The Politico’s Roger Simon is reporting that Mike Huckabee has no buses: Mike Huckabee does not have buses. Huckabee needs to get people to the straw poll in Ames this Saturday and even if he had the money for buses — which he doesn’t — there are no buses left Read more
For the critical week of recruiting before the Ames straw poll, The Club for Growth is attacking Mike Huckabee. They have details here. I think that this is going to hurt a lot. People who are still undecided and just show up are going to see this. And, like all Read more
In Q1, Mike Huckabee’s fundraising team disappointed. Looks like he did it in Q2 also: Republican Mike Huckabee raised $764,000 for his presidential campaign from April through June and had $437,000 cash on hand at the end of last month, according to financial reports filed Sunday. The former Arkansas governor Read more
This is a pretty direct frontal assault. Is Huckabee saying that, unlike Brownback, he wouldn’t settle for VP to Rudy?
I think it is notable when one candidate attacks another by name. Especially when it is this scathing.
On Face the Nation yesterday, Mike Huckabee attacked Mitt Romney over his hunting record. He said: "I think it was a major mistake," said Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor. "It would be like me saying I’ve been a lifelong golfer because I played putt-putt when I was 9 years old Read more
Not to pick on Mike Huckabee today, but he published numbers and opened his mouth: “If Republicans in this election vote in such a way as to say a candidate’s personal life and personal conduct in office doesn’t matter,” he declared, “then a lot of Christian evangelical leaders owe Bill Read more
Slap the face with one hand, pat the back with the other. Too bad the fundraising is the story, rather than the endorsement.
Now I have been harsh on Mike Huckabee’s fundraising in the past (here and here), but he is putting together a great team. The question for him has always been how he would do in fundraising. Under the theory of, if your numbers are bad, get them out early, he Read more
Mike Huckabee is having some successes in New Hampshire.