It's interesting reading to see how Mike Huckabee was presenting himself to average voters back in March before he was getting traction in the polls, particularly in Iowa where pro-immigration policies are a Red Flag. It seems he was also what you might call soft as regards his support for the war, contrary to more recent statements.
Huckabee is a former Baptist preacher and current Governor of Arkansas. He's described himself as a "Paradoxical Republican": pro-life to highest degree, comfortable with schools teaching both evolution and creationism, fiscally conservative but not at the expensive of social services to the most vulnerable of society, pro-immigration reform and pro-immigration rights, supportive of aid for families who do not qualify for Medicaid but cannot afford prescriptions...the supposed paradoxes continue. I just call it decent politics.
... He's more moderate in his support of the war in Iraq than McCain. He has a bigger heart for immigrants and their children than Brownback, Clinton and McCain. I don't like him because he is a Republican (I never pick according to political party). I like him because he is fundamentally pro-person, and as a Catholic, I can only be pro-person in all the issues of life.
My only two reservations so far come from his strong support of the Second Amendment and his desire to impliment(sic) a flat tax. But these are smaller positions that I can live with.
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