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The Rubio factor

...select in their neighborhood huddles, it doesn't really matter. Placing in Iowa might land one a talk show (see Mike Huckabee), but the preferences of a handful of Americans belonging to a committed, ideological subset of a committed, ideological...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/columnists/2012-01-03/rubio-factor
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The missing GOP talent

...platform of a losing Senate race, has come across as a sincere but sour, less inclusive, smaller-bore version of Mike Huckabee. Rick Perry, owner of the most promising resume, opened by calling the Federal Reserve chairman a traitor and went...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/columnists/2012-01-17/missing-gop-talent
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The evangelical wilderness society

...not gone well generally for the once-vaunted movement in this electoral cycle. Preferred candidates, particularly Mike Huckabee, didn't run. The front-runner belongs to what some Christian conservatives consider to be a cult. Michele Bachmann...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/columnists/2012-01-22/evangelical-wilderness
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Palin is still a player in politics

...quiet lately, taking a back seat to other candidates, including a few who are candidates no more: Fox News host Mike Huckabee, "Celebrity Apprentice" boss Donald Trump and Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels.But Palin kick-started her Harley...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/columnists/2011-06-05/palin-still-player-pol
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Iowa test could make or break Pawlenty, Bachmann

...In the past election cycle, Romney won the straw poll but the big news was the surprising second-place showing of Mike Huckabee. Huckabee won the Iowa caucuses but dropped from the race soon after. John McCain, who eventually won the nomination...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/political/2011-08-12/iowa-test-could-make-or-br
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Social issues bubbling up in GOP campaign

...opposition will be the issue of the day Wednesday, when Gingrich, Bachmann, Perry and Rick Santorum attend a screening of Mike Huckabee's anti-abortion documentary. Cultural issues like those - typically a driving force in a GOP primary - largely...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/political/2011-12-13/social-issues-bubbling-gop
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Poll: Bachmann, Pawlenty gain in GOP field

...gaining Bachmann and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman while losing Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, and businessman Donald Trump.Some voters remain hopeful the lineup ultimately will...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-06-23/poll-bachmann-pawlenty-gain-gop-fiel
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Outspoken Bachmann launches White House bid

...In Iowa and New Hampshire, she's recruited aides who worked on the campaigns of previous presidential hopefuls Mike Huckabee and John McCain.Bachmann, a three-term Minnesota lawmaker, insists the larger political stage won't mean a...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-06-27/outspoken-bachmann-launches-white-ho
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Low on cash and down in polls, Pawlenty bets big

...headlines with the news that Sarah Huckabee, the daughter of the failed presidential contender and 2008 caucus winner Mike Huckabee, had signed on as an adviser. But that news was buried by a Florida jury's innocent verdict in the trial of accused...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-07-08/low-cash-and-down-polls-pawlenty-bet
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Trying to customize candidates

...She might not realize that everyone was joking, and then where would we be?Republicans might like someone with Mike Huckabee's human touch and Mitt Romney's business acumen - but they generally get the converse.And so the strategists...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/columnists/2011-08-24/trying-customize-candi
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