Monday, November 14, 2005
Time Magazine Names Huckabee One Of Nation's Best Governors
Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, who is also chairman of the National Governor's Association, was named one of America's five best governor's in the latest edition of Time magazine. Only one other Republican is on the list (Guinn, Nevada)."... Like Clinton," Time says, "Huckabee has approached his state's troubles with energy and innovation, and he has enjoyed some successes. Most notably, he created ARKids First, which offers health insurance to poor children and has helped reduced the percentage of uninsured Arkansans under 18 to 9% in 2003-04, compared with 12% for the nation and 21% for neighboring Texas.
Since he became Governor in July 1996, welfare rolls have declined by nearly half, and last year the state's economy grew 4.4%, beating the national average of 4.2%. But Huckabee, 50, is a good Governor, not just for what he has done but also for who he has become, personally and politically. He is literally half the man he used to be, having lost 110 lbs. after learning in 2002 that he has diabetes and suffering chest pains a year later. He now exercises with martial regularity. More important, but less noted, has been Huckabee's political transformation. In his early years as Lieutenant Governor and then in the top job, he offered little more than anti-Clinton resentment and capering populism."
"Huckabee is now a mature, consensus-building conservative who earns praise from fellow Evangelicals and, occasionally, liberal Democrats."
For the rest of the Time article, click HERE.
BSR
Edited for length and content by BSR.
