Barack uses the the word "HOPE" 11 times in his victory speech.

Is he trying to associate himself to the Vertical Politics of Iowan GOP winner Mike Huckabee who is truly from HOPE, Arkansas, and had 40,000 people to come out on a cold winters' night to vote for their candidate in the Iowa Caucus. It has been estimated that nearly 230,000 attended the event. Obama won his Democratic caucus, but how many actually voted for him in numbers since their party doesn't disclose the actual number? Maybe he's associating himself to another candidate from Arkansas-Bill Clinton? He used the word "hope" eleven times in his victory speech last night in Iowa.

Excerpts:

"We are choosing hope over fear."

"Years from now, you'll look back and you'll say that this was the moment, this was the place where America remembered what it means to hope."

"For many months, we've been teased, even derided for talking about hope. But we always knew that hope is not blind optimism. It's not ignoring the enormity of the tasks ahead or the roadblocks that stand in our path. "

"It's not sitting on the sidelines or shirking from a fight. Hope is that thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us if we have the courage to reach for it and to work for it and to fight for it. "

"Hope is what I saw in the eyes ........ "
"Hope is what I heard in the voice ........."
"Hope is what led a band of colonists ......."

"Hope -- hope is what ..........."

"Hope is the bedrock of this nation."

I contend that the "Vertical Politics" of candidate Mike Huckabee is working and even Senator Obama is being lifted up as a candidate instead of being pulled down by the message of candidates who seek to divide, destroy and conquer.

He should have added in summary, "HOPE is truly seen in Mike Huckabee." I contend that would have been the only accurate thing he could have said about hope.

View Speech Here

Huckabee #1 in Iowa Caucus !

Top Tier GOP results:
Mike Huckabee 39,814 at 34%
Mitt Romney 29,405 at 25%
Fred Thompson 15,521 at 13%

To see complete results visit: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21229206

Top Tier Democrat results:

Barack Obama-940 at 38%

John Edwards-744 at 30%
Hillary Clinton-737 at 29%

New Years Day LIVE STREAMING, 7:30pm CT.

Everyone invited! Meet Mike Huckabee at the Meetup Event from Des Moines, Iowa on http://www.mikehuckabee.com/.
Governor Mike Huckabee, Janet Huckabee, Chuck Norris, Governor David Beasley and Senator Tim Hutchison ask that you attend too with family, friends, and co-workers.

Happy Hucka New Year! Gov. Huckabee top leader in Iowa!!

The Des Moines Register Newspaper reports from Iowa, state where the 2008 Presidential Caucuses will be held in just 2 days, reports on a poll that maintains Gov. Mike Huckabee's lead at 32% with Mitt Romney behind at 26% and McCain next at 13%.

An Iowan is quoted in the article on her take of the former Governors:"She said she's drawn to Huckabee because he's consistent in his views -- unlike Romney whom she finds untrustworthy because he has shifted positions on issues like abortion. "

Read the entire article here:http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071231/NEWS09/71231042/-1/iowapoll07

The poll's margin of error is +/ - 3.5% points.

Will the REAL MITT ROMNEY please stand UP!

The Iowa Caucus is just 3 days away and here in Alabama we haven't been bombarded with all the political bantering that has been going on in Iowa these last few days. Iowans are probably thinking by now, "Let's get the Caucuses over with". They have not only had to endure the normal deluge of television ads that tell why a certain candidate is worthy of being voted for but ads that tell why a candidate should not be voted for.
In today's political climate of mistrust in our elected representatives and government agencies in general, we the people, know that this could backfire on a candidate. Mitt Romney, who has lost his lack luster and dropped in the polls, has played his card and gambled in a desperate move by smearing, distorting and lieing about not only Gov. Mike Huckabee but others as well.
I have observed three things that have emerged during the 2008 Presidential Race that I believe will hold true with you as well. One: Where elected officials and media darlings truly hold their allegiances; Two: What kind of character(morals and values) each have and Three: How far they are willing to go for political gain and power. Gov. Mike Huckabee has not participated in this "tear down and destroy" tactic. He has said at the outset of his campaign, it will be "Vertical Politics" for him. Read about his postive messge HERE, that he setout to accomplish in the beginning of his campaign and has not wavered since.
We need Gov. Mike Huckabee who will stand for you and me unlike those who will fall for the lies, misrepresentations and distortions. Read up on Mitt Romney because the 2008 Presidential Train is about to leave the station and come to a town nearest you. Be ready!
See and hear for yourself the real Mitt Romney HERE.
http://www.trueromney.com/
http://www.chrisbrunner.com/2007/12/13/mitt-romney-to-buy-clear-channel-communications/
http://race42008.com/2007/12/31/mitt-romney-flip-flop-or-slip-on-enda/
http://thephoenix.com/article_ektid53414.aspx
http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/4844

Mike Huckabee WILL Stop the Car and Fix the Flat

Does anyone have the distinct feeling that the OLD GUARD REPUBLICANS have met in those quiet back rooms to discuss who they will support for President in the 2008 election? Those republicans tout being supportive of pro-life and pro-defense candidates and being "for the people", but who will they endorse for the 2008 Presidential Race? With the media darlings and talking heads feeling left out because of the onset of the HUCKABOOM, when their candidates of choice have been left in the dust and a Congress and Senate that are sagging and ineffective with approval ratings to match the shoe size of a grown man, what has them scurrying around like a pack of rats at a cheese party?

It has been said that the candidate with the deepest pockets usually will be able to run the distance in an election cycle with monies given and spent on various advertisements and such. What sets a candidate apart when he has little money coming from the political machine that has existed for years?

Take Senators McCain and Kennedy for example. Two U.S. Senators from two different parties. One a Republican and the other a Democrat. What’s the difference? Just a few months ago, they both sought after the same goal, amnesty for illegal aliens. What’s up with that? Why would two representatives compromise on such a divisive issue right next to an election year that is sure to have dire consequences? Senator Kennedy isn’t running for President but Senator McCain is. Why would a man trying to gain the highest prize in the land commit political suicide by saddling himself with one of the most liberal tax-and-spend Democrats in America? My thought is that Senator McCain made a fatal mistake and it sealed the deal for him to be forever linked to a Liberal Democrat: High Taxing Ted Kennedy. Whatever the reason, this brings me to my next point.

For years, with our consent, The OLD GUARD REPUBLICANS or "Republicrats" have been busy distancing themselves from the things that traditional GOP'ers have considered essential to the viability of the Grand Ol’ Party and the American Way. They have not only allowed our values, pride, and partriotic traditions to gradually slip from our hands but they’ve actively sought to wash their hands of the very core of what we should stand for with the strongest soap made. Read about the the McCain-Kennedy Amnesty Bill of 2007.

I believe the words that we are hearing from Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee and the response from the American people is the embodiment of what has been forgotten and set aside for political gain, party loyalty and gaining power. We have a man before us that has indicated that he stands with us for traditional values while running this marathon and supporting our values regarding, pro-life, pro-defense and military, pro-fairtax, pro-education and everything that is good with the heart of our country in mind.

Someone I know said it like this, "Imagine that a Republican and a Democrat are going down a road arguing about which radio station to listen to. Suddenly, they have a flat tire and continue to drive on the rims with flames and sparks flying up just like an episode of COPS. As they continue arguing about which radio station to listen to, weaving down the road and throwing sparks everywhere, they never notice the sign that says, "BRIDGE OUT!" and it is too late.

Americans, this is a perfect example of the ineffectiveness of our representatives and the liberal slant of the popular media. Vote Mike Huckabee for President. He will stop the car and fix the flat!

Online Poll has Huckabee at 86% to be the GOP Nominee - Alabama

Alabama's MyFox News online poll, has Gov. Mike Huckabee ahead at 86% to win the GOP nominee for the Republican Party. Go vote! Sunday, Dec. 16, 2007 5:40pm http://www.myfoxal.com/myfox/pages/News/Politics?pageId=3.14