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Article: Huckabee: Evangelical Christians Now Have a Chance to Lead GOP
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- The Washington Post
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- January 13, 2008
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Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee touted his candidacy
Saturday as a chance for evangelical Christians to lead the
Republican Party rather than just support its candidates.
"I don't presume that you automatically support me because of a
common faith," Huckabee told a group of more than 100 conservative
pastors. "I know I have to earn that. But I also recognize that
there is a unique kind of opportunity. For a long time, those of us
who are people of faith are asked to support candidates who would
come and talk to us. But rarely has there been one who comes from
us."
Huckabee's comments were the latest attempt by the former Baptist
preacher to rally support from social conservatives by ...