Sunday, February 10, 2008
Huckabee Wins Louisiana Primary!
It was a close race, but Gov. Huckabee held on to his lead in Louisiana last night to win the primary with around 44% of the vote to McCain's 42%. Most news sources have not called Washington yet, because with 87.2% of precincts reporting statewide, Sen. McCain has 25.5 % of delegates and Huckabee has 23.7 %. Even if Gov. Huckabee doesn't win Washington, it was a great day for him!!!
Saturday, February 9, 2008
A Huge Huckabee Win In Kansas!!!
With the final results in from the Kansas GOP Caucus today, it was a huge win for Gov. Huckabee!! Here are the numbers:
Huckabee - 11,627 - 59.58%
McCain - 4,587 - 23.50%
Paul -2,182 - 11.18%
Gov. Huckabee won every district and will be receiving 36 more delegates!! Thank you to the people of Kansas for refusing to believe the media spin that John McCain was the inevitable nominee!
To God be the glory -- great things HE has done!!!
Huckabee - 11,627 - 59.58%
McCain - 4,587 - 23.50%
Paul -2,182 - 11.18%
Gov. Huckabee won every district and will be receiving 36 more delegates!! Thank you to the people of Kansas for refusing to believe the media spin that John McCain was the inevitable nominee!
To God be the glory -- great things HE has done!!!
Huckabee Wins Kansas!!!!
Fox News just called Kansas for Huckabee although all the results aren't in yet!!!!!!!!! Praise the Lord!!!!! Check this link for updated results.
Friday, February 8, 2008
Path To Win Through a Brokered Convention
"Anonymous" left the following research as a comment on our blog last night and it is so good I wanted to share it with all of you!
Path To Win Through a Brokered Convention
1) McCain can be prevented from winning 1191 delegates.
According to RealClearPolitics McCain has 720 delegates & still needs 471 to win.
That means he has to get 44% of the remaining delegates to secure 1191.
2) So Huckabee needs to win 57% of the remaining delegates to force this to a brokered Convention.
3) On Super Tuesday McCain got 42% of the vote in Blue States and only 26% in Red States. Over 60% of McCain’s delegates have come from Blue States. Do we really want our candidate picked by states that we have very little chance of winning in the fall?
4) Remaining delegates: Red States = 711 [ 70.5% ], Blue States = 297 [ 29.5% ]
RED States Left:
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47 Louisiana
39 Kansas
63 Virginia
140 Texas
88 Ohio
39 Mississippi
69 North Carolina
57 Indiana
33 Nebraska
45 Kentucky
32 Idaho
32 New Mexico
27 South Dakota
5) Every time Republicans have gone to a brokered Convention we have won!
Abraham Lincoln – 3rd Ballot - Won Presidency
Rutherford Hayes – 7th Ballot - Won Presidency
James Garfield - 36th Ballot - Won Presidency
Warren Harding – 10th Ballot – Won Presidency
6) Conservatives, unite! There is still time! Win the Red States and we go to the convention for a discussion about what it means to be a Republican.
Hope this brings encouragement and hope. It is not over!
You're right! Thank you, "Anonymous!"
Path To Win Through a Brokered Convention
1) McCain can be prevented from winning 1191 delegates.
According to RealClearPolitics McCain has 720 delegates & still needs 471 to win.
That means he has to get 44% of the remaining delegates to secure 1191.
2) So Huckabee needs to win 57% of the remaining delegates to force this to a brokered Convention.
3) On Super Tuesday McCain got 42% of the vote in Blue States and only 26% in Red States. Over 60% of McCain’s delegates have come from Blue States. Do we really want our candidate picked by states that we have very little chance of winning in the fall?
4) Remaining delegates: Red States = 711 [ 70.5% ], Blue States = 297 [ 29.5% ]
RED States Left:
=============
47 Louisiana
39 Kansas
63 Virginia
140 Texas
88 Ohio
39 Mississippi
69 North Carolina
57 Indiana
33 Nebraska
45 Kentucky
32 Idaho
32 New Mexico
27 South Dakota
5) Every time Republicans have gone to a brokered Convention we have won!
Abraham Lincoln – 3rd Ballot - Won Presidency
Rutherford Hayes – 7th Ballot - Won Presidency
James Garfield - 36th Ballot - Won Presidency
Warren Harding – 10th Ballot – Won Presidency
6) Conservatives, unite! There is still time! Win the Red States and we go to the convention for a discussion about what it means to be a Republican.
Hope this brings encouragement and hope. It is not over!
You're right! Thank you, "Anonymous!"
Thursday, February 7, 2008
What Huckabee Needs Now
Since Mitt Romney has pulled out of the race many people are saying that McCain is the Republican nominee. The truth is, there is not yet a Republican nominee, and there will not be until one candidate gets at least 1,191 delegates. This could be McCain, or it could be Huckabee. All that we need to do now is to take enough delegates to prevent McCain from getting 1,191. The current delegate count is approximately
McCain - 720
Romney - 297
Huckabee - 197
Paul - 14
That means there are still approximately 1,152 delegates remaining. In order to win the nomination McCain would have to take at least 471 of those delegates. If McCain fails to get the 471 delegates we will have a brokered convention, which could be very good for Huckabee.
All Huckabee needs to do now is to take at least 682 of the remaining delegates, which would prevent McCain from getting the necessary 1,191 before the convention. It can be done, but it won't be easy. Now, more than ever, Huckabee needs us!
Here is what you can do now.
1. PRAY - This is not only the most important thing that we can do, it is something that everyone can do and should do!
2. Please make a donation to the Huckabee campaign today. Huckabee needs money to run ads in the upcoming states and to get his message out to voters. Please click on the ranger widget on our sidebar (just below our picture with Huckabee at the top of the page) to make a donation to Huckabee right now.
3. Make phone calls using the easy online phone bank. Every phone call counts. Click here to get started.
4. Tell everyone you know about Huckabee! Explain to them how Huckabee can win, and why conservative voters need to rally behind him.
McCain - 720
Romney - 297
Huckabee - 197
Paul - 14
That means there are still approximately 1,152 delegates remaining. In order to win the nomination McCain would have to take at least 471 of those delegates. If McCain fails to get the 471 delegates we will have a brokered convention, which could be very good for Huckabee.
All Huckabee needs to do now is to take at least 682 of the remaining delegates, which would prevent McCain from getting the necessary 1,191 before the convention. It can be done, but it won't be easy. Now, more than ever, Huckabee needs us!
HUCKABEE NEEDS YOU!
Here is what you can do now.
1. PRAY - This is not only the most important thing that we can do, it is something that everyone can do and should do!
2. Please make a donation to the Huckabee campaign today. Huckabee needs money to run ads in the upcoming states and to get his message out to voters. Please click on the ranger widget on our sidebar (just below our picture with Huckabee at the top of the page) to make a donation to Huckabee right now.
3. Make phone calls using the easy online phone bank. Every phone call counts. Click here to get started.
4. Tell everyone you know about Huckabee! Explain to them how Huckabee can win, and why conservative voters need to rally behind him.
McNairy County Election Results
TENNESSEE LOVES HUCKABEE!
We are very happy to announce that Huckabee not only won our state, he won our county overwhelmingly! Huckabee took more than twice as many votes in our county as any other candidate! We are proud of our county!
Look at these totals from McNairy County:
HUCKABEE - 1,282
McCain - 614
Romney - 217
Thompson - 58
Paul - 41
Giuliani - 10
Tancredo - 2
Keyes - 2
Hunter - 1
Uncommited - 5
Huckabee also won our congressional district. However, some of the other counties in our district were not as strongly for Huckabee as McNairy, so Huckabee gets only two of our district's delegates, while the third goes to McCain. It will probably be a couple weeks before we know whether or not Daddy and Melissa were elected as delegates. There were three other Huckabee delegates on the ballot from our district, and only 2 of the five will be elected.
Here are the totals from the state:
HUCKABEE - 190,521
McCain - 175,557
Romney - 130,302
Paul - 30,927
Thompson - 16,072
Giuliani - 5,113
Keyes - 975
Hunter - 736
Tancredo - 193
Uncommitted - 1,818
Time Magazine Blog Reports Romney To "Suspend Candidacy" Today!
What great news for Huckabee!!!!!!!!!! Click here for the story.
Super (Tornado) Tuesday Pictures
We finally have internet access again! We won't have our wireless back for a few days, but at least DSL is working now! Here are some pictures from the tornado that disrupted our Super Tuesday election party!!The damage pictured below occurred less than 2 miles from our grandparents' house, where we were at the time.
This is where the porch ended up...behind the building!
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The Elam Mattress Company - next door to our church building!
Part of a house was blown across the 4-lane highway to land on top of the mattress factory.
Our church is renting the right side of this building
This is where the porch ended up...behind the building!
The room our church rents was untouched! Praise the Lord!
The room next to our church looks like this now...
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God's protection was very evident!
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Super (Tornado) Tuesday!
For those who have been wondering why we haven't posted about the Super Tuesday election results, we have been without internet service for over 24 hours!
Our Super Tuesday election party at our grandparents' house last night turned out to be very different from what we'd expected. Severe weather had been building across the South all afternoon, and the election results had barely started to come in when several tornados hit West Tennessee. Instead of watching the election results, we ended up crowding in a small hall to wait for the tornado in our area to pass. The tornado came very close to us, completely flattening a mattress factory and several other buildings less than 2 miles away. The building our church meets in is next to the mattress factory, and while the room where our church meets was untouched, the front porch of the building is now behind the building in a heap and the other room had extensive roof and water damage. We are very grateful to the Lord for His protection over us and our church building! The tornados were very severe, and over 30 Tennessee deaths have already been reported, 3 of them just across the river from us.
At our grandparents' house, the power was knocked out almost immediately, so even after the storm had passed, we were unable to find out what was happening with the election! The suspense was terrible! Through friends and relatives who began calling to make sure we were okay, we found out that Gov. Huckabee was doing well in southern states, but that the races were still too close to call. On our way home, we heard on the radio that Georgia, Alabama and Arkansas had been called for Gov. Huckabee, but we were very anxious to find out about Tennessee. We also were eager to find out if our district had gone for Huckabee, if Daddy and Melissa had been elected as delegates, and what the delegate count was for Huckabee, McCain and Romney. A tornado had passed very close to our home as well, but the Lord had protected everything here. However, we soon discovered that we were in as much ignorance as before about the election results, because the storm had knocked out the internet provider in this area and we had absolutely no access! :( We had no cell phone service either. From the radio, we finally learned that Gov. Huckabee took TENNESSEE, which helped make a happier ending to such a tragic night.
Our high-speed internet is still down, but we finally got some dial-up this evening. It's terribly slow and problematic, so we may not be posting for awhile. When everything is back up again we'll post pictures of the tornado damage and the Super Tuesday numbers and percentages. The votes from our county weren't even counted until today due to the complications with the weather.
Our Super Tuesday election party at our grandparents' house last night turned out to be very different from what we'd expected. Severe weather had been building across the South all afternoon, and the election results had barely started to come in when several tornados hit West Tennessee. Instead of watching the election results, we ended up crowding in a small hall to wait for the tornado in our area to pass. The tornado came very close to us, completely flattening a mattress factory and several other buildings less than 2 miles away. The building our church meets in is next to the mattress factory, and while the room where our church meets was untouched, the front porch of the building is now behind the building in a heap and the other room had extensive roof and water damage. We are very grateful to the Lord for His protection over us and our church building! The tornados were very severe, and over 30 Tennessee deaths have already been reported, 3 of them just across the river from us.
At our grandparents' house, the power was knocked out almost immediately, so even after the storm had passed, we were unable to find out what was happening with the election! The suspense was terrible! Through friends and relatives who began calling to make sure we were okay, we found out that Gov. Huckabee was doing well in southern states, but that the races were still too close to call. On our way home, we heard on the radio that Georgia, Alabama and Arkansas had been called for Gov. Huckabee, but we were very anxious to find out about Tennessee. We also were eager to find out if our district had gone for Huckabee, if Daddy and Melissa had been elected as delegates, and what the delegate count was for Huckabee, McCain and Romney. A tornado had passed very close to our home as well, but the Lord had protected everything here. However, we soon discovered that we were in as much ignorance as before about the election results, because the storm had knocked out the internet provider in this area and we had absolutely no access! :( We had no cell phone service either. From the radio, we finally learned that Gov. Huckabee took TENNESSEE, which helped make a happier ending to such a tragic night.
Our high-speed internet is still down, but we finally got some dial-up this evening. It's terribly slow and problematic, so we may not be posting for awhile. When everything is back up again we'll post pictures of the tornado damage and the Super Tuesday numbers and percentages. The votes from our county weren't even counted until today due to the complications with the weather.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Huckabee Wins West Virginia!!!!!!!!
Gov. Huckabee took the first win of Super Tuesday in the West Virginia GOP convention just moments ago, winning all 18 delegates!! Click here for the whole story.
"O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good..." Praise the LORD!!!!
"O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good..." Praise the LORD!!!!
Tennessee Votes Today...
...and so do Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Utah!
If you live in any of the Super Tuesday states, get out and vote for Huckabee!!!! Do your best to get your friends and relatives to vote for him, too. And no matter what state you live in, the most important thing you can do today is pray.
The Huckabee campaign and volunteers are making last minute "get out the vote" phone calls. Click here to help us make the final push!
Looking forward to an exciting night!!!!!!!!!!
If you live in any of the Super Tuesday states, get out and vote for Huckabee!!!! Do your best to get your friends and relatives to vote for him, too. And no matter what state you live in, the most important thing you can do today is pray.
The Huckabee campaign and volunteers are making last minute "get out the vote" phone calls. Click here to help us make the final push!
Looking forward to an exciting night!!!!!!!!!!
Sunday, February 3, 2008
A Message To All Of You From Governor Huckabee!
Finally -- here is some of the footage from our encounter with Gov. Huckabee earlier this week. This clip is David asking Gov. Huckabee for a message for the viewers of our blog!
The YouTube link for this clip is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd3gwg1eEpo. We'll have some more up later.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
More Video From Gov. Huckabee's Visit to Nashville
Some more of our video from Monday:
-- Gov. Huckabee arriving at the Atlantic Aviation Center and greeting supporters.
-- Gov. Huckabee visiting with supporters, including Sarah and our friend Jerry Woods, a former classmate of his.
-- Gov. Huckabee exits the office of Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey and greets supporters on his way out.
For pictures from this event, click here.
-- Gov. Huckabee arriving at the Atlantic Aviation Center and greeting supporters.
-- Gov. Huckabee visiting with supporters, including Sarah and our friend Jerry Woods, a former classmate of his.
-- Gov. Huckabee exits the office of Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey and greets supporters on his way out.
For pictures from this event, click here.
Friday, February 1, 2008
The Myth of the Two-Man Race
No matter what the media or the Romney campaign tells you, the race for the GOP nomination is not a 2-man race! Newt Gingrich stated on Thursday night that Gov. Huckabee would have no reason to drop out because he's in a great position to get enough delegates to win the nomination.
Here's what Gov. Huckabee has to say about it: "We are in this race to win despite the desperate efforts by the Romney campaign to try and say that "a vote for me is a vote for McCain." Actually, a vote for me is a vote for me! And it's a vote to say no to the underhanded efforts of the Romney campaign and his wholly-owned talk radio backers who are repeating that nonsense. We have outlasted Rudy, Fred, and others who were supposed to be the winners. Only 8% of the Republican delegates have been selected, and we have about the same number of delegates as McCain or Romney. We are in it to win."
The first reason for this post is to answer the Romney supporter who commented on our blog, trying to get Huckabee supporters to vote for Romney. The second reason is to refute the false information that the Romney campaign is targeting toward conservative voters through phone calls, the media and talk-radio show hosts.
Myth #1 -"This is a 2-man race."
This is not a 2-man race. There are 4 candidates still running.
Myth #2 - "If you're a conservative, you have to vote for Romney to stop McCain."
First of all, since when is Romney conservative? He says he's proud of his record and that his record shows his qualifications to be President. Unfortunately, his record is more liberal than Sen. McCain's. Just saying he is a conservative doesn't make him one, and it's unsettling to realize that Romney has changed positions each time he has run for office, depending on what he needs to say to win with that particular group of people. The fact is that neither Romney nor McCain is conservative.
Myth #3 --"Huckabee should drop out."
If indeed the conservative vote is being split by Huckabee and Romney, why should Huckabee drop out? Shouldn't Romney be the one to drop out? He is polling much lower in the delegate-rich southern Super Tuesday states than Huckabee. If Romney is really interested in not splitting the conservative vote, he should be the one to drop out so all the conservatives can vote for Huckabee, who is leading anyway. More than 90% of the delegates haven't even been chosen yet!
Myth #4 --"Mike Huckabee's votes are going to Romney."
As much as the Romney campaign wants to believe this, it simply isn't true. True Huckabee supporters are going to vote for him, and no one else. We are in it until the convention...and then on to the White House! The fact is, Huckabee's supporters are drawn to him because of his honesty, his consistency, his principles, his humility, his courage to speak up about his faith, his vision for America, and his understanding of real people! The same supporters are repulsed by the apparent lack of these qualities in Mitt Romney. On the other hand, even though John McCain isn't a conservative, Huckabee supporters are able to respect him for being honest about where he stands! Even if Gov. Huckabee were to drop out (and he doesn't intend to!), his votes would go to McCain -- NOT Romney.
Myth #5 -- "Mitt Romney is electable -- Huckabee isn't."
Current polling shows that Mitt Romney is the least electable of all the Republican candidates except Ron Paul. I personally don't know one person who plans to vote for Mitt Romney. I do, however, know many people who would never vote for him, even if it were in a general election against Hillary Clinton -- myself included. We wouldn't be able to vote against our consciences just to keep someone worse from becoming the President.
A VOTE FOR HUCKABEE IS A VOTE FOR HUCKABEE. The media has told us all along that he couldn't do what he has done already! So why believe them now? Let's show everyone that message is more important than money...and far more important than the opinions of the media!
Here's what Gov. Huckabee has to say about it: "We are in this race to win despite the desperate efforts by the Romney campaign to try and say that "a vote for me is a vote for McCain." Actually, a vote for me is a vote for me! And it's a vote to say no to the underhanded efforts of the Romney campaign and his wholly-owned talk radio backers who are repeating that nonsense. We have outlasted Rudy, Fred, and others who were supposed to be the winners. Only 8% of the Republican delegates have been selected, and we have about the same number of delegates as McCain or Romney. We are in it to win."
The first reason for this post is to answer the Romney supporter who commented on our blog, trying to get Huckabee supporters to vote for Romney. The second reason is to refute the false information that the Romney campaign is targeting toward conservative voters through phone calls, the media and talk-radio show hosts.
Myth #1 -"This is a 2-man race."
This is not a 2-man race. There are 4 candidates still running.
Myth #2 - "If you're a conservative, you have to vote for Romney to stop McCain."
First of all, since when is Romney conservative? He says he's proud of his record and that his record shows his qualifications to be President. Unfortunately, his record is more liberal than Sen. McCain's. Just saying he is a conservative doesn't make him one, and it's unsettling to realize that Romney has changed positions each time he has run for office, depending on what he needs to say to win with that particular group of people. The fact is that neither Romney nor McCain is conservative.
Myth #3 --"Huckabee should drop out."
If indeed the conservative vote is being split by Huckabee and Romney, why should Huckabee drop out? Shouldn't Romney be the one to drop out? He is polling much lower in the delegate-rich southern Super Tuesday states than Huckabee. If Romney is really interested in not splitting the conservative vote, he should be the one to drop out so all the conservatives can vote for Huckabee, who is leading anyway. More than 90% of the delegates haven't even been chosen yet!
Myth #4 --"Mike Huckabee's votes are going to Romney."
As much as the Romney campaign wants to believe this, it simply isn't true. True Huckabee supporters are going to vote for him, and no one else. We are in it until the convention...and then on to the White House! The fact is, Huckabee's supporters are drawn to him because of his honesty, his consistency, his principles, his humility, his courage to speak up about his faith, his vision for America, and his understanding of real people! The same supporters are repulsed by the apparent lack of these qualities in Mitt Romney. On the other hand, even though John McCain isn't a conservative, Huckabee supporters are able to respect him for being honest about where he stands! Even if Gov. Huckabee were to drop out (and he doesn't intend to!), his votes would go to McCain -- NOT Romney.
Myth #5 -- "Mitt Romney is electable -- Huckabee isn't."
Current polling shows that Mitt Romney is the least electable of all the Republican candidates except Ron Paul. I personally don't know one person who plans to vote for Mitt Romney. I do, however, know many people who would never vote for him, even if it were in a general election against Hillary Clinton -- myself included. We wouldn't be able to vote against our consciences just to keep someone worse from becoming the President.
A VOTE FOR HUCKABEE IS A VOTE FOR HUCKABEE. The media has told us all along that he couldn't do what he has done already! So why believe them now? Let's show everyone that message is more important than money...and far more important than the opinions of the media!
Thursday, January 31, 2008
CNN Debate Reaction
We weren't able to watch the debate last night because the live streaming wasn't working well with our internet connection, but we were able to listen to the whole thing, and of course, we thought that Gov. Huckabee easily won the debate! The debate was planned to be a McCain-Romney show, but it turned into a McCain-Romney squabble with Gov. Huckabee coming across as comfortable, well-informed and very presidential, even with the small amount of airtime given him. Click here for CNN political analyst Bill Schneider's analysis of the debate, and click here for a story from Politico about Gov. Huckabee changing some minds by his performance.
The time each candidate had to speak was as follows:
Romney - 20 times (25:55)
McCain - 16 times (22:00)
Huckabee - 11 times (15:10)
Paul - 6 times (6:35)
Gov. Huckabee has never been given as much time to speak in the debates as his rivals. The fact is, he hasn't needed it. He is such a great communicator that he is able to articulate his message, ideas and principles clearly and concisely and with a conviction and passion that speaks right to the heart of the American people.
The clip below of Gov. Huckabee's answer to whether or not Ronald Reagan would endorse him is just a sample of how he handled the questions last night. For the full debate transcript and more video, go to http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/30/GOPdebate.transcript/index.html
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Gov. Huckabee Shines At GOP Debate
Gov. Huckabee had a great debate performance tonight! Praise the Lord! More on this tomorrow... for now, check out this article from CNN: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/01/30/schneider-the-nights-big-winner-huckabee/
Giuliani and Edwards To Drop Out Today
Rudy Giuliani and John Edwards both plan to make speeches ending their Presidential campaigns this afternoon after failing to win any Presidential primaries or caucuses.
CNN will be hosting a Republican debate at the Ronald Reagan Library tonight at 7:00 CT.
CNN will be hosting a Republican debate at the Ronald Reagan Library tonight at 7:00 CT.
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