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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMike Huckabee vows to announce decision on a 2016 presidential run on May 5
FWIW I don't think he'll run due to this.
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/maurice-clemmons-man-wanted-for-questioning-has-troubling-criminal-history/
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, a Republican, said on Friday that he will make an announcement on May 5 about whether or not he will run for president in 2016.
Huckabee said in an interview on Fox News that he will announce his plans in his hometown of Hope, Arkansas.
Huckabee, who left office in 2007, first ran for president in 2008. He hosted a Fox News television show but quit early this year to weigh another run at the Republican nomination.
Huckabee, a former Baptist pastor, is known as an unabashed culture warrior on issues such as abortion rights and gay marriage. But he could struggle to win support beyond his social conservative base this year.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/04/mike-huckabee-vows-to-announce-decision-on-a-2016-presidential-run-on-may-5/comments/#disqus
dhill926
(16,339 posts)he'll run.
olddots
(10,237 posts)FSogol
(45,485 posts)Dpm12
(512 posts)Now, hear me out. Politically, I disagree with the man on just about every issue. As a person, I like him. He's soft-spoken and seems very friendly.
missingthebigdog
(1,233 posts)But he was considerably more moderate when he was governor of Arkansas.
He once said we need to stop locking up people we are mad at, and focus on locking up the ones we are afraid of. Not a terrible approach to correction reform.
He also pushed through a Medicaid waiver program to provide healthcare to virtually every child in Arkansas.
Now he's just another blowhard, right wing, Fox News, teahadist hack. He needs to go away.
Dpm12
(512 posts)I like him PERSONALLY.