Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Washington Times: Huckabee 'Serious" About Presidency
Here's a great article from The Washington Times, written after attending a meeting with Governor Huckabee in Washington, DC yesterday. Because links to these articles sometimes disappear from the web after a while, we provide detailed excerpts for you here. To see the article in its entirety, click HERE.
Huckabee 'serious' about presidency
By Ralph Z. Hallow
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
May 17, 2006
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee yesterday made it official -- sort of. He is "seriously" preparing a run for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination. He will devote full time to the task, however, only after he finishes his last full term this year by rebating to taxpayers a large part of the $600 million budget surplus that he expects the state to ring up come July.
"I want to finish my term with a bang, not a whimper," Mr. Huckabee, 50, told reporters.
Mr. Huckabee, a former Baptist minister, said he wouldn't mind being tagged in a presidential run as a "populist." "I have more in common with the people working in the kitchen than with those sitting at the head table," he said. The governor described himself as a conservative who welcomes immigrants, cares about the poor, respects the environment and thinks twice before committing the U.S. military to armed intervention abroad.
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Huckabee 'serious' about presidency
By Ralph Z. Hallow
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
May 17, 2006
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee yesterday made it official -- sort of. He is "seriously" preparing a run for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination. He will devote full time to the task, however, only after he finishes his last full term this year by rebating to taxpayers a large part of the $600 million budget surplus that he expects the state to ring up come July.
"I want to finish my term with a bang, not a whimper," Mr. Huckabee, 50, told reporters.
Mr. Huckabee, a former Baptist minister, said he wouldn't mind being tagged in a presidential run as a "populist." "I have more in common with the people working in the kitchen than with those sitting at the head table," he said. The governor described himself as a conservative who welcomes immigrants, cares about the poor, respects the environment and thinks twice before committing the U.S. military to armed intervention abroad.
