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He talks, and talks, the talk
A fellow posted an old newspaper article on his blog about a Mike Huckabee speech to a religious group in 1998. - Thursday, Dec 20, 2007

Huckabee reaches out to touch Reagan
From the after-dinner dais, Mike Huckabee does a pretty good Ronald Reagan impersonation. - Tue, Dec 18, 2007

Hillary's loss of inevitability
In Arkansas, one of her three home states, Hillary Clinton long ago landed the endorsement of nearly every major Democratic officeholder in sight. - Mon, Dec 17, 2007

That West Memphis case - again
Look for a flurry of activity in the next few days from people supporting Damien Echols and those two other men from West Memphis who got sent to prison 14 years ago in part for being very weird, very eerie teenagers. - Sun, Dec 16, 2007

Look out - Fred's awake
Fred Thompson woke up the other day, and it turns out he's feisty and funny. - Sat, Dec 15, 2007

Huckabee's smoke-filled past
It looks bad when you hold public office and take undisclosed money from special interests - like Mike Huckabee, the would-be president, did when he was lieutenant governor in 1993-95. - Thu, Dec 13, 2007

Looking for meaning in Huckabee reruns
Judgment and ethics emerge as attributes to ponder now that Mike Huckabee might become president. - Tue, Dec 11, 2007

Gomer Pyle and the GOP
There is, in fact, a dime's worth of difference between the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates. - Mon, Dec 10, 2007

Huckabee's self-inflicted superficiality
It began to appear by the middle of last week that any derailing of Mike Huckabee's surge will come not from his ethical problems, which would be fair enough, or his tax record in Arkansas, which wouldn't. - Sun, Dec 09, 2007

Romney's religion slice and dice
Because professed Christians among Republican primary voters and caucus-goers suspect that his Mormonism is different from what they believe religiously - and therefore wholly unworthy of their secular political tolerance - Mitt Romney gave a vaunted religi - Sat, Dec 08, 2007

Another jock coach odyssey
Is there a winner in sight in the latest tragi-comedic story line of our ever-running hogaholic soap opera, this business about football coaching up on what the local television people incessantly call the hill? - Thu, Dec 06, 2007

No economic conservative
Since Mike Huckabee suddenly looks like Iowa's winner, we have a burst of interest nationally in whether he is what they popularly call an economic conservative. - Tue, Dec 04, 2007

Co-president seeking her own term
Does my wife, by virtue of her 20 years of challenging association with me, possess the relevant experience to become a newspaper columnist on politics? - Mon, Dec 03, 2007

Huck mania - behold it
Record this date: Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007. That's when it began to appear credibly that Mike Huckabee actually could become the Republican nominee for president. - Sun, Dec 02, 2007

E-mail's harsh glare
Perhaps we should try to draw something constructive from what the poor man wrote. - Sat, Dec 01, 2007

Coaching 101
Here's a memo from a former fan who could become one again. It's to the next University of Arkansas head football coach. - Thu, Nov 29, 2007

Disc jockey for president
One of the national writers putting together a profile of Mike Huckabee asked how it might be that this preacher showed such an affinity for popular culture. - Tue, Nov 27, 2007

Talking yourself out of the presidency
Joe Biden is not a serious candidate for president, although he says the most meaningful things and does so with the most compelling credentials. - Mon, Nov 26, 2007

Governor's conscience drops by
We probably should not look to Gov. Mike Beebe, who'll likely stay conservative on law enforcement issues, for opposition to the death penalty. - Sun, Nov 25, 2007

Lu runs into mighty Mississippi
It looks to me like Arkansas may have received the shaft again, and Mississippi the gold mine. - Sat, Nov 24, 2007

State gone wild
Arkansas needs to legalize full-fledged casino gambling, maybe even prostitution. - Thu, Nov 22, 2007


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