As if this wasn't bad enough, Huckabee didn't even know about the major report on Iran's nuclear program more than 24 hours after it was released. I could understand if it were just hours after being released but more than a day?

David Paul Kuhn: I don’t know to what extent you have been briefed or been able to take a look at the NIE report that came out yesterday ...
Huckabee: I’m sorry?
Kuhn: The NIE report, the National Intelligence Estimate on Iran. Have you been briefed or been able to take a look at it —
Huckabee: No.
Kuhn: Have you heard of the finding?
Huckabee: No.

Huckabee went to bat for Dumond due to heavy pressure from the right side of his political base. The false conspiracy theory that led to that pressure is very well documented

This is why Huckabee will not talk frankly about this.

This is a very important story -- the
press needs to not drop the ball on
this. It says some very disturbing
things about the way Gov. Huckabee
may have decided important questions.

If it really is true that he dismissed
the accounts of multiple rape victims of
Mr. Dumond and also improperly
pressured the parole board then he is
not qualified to be President.

Why is it that the PAROLE BOARD gets a free pass? It was ultimately THEIR decision. This is their job and the ONLY responsibility they had. Of course, it's easier for them to pass the responsibility to someone of a different political party. Huckabee doesn't seem to have a motive and I don't see where political pressure from a new governor from an opposing political party would have much sway with them. What is Butch Reeves background? Is he a Democrat? Was he passed over for promotion? If Brian Ross is an investigative journalist, then why not report fully?

Who cares this REPUBLICAN is NOT going to get elected in 2008 anyway...No NUTJOB REPUBLICAN is...

Who cares???? NO Republican is going to get elected in 2008 anyway....And hopefully not for another 50 years.

Faith Voter -
Let's see you equate an extra-marital affair and pushing for a rapist's parole? I guess if you believe a book of fairy tales that kind of statement makes perfect sense.

From what I've read, there was a lot of right-wing pressure on Governor Huckabee to pardon DuMond, because the woman he was convicted of raping was a distant cousin of President Clinton's and the right-wingers (with their usual excellent logic) assumed DuMond must be an innocent railroaded by Clinton.

What's amazing is that Governor Huckabee could continue to believe DuMond had been unfairly treated after learning of all his earlier bad acts (including involvement in a murder) and reading the letters from DuMond's victims, especially the letter from the woman who was raped while her 3-yr-old daughter slept in bed next to her. DuMond actually used threats of harm to the baby to keep the woman from fighting back against him.

How could anyone help a monster like that go free?

Huckabee also refused to allow the state to pay for an abortion after a 15 year old girl was raped on a camping trip with her own step-father. I actually opposed nearly all abortions but this case should have been allowed.

He often answers the Roe v Wade question by asking if someone should be allowed to abort a 8 month 8 lb baby to thow people off. Odd that this is the same guy who condones killing innocent children for oil and to perserve our "honor".

I am a Christian and was very excited to see Huckabee gaining in the polls in Iowa. I thought that I had found the candidate I could support. However, it appears that he is that he is being deceptive and evading the truth about his applying political pressure to pardon of Dumond. He also stated in the recent debate that he would not force the illegal aliens to abide by our laws concerning entry into the country and obtaining citizenship. What worries me most is he appears to practice a Christianity of leniency that does not demand obedience to laws nor punishment for crime. God certainly demands obedience and He certainly punishes unrepented sins. By the way repentance means to change one's life (i.e. turn from practicing sin to practicing righteousness). Dumond quite obviously demonstrated a pattern of continued crime/sin. God does not forgive when there is no repentance (Luke 13:3) and we are not expected to do more than God. God ordained the governments to administer punishment to evildoers (lawbreakers) (Romans 13:1-4). The question is will Huckabee do that when he becomes the leader of our government?

We're missing the context and full details of this story, so it is impossible to make an accurate judgement.

It is plain to me that people are trying to twist whatever they can find to keep Huckabee from winning.

There isn't a Republican frontrunner, and certainly not a Democrat, who can boast being above this man's integrity.

Being a good person with compassion for all is great, but-and a big but, Huckabee is not the tough leader America badly needs. He will only allow the illegal immigration situation to worsen due to his compassion for the underclass thereby destroying America.

This article doesn't mention the fact that the rape victim was known to be a cousin of Bill Clinton's. Wonder if that had any bearing on Huckabee's view of the case?

My question is more for reporter Ross. Why throughout the GMA video report did a banner run saying Huckabee had pardoned DuMond when you knew this was not the case? Is this unbiased reporting? Also, why was no one allowed to present the governor's side of the issue? As others have already posted, the actual facts are quite different than Mr. Ross would have us believe. Perhaps a better use of his time would be to go ask former governor, and now convicted felon, Jim Guy Tucker why HE commuted Dumond's sentence. Oh wait, that's right, he is a Democrat and a Clitonite, so he's off limits from investigation.

So, why was the Dumond case a cause celebre to begin with?

Was he "born again"?
Murray Waas writes:
"In 1996, as a newly elected governor who had received strong support from the Christian right, Huckabee was under intense pressure from conservative activists to pardon Dumond or commute his sentence. The activists claimed that Dumond's initial imprisonment and various other travails were due to the fact that Ashley Stevens, the high school cheerleader he had raped, was a distant cousin of Bill Clinton, and the daughter of a major Clinton campaign contributor.

The case for Dumond's innocence was championed in Arkansas by Jay Cole, a Baptist minister and radio host who was a close friend of the Huckabee family. It also became a cause for New York Post columnist Steve Dunleavy, who repeatedly argued for Dumond's release, calling his conviction "a travesty of justice." On Sept. 21, 1999, Dunleavy wrote a column headlined "Clinton's Biggest Crime - Left Innocent Man In Jail For 14 Years""

It's hard for me to imagine this becoming a cause celebre for a Baptist Minister, unless he was "born again." The New York journo was probably interested in the Clinton angle, but how did this guy get so much community support in the first place? Reminds me of A Clockwork Orange. A viscious young rapist/murderer becomes a choir boy and befriends the prison chaplain, pretending to have converted.

Wikipedia says there was "a groundswell of public support" for his release. Why?

It's no wonder why "most" americans distrust the media. They NEVER go very deep investigating when they just might find the facts or matters of mitigation. They look for "WHAT" they want to find and ignore or trivialize the rest. NOW, my fellow citizens, what scares you the most? A slanted media or someone with integrity such as Mike Huckabee.

I wouldn't trust anything for accuracy and fairness that came from ABC or NBC News, and too many other major news sources in America today. They have all become corrupted. They could be getting paid to write and report flattering or unflattering stories as hired to do on the side, which makes them news media whores.

Trish, if you actually believe that the Huckster has integrity you must not do any research before choosing a candidate to support. He is owned by Tyson and Tyson loves cheap illegal alien labor. That's why he ran a sanctuary state. As president he would run a sanctuary nation. He made a deal with Mexico and let them put a consulate in a government building(a legal no no). He was involved in many scandals. Some of the complaints were dropped by the ethics committee but others were not. Someone donated $70,000 worth of furniture to the governor's mansion. He and his wife took it when they left the mansion. After complaints filed by the donor they were forced to return all of it. He used state money for nannies, personal vacations, family dinners, even bought his wife's nylons with the taxpayers' money. He used a convoluted accounting system in an effort to hide expenses related to personal use of the airplane. Last but not least, his wife's friends signed them up at numerous bridal registeries in an effort to solicit gifts for their new home. They have been married since 1974. This act is not illegal but it sure is deceptive and tacky. He may be a minister but a man of integrity and high morals he is not. If you want a man with integrity look at Ron Paul. Lobbyists do not even bother calling on him because his vote cannot be bought. He is an honest, highly intelligent man, he is a statesman.

Mr. Huckabee is a hypocrite. I heard him defending his views on abortion with this quote:

"We're all born equal."

If that were really the case, why is he against gays in the military, gay marriage? Oh right... he's a Baptist minister.

SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE IS AT STAKE HERE, PEOPLE!

We need a real, principles conservative with integrity. Duncan Hunter 2008! It's not too late for him. Ronald Reagan was at last place a few weeks before primaries in 1980.