Huckleberry has his own Willie Horton now.

ABC needs to run this on their regular news program, not just this blog.

IF Hucleberry was a Dem, it would be all over the mass media right now.

But IOKIYAR.

Yes, Huckabee is personally responsible for her daughter's rape and death.

Get a life. Read the whole story. I swear....No wonder ABC news can't get the ratings! I'd expect this of CNN...but ABC?

Come on you guys...you all can and SHOULD do better.

Why do I get the feeling that ABCNEWS is intentionally NOT telling a complete (unbiased) story here. I am sure there is a LOT more information from the Huckabee side than was presented - instead it's the usual fire and forget tactics, say something dreadful about a person without any consquences to themselves....

Liberal Media - tainted political stabs at an already impressionable liberal audience. Biased media - definitely. Waste of time - yes. Huckaabee WILL surprise all mainly because absolutes and the truth will always fight as well as be supported. Remember America that feelings should always come last when weighted decisions are made - feelings are temporary. By the way, anybody that is released from prison can do whatever they choose - any released prisoner could do exactly what happened in this case. Life is a risk - always and at any time.

This seems like a shoddy journalism (and I'm a Ron Paul supporter!)

The lead paragraph in this story states that Huckabee freed Dumond. A misleading statement. Dumond was freed by an autonomous parole board. If the members of the parole board had felt that Dumond was a danger, they could have kept him in prison. When the members of the board try to lay the blame for their decision on Huckabee, they show the weakness of their own character.

Come on people, this is a partial story at best with only limited information and would have to be closely looked at to see what if any impacts. This is an attempt to throw mud in the last days of the run before the Iowa cacus and is simply an effort to sway opinion and anything about any of the canidates at this point should be taken with a grain of salt. What happend to this woman and her family is horrible. The person who commited the crime is who is to blame.

Tt is funny that the republican are now
saying that it is unfair to Huckabee to
look negatively on him regarding his action in the release of the prisoner that went and committed a murder once freed, but they did'nt see it that way
when it happened to Dukakis.

Dumond was an evil man and he was the problem.

Huckabee was a new Governor in a heavy democrat state - the whole parole board was appointed by Clinton and Tucker. Do you really think that he had enough influence to change their mind?

It is a tragic story and it is truly awful. Every time Huckabee runs for office, they bring this up... I just don't see how he can be held responsible for the parole board's decision.

Just a few facts.

This criminal was 'railroaded' because the orginal victim was a relative of Bill Clinton. There were a lot of doubts about his original guilt. The parole board was entirely made up of people appointed by Democrats (Clinton and Tucker). The amount of 'power' Huckabee had over them was nil. They are the ones that made the decision to release, not Huckabee.

This article is just full of half-truths

This is a LOW BLOW by abc.

"This just in Mike Huckabee responsible for the 1930's great depression....details to come."

Mike had NOT the authority or ability to free anyone...Drummond was freed by a parole board.

This story is DESPICABLE!

The total country is tooooo soft on crime - I would have voted for Huck
but since this is coming to light
will not - hopefully their will be
a third party candiate

Huckabee just another neo con.

All right,

First, the notion that Huckabee "pressured" a parole board made up completely of Democrats opposed to Huckabee is absolutely absurd.

Second, he did NOT pardon this killer, nor did he express his opinion to "have him pardoned." A governor doesn't pardon criminals.

Finally, what good does finger-pointing do to anyone, most of all the family of the victim?

Mike Huckabee had nothing to do with "freeing" Dumond. Huckabee's only OFFICIAL action in the Dumond case was DENYING DuMond clemecy. He did so just moments after the state parole board granted DuMond a parole on condition that another state take him.

Consider this before taking this article (or ANY news article or source) at face value.

This is just like blaming President Bush for the wild fires in California which some people actually did. This isn't the entire story first of all and secondly I can assure you that everyone of the people running for office has made a mistake and some of them have made more than one believe it or not. If this is the worst he has done then we should skip the election and just give him the job. You want to know why there aren't issues like this with the Senator's running for office? Because they don't do anything...the only people qualified to be President are Bill Richardson, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, and Rudy Guliani...the rest of them are worthless...they prove it every day in their current jobs. They have never run a city or state, balanced a budget, or been directly responsible for people in a city or state. They bicker and fight to get pork barrel bills passed to help their friends while the people I mentioned earlier are actually running some form of government.

After Dumond was charged with raping a distant cousin of the Clintons, Dumond was attacked and castrated. The local sheriff displayed Dumond's testicles on his front porch. Many believe that the Clintonistas were behind the attack. This has nothing to do with the eventual parole of Dumond, but I post it here to encourage all of you to investigate this case thoroughly on your own. It is a tragic case all around. But, one thing is for certain--Governor Huckabee did not parole Dumond.

Dumond was paroled not pardoned. A governor can only pardon, not parole. Ultimately, the parole board is who freed Dumond. I am sure the parole board members are trying to find someone to blame for their desicion.

Our hearts and prayers should go out to the family of Carol Sue instead of bringing up this tragedy in an attempt to destroy a good man, who would be a great leader for our nation.

You are only hearing one side of the story. Let Mr. Huckabee speak his side. Personally he has my vote 100%.

How about we wait for more facts to come clear before jumping to conclusions. I think it is interesting that this makes big headlines right as Gov. Huckabee gets to the top of the polls in Iowa.

I hope this does not come down to a "Willie Horton" witch hunt. If so, the money line will probably come back to Hillary at some point.

I'm not a Huckabee fan, but it does seem to me that the article is a little misleading stating that HE released Dumond, as opposed to stating he applied pressure, which is what he did do apparently. I think a large question here is WHY he applied the pressure. If there was something nefarious, I am sure this reporting unit would have said something (not well known for being incredibly conservative friendly). Instead, I would assume that Huckabee's own conscience led him to this action, and THAT is what we should judge him by. Do we trust his conscience? I don't know, but it is something to think about.

This isn't a story about the rape and murder (which is sad and painful for the family)...it is a smear story on Huckabee. Sure it's sad that it happened, but the last time I checked the Govenor wasn't the person that granted him parole and I am safe to bet that he wasn't there with a key to let him out.