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« Anti-Hunters Gun for Meat-Eaters | Main | Environmentalists are Today's Colonialists » February 25, 2007Huckabee in NashvilleFormer Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee was in Nashville yesterday to speak to about 40,000 hunters gathered for the National Wild Turkey Federation convention. No coverage in today's Tennessean of Huckabee's speech.
I have a couple of video clips from the reception but am having trouble getting them off my cellphone. While you await that scintillating video-bloggage, here's a video of Huckabee and Saltsman on YouTube. YouTube also has a video of Huckabee discussing blogs, and several other Huckabee clips. Huckabee didn't talk about blogs during the Nashville reception, but he did talk - effectively, I think - about a number of issues. Having listened to him, I'm not sure why Huckabee, governor of Arkansas for more than a decade and before that a Baptist pastor and head of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention, hasn't been embraced by more conservatives. He's demonstrably pro-life, and as an avid hunter he's not anti-gun - in other words, he's a good fit with two large parts of the GOP coalition. Maybe it's just too early for most people to even be thinking about the presidential race. I hope Huckabee can hang on through the early "money primary" and still be in the race when it comes time for the debates - he deserves to be heard. See also: Huckabee's website, the unofficial Huckabee for President blog, and the Huckabee Wikipedia entry. Plus, if you want to learn more about Huckabee's 10-plus years as governor of Arkansas, check out the six-part video series on YouTube. Cross-posted at ElephantBiz.com. Feb. 26 Update: Jay Bush posted a good report from the Huckabee reception. Posted in Campaign Season
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Could conservatives not embracing him have anything to do with the fact he raised taxes in arkansas multiple times... getting a "F" on the 2006 cato fiscal policy report card? Posted by: bob at February 25, 2007 10:32 AMPost a comment
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Huckabee, a candidate for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, also appeared at a small invitation-only reception at the Nashville home of Terry Saltsman, brother of Huckabee's campaign manager Chip Saltsman, former chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party. The event was as well-attended as 