George W Bush, in his initial public offering back in 1999-2000 was, in fact, sold as an amalgamation of Huckabee and Romney. - Breeding, money, business on one hand, “aw-shucks Jesus loves me” compassion on the other. Of course, unlike Huckabee, Bush evidences no genuine empathy at all. His compassion […]

So begins McClatchy reporter Steven Thomma in today’s report filed from Myrtle Beach, S.C.
“It’s gone,” said Ed Rollins, who worked on Reagan’s 1984 re-election campaign and now chairs the campaign of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
“The Reagan coalition is pretty much gone,” added Karen Spencer, a Republican strategist in California who watched the Reagan phenomenon […]

January 10, 2008
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A dramatic 24 hours gives Hillary a great boost, but would she beat the Republicans’ resurgent veteran?
Jonathan Freedland
Thursday January 10, 2008
The Guardian
He was talking about moviemaking, but William Goldman’s adage now officially holds true for American politics too: no-one knows anything. It’s not just the pollsters and pundits who […]

January 10, 2008
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By Steven Thomma | McClatchy Newspapers

Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2008

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — The presidential campaign turned South on Thursday, as Republicans vied over who could offer the toughest language on Iran and traded barbs over who’s the true conservative heir to Ronald Reagan.
The […]

January 9, 2008
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By: John F. Harris and Jim VandeHei
Jan 9, 2008 08:13 PM EST
New Hampshire sealed it. The winner was Hillary Rodham Clinton, and the loser — not just of Tuesday’s primary but of the 2008 campaign cycle so far — was us.
“Us” is the community of reporters, pundits and prognosticators who […]

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Following the results of today’s New Hampshire primary, we see a clear lesson as to why the media and all their spin are simply not to be trusted.
This morning’s polls, granting Senator Obama margins of 5-8% leads over Senator Clinton were all hype and, once again, the American people thwart the fantasy world […]

January 5, 2008
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Submitted by Primary Monitor on Sat, 2008-01-05 16:13.
John McCain has doubled his support since mid-December and leads Mitt Romney, 35 percent to 29 percent, according to a Concord Monitor/Research 2000 post-Iowa survey of likely Republican primary voters in New Hampshire. Mike Huckabee was the choice of 13 percent of those […]

January 4, 2008
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Thomas B. Edsall
The Huffington Post
January 4, 2008 04:38 PM
Manchester, N.H. — As the pared-down field of presidential candidates returns to battle today in preparation for next Tuesday’s primary, the GOP faces the prospect of two struggles: one, an intra-party conflict to determine who is going to be the Wall Street/national […]

December 30, 2007
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LIZ SIDOTI
AP News
Dec 30, 2007 17:19 EST
Mike Huckabee, a Republican relying on support from religious conservatives in Thursday’s hard-fought presidential caucuses, on Sunday stood by a decade-old comment in which he said, “I hope we answer the alarm clock and take this nation back for Christ.”
In a television interview, the […]

December 29, 2007
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By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE and DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
Published: December 29, 2007
DES MOINES — In the last weekend before the Iowa caucuses, the Republican presidential candidates are bloodying the field with a blizzard of negative attacks, showing the strains of a wide-open and unpredictable race.
Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney and Senator John […]