'''Mike Huckabee''' is a [[Baptist]] minister and candidate for the 2008 presidential election. He believes in [[Creationism]] and was the governor of [[Arkansas]] from 1996 to 2007. He was born in 1955 in Hope Arkansas.
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'''Mike Huckabee''' is a [[Baptist]] minister and candidate for the 2008 presidential election. He believes in [[Creationism]] and was the governor of [[Arkansas]] from 1996 to 2007. He was born in 1955 in Hope, Arkansas.
== Record as Governor ==
== Record as Governor ==
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== Personal ==
== Personal ==
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Huckabee lost 110 pounds while governor of Arkansas and documented his weight loss and set out a 12-step plan for weight loss in his book ''Quit Digging Your Grave With a Knife and Fork.'' <ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7752179/site/newsweek/</ref> He has also made childhood obesity a major platform issue. He attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, in Fort Worth Texas, before becoming a [[Baptist]] pastor for twelve years in Arkansas.
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Huckabee lost 110 pounds while governor of Arkansas and documented his weight loss and set out a 12-step plan for weight loss in his book ''Quit Digging Your Grave With a Knife and Fork.'' <ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7752179/site/newsweek/</ref> He has also made childhood obesity a major platform issue. He attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, in Fort Worth Texas, before becoming a [[Baptist]] pastor for twelve years in Arkansas.
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== Quotes ==
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* "We've had a congress that's spent money like John Edwards at a beauty shop."