AltWeeklies Wire
Huckabee is Equal Parts Disc Jockey and Preachernew
His religious pronouncements are no more sermons than in-studio performances.
Arkansas Times |
John Brummett |
12-20-2007 |
Commentary
Frailty in God's Presidentnew
Were it not for one trifling frailty, Mike Huckabee's decision in the dog days of Iowa summer to become God's candidate for president looks prophetic and almost credible.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
12-14-2007 |
Commentary
Looking for Meaning in Huckabee Rerunsnew
Judgment and ethics emerge as attributes to ponder now that Mike Huckabee might become president. For the moment, fresh national media reporting condenses this discussion to a pair of old Arkansas dramas.
Arkansas Times |
John Brummett |
12-14-2007 |
Commentary
Mike Huckabee's Week that Wasnew
Huckabee's early devotion to the genial care and feeding of the national press paid dividends in his gaffe-ridden week. Many of the major news organizations treated the stories as little more than campaign blips or the work of opponents trailing in the polls.
Arkansas Times |
Max Brantley |
12-14-2007 |
Commentary
Mike Huckabee and GOP Ideologynew
If Republicans are turning to the moderate in a field of sullen men bent on seeing who can be the most reactionary, it is an unusual phenomenon.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
12-06-2007 |
Commentary
Mike Huckabee is No Economic Conservativenew
Huckabee is a bona fide social and cultural conservative, but, as governor of Arkansas for more than a decade, he behaved as an economic pragmatist or moderate.
Arkansas Times |
John Brummett |
12-06-2007 |
Commentary
Mike Huckabee Courts Scary Evangelistsnew
In his desperation to collar the evangelical conservative vote, Huckabee has overplayed his hand rather badly. Five weeks before the Iowa caucuses he will be on national television for six days making common cause with Kenneth Copeland.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
11-26-2007 |
Commentary
Arkansas: Are We Blue?new
Arkansans welcome immigrants, they favor legal abortion, they are growing increasingly comfortable with gay people and less comfortable with punishing them, and they favor Hillary Clinton for president. So then: Tell me again just how conservative Arkansas is.
Arkansas Times |
Max Brantley |
11-09-2007 |
Commentary
Small State Insights Into the Presidential Racenew
Are national reporters trying to tell me that Mike Huckabee is the best the Republicans have to offer?
Arkansas Times |
John Brummett |
11-02-2007 |
Commentary
Strange Bedfellows, United in Fear of Mike Huckabeenew
Now that Huckabee has gained ground, pushback from Republican opponents has begun. If national reporters ever get beyond their lazy narrative, they'll also find a record unacceptable to most Democrats, not to mention many swing voters. With the George Bush experience in 2000 as a guide, however, that's a mighty big "if."
Arkansas Times |
Max Brantley |
11-02-2007 |
Commentary
Jekyll and Mike Huckabeenew
Huckabee has either reinvented himself in the national campaign or else we underestimated his dexterity at the oldest political art, telling everyone what they want to hear and getting away with it.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
11-02-2007 |
Commentary
Politics with Merle and Brucenew
It turns out that a couple of my musical favorites have made political news lately -- perhaps it's mildly ironic that Merle Haggard seems more relevant than Bruce Springsteen.
Arkansas Times |
John Brummett |
10-18-2007 |
Commentary
Hillary Clinton's Health Plannew
The new Hillary health-care plan is fundamentally like the old one but without all the regulatory detail that flummoxed Americans and without the layer of health-care "alliances" and the confusing nomenclature like "managed competition" that allowed opponents to create scary scenarios.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
10-12-2007 |
Commentary
Mike Huckabee's Pulpit Politicsnew
Churches aren't given their tax breaks to spend the money on politicians, but tell that to the Baptist minister who recently used church stationery and an internet radio program to endorse a fellow Baptist minister for president. It's time for Huckabee to speak out against this.
Arkansas Times |
Editorial |
08-23-2007 |
Commentary
After Iowa Straw Poll, Mike Huckabee is on a Rollnew
If Huckabee is lucky, the focus will continue to be on form and not substance -- it worked for George Bush in 2000.
Arkansas Times |
Max Brantley |
08-17-2007 |
Commentary
