washington, where he simply ran laps around the other speakers at the Values Voters Summit. It was perhaps the most overtly religious speech that Huckabee, a former Baptist minister, has given on the campaign trail — more of a sermon at times. For readers who were not there, it is worth an extended quotation:

We ought not to see things like the world does because most of you, probably like me, grew up being tutored in Sunday school. And I don’t know about you, but I never outgrew some of that. I don’t guess I outgrew any of it. You see, I was led to believe that it was a lot better to be with David — that little shepherd boy with five smooth stones– than it was with Goliath with all his heavy armor. I was thought that it was better to be Daniel than it was a whole den full of lions because Daniel would come out better off then those lions. It went to sleep before it was all over. I was taught that it was better to be one of the three Hebrew children than it was to be the fiery flames of the furnace, because with God’s power those flames couldn’t even leave the smell of smoke on the lives and the clothes of those three Hebrew children.I was taught to believe that it was better to be Elijah with an altar that had been soaked not once, not twice, but three times with water than it was to be 850 prophets of Ba’al screaming and yelling all day long for the fire to fall on Mount Carmel. I was led to believe that we serve a God who stood in the middle of a boat in the Sea of Galilee in the midst of a storm and said for the storm to stop and it did, or a Jesus who took mud and put it in the eyes of a blind man and he could see again. And one who could take two little fish and five biscuits and feed a crowd of 5,000 people and have enough leftovers that it would make the disciples realize that there was never an end to the supply of what our God could do when our people had faith — a savior who in fact could even go to the tomb of a dead man named Lazarus, so dead that the Scripture says he already was stinking — that’s pretty blunt, folks — (laughter) — and he made him live again.I don’t want ever for us to let expediency or electability replace our principles as the new value. The new value needs to be the old value. We believe in some things. We stand by those things. We live or die by those things.

It was a speech Huckabee would not have given in another situation, and it was too strong for many general audiences. But in the room at the Washington Hilton, it was an enormous success. Huckabee destroyed the field in the FRC on-site straw poll, and that performance, plus his rise in polls in Iowa, led many observers to begin including him among the top-tier candidates.Finally, there is Romney. Both his performance at the Values Voters Summit and in Orlando were workmanlike and professional; it’s unlikely that a man as thorough, careful, and successful as Romney would ever be anything less. But it’s fair to say that Romney did not move the ball at either event. The doubts that nag socially conservative voters about him still remained after the FRC gathering, and after Orlando it became clear that he faces a newly-energized and expanded field. There are still more than ten weeks to go before the first voters head to the caucuses in Iowa. After this weekend, it is a big and wide-open race.

JR:
More and more people are starting to note Governor Huckabee's incredible ability to connect and communicate a real message of change and conservative principles to any audience. Most pleasing to me is that he wrote his own speech for the event. I am sure he will have to employ speech writers as president, but he doesn't need anyone to write his convictions out for him. Plus he can speak without having to say "Uhh" every few words (Fred Thompson), and he can put two sentences together (George W. Bush).

Unleashing Huckamania in Baltimore County!

JR:
Hopefully the over-the-top title to this post got your attention...
I am going to be speaking to the 42nd District Republican Club in Lutherville, MD (Balt. County) this Wednesday, October 24th. The meeting starts at 7:00 PM. Details are below. John Fiastro, the club president asked me to come and present the case for Mike Huckabee's presidential campaign. A lot of activists here in Maryland have gotten on board with Thompson because they bought the "conservative savior" hype, and some are beginning to look again. Others have latched onto Rudy Giuliani, or Mitt Romney. There is also a strong Ron Paul contingent too. I look forward to sharing with the group why I Like Mike and why they should give him a look in this presidential race.

If you are in the area, you are welcome to come by. Non-members are certainly invited to attend.

Here's the Announcement:

Hello all, I am pleased to let you know that the Justin Ready, a Huckabee Campaign supporter, will be joining us to discuss the former Arkansas Governor and why he has chosen to support him. Mr. Ready has experience in both Republican campaigns and in policy making, as he has worked for Republican legislators in the Maryland General Assembly. He should provide us with some information on one of the field's lesser known candidates. Looking at the polls and listening to what some of the pundits have to say you would see that Governor Huckabee's prospects have been improving. Below is the standard information. Please send it to your respective lists.

Date: Wednesday October 24th, 2007
Time: 7pm
Location: Father O'Neil Knights of Columbus Hall 616 W. Seminary Avenue Lutherville, MD 21093

Newest Huckabee endorsement: Chuck Freakin Norris

From MikeHuckabee.com:

October 22, 2007 - 11:06 AM
Chuck Norris Endorsement

My choice for president
Posted: October 21, 20078:20 p.m. Eastern
Former Gov. Mike Huckabee
A short time ago, I wrote in jest about what I would do if I am elected president. Of course, that was written all in good fun.
Like most of you, over the summer and into the fall, I've been watching, listening, studying and praying about who could lead this country as our next president.
I won't leave you in suspense. Though Giuliani might be savvy enough to lead people, Fred Thompson wise enough to wade through the tides of politics, McCain tough enough to fight terrorism and Romney business-minded enough to grow our economy, I believe the only one who has all of the characteristics to lead America forward into the future is ex-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
Newt Gingrich called Mike "very effective ? if Huckabee can find money, he will be dramatically competitive almost overnight." Bill Clinton called Huckabee the "only dark horse that's got any kind of chance ? He's the best speaker they've got." There is even a pro-Huckabee swell rising among the younger generation.
Who he is (before what he can do)
More than anything he has done or can do, however, it is first who Mike is that impresses me most.
Part of our backward culture is reflected in the fact that we measure and value people by what they do, instead of first who they are. As a result, we nominate charisma, cast votes for articulation and repeatedly elect too many paper-thin corrupt politicians. Of course, I want a president who gets things done, but I first want one who has lived a life of integrity, commitment, truthfulness and respect. Mike is that man.
Mike hasn't lived an isolated, out-of-touch life like so many politicians. He was raised in Hope, Ark., with a dad who was a firefighter and always had a second job. Mike and his sister grew up poor, not privileged. He was the first person in his family to graduate from high school. And he worked two jobs in college and graduated in two-and-a-half years. He is an outdoorsman too – an avid fisherman, hunter and a long-term member of the NRA.
Mike is a committed husband and father. He has always prioritized his family before politics. His wife, two sons and daughter speak his highest praise.
Mike has also faced unique adversity, from helping a young wife endure the trials of spinal cancer to aiding the victims of hurricane Katrina as the governor of Arkansas. He has a heart for helping and will fight for the causes of average citizens. He is known for having a compassionate heart, genuinely caring for all people.
Mike is also a respected and fearless leader, and he does not cower to the cries of any majority or minority. He doesn't abandon his values for what's expedient. Like our Founding Fathers, he's not afraid to stand up for a Creator and against secularist beliefs. At the same time, he doesn't fear offending Christian leaders who give up their values in pursuit of electing their "team leader" just like everyone else.

JR:
Chuck Norris!?! That means we will definitely win. Have you ever seen a Chuck Norris movie or "Walker-Texas Ranger"? He always comes out on top. In all seriousness, hopefully this will get some mainstream media attention and help with fundraising. I hope Chuck maxes out to Huck. Read the rest of the statement by Norris at the Huckabee blog, and maybe donate a few bucks to help celebrate the good news!