oooh nooo.....the preacher in chief drops out before even getting....

Me thinks he is scared of getting dump on - on election day...

Catching UBL was definitely a game changer.... now let's talk about Romney flipping and flopping like a jello, defending the affordable care act - seeming to have an imaginary gun held to his head... (disclaimer: No persons was subjected to any harm during my sentence, figurative people).

Thank you Lawrence O'Donnell, you broke this info. last night.

Mitt Romney is running around his living room in his underwear whooping it up. This I'm sure makes Mitt a happy man; Huck beat him up with the evangelical vote in the primaries last time around.

At least he has some common sense, he knew he would not win and decided not to run.

My respect for Mr. Huckabee just went up - he listened to his heart and to what he was being told, and he was willing to put aside himself for what was right. In a certain way, that is the sign that someone is qualified for this position!

Heart? I think he listened to his wallet. Why stop the gravy train for something he will never win.

The teanutbaggers would have destroy huckabee.

everyone chill the **** out

Another one bites the dust.

Good riddance.

Yes, I agree , good bye. Don't let the door hit you on you way out, Fat Man.

Aha! I knew it. Look this is what I found.

Leaked Email Confirms That Mike Huckabee is Running For President

http://www.politicususa.com/en/mike-huckabee-email

He's running. Of course he couldn't come out and say as much in his email to his inner circle, or Fox would have to suspend him. immediately, which would mean that he couldn't use his FNC show to make his big announcement on national television.

So Huckleberry said No. But, here is a little something FOX might add: Dunno

http://thesmugger.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/fox-news-billboard.jpeg

ffeineandsugar, his heart, no he last said that he listened to Jesus. A professor of psychiatry once told me that when someone talks to god, they are probably praying. If god talks to them they are probably schizophrenic.

The only spiritual thing about this decision is the 4 dead cops in Washington State, killed by Maurice Clemmons, whom Huckabee released from prison in Arkansas. How'd that one work out Mike?

What's going to be so thrilling is when one of these "awful candidates" beats Obama worse than Herbert Hoover. You heard it here first!!

It will not happen, but if your fantasies make you feel better, well...

For all of you Righties out there and for my dear friend who served in the Korean War and is now deceased awarded the Bronze Star - thank you Pat Harper raised as an orphan - gave up his turns at the front - for comrades who had families - these are your Republicans Spencer Abraham: Did not serve
Eliot Abrams: Did not serve
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John Ashcroft: Did not serve
Roy Blunt: Did not serve
Michael Bloomberg: Did not serve
George H.W. Bush: Youngest Navy pilot in WW II; awarded DFC
George W. Bush: Texas Air Nat. Guard; didn't take physical; suspended from flying
Jeb Bush: Did not serve
Saxby Chambliss: Did not serve. Attacked Cleland's patriotism
Dick Cheney: Did not serve
Christopher Cox: Did not serve
Tom DeLay: Did not serve

Bob Dornan: Enlisted after fighting was over in Korea
John Engler: Did not serve
Douglas Feith: Did not serve

\Bill Frist: Did not serve
Newt Gingrich: Did not serve
Rudy Giuliani: Did not serve
Lindsey Graham: National Guard lawyer
Phil Gramm: Did not serve

\Dennis Hastert: Did not serve
Tim Hutchison: Did not serve
Jack Kemp: Did not serve. "Knee problem," continued in NFL for 8 years
Jon Kyl: Did not serve
Trent Lott: Did not serve

]

John McHugh: Did not serve
George Pataki: Did not serve
Richard Perle: Did not serve

Dan Quayle: Journalism unit of the Indiana National Guard
Ronald Reagan: Served in WWII making movies
Tom Ridge: Army in Vietnam, Bronze star

Dana Rohrabacher: Did not serve
Karl Rove: Did not serve
Don Rumsfeld: served in Navy (1954-57) as flight instructor
Rick Santorum: Did not serve
Arnold Schwarzenegger: AWOL from Austrian army base
Richard Shelby: Did not serve
JC Watts: Did not serve
Vin Weber: Did not serve
Paul Wolfowitz: Did not serve

my heart? what about the money a $2.500,000 million dollar house in Florida what a jerk all in it for the money not the good of the country another faker bites the dust - buy my revisionist take on Sir Ronnie

Bramble - Obama: Did not serve

Yes Susan But these guys I cited were during the Viet Nam War - they all evaded - not my boy Kerry or if you want a list of the Democrats - they all served - the point was these guys are Chicken Hawks never had a bullet never knew what war was , just a bunch of hero's in their own minds - and Susan Obama was a child during Viet Nam

Bramble-- Hey you forgot GOP perennial candidate and billionaires son Steve Forbes. He spent the Viet Nam war protecting the shores of Connecticut from the Viet Cong in the Connecticut National Guard. Another war loving coward!!

Dont forget that during Viet Nam unlike Iraq, the states national guard did not go overseas, and did not see combat. It was the perfect place to hide from the draft. So at the time there was a mile long waiting list to join the National Guard in ANY state. You couldn't buy your way into a guard unit! But you could clout your way in. If daddy was influential, rich and powerful you could find a place in the guard. Just like Danforth Quale and drunken little Georgie W.

Please Insult Me!

You libs are funny. lol

I'll bet you said that half- heartedly. No Joke, the truth is not funny to you right wing whacks; it clinically depressing.

Laugh until you cry. Huckleberry Hound is a joke. Huckleberry loves Fox News more that America. Now that is funny; isn't it? Where's is the patriotism?

Oh, I know. Ole Huck's sniffing out all the clowns before he gets on the presidential trial; like a true hound doggie.

Bramble,

Susan But these guys I cited were during the Viet Nam War - they all evaded

Really. At the height of the Vietnam War, say 1968 .......

Reagan was 57...... Santorum was 10 .......

- not my boy Kerry or if you want a list of the Democrats - they all served -

How about Clinton? Want a real laugh ........ how about either Clinton?

Kerry? The guy that accussed his fellow soldiers of committing atrocities, that threw his fake medals away in an anti-war protest? Your boy" Kerry is a dispicable POS. Yea - dispicable. How bad do you have to be for almost everyone you served with, everyone who knew you - comes out and says you are unfit to command. Guys that were willing to give their lives for each other - hated Kerry that much. Don't give me the "Swiftee" crap - I read Kerry's Tour of Duty and read Unfit To Command.

and Susan Obama was a child during Viet Nam

Who the heck is Susan Obama? Do you mean BHO's mother, Stanley Ann Dunham? She was in Hawaii where she hooked up with a Kenyan she met in a Russian language class. 1968? She was in Jakarta married to another guy.

BTW - Any guys on your list above sit in a church for 20 years where their pastor preached "god d@mn America" ....... have any friends that were terrorists ........ have wives that said the first time they were proud of their country was......

tpaine-2187267

What's going to be so thrilling is when one of these "awful candidates" beats Obama worse than Herbert Hoover. You heard it here first!!

Were you talking to Hebert Hover?

Survey says republi/clowns are falling on deaf ears.

Where are the jobs? Who got bin Laden?

Maybe you are just turning a blind eye to these relevant facts.

Republican candidates are "carnival barkers" who are not actively involved in politics today.

The Huckster who worship God and preaches, but does not have a problem bearing false witness. He is a liar.

I'm from Washington State. When Huckanut pardoned that SOB murdering freak who promptly proceeded to go to Washington State and murder four police officers in cold blood, I knew this man was an idiot. Good move jacka$$. He will never live that down.

That is exactly the kind of decision making and lack of common sense we do not need running this country.

What can I add? There is nothing the Newt won't do for his handlers. If this is the GOPs best shot at the title they better get a new wrestler or get out of the fight.

The worst part of this is that the Newt believes his own delusional crap.

So nice of Bob to resurrect debunked political attack talking points from the 2004 campaign. If Kerry had been elected, we'd have avoided a lot of the economic downturn due to the ridiculous policies of the 2nd Bush administration.

That is because they can no longer hide behind their scare tactics and lies. They want to cut medicare, social security, and healthcare, cry about the deficit, yet give millions to people that need it the least? Yeah he is smart enough to know that when crap hits the fan, you should duck!

He knows Obama unbeatable that is the reason he is not running.

His heart tells him no my @ss... anyone with half a brain would know this election is a lost cause that would only destroy their chances of future success... better just to throw the Bachmans and Palins to the wolves and wait for 2016 when it will be an Open contest again.

Surely, you jest. Half of the sitting Presidents over the last 50 years have lost - main reason 7.5%+ unemployment. Where are we at now? 9%?

This is the longest recession the USA has ever had and we haven't even brought up ObamaCare (the largest tax increase in history) yet.

Obama is going to lose and lose big. Read Sean Trende.

oh yeah go 0bama by the time he's re-elected the country will be a bigger mess just like he soros ayres and fdr wanted gfl on that not my type of americans good luck with that progressive gig and i get it i just had a huge fight with my husband about why his special need niece would have been cared for better before the great the great society because she would not be drifted to one place or another to get the benes she would be cared for by a responsible parent but now the gov't knows best and and back then her parents would not be taxed to death and could care and cope with a mother that could stay at home but the progressives start with fear and now we have people that find their way out a paperbag. The old progressive smoke screen we"ll help you and in the mean time destroy you. good luck all it's starting to look like a twilight zone episode to me hosted by soros and potus at least rod serlling gave the dumib asses a clue

Nancy - do you have a degee in economics, my girl I do, tell me about your education, I am sorry about your niece sounds like a family in need I am sorry never had to deal with that, but I do have a son who gwas attacked by dogs when he was four ripped his ear off rushed him to emergency had Blue Cross but at 50 years of age has a pre-existing condition - his pituatary gland was damaged - diabetes insipidus - yeah guys my son is uninsurable - even though he works in the health care industry - he might be the next person to inform a doctor how your heart works

Nancy, seek help, professional help. You sound like a brainwashed Beck shill. Paranoia is a mental condition which can be helped with meds.

Nancy, with what the right wants to do to this country, your special needs niece would be left for dead. Repubs care for no one but themselves. But maybe that's how you think. You call her "my husbands special needs niece". Doesn't that make her your niece too. But apparently you do not care to recognize that. You care only for yourself. Typical Republican, Me Me Me!!!!

PLEASE INSULT ME

In the last sentence Nancy called us "dumbasses" then criticize others for calling her names? you are obviously a genius!

She does need help. If the family is so needy, I know they aren't being taxed that high that it would prevent them from getting health care. We are paying the lowest taxes in at least 50 years.

Just in case she is so busy with her hatred for Obama, she is not paying attention that it's the Republicans that are cutting everything that helps women and children. The Republicans/Tea party wants self reliance and personal responsibility. If you have a child, take care of them. While Obama is advocating help for special needs children, the Republications are busy cutting their help. If the family was rich, they would certainly get GOP support.

So you can continue hating, since this will certainly not help your niece. I sincerely hope you look elsewhere for your facts, considering that the ones you are listening are feeding you with fear and lies.

TPaine,

Everything you just posted was caused by the Bush administration. Hoodini couldn't get us out of this mess in two years. Get real

false profit. no true christian could support republicans. can't get on golf course on sunday morns in d.c. . to call him a man of god in a party that abuses children, elderly, and poor. he won't have a long wait at the pearly gates...

Say, uhh, what kind of profit you talkin 'bout Willis?

God did not want him to run? Didn't God want him to run the last election? Did God change His/Her mind? I'm so tired of all these fake Christians exploiting the name of God for personal profit. BTW I think pgboat meant false prophet.

Well, I'm a Christian and have voted GOP since college. I tithe. You?

tpaine all I can tell you is that you have voted against your interests - have you been brain dead? Good question - why is the trickle down yellow?

Huckabee's family said "no" because they would all have to lose some weight just to look sort of normal. They are a perfect example of the diabetes belt.

EXACTLY!

The politically correct way to say "No way in hell anyone's beating Obama."

Amen, sister!

yeah, we don't need that picture of health in the Whitehouse.

Libs are funny trying to say that no one beats 0bama. Polls show that more people will definitely "not vote" for 0bama is higher than those who definitely will vote for 0bama. 0bama will win 13 states and DC. He has managed to turn Ohio, PA, VA, NC and Florida into very Red states due to his policy's. He can't win without those states. The Repubs can run Romney, Daniels or Pawlenty with Condi or Herman Cain as their VP and its bye, bye, 0bama.

Sadly, I expect that Huckabee will continue to unfairly criticize the President in ways that he himself (Huckabee) would not have appreciated if he had decided to run. It would be refreshing if Huckabee would conduct himself in accordance with the Golden Rule.

2Mad independant. I think this is going to be a very good year for America. The backlash from the assault on citizens rights that was started in Wisconsin will be a lesson in how we the citizens can control the people we elect. Those that are not recalled will be voted out of office in the next election. The only way we can reduce the deficit is to remove the repubs that do not want their wealthy clients to pay their fare share. The only way we can protect the senior citizens who have paid into social security their entire lives is to remove the repubs like Ryan that want to destroy Medicare. Yes, they will prop up a liar like Gingrich, and send Palin and Bachman out to do their cute trained tricks, but America is not falling for the trickledown economy bs any more. America is not falling for the give big oil tax breaks so they can create jobs bs any more. Every lie they have managed to create about the President has been false, and America has seen that as well. There is a core part of the Repubs/teabaggers that do not want an Black man to be President, so they will attack him on everything and anything. Fortunately they are now in the minority, and their voice will be heard exlusively on Faux news. Yes, 2012 is going to a very good year!!1

Blind, what kind of Kool-Aid are you drinking? After trashing the state capital, the unions lost the Prosser election big, Dims will probably only break even on the recalls and now have lost a U.S. Senator to Paul Ryan.

I don't think Dims have seriously studied or understand what happened in 2010. That wasn't just a loss. That was the biggest loss of elected officials by either Party since 1928!! ObamaCare is still dragging the economy down, unemployment has gone up not down, and now we've got $4/gal gas!!

Why in God's name would you think anyone but a Dimocrat would want four more years of this "socialist utopia?" Just asking.

tpaine, The protesters in Mad. Wi., did not trash the State capital bldg., lie #1; out of the six recall elections, they only need to win three and the polls look great, lie #2; lost a Sen. to Ryan?, really, there will be an election in 2012, and probably Feingold will retake a seat in the Sen., lie #3. The Dems have woken up after the facist actions of Walker, and he will be recalled in the 2012 election, and a Dem. gov. will be elected to replace Walker. The TP/Rethugs have shown their true colors in Wis. and the people will restore sanity to Wis. in 2012. Just watch and see. And Paul Ryan will be toast! Bank on it!

damn why so mean?

Hiheels

its saturday night and all the cheer leaders just came back in from cocktails.. in your freaking dreams.

the bump is gone and the popularity poll is going back down..

What happened did you somebody kick you in your head last night in the club with their stilletos; miss thang?

May 9, 2011, 10:35 PM
Beyond Obama’s Bin Laden Bounce
By NATE SILVER

As of this writing, Mr. Obama’s Democrats are given a 60.3 percent chance of winning next year’s presidential election. By contrast, the day before Bin Laden was killed, the market’s estimation of the Democrats’ chances had been 59.7 percent. That’s less than a full percentage point worth of improvement. Is this the appropriate reaction?

The “bounce” in Mr. Obama’s approval ratings has been fairly small — probably about 5 or 6 percentage points on average, although with some variability from survey to survey.

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/09/beyond-obamas-bin-laden-bounce/

http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx

She was so busy fighting back pain caused by the high heels, after a few drinks she's morphed into a dumb blond without realizing. Poor thing.

I have no problem with him as a dude from the Church, but I dont like him as a lying Republican, he was insulting and will insult a President of the United States, there is no "stop" sign in this man, sometimes I think that he doesn't give a sh!t if God hearing him. Did you ask your friends to be nice back then?" I doubted.

Thank you Mr. Huckabee for not running.

Aww *Hugs AP-1414066*

What I mean Emma is no one against Huckabee is greeting this news with optimism and rejoice. They are trying to attack him for whatever decision he makes, just like hard core anti-Obama people.

Here's optimism and rejoice: I'm optimistic he loves money more than any urge to serve and rejoice that he recognizes that it would be a fools mission to run.

Pith

you represent the same hypocrital stance of your Man Huckabee...

interesting you would use the phrase "complain and critize"...

this is Huckabees mantra and the mantra of the conservative/bagger...

since he has never hesitated to state "he has all the answers"...

Why didn't he run?

Guess this will allow him to do what he does best- "Complain and Criticize" without having any accountablility!

he got attention just like trump, saying the president of the united states was not an american. the hukster even said the presidnt was raised in kenya. he knew it was a lie. he's just another rethuglican who plays the hate card. he's like palin just huking books and his faux news show. its easy to sit back and critisize and get paid for it by a foriegn owned corportion

I agree, Huckabee was very disingenuous when talking about Obama's birth certificate, and has been right there with criticism at every opportunity. I don't believe it when he says his heart told him not to run. It was his wallet.

Hey guys pure and simple he has seen the "MONEY" just like Sister Sarah and it looks so good - jerk - move on

b dune, please do not assume that I like Huckabee because of this. I am a lot further on the left than the right.

Conservatives perceive that when you criticize Huckabee for not pursuing the presidential bid, that the liberals on the aggressor side. It creates a better public image of the liberals if they are the ones that break the cycle of the blame game and act like the more mature people. It would be beneficial not to focus on what you believe are the negatives of Huckabee now that he is not a "threat".

He might not be a threat, which he wasn't. But he is a liar and I am sure he will continue lying, since that's how he makes his money.

possibly~! Tina Fey would need a body double to play those air-heads on SNL.

hahaha....hope your right. The Palin/Bachmann ticket/show. Now that's entertainment! Comedians are begging for them to run!

Palin/Bachman

Bachman/Palin

don't think either of them like being on the bottom!

Tunde Akins,

You think they are air-heads? Wow, these two women( air-heads) have weathered the relentless attacks on them, and still they are here, fight to get their message out. You should give them respect, applaud them for having the courage to move the ball forward.

so you want us to applaud bachman?

for what? being constantly proven that she is a pathogical liar?

Seems like you have to be a liar to make it in the republican/tea party.

Saw a real funny joke today. Mitt Romney is hiring seal team 6, to take out the former Mitt.

Never happen. They would scratch each other's eyes out over who would be pres and VP

Nonsense... He specifically lied about the President and his birthplace... It was a bird call to the racists that are the bedrock of the republican "base".
Then when caught, he LIED again, claiming he meant "Indonesia", not "Kenya" (claiming confusion) when his initial reference included the "Mau-Mau", a Kenyan black group fighting the Brit colonialists 50 years ago... He knew EXACTLY what the history was and had NO "confusion"...
Huckabee was LYING and added another LIE on top of that... Some "Christian" minister, huh!!!! And he works for Fox "News".

huckster is a lier and a hypocrite. he's a republican so it should go withoutb saying

@Kamuela. Your comment is a backhanded dig that the President is a liar. Nothing could be further from the truth, and as VonKressenstein pointed out, he speaks in code like your feeble attempt to do the same. I am hoping you both just go away. However, we know faux news pays him to be a liar, but what is your excuse? Maybe you'll have better luck with Gingrich, he is such a stand up, moral citizen.

BlindorTruthful

Maybe you'll have better luck with Gingrich, he is such a stand up, moral citizen.

Sure he is. That's why he taught one of his upstanding moral values to one of his wives.

"It doesn't matter what I do," he answered. "People need to hear what I have to say. There's no one else who can say what I can say. It doesn't matter what I live."...Newt Gingrich quote

Family values" don't apply to this sociopath who cheats on his wives because of the hard work he puts in out of his patriotic love for this country.

Newtie, you know is working hard so his 3 wives won't inherit his personal foibles like not paying his alimony bills; as well as the debt George Bush left.

How many people are dying just because you're posting, Nite Nurse? Just sitting on your a@@ like I see others do when I'm at work. As a medical professional I certainly hope you are NOT at work putting lives at stake. And, I can't believe all the people coming home from bars, either, ranting out their drunkeness against anotherr human being. I just hope I don't run into you in the grocery line.

Hockey girl nurses do get a night off from work. This nurse never goofs when patients lives are at risk. And I hope I do run into you at the grocery line.

Rigged? How was the 2008 election rigged? I assume you believe that Obama stole the election just as W. did in 2000 and 2004?

It's funny how Obama bashers get so dramatic and act as if the Earth's going to plunge into a black hole with Obama in the White House. Hey folks, he's been president for three years now and we're still here. I don't see computers crashing or planes falling out of the sky or mushroom clouds rising in the distance, so it can't be that bad. Get over yourselves!

Rigged? That theory must be so far out in the right-wing outer space that I haven't even heard it before.

Bravo! Micheal! It's crazy how paranoid some people have become since Obama was elected.

"Rigged" is George W. Bush winning in 2000 even when Gore got 50 million more votes, and that we've identified that at least one voting district in Florida (whose governor happened to be old Jeb Bush) had machines which voted the Republican ticket no matter what button was pressed.

"Not rigged" is Obama winning the biggest electoral-landslide in history since Reagan beat Mondale.

Educate yourself.

Rigged?!!! Oh yeah, that was in 2000...and again in '04. 2008 brought the first legitimate election results in 8 years, and it marked the end of an ERROR (Bush/Cheney)!!

By reading some of the posts on here you might think Oblabla is a living god- what low standards you have.

Chris - No, we Democrats know our candidates are just human, now your candidates all talk directly to "God" for guidance, like when "God" told Bush to go to war in Iraq. I'll take our human candidates and you are welcome to your divinely inspired wack job, jack wagon candidates.

Uh Chris it was Huckabegone who claimed to be chatting it up with Jesus

Chris, at least we HAVE standards! The Republicrooks talk a good, family values message, but then never live up to it. Don't talk the talk if you can't walk the walk, genius!

I see nothing wrong with our leaders praying to their concept of God for help in making the right decision. But when they have to advertise it, they loose me.

Maybe Huck was afraid he'd lose to Trump. How embarrassing would that be?

that would mean he got trumped

Shake and Bake!!!

What this proves is Jesus is Perfect. Even he did not want the slightest chance this fool would win.

Jesus knows