College of the Ozarks President To Be Guest on Huckabee

College of the Ozarks president Jerry Davis will be a guest on Mike Huckabee's Fox News Channel program this weekend.

The college tells KY3 News that Davis will be joined by communications student Valerie Wilson on the program that airs Saturday and Sunday evenings at 7 p.m. central time.

Huckabee, Davis and Wilson are expected to discuss the importance of a college education and graduating without student loan debt.

More info on 'Huckabee' HERE.

Huckabee in Springfield Monday

Former Arkansas Governor and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee will be in Springfield Monday to do a signing for his new book.

Huckabee will be at the Barnes & Noble bookstore on South Glenstone at 4:30 p.m.

He's touting his new book, "A Simple Christmas."

An e-mail to supporters of his political action committee says, "If you can, please send an e-mail out to your contacts telling them where I will be and ask them to stop by on November 9th at 4:30 p.m."
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Huckabee hosts his own political talk show on the Fox News Channel. He's widely seen a top contender to run for the GOP presidential nomination in 2012. In September, he won the Family Research Council's straw poll by a more than a 2-to-1 margin. He recently topped a Rasmussen survey of potential 2012 GOP hopefuls, besting both Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin.

Huckabee to Headline College of the Ozarks Graduation

Mike Huckabee will be the commencement speaker at this Sunday's College of the Ozarks graduation ceremonies.

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The former Arkansas Governor and Republican presidential candidate will speak in the Keeter Gymnasium where 251 students will receive their diplomas. Baccalaureate service will begin at 11 a.m. and commencement will follow at 2 p.m.

Huckabee currently hosts a weekend talk show on the Fox News Channel. He also does daily radio commentary for ABC radio.

Huckabee Likens Abortion to Slavery

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee likened abortion to slavery in a speech at a fundraiser for an anti-abortion organization.

Huckabee said Monday that the U.S. in abolishing slavery already debated and decided that it's wrong for one person to have complete, life or death power over another. Huckabee said that shouldn't change whether the control is based on racial bigotry or a pregnant woman making a decision for her unborn child.

His half-hour speech was for a luncheon fundraiser for the Vitae (VEE'-tay) Caring Foundation. The organization sponsors advertisements encouraging women to seek abortion alternatives.

Huckabee is to speak again at a Monday dinner for the group. Its organizers hoped to raise $400,000.

Huck Flips on Clinton Cabinet Pick

"BRILLIANT"

Former G.O.P. presidential candidate Mike Huckabee tells a Little Rock audience that President-Elect Barack Obama's selection of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State is a "brilliant" choice.

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BUT just last month in Springfield, Huckabee told The Notebook that Obama's choices "look like we're just changing to the Clintons."

In THIS interview Huckabee said: "I think you could basically say if you like the Clinton administration, you're apparently going to love the Obama administration because you're going to have a lot of it."

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The Arkansas Associated Press now reports: "The former governor and candidate for the GOP presidential nomination said New York Sen. Hillary Clinton will have instant credibility as secretary of state — and her selection should benefit Obama by having her on the team as an insider, instead of outside, as a critic."

Huckabee was speaking at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service.

Huckabee Says Obama Cabinet Appointments Don't Represent Change

"Looks Like We're Just Changing To The Clintons"

Former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee raises a skeptical eye about Barack Obama's apparent Cabinet selections and explains why bailouts are hurting the Republican Party.

***WATCH CLIPS ABOVE***

Huck on Bailouts: "All the bailouts are ridiculous. It's not the purpose of the U.S. taxpayer to turn around and work real hard today to give money to people who are recklessly irresponsible in the way that they live."

Huck on Obama: "I think you could basically say if you like the Clinton administration, you're apparently going to love the Obama administration because you're going to have a lot of it."

Adds that while some of Obama's apparent selections show experience, "it looks like we're just changing to the Clintons."

Also says he'll pray for Obama's success

A Whole Lot Of Huck Love

More than 600 fans line up to get their books signed by the man himself at Springfield's Barnes & Noble Friday evening.

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After the book signing for "Do The Right Thing," Mike Huckabee talks to KY3 News about the future of the Republican Party, a possible auto bailout and Barack Obama's cabinet selections.

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For KY3 News @ 10

In New Book, Huck Takes It To Romney

In his new book, "Do The Right Thing," Mike Huckabee writes that Mitt Romney's record was "anything but conservative until he changed the light bulbs in his chandelier in time to run for president." He notes that Romney declined to make a congratulatory phone call after Huckabee beat the odds to win the Iowa caucuses, "which we took as a sign of total disrespect."

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A Romney spokesperson has fired back, via Politico: "This type of pettiness is beneath Mike Huckabee. If we’re going to move the party forward, we need to offer more than personal recriminations. Unfortunately, in this book, Mike Huckabee is consumed with presumed slights, and he seems more interested in settling scores than in bringing people together."

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U.S. News & World Report cites a passage towards the end of Huck's book that they think shows he'll run for president again in 2012.

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Huckabee's new book hits the shelves on Tuesday.

Huck Back In Springfield This Week

Former Arkansas Governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee returns to Springfield Friday to promote his new book, "Do the Right Thing: Inside the Movement To Bring Common Sense Back To America."
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As part of his national book tour, Huckabee is scheduled to be at the Barnes & Noble bookstore on South Glenstone this Friday between 4-5 p.m.
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As of now, Springfield is the only Missouri stop scheduled as part of Huckabee's tour.
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Do The Right Thing is described as half-campaign memoir, half-focus on the future. The book focuses on Huck's theory of "vertical politics," which focuses on "common sense solutions," rather than the conventional debates between "the right and left."

Huck in Joplin Monday

Mike Huckabee campaigns for John McCain and Sarah Palin in Joplin Monday.
He'll rally at the Joplin Regional Airport at 3:30 p.m.

Rush & Me

The Talk Show King of the Conservative Movement Bashes My Questioning of Mike Huckabee Monday, regarding what's relevant in this presidential election.

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And to think, taken to task by Rush on of all things, "drug use."

READ THE TRANSCRIPT & LISTEN TO THE AUDIO HERE

WATCH THE CLIP HERE

HERE'S THE KEY EXCERPT:

RUSH: So yesterday in Springfield, Missouri, Mike Huckabee was interviewed by a TV station, KY3 news, reporter said, "I know you mentioned Bill Ayers on the stage today. Is that an issue people ought to consider more important than even the economic issue? What's the message here? Is it his associations or is it the economic, the tax structure of the country?"

HUCKABEE: Can you tell me anybody that sorted out who it was that supplied Barack Obama the drugs that he claimed in his own book to have taken? No.

REPORTER: So that's relevant, his drug use is on the table.

HUCKABEE: Well, if Joe the Plumber's back taxes are relevant, a guy who's just playing football in his neighborhood, then everything is relevant.

RUSH: Hmm. That's Mike Huckabee. And the reporter, you know, "What do these associations have to do with economic things?" This is the where the reporter and most reporters are just ignorant and bullheaded. If your best friends are socialists, if your best friends are anti-capitalist, it has everything in the world to do with whether or not your economic policies are going to be capitalist or socialist. Ignorance, the most expensive commodity we have in this country, and a lot of it exists in the Drive-By Media.

Huck Rails Obama; Team Obama Responds To Drug Reference

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee spoke much more about Barack Obama than John McCain at his appearance Monday in Springfield. Above are some of Huckabee's harshest hits.

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Huckabee repeatedly hammered Obama's tax plan that would "spread the wealth." He also criticized the media for vetting Joe The Plumber --- but not asking questions of Bill Ayers. In my interview with Huckabee, I asked him about his "spread the wealth" theory, if its ever ok to raise taxes and his advice for John McCain as he faces an increasingly difficult electoral map.

"PEOPLE FORGET 1980"

TEAM OBAMA REACTS TO HUCKABEE'S DRUG REFERENCE:

(Watch what Huck said HERE)

"These distractions aren't what Missourians are looking for in these tough times," said Southwest Missouri Regional Press Secretary Jean Weinberg. "Top Republicans have denounced these negative campaign tactics, including Colin Powell. Voters here deserve real solutions to the serious problems facing our country," she said.

The Future Face of the Missouri G.O.P.

Republican candidate for Treasurer Brad Lager rallied Springfield Republicans Monday with the help of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee.

WATCH CLIPS OF LAGER'S COMMENTS ABOVE

"The budget should drive government, not allowing the government to drive the budget," said Lager, after being introduced by State Sen. Delbert Scott.

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Mike Huckabee said Lager got into government for the right reasons, and praised Missouri Republicans, including Gov. Matt Blunt, for transforming a huge deficit into a surplus. Huckabee also teased Lager, calling him "the most cautious man" he's ever met, because Lager dated his wife 13 years before marrying her.

WATCH CLIPS OF HUCKABEE'S COMMENTS BELOW

Huckabee Invokes Obama Drug Use

UPDATED: GIULIANI USES SAME ATTACK ON FOX

TIME magazine reports HERE

In an interview with KY3 News Monday, former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said Barack Obama's admission of past drug use is a relevant issue in the campaign.

"Can you tell me anybody that sorted out who it was that supplied Barack Obama the drugs that he claimed in his own book to have taken? No," said Huckabee when asked about what issues are relevant in the campaign.

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Huckabee goes on: "If Joe The Plumber's back taxes are relevant, a guy who's just playing football in his neighborhood, than everything is relevant."

Huckabee held a rally with Republican candidate for Treasurer Brad Lager in Springfield Monday afternoon.

***WATCH FULL CLIP ABOVE***

Lager and Huckabee Stump Monday

In addition to a midday fundraiser Monday, former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee will hold a rally for Republican candidate for Treasurer Brad Lager at Greene County Headquarters.

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The rally will take place at 12:45 p.m.at 2951 East Sunshine (Club G.O.P.)

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Also, Lager goes up on TV in the Ozarks

VIDEO DEVELOPING . . .

Huck To Stump For Lager

Former Arkansas Governor and Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee will hold a fundraiser for the Republican nominee for Treasurer Brad Lager next Monday, Oct. 20th.
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The V.I.P. Lunch Fundraiser costs $500 and will be held at Noon on 1620 East Republic Road.
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Betty & Neal Ethridge, JoDee & Peter Hershend, Debby & Jim Penn, Debby & Tom Sutherland, Noel Boyd, Jeff Layman, Thelma Neff and Mavis Busiek are all listed as "hosts," on the invitation.
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Huckabee: Missouri 1 of 5 Battlegrounds

Former Arkansas Governor and White House contender Mike Huckabee tells the KY3 Political Notebook that Missouri could end up deciding the next president. He first speaks about the selection of Sarah Palin. Huckabee says Palin's candidacy could "awaken independent women," who see her as a way to elevate women in the electoral process.

***WATCH IT ABOVE***

Huckabee was in Springfield to address the anti-abortion Vitae Society in Thursday. Word is he could be returning to the area for an event for G.O.P. Treasurer candidate Brad Lager.

Huck-a-show on FOX

From The Washington Post's Trail blog:

Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee has signed a one-year deal as a political commentator for Fox News, where he will sound off on a variety of programs, reports media reporter Howard Kurtz. A knowledgeable source says an announcement is expected soon. Other cable channels had been pursuing Huckabee, who provided commentary on MSNBC during one of its primary-night broadcasts.

Source: Huck At Top of McCain VP List

U.S News & World Report has the scoop.

They spoke with a top McCain fundraiser who claims Huckabee is at the top of McCain's possibilities. This fundraiser isn't keen on Huck . . . but the story notes his energetic campaigning and ties to social conservatives could put the former Arkansas Governor over the top?

Huck's V.P. stock has risen and fell over the past few months. Let's see where it lies in July.

Huck Book To Come Out Post-Election

Two weeks after the next president is elected, Mike Huckabee will publish a book sharing details on his failed bid for the White House and offering his vision for remodeling the conservative movement.

It's not titled yet, but it could be Huck's first step at potential re-run in 2012 --- that is, if John McCain is defeated.

Huck's book drops Nov. 18th.