tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42506888541423062522011-04-21T12:43:39.357-07:00Mike Huckabee says he probably won't be elected President because of the lobbyists on K Street. Well, this is one DC lawyer/lobbyist who still has Main Street values and wants to help get Huckabee elected. I hope other good people who are Main Street moles inside the Beltway (and people everywhere who want to clean up the political swampland inside the Beltway) will join Team Huckabee too!"H"noreply@blogger.comBlogger501100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4250688854142306252.post-86265689014000450122008-03-05T07:56:00.001-08:002008-03-05T09:13:19.145-08:00

Last night, Mike Huckabee lost the Texas and Ohio primaries, McCain picked up the number of delegates he needed to secure the nomination, so Huckabee graciously conceded and promised to support McCain in the continuing race for the White House. It was an exciting race for several months, but now it is over.Having spent several months on the inside of the grassroots effort for Huckabee, here is

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I finally got my opportunity to cast my vote for Mike Huckabee this morning. All DC, Maryland and Virginia voters, remember to vote today!My baby is "leaping in the womb" a lot this morning. I guess she's cheering on Mike Huckabee! Thanking him for staying in the race on behalf of unborn babies and voters who are concerned about having honorable, family-oriented leadership in this nation.From

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In the first caucus since Romney's departure left the GOP nomination a two-man race, Huckabee beats McCain by a whopping 61 to 22%! (With 3/4 of precincts reporting - exact final tally may change.)One of the central claims of the book "What's the Matter with Kansas" is that economic conservatives have taken advantage of social conservatives, taking their votes and activism for granted while not

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Well folks, just when you thought all the crazy twists and turns of the 2008 GOP primary season were coming to an end, the fat lady singing has again grabbed one candidate but promptly disappeared over the horizon. Her victim today: Mitt Romney, who bowed out with a speech at the Conservative Political Action Committee annual meeting.It ain't over for Mike Huckabee, no matter how much the Wall

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Politics is often played like a sport, with die-hard rivalries and a winner-take-all attitude that sees no place for compromise. Many inside the Beltway forget that, unlike sports games, political actions have serious consequences for the everyday lives of people. Some even say Washington DC doesn't have any decent sports teams because politics is such a big sport here that it overwhelms the

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No one is surprised, I think, but Fred Thompson just officially announced his withdrawal from the race for the Republican nomination.I believe this will help boost Huckabee's campaign. If it weren't for Thompson, Huckabee probably would have won South Carolina. They were competing for the same conservative voters and people who saw a need for a down-to-earth Southerner as the GOP nominee.I do

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If you've been reading my blog, you know that I support Mike Huckabee for President because he combines whole-pro-life convictions with an economic policy perspective that understands the power of free markets but subordinates them to the good of families, particularly those who are middle class or poor.You may wonder why I care, particularly about the economic policy. After all, the present

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First, the disclaimer: Under federal tax laws, the Family Research Council is forbidden from endorsing any candidate for political office or otherwise "intervening" in an election. But the reality is that nonprofits have become very sophisticated in influencing their particular audiences in political matters without stepping over the tax code's lines. The leftys even have an organization,

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Jon Kyl demonstrates again why he's my favorite Senator with his wise words about the foolishness of band-aid, short-term measures to address the impending recession. Only two short-term responses make any sense: measures to help prevent foreclosure for families on the brink, and temporary measures by the Federal Reserve to improve liquidity in the credit markets (though the latter needs to be

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Back in August, after Ames when Mike Huckabee was just starting to get any attention at all, he stated at a cancer forum that he would support a ban on smoking in the workplace nationwide, just as he had fought for it in Arkansas. The National Review Online crowd went wild, declaring him a "nanny stater" and thus began NRO's war on Mike Huckabee.Here's the irony: just as Huckabee has revised his

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First, a note on Michigan. I'm sad that Huckabee didn't win, as the polls indicated he might a few weeks ago, but I'm glad that Romney broke McCain's "momentum." This should deflate the McCain bubble and give Huckabee a better chance at winning South Carolina on Saturday. It's do-or-die time!Romney seems to have won Michigan because of his conversion in the past week to the idea that the

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Speaking of associative fear-mongering, today's article by Jeffrey Lord qualifies as the stupidest condemnation of Huckabee by association yet. Huckabee has said that there's something wrong with an economy where CEOs make 500 times what many of their workers do, often for running their companies into the ground, and advocates pro-global competitiveness policies designed to help raise wages of

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Polls over the last few days show that Republican primary voters are starting to believe the hype of the pundit classes that Huckabee is a one-state wonder and McCain is the man with momentum. Mike Huckabee was recently running in first place in Michigan and South Carolina, but he is rapidly losing ground to John McCain, and to a much lesser but still significant extent, Fred Thompson.Much of

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Huckabee's position on school choice appears to be the latest hot issue in the debate over whether Huckabee is "conservative" on anything other than moral issues. The anti-Huckabee right has taken to claiming that he "opposes school choice." Yet Huckabee has strong backing from homeschoolers and frequently says he strongly supports a parent's right to choose their child's education. So which is

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Many of the conservative establishment pundits are continuing to insist on this talking point. NRO says again today that Huckabee "ran on his religion" to win in Iowa, but he needs to broaden his appeal beyond Evangelicals to win the nomination. That's rich coming from the publication that has gone all-out to convince other types of conservatives that Huckabee is a wolf in sheep's clothing and

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Congratulations Governor Huckabee on a definitive win in Iowa!Though I can't say I'm surprised. I know Iowa. I went to college there. I have a slew of relatives there. And I knew the good people of Iowa would not be bought. They stand for the middle class, for family values, and for a leader of strong but humble character.I loved Huckabee's quotation of G.K. Chesterton in his victory speech

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I'm ashamed to admit that nearly three weeks have gone by since my last blog post about the Huckabee campaign. In the interim, he has leapfrogged into place as an (the?) undeniable frontrunner in the GOP primary, according to a plethora of polls. Perhaps Huckabee is better off the less I blog? :(But hoping this unhappy theory has no basis in fact, I apologize to readers for my long absence. I

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Today Robert Novak calls Huckabee "The False Conservative" in the editorial pages of the Washington Post. As I have said before, what scares fusionist "conservatives" about Huckabee is that he is the true conservative, not them, and he demonstrates their economic liberalism (in the classic definition of "liberalism"--meaning completely unrestrained free markets) may not be not necessary to form a

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Continuing my series of blog posts on Catholic social teaching, here is another section of Rerum Novarum:45. Let the working man and the employer make free agreements, and in particular let them agree freely as to the wages; nevertheless, there underlies a dictate of natural justice more imperious and ancient than any bargain between man and man, namely, that wages ought not to be insufficient to

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I have decided to start a series of blog posts based on the Catholic encyclicals addressing issues of economic policy and the proper role of the State: Rerum Novarum (Pope Leo XIII, 1891), Quadragesimo Anno (Pope Pius XI, 1931), and Centesimus Annus (Pope John Paul II, 1991). I have two purposes: to show Catholics how well Mike Huckabee's political positions fit with the teachings of our Church,

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National Review has sunk to a new low by publishing this unsupported and unsupportable hatchet job in "The Week":Mike Huckabee’s rising poll numbers make him the exciting new face in the presidential race, much as Fred Thompson was in the spring. But let’s get serious. Huckabee was an undistinguished governor; both Romney and Giuliani had more executive accomplishments. Huckabee has a better feel

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The Day of Reckoning came in Virginia yesterday, what's done is done, and I am able to focus on the Huckabee campaign again.We did our best (and a special shout-out to Kevin Tracy for handing out fliers in the cold rain yesterday morning even though he isn't registered to vote in the Commonwealth), but the Democrats took control over the Virginia Senate nonetheless.A few lessons learned from

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Dear Fellow Huckabeelievers,I regret to say that I need to take a break from Huckabee blogging through November 6. I am very busy at work and must devote all my "extracurricular" time over the next 2 weeks to helping Republicans keep control of the Virginia Senate and avert a redistricting nightmare in 2010.After election night, I plan to be back in the Huckosphere in full force. In the meantime,

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Today's scripture readings from the Catholic lectionary are so apt that we should all take them to heart as we go forward from now until primary season.Exodus 17:8-13In those days Amalek came and waged war against Israel. Moses, therefore, said to Joshua, "Pick out certain men, and tomorrow go out and engage Amalek in battle. I will be standing on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.

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I just got home an hour ago from the Washington Briefing. This event was a resounding success! Thanks so much to everyone who came, everyone who voted online, and everyone who prayed for Mike Huckabee.You may have already seen the results of the straw poll - Romney narrowly edged out Huckabee by 0.5% of overall vote - after sending emails to supporters nationwide yesterday telling them to vote

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The FRC Action Washington Briefing begins this Friday morning! Here is some key information if you're planning to attend or still thinking about attending:If you have not already received an email from me about plans for meeting up with other Huckabee supporters, then you haven't previously emailed me to let me know you're coming. Please email me now and get on the distribution list for these

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So you're in a hotel with a bunch of "headliners" like Dr. Dobson, Dr. Land, and Sean Hannity, and you're trying to convince these people to support Mike Huckabee for President. If, at the end of the day, you have not spoken to any of these people, should you be disappointed? NO. Because...Rule #3: The best way to a leader's heart is through his or her aides, members or friends.If you really want

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Today's installment of tips for persuading GOP activists to support Huckabee at the Washington Briefing and similar events may be self-evident to a lot of people, but you know what they say about assuming, so here it is:Rule #2: Dress Professionally and Wear a Tasteful Pin. [Updated 10/15]The Washington Briefing is not the place to advertise your support for Huckabee with a t-shirt or baseball

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As I promised in an earlier post about the Washington Briefing, this is the first in a series of tips on "lobbying" -- how to maximize your effectiveness in persuading GOP activists to support Huckabee.The goal here is to show that Huckabee's supporters are thoughtful, realistic, mainstream conservatives. As evidenced by the Ron Paul movement, having a lot of very active, true believer supporters

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Over the weekend, the posted schedule for FRC Action's Washington Briefing changed. Now Mike Huckabee is scheduled to speak on Saturday morning, with the straw poll voting continuing until 1:00 p.m. Saturday.This is good news if you couldn't take off work on Friday but you can make it to DC for Saturday, October 20. Now you can see Huckabee speak and vote in person.The bad news is that Huckabee

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Reported today in the Washington Times:Fifth-ranked in the polls, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has backing of the leaders of many small-to-medium sized evangelical congregations and interest groups but not the most widely influential leaders like [American Family Association (AFA) Chairman Donald Wildmon] and Dr. Dobson."It would seem that Christian leaders could well rally around Mike

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Friday and Saturday, October 19-20, FRC Action (the political action committee connected to the Family Research Council) is hosting its 2nd Annual Washington Briefing conference in Washington, DC. All of the major GOP Presidential candidates -- except Giuliani -- will be speaking, along with a lot of favorite conservative pundits, politicians, and grassroots political leaders.This is the time

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The Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) today reports:House Republicans Could FaceTough Floor Vote on Mortgage BillWhen legislation (H.R. 3648) to exclude from income debt forgiven as a result of a mortgage foreclosure or renegotiation hits the House floor Oct. 4, Republicans could be forced to cast a difficult vote because of the tax increase used to pay for the roughly $2 billion bill.The

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Thanks to the 5 Huckabee supporters who emailed me to let me know they completed the Top-Tier Huckabee Challenge in September! I donated $250 more to the Huckabee campaign last night on your behalf.Fantastic news up on the Huckabee website this morning: 3,525 donations in just 2 weeks, far surpassing their goal of 2,500!! Congratulations to Mike Huckabee and all of his supporters who chipped in

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Woo hoo, K Street Mole is in a very good mood because it's Friday, Huckabee is within spitting distance of his goal of 2,500 contributions by Sept. 30 (but keep 'em coming, and don't forget to email me if you've completed the challenge), and best of all...I just met my man Mike Huckabee in person for the first time. :-)It was a great event, and Mike was every bit a personable talking to me as he

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So far only 3 people have written me to qualify for the Top-Tier Huckabee Challenge, in which I have pledged to donate $50 to the Huckabee campaign for each person who joins Team Huckabee and writes to major media sources explaining why Huckabee should get more coverage. (Follow the link for details.)While I plan to continue the challenge after the end of September, Huckabee needs the

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Michael Steele, former Lt. Governor of the People's Republic of Maryland, Republican with the best-run Senate campaign, best TV ads, and least deserving to lose in 2006, and now Chairman of GOPAC, expressed extreme frustration with the GOP "front-runners" for backing out of the Morgan State University debates coming up this Thursday."I spent months working to set this up, and the candidates have

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Yes and No. But it is definitely not a reason to oppose him.In anticipation of Vertical Day, let me offer some thoughts on an important issue that Huckabee wants to discuss with the American people, while the other candidates avoid it: a pure consumption tax to replace the federal income tax (with features to avoid hardship for the poor and lower-middle class), dubbed the "Fair Tax."The Fair Tax

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Since I posted the Top-Tier Huckabee challenge, a lot of other bloggers have started initiatives to get better media coverage for Huckabee, particularly among "right-leaning" outlets such as National Review and certain Fox News and talk radio pundits. One Mom's blog is particularly helpful, linking to contact info for the media outlets and even providing suggested language for a letter.It is

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[Updated 9/19 with simplified rules to qualify - see "fine print" below.]I firmly believe that if voters merely get to know Huckabee as a "top-tier" candidate, he can win. He is the most dynamic and appealing of the Republican candidates, and the most in touch with the values of the "Republican base." At the same time, he has the most appealing message for middle class independents, who will

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They spent September 11, a sacred and solemn day in this nation, putting up a hatchet job website devoted to slamming Mike Huckabee.Maybe this is my own private conspiracy theory, but I am convinced that the number one thing holding Huckabee back right now is opposition from Club for Growth. Many of the big Republican donors are under their sway, and I think they've intimidated (or at least

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I'm reading "From Hope to Higher Ground" on the subway during rush hour, perching my book high so plenty of people can see the dust jacket. How about you?

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I heard the saddest story last night. My husband was talking with an old family friend who has been a middle school librarian for ~30 years. She told him that her job has recently become boring, because many of the teachers in her school have stopped doing research projects with the kids because they are so focused on the scores on the standardized reading tests. So the students don't come to the

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Yesterday, Dr. Scott B. Rae (a PhD in philosophy/ethics, not an MD) gave a very insightful and thought-provoking talk on health care as part of the Faith & Law lecture series (despite the name, most attendees at these great weekly lectures are Hill staff and agency staff, not necessarily lawyers). He did not offer any easy answers or talk about any Presidential candidates, but what he said

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I was underwhelmed by the debates last night. The only memorable moment was the Huckabee - Ron Paul dust-up, where Huckabee concluded that honor in doing the right thing in Iraq is more important than the Republican Party. And how! This is exactly why Huckabee should be the man running against Hillary in the general election, but unfortunately also why he has a hard time raising the dough and

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This just in on NRO's Campaign Spot: rumors that the Arlington Group is turning against Fred Thompson and toward Mike Huckabee.The Arlington Group, for those outside the Beltway, is a one-stop-shop for mobilizing Christian/conservative grassroots organizations for action on Capitol Hill. I've worked with some of their lobbyists - truly the "good guys" of K Street.Update: Another unnamed

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NRO's Campaign Spot has taken notice of K Street Mole and acknowledged that a workplace smoking ban is consistently pro-life, but then suggests that Huckabee's priorities are misplaced, citing a litany of challenges our nation faces right now. Hold it right there. Huckabee was asked whether he would sign nationwide ban on workplace smoking into law if Congress sent one across his desk. This is

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I had a very interesting exchange today with an old friend, who I thought might be persuadable to join the Huckabee team. (Big Buchanan fan in 2000 when he was director of a non-profit; now a mole on Wall Street so he can provide for his 9 children.) Here in slightly abbreviated form for your illumination:Wall Street Mole (in response to K Street Mole's expression of skepticism about Fred

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Are "pro-life" and "anti-abortion" precisely synonyms, only different in revealing the bias of the speaker? Or does pro-life really mean something more than anti-abortion?Anti-abortion means you believe that abortion is killing a human person with a right to life, and therefore abortion should never or very rarely be legal.Pro-life means you believe the same thing as someone who is anti-abortion.

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It's been a long political winter for me.At a Christmas party I chatted with a gal joining Romney's campaign. I liked his integrity in family values, his experience, his willingness to tackle the healthcare mess. It didn't bother me that he is Mormon - here inside the Beltway anyone on the right side of the culture war is a close friend and ally, whether Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Mormon, what

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