AltWeeklies Wire
Huckabee Wants to Rock the Cradle of the Nanny Statenew
As the pundits tirelessly remind us, Mike Huckabee is many things -- likeable, witty, sincere, Chuck Norris's pick for the GOP nomination. The problem is he's just not conservative.
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
12-26-2007 |
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Florida: The Remixnew
The bad memories roll as the Democrats face another catastrophe.
Philadelphia City Paper |
David Faris |
12-26-2007 |
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Let's Pull it Togethernew
A center-left-green pact is the only way we can rid the world of Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper.
NOW Magazine |
Alice Klein |
12-21-2007 |
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Big Bill's Dicey Movesnew
Clinton is back at the table, playing us for chumps.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
12-21-2007 |
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On the National Affrontnew
Politically, 2007 was something worth avoiding. But it happened to us anyway. More memories of candidates, guns, and quagmires.
Boston Phoenix |
Barry Crimmins |
12-20-2007 |
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Barack's Up-Hil Climbnew
Even if Obama goes three for three in January, he faces a steep challenge from Clinton.
Boston Phoenix |
Steven Stark |
12-20-2007 |
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John Edwards is Still Viable in Iowanew
The results in Iowa, on the Democratic side anyway, are not a straight-up polling of caucus-goers. Could this help Edwards?
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
12-20-2007 |
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Does Huckabee's Populist Rhetoric Disguise Royalism?new
After 15 years in politics, it is still hard to say whether there is any conviction behind Mike Huckabee's talk or he is just another Republican who subscribes to the doctrine that the best politics is to capture votes from the poor and money from the rich by promising to protect each from the other.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
12-20-2007 |
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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 |
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The Case for Kucinichnew
If you don't vote in February for what you believe in, you won't get to vote for it in November.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tom Gallagher |
12-19-2007 |
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Imagining a President Huckabeenew
Frankly, if I were Hillary Clinton, I would be much more worried about running against Mike Huckabee than Mitt Romney. The venture capitalists of America don't get that, but a lot of other people do, which is why this could be an even more interesting race than we imagined.
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
12-18-2007 |
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The Preacher in Chief?new
Do Republican candidates' loyalties lie with the Constitution or with fundamentalist Christianity?
The Memphis Flyer |
Cheri DelBrocco |
12-17-2007 |
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The Passion of the Candidatenew
Mitt Romney's Mormon speech was aimed at Christian conservatives, but his model wasn't JFK -- it was Mel Gibson.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
12-14-2007 |
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Green Party, RIPnew
Cynthia McKinney's shenanigans sent the party further into irrelevance.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
12-14-2007 |
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Huckabee and Carter: Country Cousinsnew
Mike Huckabee and GOP bete noir Jimmy Carter share few political views, but Huckabee's rise mirrors that of Carter's 1976 campaign.
Boston Phoenix |
Steven Stark |
12-14-2007 |
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