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Mike Huckabee

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    Super Tuesday: Pressers, Primaries, and Political 'Forecasts' Galore

    This is considered a big day in American politics. Before we pick our president every four years every single state hosts candidates from each party and then holds a caucus or a primary vote. Those are a lot of primaries to keep up with, not to mention the countless debates, public events, fundraise ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Ron Paul Hates King County's Republican 'Shenanigans'

    Ron Paul is not happy. Maybe it's his third and fourth place finishes in Tuesday's caucuses, maybe he's getting lonely out there on the campaign trail with only one full-time reporter following him during his last visit here, or maybe it's the debate Huckabee double-booked during Paul's beloved cauc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2011

    Hunt Club Creates a Wedge of Conflict

    There's been a lot of change lately at The Hunt Club. Remember a couple of years back when the restaurant did an Iron Chef-like contest to pick its new head chef for the kitchen? The winner, Matthew Mina, stayed in the position for about five months before moving on to the Salish Lodge. The current ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    Richard Mitchell Hit Piece, Funded by Republicans, is a Crude Caricature--of the GOP

    ​Last week, the state Republican party sent out a mailer attacking King County Council candidate Richard Mitchell (pictured at right) for his role in seeking clemency for Barry Massey. It's an attack that sells Republicans short.

  • Calendar

    January 19, 2011

    Edmund Morris

    ​Last week, the state Republican party sent out a mailer attacking King County Council candidate Richard Mitchell (pictured at right) for his role in seeking clemency for Barry Massey. It's an attack that sells Republicans short.

  • Calendar

    December 1, 2010

    Edmund Morris

    ​Last week, the state Republican party sent out a mailer attacking King County Council candidate Richard Mitchell (pictured at right) for his role in seeking clemency for Barry Massey. It's an attack that sells Republicans short.

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2010

    The Maurice Clemmons Case: We Blamed the Wrong Arkansas Governor

    ​After Maurice Clemmons shot and killed four Lakewood police officers last November, the world went looking for someone to blame other than the gunman. It found Mike Huckabee, who made for a convenient target. But it turns out that the world, in all its infinite wisdom, had scapegoated the wro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    Mike Huckabee Critics: Maurice Clemmons Is Not a Winning Issue

    ​There are a lot of reasons to dislike Mike Huckabee. Hell, just on one issue alone (homosexuality) the evangelical former governor of Arkansas holds a straight flush's worth of repugnant beliefs -- he says allowing gay marriage would be tantamount to legalizing incest and thinks two men in a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    Mike Huckabee Says The Time Isn't Right to Contact Families of Maurice Clemmons' Victims

    Huckabee says he doesn't think now is an appropriate time to reach out to the families. ​Former Arkansas Governor and possible 2012 presidential candidate Mike Huckabee gets the Q&A treatment from this Sunday's New York Times Magazine. On top of finding out what he thinks makes for the best ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009
  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    Mike Huckabee Is Right: He's Not the One to Blame for Maurice Clemmons

    It ain't his fault.​It's been a week since cop-killer Maurice Clemmons was shot and killed by a Seattle police officer. Time enough to take a look back and assess just how wrong were the initial impressions of who was responsible for the deaths of four Lakewood police officers. At the very st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    Sarah Palin Slams Mike Huckabee

    Apparently this was the only time Sarah Palin had to decide whether or not to pardon an Alaskan citizen.​Joel Connelly at the P-I apparently keeps his radio on during the workday. And thank goodness for that. Because today Sarah Palin told conservative talk show host Lars Larson that while he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2009

    Bill O'Reilly's Goon Squad to Visit Tacoma Judges Who Set Bail for Cop-Killer Maurice Clemmons

    You can tell Bill O'Reilly's a fearless truth seeker because of how loudly he yells.​Four police officers get gunned down in cold blood on Sunday and, being humans, we want to know where to point fingers. The answer, of course, is right at Maurice Clemmons, the disturbed former convict from Ta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    Nate Silver Says Maurice Clemmons May Hurt Mike Huckabee's Political Future

    Political pollster Nate Silver says Mike Huckabee may be better served waiting out this next election.​Statistician Nate Silver's thing is making the ambiguous tangible. So instead of just asking "if" the commutation of suspected cop-killer Maurice Clemmons' sentence will hurt former Arkansas ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2009

    Gregoire to Be Even Tougher on Clemency?

    Fallout from the Lakewood cop shootings isn’t going to soften an already tough judge.

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    Former Governor Mike Lowry on Mike Huckabee: "I Sympathize"

    Former Washington Governor Mike Lowry says he's thankful a commutation he made never came back to haunt him like Mike Huckabee's.​Former Washington Governor Mike Lowry says he's fortunate never to have been in the same position as Mike Huckabee, the then-Arkansas governor who granted clemency ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    She's No Mike Huckabee: Lakewood Cop Killings May Make Chris Gregoire an Even Tougher Clemency Judge

    Maurice Clemmons: the poster boy for misguided clemency​Jeff Ellis listened to the sound of helicopters over his Central Area home Sunday night as law enforcement officers waged a manhunt for suspected cop killer Maurice Clemmons. An attorney who frequently handles clemency cases, Ellis says h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    Mike Huckabee's 10 Most-Publicized Sentence Commutations

    Huckabee's home state is not shy about putting criminals away for centuries. And the former Governor is not shy about setting them free.​Yesterday, the New York Times wrote that the commutation of accused cop-killer Maurice Clemmons' sentence in 2000 was so de rigueur for then-Arkansas Governo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    Bill O'Reilly, Man of Principle, Gives Mike Huckabee a Pass on Clemency for Maurice Clemmons

    A man of empathy, forgiveness, and understanding--much like Mike Huckabee himself!--Bill O'Reilly offered the former Arkansas governor (and now fellow Fox News host) a sympathetic ear on his show last night. "It's not your fault, Governor," said the lenient and merciful O'Reilly, commuting the sho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    Playing the Maurice Clemmons Blame Game

    Huckabee is one of several targets for finger-pointing.​Mike Huckabee has thus far been on the receiving end of most of the blame for the premature release of Maurice Clemmons, the now-dead suspect in the Sunday murders of four Lakewood police officers. This makes sense. Huckabee is a nationa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    4 Police Officers Shot Dead in Lakewood Area

    Ed Troyer talks to media near crime scene​UPDATE: Find out why a KOMO News reporter talked to Clemmons last year for a story - as did a KING reporter. His family also admits to helping him escape to Seattle yesterday, saying he has a bullet wound in his stomach; and Leschi residents will be gi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    Seattle Blogs: Twitter's Central Role in Lakewood Police Shooting

    No one's had more comprehensive coverage of the Lakewood killer manhunt than the little blue bird.​- TechFlash calls the hunt for suspected cop-killer Maurice Clemmons a watershed moment for Twitter and Seattle journalism. - The Microsoft Blog lists Microsoft Bing's Top 10 searches for 2009. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    Timothy Egan Says Mike Huckabee Should be "Willie Hortonized"

    Willie Horton's arrest was a club used to bludgeon then-Democatic Presidential candidate Michael Dukakis.​Tim Egan, the New York Times political opinion maker on all things West, has wasted no time in weighing in on what should become of possible Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    Huffington Post Asks: Is Hutchison Washington's Sarah Palin?

    Susan like me? Oh yeah, you betcha.​Well, sort of. Both their careers were jump-started thanks to their looks; beauty queen for one, newscaster for the other. But Bellevue psychologist, author and former evangelical Valerie Tarico tells Huffington Post that the comparison holds water for reaso ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2009

    State Dems Just Want to Remind You: Hutchison's a Republican

    ​State Dems chair Dwight Pelz just kicked out an e-mail asking people to "Save King County." He quickly lists some of County Executive hopeful Susan Hutchison's Republican ties--donations to Mike Huckabee and George W. Bush--and says she's anti-environment and anti-choice. But as SW noted two ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    The Business of Seattle Business is Business, and Endorsing These Candidates

    ​Seattle's business establishment has put its stamp on the early general campaign season, hosting the first mayoral debate and now issuing its list of endorsements, via the Alki Foundation, an arm of the Chamber of Commerce. (Full list of endorsements on this pdf.) No big surprise at mayor, wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2009

    It's No Group Hug, But Constantine Gets the Nod From Former Rivals

    Constantine's more affectionate supporters Dave Meinert and Christine Gregoire got company from his former rivals.​They didn't have a hand-holding press conference or anything, but former King County Executive candidates Fred Jarrett, Larry Phillips and Ross Hunter all officially endorsed Dow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2008

    Barack Obama: Born In the U.S.A.

    Constantine's more affectionate supporters Dave Meinert and Christine Gregoire got company from his former rivals.​They didn't have a hand-holding press conference or anything, but former King County Executive candidates Fred Jarrett, Larry Phillips and Ross Hunter all officially endorsed Dow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2008

    Dino, Chris and Pudge: The YouTube Satire

    Constantine's more affectionate supporters Dave Meinert and Christine Gregoire got company from his former rivals.​They didn't have a hand-holding press conference or anything, but former King County Executive candidates Fred Jarrett, Larry Phillips and Ross Hunter all officially endorsed Dow ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 9, 2008

    Boston/Styx

    Constantine's more affectionate supporters Dave Meinert and Christine Gregoire got company from his former rivals.​They didn't have a hand-holding press conference or anything, but former King County Executive candidates Fred Jarrett, Larry Phillips and Ross Hunter all officially endorsed Dow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2008

    The Office Space Approach to Political Advertising

    Constantine's more affectionate supporters Dave Meinert and Christine Gregoire got company from his former rivals.​They didn't have a hand-holding press conference or anything, but former King County Executive candidates Fred Jarrett, Larry Phillips and Ross Hunter all officially endorsed Dow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2008

    The Climate Back Home

    Constantine's more affectionate supporters Dave Meinert and Christine Gregoire got company from his former rivals.​They didn't have a hand-holding press conference or anything, but former King County Executive candidates Fred Jarrett, Larry Phillips and Ross Hunter all officially endorsed Dow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2008

    Matter/Antimatter: The "Sounds of the Future" Symposium

    Constantine's more affectionate supporters Dave Meinert and Christine Gregoire got company from his former rivals.​They didn't have a hand-holding press conference or anything, but former King County Executive candidates Fred Jarrett, Larry Phillips and Ross Hunter all officially endorsed Dow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2008

    Slush Pile! Godless Heathen Edition

    Constantine's more affectionate supporters Dave Meinert and Christine Gregoire got company from his former rivals.​They didn't have a hand-holding press conference or anything, but former King County Executive candidates Fred Jarrett, Larry Phillips and Ross Hunter all officially endorsed Dow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2008

    Vice President Huckabee?

    Constantine's more affectionate supporters Dave Meinert and Christine Gregoire got company from his former rivals.​They didn't have a hand-holding press conference or anything, but former King County Executive candidates Fred Jarrett, Larry Phillips and Ross Hunter all officially endorsed Dow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2008

    Afternoon Edition: Super Tuesday Special

    Constantine's more affectionate supporters Dave Meinert and Christine Gregoire got company from his former rivals.​They didn't have a hand-holding press conference or anything, but former King County Executive candidates Fred Jarrett, Larry Phillips and Ross Hunter all officially endorsed Dow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2008

    Georgia Hearts Obama, GOP Too Close to Call

    Constantine's more affectionate supporters Dave Meinert and Christine Gregoire got company from his former rivals.​They didn't have a hand-holding press conference or anything, but former King County Executive candidates Fred Jarrett, Larry Phillips and Ross Hunter all officially endorsed Dow ... More >>

  • News

    January 30, 2008

    Caucus Season: It's Our Turn

    Obama's got an office, Clinton's “grassroots,” and we may actually matter.

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2008

    Campaign 2008 is Too Sexy for Fred Thompson and Me

    Obama's got an office, Clinton's “grassroots,” and we may actually matter.

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2008

    From New Hampshire to Iran, with Love

    Obama's got an office, Clinton's “grassroots,” and we may actually matter.

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2008

    Hillary's on the Ropes

    Obama's got an office, Clinton's “grassroots,” and we may actually matter.

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2008

    Hillary's on the Ropes (part deux)

    Obama's got an office, Clinton's “grassroots,” and we may actually matter.

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2008

    Complete Coverage of Local Stops by Obama, Huckabee

    Obama's got an office, Clinton's “grassroots,” and we may actually matter.

  • News

    January 2, 2008

    Rating the Local Stops by Presidential Hopefuls

    We're not Iowa, but candidates filled rock clubs and union halls for our cash and votes this year.

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2007

    Server Reboot Wednesday: Special Huckabee/Holiday Edition

    We're not Iowa, but candidates filled rock clubs and union halls for our cash and votes this year.

  • Diversions

    December 19, 2007

    Stop Waiting for Daytime

    Flip the kayak of your expectations and paddle upside down in the darkness.

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2007

    Huckabee Suddenly Mr. Popularity

    Flip the kayak of your expectations and paddle upside down in the darkness.

  • News

    December 5, 2007

    Obama's Back in Town; Remembering Sam Brown; McDermott and the Supremes

    Selections from the Daily Weekly, our news, politics, and media blog.

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2007

    Obama Returns to Another Concert Hall Near You

    Selections from the Daily Weekly, our news, politics, and media blog.

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2007

    Why Heart Huckabee

    Selections from the Daily Weekly, our news, politics, and media blog.

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