Huckabee Surges, Obama Gains in Iowa

Religion doesn't matter to me, I consider myself to be a realist , Romney could be an atheist or whatever as far as I am concerned, I just consider him to be just another smooth talking, arrogant, rich jerk, totally out of touch with America's problems and just looking for more prestige and power. I have sworn to never vote for a republican again but there is something about Huckabee that tells me he is a good man and he is in touch with the problems this country faces. If Hillary Clinton is the democratic nominee I will have no choice but to vote republican again no matter which republican candidate is chosen.

Personally I???m glad that we are aware of some of the presidential candidate???s beliefs (religious or otherwise), most of the time I feel like I have no idea what the candidate believes in or will stand up for. Take for instance H. Clinton???s answers regarding illegal immigrant???s driver???s licenses in NY, could she have waffled any harder. If you???re a candidate tell me exactly what you stand for and believe in so I know what I???m buying into exactly. So what if we don???t agree on everything, I have Senators and Representatives that I can elect to keep the President in check on specific issues, but let me pick the candidate based on authenticity. The president is an executive position, he/she is charged with leading the country not representing what the polls want.

Simply put the Captain of a ship decides where to go, he/she doesn???t ask the crew, they lead based on many factors and I for one want to know where this captain wants to go before I board the vessel.

Personally I???m glad that we are aware of some of the presidential candidate???s beliefs (religious or otherwise), most of the time I feel like I have no idea what the candidate believes in or will stand up for. Take for instance H. Clinton???s answers regarding illegal immigrant???s driver???s licenses in NY, could she have waffled any harder. If you???re a candidate tell me exactly what you stand for and believe in so I know what I???m buying into exactly. So what if we don???t agree on everything, I have Senators and Representatives that I can elect to keep the President in check on specific issues, but let me pick the candidate based on authenticity. The president is an executive position, he/she is charged with leading the country not representing what the polls want.

Simply put the Captain of a ship decides where to go, he/she doesn???t ask the crew, they lead based on many factors and I for one want to know where this captain wants to go before I board the vessel.

Personally I???m glad that we are aware of some of the presidential candidate???s beliefs (religious or otherwise), most of the time I feel like I have no idea what the candidate believes in or will stand up for. Take for instance H. Clinton???s answers regarding illegal immigrant???s driver???s licenses in NY, could she have waffled any harder. If you???re a candidate tell me exactly what you stand for and believe in so I know what I???m buying into exactly. So what if we don???t agree on everything, I have Senators and Representatives that I can elect to keep the President in check on specific issues, but let me pick the candidate based on authenticity. The president is an executive position, he/she is charged with leading the country not representing what the polls want.

Simply put the Captain of a ship decides where to go, he/she doesn???t ask the crew, they lead based on many factors and I for one want to know where this captain wants to go before I board the vessel.

Want a real discussion? Let's start with NOT closing our borders, but OPENING our borders! Let's encourage people to come here (other than tourists), make contributions, raise and educate families, produce products, services, ideas to re-generate the American dream machine. Those people who are here now are too set in their ways, too lethargic, too anti-innovation, too "old" and resistant to change, and too mono-lingual. This is the 21st century, the beginning edge of the 21st century; it is time for a re-birth of this nation. Open borders is one way to accomplish that re-ascension of the United States of America.
Of course, you may not really be interested in a genuine debate, after all.. Now, about the "fair tax," why should people who don't pay sales tax on food care? Actually, why should anyone care who doesn't pay the highest rate on the federal income tax? Too small a base to get anything done. Now if you want to eliminate taxes altogether.......well, maybe not. There are a lot of people who are dependent upon taxes for their livelihood, even those who don't pay taxes. Sounds like a no-starter to me. But the book was interesting. And it is certainly worth the debate.

Of course huckabee is surging look at the entire field of candidates... nothing but flip-floppers in Willard Romney and Macain then the total hacks and incompetence of Thompson and Guiliani what dregs to choose from so Huckabee is proclaiming that the surge is ordained by god... good so when he looses all then we can point at him and say god said NO
what this country doesn't need is another evilgelical in the white house or in any part of the government separation of church and state... come on keep your religion out of our politics

You better come clean NewsWeek or there's going to be a lot of people dropping you like a bad habit.. Only MSNBC among the big national media has reported at any real length about the real HuckaBuck.. HERE'S THE REAL STORY.. FOR THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED.. http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=12205
Find out about your boy wonder and what he did for Arkansas and what he will do for the good old USA
Quin Hillyer is a senior editor of The American Spectator. He can be reached at qhillyer@gmail.com.
If you want to fight about it.. Take it up with Quin..

seperate church and state? you can do it on paper but not in your mind.!!!!!!

The Huckster leads in the Shuckster State? We notice "Huckabee's folksy success on the stump. "He's filling a vacuum," and that's what we usually do with dirt, isn't it? It's called a Dirt Devil. The only thing I believe is true about the man is when he said Jesus was too smart to vote Republican. Can't get "A Face in the Crowd" out of my head when I see this picture of the Huckster. Didn't Dusty Rhodes play guitar?

I think that people need to make an effort to remember that we have a seperation of church and state in this country, and for good reason. I am a christian and believe that religion is important, but it has no place in politics. The leader of our country should be chosen based on their leadership ability, experience, ability to make positive change for our country, and their views and plans for the issues that our country is dealing with right now. OUR PRESIDENT SHOULD NOT BE CHOSEN BASED ON WHAT RELIGION THEY PRACTICE. I do not plan to vote for Romney either, but it has nothing to do with the fact that he is Mormon. I watched the CNN youtube republican debate not long ago and was dismayed to see that one of the questions posed to the candidates was if they believed in the Bible. If you want to ask a candidate about important ethical/value related isssues such as abortion or same-sex marriage that is fine, but it is important that we stick to the specific issues and not to what religion the candidate happens to be. Refusing to vote for a candidate based on his religion is no different than your boss refusing to give you a raise or promotion because you are not the same religion as him/her, and I think everyone would agree that is discrimination. In this country we pride ourselves on the fact that we do not practice religious persecution and discrimination, our founding fathers made sure of that, but that is exactly what we are doing by judging our candidates based on their religion instead of on the issues.

iron walker I agree with you. The only thing I know about Huckabee is that he thinks Romney isn't Christian. Huckabee: Why do you even care about that subject? It has already cost you winning the election. Mark my words Huckabee won't win Republican nomination. He can't even beat Hillary let alone a real candidate.

Sorry Hillary, you would be a good president. Unfortunately your trying to get bak into the whitehouse via a loophole in the law. You and your husband are by definiation a mutually exclusive team. You are not individuals. Constitutionally you should not be allowed to run for president. Perhaps if you had divorced him when he was caught with Monica, things would be different. Oh wait, Monica was just a distraction to keep the news from reporting on what was really going on, sorry I forgot. What did really go on during teh Clinton years. Daily bombing of another soveriegn nation and Consolidation of Corporate America taking the wealth from the many and giving it to the few. That's the Clinton legacy, and we can expect more of that if she returns to the White House. Go ahead and make me believe Bill wears the pants in that family, if you do you undermine your ability to be elected. If you don't you shouldn't be allowed to vote.

No more regimes in America. No more Bushes, no more Clintons, no more Keneedys. Enough is enough already.

what i would like to see is a clear understanding of the issues ,like closeing our boards(yes or no), the fair tax(yes or no),ect. i feel any of these issues could make or brake the next pesidental runner for office.me i'm for a yes vote on both of these issues

Has even the cynical big media been fooled by a Huckster? Only MSNBC among the big national media has reported at any real length, there were lots of other mini-scandals and embarrassments along the way.. Why would NewsWeek want to be a party to electing this guy for? Have they lost all of their credibility to?

Quin Hillyer is a senior editor of The American Spectator. He can be reached at qhillyer@gmail.com.
Read what others have said about Huck.. http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=12205
If you want to fight about it.. Take it up with Quin.. The people of Iowa need to wake up and join the real world

what i you like to see is where huckabee stands on issuse the fair tax ,closeing our nations boards, the things that it looks like all of the pesdental runners are voiding

I am happy to see that there are still some good American Citizens out tere who know integrity when they see it. Mike Huckabee will be a great president, and I feel that our nation is ready for a good positive change in leadership. The polls continue to tell the story, and Newsweek continues to do an excellent job.

Ren Rutledge
Norwich, Connecticut

Huckabee will be our best choice for president. I believe America is ready for a good president. That is why Mike Huckabee is likely to be our next president. I am not surprised that the polls are starting to reveal tthe heart of Americans who still believe in honesty and integrity. I am happy that NewsWeek continues to do an excellent job reporting the news, and the polls continue to show how things really are.
God bless the USA.

Ren Rutledge
Norwich, Connecicut

Lets face it folks, all us Ron Paul supporters must be nuts and wackos because we believe in something called the CONSTITUTION! You KNOW that piece of paper our founding fathers wrote that that everyone in Washington uses for toilet paper.As far as newsweek and the other news media outlets go they are all owned by some big bussinesses and therefore have their own agendas, and liberty is not one of them. IaChristian