Sarah_Jane: While I might be inclined to agree if I had had the chance to vote, I have not, and I would not vote for someone of McCain's character anyway. So please, let the man run, some of us still have a voice to make known. Also, Reaganfan: Huckabee has been working in states that are not as likely to vote for him in the past few weeks, but he did come close to an upset in Virginia, which should be McCain territory. All that Gov. Perry's remarks mean is that the Republican party, which has long criticized McCain, have chosen to sell out.

I hope Huckabee tells Perry to ######### after the primary is over. He's obviously not much of a friend. I think he should go to Texas the next time Perry has to run and campaign against him. That would rock. I will be sending money to whoever runs against that little ***** Perry in his next election whether they are repub, democrat, communist or jihadist, I don't much care. I like Huckabee, but I am not evangelical, or religious for that matter, so being vindictive against a turncoat bandwagon jumping goatroping redneck isn't a sin in my book. He's a loser and he's bought and paid for by party. I like Texas, but Thank that town of Podunk for another great governor for sale.

I am voting absentee in Texas for Huckabee, and am aware that Governor Perry has sold out to the
the powers that have infitrated our government long ago. They are devoted to creating a North American Union, which was agreed upon by President Bush, Mexico's Fox and Canada's Martin In March of 2005. Their goal which is being implemented secretly, without any official voting by the represetatives we have elected. The Texas Department of Transportation and Governor Rick Perry are cramming it up the people of Texas, and Perry has let the contracts for a monumental huge highway system ( Trans Texas Corridor) which is to be the keystone of a plan for millions of acres across the country to be obtained by eminent domain, by Foreign constructions company('s) for theprofit of foreigners.

BY ANY DEFINITION THIS IS STEALING PROPERTY OF CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND GIVING THE PROCEEDS IN PERPETIUITY TO LEASE THESE HIGHWAYS OUT TO THOSE FOREIGNERS. (NOT FOR THE MONETARY BENEFIT OF THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY, A TRUE TRAITOROUS ACT).

Rick Perry is trying to do a favor for his friend the Huckster.

The race is over. You can't win.

Go back to making paid speeches for $35,000 in front of stem cell research groups, while claiming to be against stem cell research.

Utter hypocrisy. The Huckster loves to flaunt his pro-life credentials, but he's not so high and mighty that he won't take money from these groups.

Let's show Rick Perry what the power of the Vote is all about. First Huckabee will win TEXAS, then Rick Perry will lose in the next election! POWER TO THE PEOPLE! Why don't all these BigWig, brown nosing, smoke blowers let the American people have an HONEST election. The Political tampering is so IN YOUR FACE!
Sheesh, their really ought to be some laws agaist the political insider's and media's manipulation of the nominating process.Vote Yes for Huckabee and Hell no for Perry nest time!

There will be a real political conservative shockwave sent to Washington D.C. if Huckabee wins Texas.

As of Dec. 31, 2007 Total Spent:

Mitt Romney $87,644,955

John McCain $39,145,649

Ron Paul $20,380,121

Mike Huckabee $7,107,364

Well, one thing you can't say bad about the Huckster. He sure knows how to manage other peoples money.

Mike Huckabee, per the facts (delegates, states won and the popular vote) is still in third place in a two man race.

In fact, Huckabee barely came in second in Washington state against Mitt Romney, a man who left the GOP race two weeks ago.

That's got to be emasculating. He says he'll get out once McCain gets to 1,191 but now Huck wants a brokered convention. I think he just wants to get to second to heal his ego.

Also, Huckabee isn't spending his own money to continue this losing campaign, he's spending other peoples money which is an easy thing to do.

And its a win/win for Huck. He gets a bunch of free press for his public speaking business, plays a little guitar and doesn't have to spend a dime of his own money to promote his business.

All he has to do is spout some rhetoric about disenfranchising voters if he leaves and folks will continue to shell out the cash.

Sad.

previous poster has it correct - Huck is determined to finish ahead of Romney, whom he loathes.

My loathing of Huck means I hope he never makes it to second place. Just keep jumping the shark, Huck - that'll make you that much less electable in 2012.

At least you'll have the lefty talk show hosts to fall back on.

For anyone to call off the election process,and while it is underway,or suggest the candidate to drop out,it is sure an act of fear and cowardice.

There must be something that opponents of Huck fear tremendously.McCain is not good for the GOP,and it is clear consensus.

ABC News - why are you deleting my posts? My point last night was that I can't believe that the establishment is so thick headed! The avid supporters for Huckabee (myself included) who love their candidate just use the inflammatory remarks like the ones made by Gov. Perry to double our resolve to see this race thru to the legal end - which is when one candidate acquires 1,191 delegates. If your goal is to reunite this fractured party, I would humbly suggest to you that this is probably NOT the best way to go about it.

Rather amusing how the Huckabee supporters here, and most other places, know very little about the man and his record in Arkansas.

Perry and the Huckster are both liberals in GOP clothing; they deserve each other.

It's remarkable to conservatives from the north, like me, who actually know how to look at someone's record and their platform -- and not just what church sent them an an ordination certificate in the mail -- how easily southern conservatives are bamboozled by hucksters.

Huckabee is Jimmy Carter with a cheesy electric bass, and a reliable anti-abortion vote. He's also a religious bigot who ran a dirty campaign in Iowa, push-polling Christians with anti-Mormonism. He's an embarrassment to conservatives and Christians.c``

If elections are about voting, and a primary is scheduled in Texas, what is wrong with letting people vote ?

Perry, representing the republican powers that be, wants to call it off now. Strange for a governor to want to deny the people in his state the right to have a choice in a primary that is scheduled.

Why single out Huckabee ? Why no comment from Perry about both Huckabee and Paul exiting the race.

Let the people vote Perry !

Looks like Huckabee supporters are taking a page from the strident Obama supporters, interesting.

Mike Huckabee is the best presidential candidate that I can remember running in my 78 yrs of living. I have always supported the Republican candidate, mainly because of it's conservative platform. This year however, it is not the Republican party that I am endorsing...it is Mike Huckabee, and now I see the true colors of the GOP, and it's not very pretty. NO, the democrats are not going to get my vote either. Those who suggest Huckabee's record of Governor of Arkansas is less than exemplary, are only fooling themselves. Why then was he voted one of the top five Governors by Time Magazine? Governor Perry, I suggest you are not a true friend of Mike Huckabee by saying he should drop out of the race and get behind John McCain for the good of the party. I say Phooey on the party right now, and let the BEST MAN WIN. Mike is the only one who can win over either Obama or Clinton in November. McCain will be dead in the water when he has to debate either of them. That is why he has not agreed to a debate between he and Huckabee...he knows he would lose big time.

Jerome, Matt and others. What don't we know about Huckabee that makes us all so dumb? We know that he is incredibly articulate, humorous and insiteful. We know that he took a state that was full of corruption, in debt, and with poor infrastucture and schools and drove out a lot of the old guard, made the roads and the schools among the best, and left with an 8,000,000 surplus.

We know that he took measures to protect the environment, and took in 75,000 temporary residents after hurricane Katrina and found places for them to stay in the church camps around the state without making them suffer through massive paperwork and sifting first. Those camps were staffed with volunteers from their own churches, and the people were fed and given warm beds and comfortable places to stay until they could return home or make better arrangements.

We also know that he has been given numerous opportunities to attack his opponents, and kindly refused, even when pushed. We know that when he has been attacked from almost anyone who could attack him that he has stood tall and went on in spite of the opposition. We know, that we, his supporters have encouraged him to continue on, and if we hadn't, he probably would not have.

We also know that he is spending our money to do it, just like McCain is spending his supporters' money to run his campaign. The main difference there is who those supporters are. By the way, he is the only one who is not also spending government time and money on his campaign. Yes guys, we know our man pretty well, do yu know yours?

Concerning Gov. Perry and his remarks about Huckabee.

"We had a mercy rule in six man football in Pan Creek, where I came from, and when you're behind by 45 points at the half, you just go ahead and salute the other side and say well done, and walk away, before anybody gets hurt... I'd suggest to Mike it's time for the mercy rule to go into effect."

That shows me that Gov. Perry is a quitter, a loser, and man that doesn't finish what he starts.

Perry is a dictator, and antidemocratic minded person who does not believe that democratic principles should be respected. If there is no fear, then leave the process follow its natural course i.e. votres have to decide and not Perry or McCain or Mike or Noris.