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Article: THE CASE FOR ... MIKE HUCKABEE.(Viewpoint)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- January 27, 2008
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Byline: CHRIS WEINKOPF
IN making the case for Mike Huckabee's campaign for the presidency, circumstances require that I start with a declaration: I am not now, nor have I ever been, an Evangelical Christian.
It's important to get that disclaimer out of the way, because Huckabee has regrettably been pigeonholed as the "Evangelical candidate" -- a swell guy, but off-limits to anyone without a fish decal on the back of the family truckster.
And that's a shame, because Huckabee's appeal could -- and, indeed, should -- transcend religious or cultural affiliations.
Unlike most other Republicans past and present, this folksy, ...