I believe his new site is http://www.Huckpac.com

I know he would. Heck many folks think the world of the man.

Glad you created the Board.......Mike would be proud! :)))

Always great to read your opinion, and you are correct. Have a great weekend. And hopefully the weather is going to be nice so you can enjoy yourself. I was reading about Barrack, he does not want any more debates with Clinton, after this last fiasco. Those Democrats can NOT be happy with that last debate.

He's more an Independent imo running on the Republican ticket.

With this 2 party system its hard to break this monopoly the good ole boys have on it...........when it does happen we will see the end of the good ole boys, and politics as usual. Until then it will be much of the same old things. These 2 parties have had a iron grip on this system, and many soon will be gone, as many has left........when America see's the difference and the people that this can bring forth, things may begin to change for the better..........its as bad as the Kremlin and their gang keeping a strangle hold in that government..........as tuff as Putin is the crime rate in Russia is staggering........and like here the gangs in LA, and elsewhere are a cancer eating up communities with murder, and drugs, and its growing, and so out of control that it would take the militia to take it back and end their stronghold throughout the major cities.........

The people who should be setting the highest of examples are failing in the highest of offices here..........and will continue......Obama's associations, and Hillary's lies about Bosnia is really scary stuff. Can't blame the black supporting him, remember they were only given the right to vote in 1963.......so its understandable. The problem is I don't think he is the right black man, but yet he may get elected, if he does we will see what goes?. Regardless of he being black, the right black man would never, nor have to confront racial issues in a manner that makes him less worthy or more worthy. It will be his character, his background, and his accomplishments or track record. A black Huckabee for example:))))

One of the best orthopedic we have in this country is black and born in Sierra Leon...........the best!........what an asset he his to the childrens lives he was able to help stand upright, and still doing it.............no one understands the spine better. Does it matter that he is black, or what hell he was brought out of as a young man?.........maybe, we can learn and grow out of much ignorance from just being human, he sure deserves all the honor and recognition for the differences he has made in many many peoples lives, giving children longevity and the abilities to live to a greater degree normal lives.

Doesn't matter about the color of ones skin, nor their gender, its their character..........George Washington Carver was a great American Hero.......what a character. I had only 3 really rememberable teachers while I was in school, and one was black.......one was Italian, and my 2 favorites.

Its this that makes the real person......Martin Luther king said, a man should not be judged by the color of his skin, but by the essence of his character. God made us all. When we all come to recognize and identify with it and stop blaming we will become a stronger nation........every American has the right to move almost any where in the world of their choosing.........but I don't see to many lining up. The ones that live in this nation today are living still in the greatest country in the world despite its faults. Most people have equal billing when we are kids, and its during this phase we will generate an honorable character or we won't. If its real it will never leave any of us and we will grow throughout our lives.


Everyone loved George Washington Carver and he lived thru a turbulent time that a white can't even imagine........the only people treated worse was Native American. Today everyone has a fair chance, anyone can be anything they want if they know what it is they want to be. Theodore Roosevelt traveled to the South to meet him, and arrived in a T model if not mistaken. Although he looked tickled, he looked like he was in question of what all the fuss was about?. :))))

I agree with you, I think Clinton being from Arkansas and the disaster he put us through, Huck did NOT have a chance.

We need him......I think the guy is the total package if he could have won..........I believe our nation could have received an uplifting, and that he would have moved us in the direction we need to be moving in, hopefully chartering a course away from the Perfect Storm we are no doubt heading into. McCain is not for pork barrel spending, and he was a Pow and a War Hero, but I think he his now to old, slow, and lives to much in the past........Huckabee is fresh, articulate, smart an on track, and could be tough when we need to be. I believe he is geniuine, and could move Congress when many need a good kick in the butt, and has the attributes to get them both sides to work with him. Its hard to stand up against solid solutions, and I believe he would serve America for all the right reasons........I hope he gets his foot in, he would be a terrific asset to McCain, what he lacks Huck has, and McCain could use the help and energy he has to offer..........boy does he have the energy:)))) and a terrific sense of humor that America needs. Roosevelt to had a good sense of humor.

You think Huck gets Vice? IMO I do. I know that is what I am hoping for. Because Huck can talk really good, and he is great with people. I guess that has too do with his Arkansas roots.

Mike Huckabee! we can't afford to wait another 4 years, our country is in trouble, and its getting worse. What will it for our countrymen to see we need a rebirth.......if he can at least get this position maybe in 4 the country will see what we have. If McCain selects him he's got my vote. We need to be open to hear what we don't want to, instead of wanting to hear whats popular, and based on false hope. This country is being led down the road to bankruptcy as our politicians sell this countries assets off, its work force to outsourcing as they slurp over Bill Gates who is part of this problem, and others like him, and its T-Bills, how much longer before China and several others own us?

Maybe the National Emblem will be that of the Dragon someday not the Eagle.......Scary isn't it?. Just look how far England has fallen, today they don't even have the power for deportation of those who are subversive, and not born there, less they consult with the European Council or whatever they call themselves, and if they say no thats it. England is not Sovereign anymore. Maybe not in my lifetime but a one world government doesn't seem so far fetched anymore. Society will set the stage for it as people demand more an more to be their own god, and we relinquish what we know to be right, as we become more open to more an more ideologies, and the willingness to accept them. This nation has done 180o since Eisenhower. Some good has been done, but on a larger scale our govt as been self serving, we just keep getting more an more of the same only worse, and career politicians in Congress just adds to the problems, "Craig", was just an example of the problems, but we could fill a room with many who are in it for themselves, and the state of our country is proof of it.

It should have been left to the Native Americans, untouched, and this formed elsewhere, the pristine state of this country, and the good of its people then, is in unbelievable condition today. We went from the Native American to "Gangland". We can't even resovle these problems here at home but we can go for a second round, and at the cost of 4000 honorable lives, and 1.2 trillion dollars later to try an accomplish this somewhere else in the world, as in Vietman where we did more harm to those people and their country than the mind can even comprehend. If it ever was justified, Desert Storm was the time......but with the money those people have they should have prepared to defend themselves, like Israel, and at least then could have made some attempt to stop the tyrant.

Attila the Hun still rides.

Always great to read you. I am with you there is NOT a good choice out there now. I am hoping McCain comes through with a great running mate.

Hey RJ, same to you.......A world without the IRS, a world without cap gains, a country we could believe in again wasn't enough........he spoke loud and clear to many of us, and the most genuine. This isn't a democracy, its a republic. We should do away with the electoral college, super delegates, lobbyist, even the delegates would be fine, what do we get?, electronic voting and more corruption. He was beat up on for his faith, the kind of faith and focus discussions given stage to Hillary an Obama,,,,,,now the country wants to hear what their ideas are on faith, church or religion. What a mockery.........Maybe 4 years from now he will run again, and take on Lou Dobbs as his running mate :))))........to bad that everyone doesn't get to run to the end, or till November, imo this would be the best way to do it, why should it matter?, how many times already have people change their minds?.........in the end its whoever gets the most of the "peoples" vote that should get it..............

1. McCain is to old and living in the past. He is doing little to reverse what Bush created, the torch is just getting passed. Not smart enough.

2. Obama if elected will be given a chance to see what he can do but if there is controversy now there will be for 4 years, and I don't like politicians from Illinois, none! and we know the rest.........if he gets it he will really have alot to prove.

3. Hillary?,,,,,,,,,she really did herself in with that cork screw landing and running across the Tarmac with Chelsea in tow! :))))) was that dumb or what?......

Hey Gravy, I hope that you are doing well!

Okay folks lets see my boardmarks over here! :))

You the man RJ



He is what our nation has needed for a long long time. If we lose this opportunity of not having elected him, we will fall way short of ever seeing a rebirth, something I believe he can deliver, and at the very least make every effort to help it happen.

If John M gets elected it will be 4 for years of Bush.

If we get Obama or Hillary who knows?.......I think both have the wrong motives for running........I don't believe either have what it takes to become Commander in Chief.

We have already lived with the Bush's for 12 years, and this Nation did not benefit from either administration. His ole man didn't have the brains to finish Iraq in Desert Storm, and when it was justifiable..........John M has told everyone just where he stands...........if he gets elected then the people deserve what they get just like the 8 years of Bush but worse.

www.Mike Huckabee.com

I agree..I have seen poster toting all over florida and Ga...Kids and Grown ups of all ages toting posters...

Maybe he started too late?? Heck, I don't know...Maybe he shoulda done some ditto-heading...

GO MIKE!!!, BEAT mcCAIN!!!........et z

Ron Paul's only problem is that not enough people have heard of him. Most people totally agree with his platform. And when was the last time you saw people as passionate about a political candidate? There must be a REASON he generates such passion......z

Ron Paul..he has far too few votes to even be a factor at all.. He could start a third party.. and split the vote..if he could get on enough ballots.. and thus assure that Hillery will be the next Prez..

Better Anybody than mcCAIN......et z

It's a long way to the convention dude...Go Ron Paul!...et z

LIMBAUGH< HANNITY< etc, already get their Butts kissed enough by the ditto-heads. McCain does not have to become a ditto head..he is not capable of that, even if he wanted to. He is too damn mean and stubborn.

AND AS I HAVE POSTED... He does not have to do that to get their votes in November.

Me too.. but he will be the VICE..not THE MAN... in that office, he will have influence aplenty..

He and McCain CAN win.. but only if they do not cotton to LIMBAUGH and that half-ssed bunch or radio entertainers..whose vote HE ALREADY has..

A third party for Conservatives would only make it damn sure that Hillery will be prez, and OBAMA the Vice..

Sorry Z ole chap..but reality is that he is the winner.. Nothing to be done..(legally that is) but to vote for him or against him or to abstain from voting.. in November.

Btw, I kinda like the Huck....fwiw.....et z

mccain is the spawn of satan. It will be the end of the world as we know it if that sonofabitch gets in...how people even vote for that prick is amazing.....I mean just LOOK at that moron....lol...always got that shit eating, holier than thou smirk on his face..........z

Now having said all that... The so called LEFT has never been in a majority, either. They too are about a third of THOSE that vote.

LEFT cannot win without the Middle..which is also about a third of those who vote.

RIGHT cannot win without the Middle, either.

True Leftists will vote DEMOCRAT. True Rightists will vote REPUBLICAN.. regardless of who the candidates turn out to be...

ERGO...it follows that the MIDDLE, who will vote either way..for the person, NOT THE PARTY... controls the winning side.

Mike will doubtless be the VICE... He and the MAN WHO WON have a sorta half admiration society..(mutual)...

Despite any advice they get to the contrary, they should not jump on any appeal to the Hard Right Conservative group. They ALREADY have the so called conservative vote. Whoinheckelse are they gonna vote for?? Hillery?? Obama?? It is to laugh!!

The Conservative movement is and always has been the invention of Radio ENTERTAINERS, Rush, Sean, Savage, ETC..

The TROO BLOO Conservatives are never more than a minority, never more than a third of the Electorate, although a large enough bunch to make several ENTERTAINERS on the radio filthy rich.

This year, the hot air boys on the air were mostly for Romney. They have lost.

They are now seeking to blame someone else because they have lost their ability to believe that they influence events.

McCain and Hucabee can win. But only if they stick to a BROAD appeal..and go after the "Moderate" or "middle of the road" vote.

HARD RIGHT Conservatives have had their day, They blew it. They had power from 1995 when they won the Congress until they lost the Congress a couple of years ago. They Created a vast mess.

CLINTON won twice because he knew enough to make a BROAD appeal.. that is what McCain must do..or we will have Hillery and OBAMA as President..and Vice President, rspectively..

STRONG IDEOLOGY has alwys been a Minority position.. on both sides. It is the MIDDLE, OR MODERATE vote that decides the winner.

GO RON PAUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! he he.......et z

two mods and only one board mark

sad, very sad

Torn between Huckabee and Romney at the moment.

I like Huck's stance on health care. Nothing pisses me off more than living in a tobacco state plagued with smokers and having to be penalized for it by paying absurd premiums because of the higher than normal cancer rates in this area.

You eat fatty big macs @ McD's and puff every day, pay a higher premium darn it! lol

Thanks for letting me get that off my chest, I feel much better now lol

Help reach our goals by helping reach my goal, here is a link to donate a buck for huck..https://www.mikehuckabee.com/?FuseAction=Contribute.Home&r=6252

This is a link to contribute to mike huckabee...any money will help..


https://www.mikehuckabee.com/?FuseAction=Contribute.Home&r=6252

hi guys,

you beat me to this board....if any of you have facebook please become a member of this group i started called surfers for huckabee, the more members we have the more heads will turn....go here...http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6843495761

Yep, just like the bashers on a penny stock twisting and cross examining a supporters post. Just a jab........they will do anything they can.

I am sure it was all taken OUT OF CONTEXT! Nothing was meant by it!

Huckabee apologizes for comments on Mormons
By Alex Mooney
CNN Washington bureau

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Republican Mike Huckabee Wednesday personally apologized to rival Mitt Romney for comments he made in an upcoming New York Times Magazine article that appear to disparage the Mormon faith.


GOP hopeful Mike Huckabee's campaign says his comments on Mormons were taken out of context.

The former Arkansas governor said he apologized to Romney after the GOP debate in Johnson, Iowa.

"I said, I would never try, ever to try to somehow pick out some point of your faith and make it an issue, and I wouldn't," Huckabee said.

"I've stayed away from talking about Mitt Romney's faith," Huckabee said. "I told him face-to-face, I said I don't think your being a Mormon ought to make you more or less qualified for being a president."

In the article, a preview of which is posted on the New York Times Web site, the former Arkansas governor is quoted as asking, "Don't Mormons believe that Jesus and the devil are brothers?"

The remark came after New York Times reporter Zev Chafets asked Huckabee whether he thought Mormonism was a religion or a cult. Huckabee, a former Baptist minister, said he thought it was the former but conceded he doesn't "know much about it." The article is to appear in Sunday's paper.

Asked how Romney responded to the apology, Huckabee said the Massachusetts Republican was "gracious."

"The governor accepted the apology," Romney spokesman Kevin Madden said. "He continues to believe that this campaign should not be about questioning a candidate's faith. While it is fair to criticize an opponent's record or policy positions, it is out of bounds for one candidate to question another's personal faith."

Speaking with CNN Wednesday, Huckabee expressed disbelief that the comment has caused an uproar.

"We were having a conversation over several hours, the conversation was about religion and he was trying to press me on my thoughts of Mitt Romney's religion, and I said 'I don't want to go there.'" Huckabee said.

"I really didn't know. Well, he was telling me things about the Mormon faith, because he frankly is well-schooled on comparative religions. As a part of that conversation, I asked the question, because I had heard that, and I asked it, not to create something -- I never thought it would make the story."

Huckabee, who has surged into first place in Iowa, also reiterated that he doesn't think a candidate's religion should be an issue in the campaign.

"I don't think his particular religion is a factor in whether or not people should vote him or against him," he said. "I'd like to think that my being a Baptist isn't a factor in people voting for or against me."

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a Huckabee rival for the 2008 GOP nomination, is a member of the Mormon church, officially known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Speaking Wednesday on NBC's "Today" show, Romney said, "I think attacking someone's religion is really going too far. It's not the American way."

Huckabee's comment is consistent with those that are often used to vilify the Mormon church, a spokeswoman for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints told The Associated Press.

In a statement sent to CNN, church spokesman Michael Purdy said, "Like other Christians, we believe Jesus is the divine son of God. Satan is a fallen angel."

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"As the apostle Paul wrote, God is the Father of all," Purdy added. "That means that all beings were created by God and are his spirit children. Christ, however, was the only begotten in the flesh and we worship him as the son of God and the savior of mankind."

Huckabee's campaign says the article takes the candidate's comments out of context. Huckabee was not bashing the religion but instead was "illustrating his unwillingness to answer questions about Mormonism and to avoid addressing theological questions during this campaign," the campaign said in a statement released Tuesday night.

"Gov. Huckabee has said consistently that he believes this campaign should center on a discussion of the important issues confronting our nation, and not focus on questions of religious belief," Charmaine Yoest, a senior adviser to the campaign, said in a statement. "He wants to assure persons of all faith traditions of his firm commitment to religious tolerance and freedom of worship."

Huckabee, locked in a battle with Romney for support among the evangelical community, also took heat this month for declining to say whether he thinks Mormonism is a cult.

"I'm just not going to go off into evaluating other people's doctrines and faiths. I think that is absolutely not a role for a president," he said.

Huckabee told reporters last week he didn't watch Romney's highly anticipated speech on his faith. But he argued that he has been confronted with questions about his faith more than Romney has and that he also would make a "God speech" if given the airtime.

"I get all of the God questions at the debates, so you know when people say, 'Oh, he had to make a speech,' I'm thinking, 'Hey you know what? If you'll give me national television time, I'll make you a God speech, and I'll tell you what I'll do, I'll throw in an offering and an altar call to throw in with it.' " E-mail to a friend

CNN's Dana Bash contributed to this report.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/12/huckabee.mormons/?iref=mpstoryview

BOSTON — Republican presidential hopeful Gov. Mitt Romney answered rival Mike Huckabee's upcoming published comments about Mormonism, declaring Wednesday that "attacking someone's religion is really going too far."

In an article to be published Sunday in The New York Times, Huckabee, an ordained Southern Baptist minister, asks, "Don't Mormons believe that Jesus and the devil are brothers?"

Romney, vying to become the first Mormon elected president, declined to answer that question during an interview Wednesday, saying church leaders in Salt Lake City had already addressed the topic.

"But I think attacking someone's religion is really going too far. It's just not the American way, and I think people will reject that," Romney told NBC's "Today" show.

Asked if he believed Huckabee was speaking in a coded language to evangelicals, Romney praised his rival as a "good man trying to do the best he can," but he added, "I don't believe that the people of this country are going to choose a person based on their faith and what church they go to."

Huckabee has been surging in recent opinion polls, taking the GOP lead in Iowa and pressing closer to Rudy Giuliani in polling.

The former Massachusetts governor also was asked why he used the term "Mormon" only once last week in a highly publicized speech about religion in which he said he was proud of his faith.

"Actually, we prefer the name 'The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,"' he said. "'Mormon' used to be a nickname and I don't use it a lot, but now and then I do because people know what faith I'm referring to, and I talked about 'my faith' a number of times, and I don't imagine anybody is confused about what faith I have."

Huckabee's campaign released a statement claiming his remarks were taken out of context:

"In fact, the full context of the exchange makes it clear that Governor Huckabee was illustrating his unwillingness to answer questions about Mormonism and to avoid addressing theological questions during this campaign," the statement said.

The authoritative Encyclopedia of Mormonism, published in 1992, does not refer to Jesus and Satan as brothers. It speaks of Jesus as the son of God and of Satan as a fallen angel, which is a Biblical account.

A spokeswoman for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said Huckabee's question is usually raised by those who wish to smear the Mormon faith rather than clarify doctrine.

"We believe, as other Christians believe and as Paul wrote, that God is the father of all," said the spokeswoman, Kim Farah. "That means that all beings were created by God and are his spirit children. Christ, on the other hand, was the only begotten in the flesh and we worship him as the son of God and the savior of mankind. Satan is the exact opposite of who Christ is and what he stands for."

Romney also defended his first negative ad of the presidential campaign in Iowa, where Huckabee has erased Romney's long-standing lead in the polls. The spot, which began airing Tuesday, highlights Huckabee's support for in-state tuition for the children of illegal immigrants when he was governor of Arkansas, as well as his support for their being eligible for scholarships.

"It's not negative; it's accurate," Romney said. "It's an ad that shows the differences on a very important topic, and actually, if you agree with Mike Huckabee's positions, it's a positive ad for him. If you agree with my position, it's a positive ad for me."

Romney dismissed Huckabee's rise in the polls — saying he's seen similar surges from GOP rivals John McCain, Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson — but he said scrutiny will follow his rival's rise to the top tier.

"I think Mike was desperately hoping that we would get through this without people taking a close look at his positions and his record, but his record on immigration, on pardons for criminals, on reducing the penalties for meth lab dealers, on taxing and spending — he increased spending from $6 billion to $16 billion. I think those features in his record will cause those numbers to turn around," Romney said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Glenn Beck did not have anything good to say this morning about Huckabee!

As he remains on top, his record will be scrutinized more severely.

And rightfully so. I want to see all the baggage on all the candidates. And after Bush, I wouldn't mind seeing all the candidates take an IQ test.

Huckabee seems to be getting favorable press from the network stalwarts and the vanguard of the Left, Frank Rich. I'm not one to believe in conspiracies but I think Drudge is onto something.

Since last week, Drudge has unleashed a torrent of screaming, anti-Huckabee headlines, culminating in today's "exclusive" (which cites one unnamed Democrat) about the Democrats' supposed hope that Huckabee will emerge as the G.O.P. nominee.

I think a politician's record speaks volumes compared to a pledge taken during an election. Though "Read My Lips, No New Taxes" was not a pledge it was a promise that was broken. I think conservatives have been dissappointed with big government Republicans and should be cautious of a sudden epiphany or change in values. As he remains on top, his record will be scrutinized more severly.

I would like to see that as well. But I suppose since he signed the no tax pledge, it should not be a concern for his presidency. (Although I for one am opposed to candidates making any pledges to specific groups.)

"Club for Growth Challenges Huckabee to Public Forum"

http://www.clubforgrowth.org/2007/11/club_for_growth_challenges_huc.php

A public forum is a perfect place to see if Huckabee's record holds up to scrutiny.

Matt Drudge's Crusade Against Mike Huckabee
by Steve Kornacki December 11, 2007

Something to keep in mind as Matt Drudge continues his effort to take down Mike Huckabee: Huckabee poses the most immediate and serious threat to Mitt Romney.

As John Harris of the Washington Post first reported in October 2006, Drudge has an unusually close relationship with a senior Romney strategist, Matt Rhodes:

Last year, a delegation of RNC officials flew to Miami Beach, where Drudge lives, for a dinner at the Forge steakhouse to introduce the Internet maven to Matt Rhodes, the party's new opposition research director.

During his time at the RNC, Harris suggests, Rhodes was the G.O.P.'s main conduit for funneling potentially damaging research on Democrats to Drudge.

A year ago, Rhodes signed on to Romney's campaign. Since then, Drudge-watchers have noted Drudge's consistent refusal to hype--and in many cases to even mention--negative stories about Romney. But now Huckabee threatens to blow Romney's nomination strategy. Since last week, Drudge has unleashed a torrent of screaming, anti-Huckabee headlines, culminating in today's "exclusive" (which cites one unnamed Democrat) about the Democrats' supposed hope that Huckabee will emerge as the G.O.P. nominee.

http://www.observer.com/2007/matt-drudg ... e-huckabee

On Pardons, his response to Sean Hannity:

HUCKABEE: Sean, I did something that governors ought to do. I took my job seriously. If I had acted in my own political interest, do you know how many clemencies I would have given? Zero. Because no governor is ever in trouble for denying one. You only get in trouble for actually granting it. But it's part of your job. And if people want a person elected president who looks after his own political interests rather than taking that job seriously and looking at each case with responsibility, I'm sure there's somebody else that will play politics with the lives of other people.

Let me mention two things — let me tell you why this isn't going to be an issue when it comes down to the presidential race. In the first place, crime went down in my state during my tenure as governor, not up. The second reason is I had to do something — and I did it — that no other candidate, Democrat or Republican, has done. And that's — I had to carry out the executions of 16 different people.

Now, you don't call a guy soft on crime when you carry out executions. So the whole idea that somehow I'm a soft guy

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,316425,00.html

Things are never as cut and dry as some try to make it out:

http://www.mikehuckabee.com/?FuseAction=TruthSquad.ClubforGrowth

"Huckabee's pardon rate high as Arkansas governor"
Newsday.com
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/ny-usmike115495791dec11,0,7673545.story

Huckabee has a "Willie Horton" in his closet. This is great fodder for the general election.

Hucakbee is a big government conservative. He's made from the same cloth as Bush. One of the biggest reasons conservatives are fed up with the Republican party is the free wheeling tax spending. Once the Republican candidates effectively communicate Huckabee's record, he'll drop in the polls.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,316496,00.html

CBS News: McCain Wants Romney to Play Nice
Posted by Andante Higgins

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Far away from the ice and snow in Iowa, John McCain campaigned with his mother Roberta, first at a speech to the Rotary Club and later they’ll ride together in a Christmas parade.

At the Rotary Club, he criticized Mitt Romney for attacking his fellow Republicans, whether via TV ads or pamphlets mailed to voters.

“I wish we could talk about our own qualifications and vision rather than attacking other candidates which apparently the Romney campaign seems to be doing rather frequently and I don’t think it helps,” said McCain. “I think the ultimate result is that we get low voter turnout and that’s the opposite of what we all want.”

McCain did have kind words for the new Republican front-runner in Iowa, Mike Huckabee: “I think Gov. Huckabee has proven that debates matter. He has performed well in debates... I like him. I have been very favorably impressed by him.”

He’s also been weighing in on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s endorsement of presidential candidate Dmitry Medvedev. Medvedev is pushing for Putin to be Prime Minister if Medvedev wins election in March.

“President Putin by the way... we all knew there was going to be a puppet show, in the succession but now we know who the puppet is.”

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2007/12/11/politics/fromtheroad/entry3607766.shtml

two point is NOTHING this early on...