Candidate Positions

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2007-12-28-huckabee_N.htm

Huckabee opposes embryonic stem cell research, emergency contraception and stricter gun laws — all of which rank high on the list of deal-breakers for many of the religious conservatives whose support he’s ridden to the top of the Republican presidential field.

Original source: http://huckabee.wordpress.com/the-fair-tax/

I believe in free trade, but it has to be fair trade. We are losing jobs because of an unlevel, unfair trading arena that has to be fixed. Behind the statistics, there are real families and real lives and real pain. I’m running for President because I don’t want people who have worked loyally for a company for twenty or thirty years to walk in one morning and be handed a pink slip and be told, “I’m sorry, but everything you spent your life working for is no longer here.”

I believe that globalization, done right, done fairly, can be a blessing for our society. As the Industrial Revolution raised living standards by allowing ordinary people to buy mass-produced goods that previously only the rich could afford, so globalization gives all of us the equivalent of a big pay raise by letting us buy all kinds of things from clothing to computers to TVs much more inexpensively.

Original source: http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=1192

Do you want to make stopping global warming a central cause?
I don?t try to get into the middle of the science of global warming.

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But do you believe there?s a human role in climate change?
There may be. But whether there is or there isn?t, it doesn?t release us from the responsibility to be good stewards of the environment.

Original source: http://www.clubforgrowth.org/2007/01/a_report_on_mike_huckabees_fis.php

On the other hand, Governor Huckabee is on record opposing the most important element of genuine school choice-voucher programs that allow poor students in failing public schools to attend private schools and inject much needed competition into a decrepit public education system-because of a concern about government control of parochial schools (Arkansas Times 09/22/05).

Original Source: http://2008prez.wordpress.com/2007/05/06/mike-huckabee-bio/

Gun Control - Mike Huckabee has been a member of the NRA for many years and would not let any laws prohibit our right to own a gun.

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Governor Mike Huckabee is against illegal immigration and supports the deportation of illegal immigrants captured in the U.S.

Back on May 24, 2005 we talked about Governor Mike Huckabee’s stance on illegal immigration in a blog titled “Mike Huckabee On Illegal Immigration: The Kids Matter.” This post was prompted by a huge amount of criticism the Governor received for advocating prenatal care for the unborn children of immigrants and in-state tuition eligibility for Latino children who graduate from Arkansas high schools.

In a nutshell, Huckabee’s stance on illegal immigration is that illegals who are caught should be deported. Period. But if they are not caught, and instead remain here to raise their families, Huckabee’s pro-life sentiment drives him to support providing prenatal care for all unborn children–no questions asked. And because the Arkansas constitution dictates that all children, regardless of legal status, be provided with public education K-12, Huckabee believes those who graduate and are academically eligible deserve to be eligible for in-state tuition rates.

In other words, the children of illegal immigrants should not be punished for the crimes of their parents. The kids matter.

Original source: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aUJWyGkt_ZAg

Abortion

Huckabee, a Baptist minister, spoke with more certainty on an issue that has defined him as a social conservative, his opposition to abortion.

He said he would be willing to sign a bill like the one passed by the South Dakota legislature that outlawed abortion except when a mother’s life is at stake to create a challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.

Huckabee said the abortion argument gets too heated at times.

“I’ve been guilty of overcharging the rhetoric when it comes to that issue,” he said. “But that doesn’t mean my convictions have changed.”