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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 ==
As [[Governor]] of [[Arkansas]], Mike Huckabee cut and raised taxes. For example, during his ten years in office, the Arkansas legislature enacted increases in tobacco, sales, and fuels taxes; however he also signed into legislation tax cuts over 90 times during that period. Recently he signed the Presidential Taxpayer Protection Pledge to Americans for Tax Reform.
In 2005 [[Time Magazine]] declared him one of "America's 5 Best Governors". <ref>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1129494,00.html</ref>
== Political Beliefs ==
'''Taxes''':
He has criticized President [[George W. Bush]]'s tax cuts as being too oriented towards the wealthy, although the Congressional Budget Office released a [http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/57xx/doc5746/08-13-EffectiveFedTaxRates.pdf report] in 2004, that claimed the opposite.
'''Spending''':
During his tenure, state spending rose 65.3% between 1996 and 2004, which was 3 times the rate of inflation. This has led to strong critcism from conservative groups like the [[Club for Growth]]. <ref>http://www.clubforgrowth.org/2007/01/a_report_on_mike_huckabees_fis.php</ref>.
'''[[Abortion]]''':
According to ''[[National Review]]'', as Governor of Arkansas, Huckabee signed a bill requiring parental consent for [[abortion]], and mandating notification by abortion providers to prospective parents that the unborn baby may feel pain.<sup>2</sup> He is generally known to be strongly pro-life.
== Personal ==
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.
== Quotes ==
* "We've had a congress that's spent money like John Edwards at a beauty shop."
* "…my faith is my life. It defines me. I see no separation between my faith from my personal and professional lives."
==References==
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2: http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NmNjMmI1ODhjNGVlZWFmNTlmMGNiZTVjYTg1NTUzMTk=
[[Category:Political people|Huckabee, Mike]]
== Related Links ==
* [http://www.explorehuckabee.com/ Explore Huckabee (official)]