I'm not a fan of Romney but he is exactly right about the Huckster. How low has the Republican party sunk when we can even think of nominating a charleton like the Huckster. Shame, Shame, Shame. I would vote for a third party if the Repubs ever nominated the Huckter

I can't believe Huckabee is in the lead in so many polls now. This guy is a fraud. The GOP is done in 2008 if Huckabee wins the nomination.

Either Mitt or Hudkster is a winner. They will continue supporting the "War on Thugs", those 19 non-Iraq, 15 Saudia Arabia thugs who attack us on 9/11 by continuing the WAR FOREVER, until every terrorist is wiped off the face of the earth.

Best of all the pro-war Republican canidates will not reverse the Bush Presidential Executive Order 13438 which states,

"Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq, issued. The order asserts the government’s power to confiscate the property “of persons determined to have committed, or to pose a significant risk of committing, an act or acts of violence that have the purpose or effect of threatening the peace or stability of Iraq or the Government of Iraq or undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq or to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people."

This is great News. Bush can can now take the property (homes, cars, money) of any American who "pose a significant risk of committing" violence, or, if the goverment determines that an American is protesting "efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq".

The very idea that the 1st Admendment rights of free speech and assembly would apply to war protestors is absurd. We must start taking there property now, that will shut
them up. Yes, we must elect a pro-war Republican Christian, so they can protect us from these anti-American war protestors. Is the Christian thing to do, right?

Voters need to take their choice very seriously. They need to decide if they are going to send a president to Washington or send a sweet-talkin' guy. No more sweet talkin' guys who cannot deliver. We need Romney, a guy with substance who has a record of accomplishment.

Well said Lori.

Romney has said nearly identical things to Huckabee on foreign policy and the current administration—back when he thought it would be politically advantageous to do so. This is nothing but another flip-flop.

Mitt Romney for president? Who can trust a man to figure out our financial problems and make a budget when he cant understand the fair tax. And for all of you who believe corporation pay taxes, you might better do a little studying yourself. Huck does understand his math.

Good grief we have allowed these phony creepy politicians to take away so much of our freedom and productivity. The games they play to achieve a position of power only for manipulation and propoganda of their own terrible influence. That's a wrap.

Voters who do not honestly look at the platforms of the candidates and make an informes choice are the worst. Informed voters even if they disagree at least keep the system as honest as it can be. Those who would vote for say Sen Clinton just because she is a woman or those who would vote for Huck just because he is christian are the type that should not be voting in my opinion.

Huckabee's loose mouth would be a national security issue, if he were elected. He is incorrigible.

"Mitt Romney for president? Who can trust a man to figure out our financial problems and make a budget when he cant understand the fair tax. And for all of you who believe corporation pay taxes, you might better do a little studying yourself. Huck does understand his math"

Walter, You must be smoking something if you think the fair tax would help our economy. It incentivises using used items because the tax is only on new things. I can tell you right now, I would stop buying new and go immediately to craigslist. That would mean I wouldn't have to pay any taxes. Fair tax is Naive at best.

Mitt would be a lot better off if was less worried about Huckabee and more concerned with addressing his own shortcomings (which there are many).

It is always the case that candidates play to the ends when running in the primaries. Republicans to the conservative end and Democrats to the liberal end. Then each party's nominee rushes to the center to capture the all important swing vote. Republicans should get smart and support someone that can occupy middle groung without having to change positions to get there.

oops ground not groung

You can't say that Romney should be worried about his own shortcomings, implying that there are many and then fail to elaborate on them.

A lot of Huckabee supporters and even Giuliani supporters get upset when Romney brings up their shortcomings. Instead of confronting those shortcomings many of you would rather imply that Romney has many shortcomings as bad or worse then the other candidates, yet anyone who say's so always fails to elaborate leaving the subject open ended.
We know without a doubt by now that both Giuliani and Huckabee have plenty of skeletons in their closets, fact is no one wants to accept them. So far the only real skeleton Romney has is his pro-choice blunder which doesn't bother me that much compared to Giuliani's infidelity or Huckabee's support of illegals.

I think Huckabee lies too easily. For example, he said his scholarship program for illegal aliens applied to kids who had been in school in the U.S "all their lives," when the program only required them to have been in high school for three years. Mark Halpern said, “Huckabee is unflappable, unfailingly genial, and willing to pleasantly deny the truth when it suits his purposes (such as claiming that he did not support the quarantine of AIDS patients in 1992).”

What I especially like about Romney is his apparent great kindness. Some years ago, the daughter of one of Romney's friends went missing in New York City. Romney shut his business down, and all the employees of the company went to New York City to look for her. Thankfully, they found her.

It would be a rare person who would shut his business down to help a friend. I read about that in Newsweek, and it made a great impression on me.

The only fraud in this race is Flip Flop Fraudney. Will he finally decide on whether he's a conservative or a liberal before the Iowa caucus? And furthermore, what will his position on Mike Huckabee be next week?

Bush made mistakes, but made the right choice to confront Islamic fascism in their neighborhoods. More could also be said about misinformation and bad advisers.

The media is just nit-picking something to make a story...Huckabee isn't bashing Bush. This is simply stating his differences from a 'bunker mentality' to working with more diplomacy in foreign policy.

Also, remember....9/11...this is all easier in hindsight. Bush did his job, we are just choosing who's going on with this fight from here.

Go Huck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Romney is right. Huckabee is in the wrong Party. He's more Democrat, certainly on fiscal matters, but on economics and Nanny-state social matters too.

If "fiscally liberal/socially conservative" Huckabee pulls this off, you'll see a massive defection of Fiscal Cons to the Libertarian Party.

If Mitt, Fred or Rudy gets it, we keep the GOP coalition intact. If its Huckabee the Republican Party will fall apart, and the beneficiary will be Wayne Root and the Libertarians.

DONDERROOOOOO!

That said, Huckabee is nothing more than a candidate that says what is most opportunistic for his campaign. Look back from 1992 onward and you can see clearly that this is the case. Now he's ripping off Paul's crib sheet in order to try and influence New Hampshire's race where he's doing poorly.

Huckabee is a huckster and a charlatan of a candidate. If this guy makes it into office, WE ALL LOSE.