Campaign 2008: Mike Huckabee in the news

Potential 2012 GOP presidential candidates

It's still a long way off, but several Republicans have been the subject

Arkansas medical board chief injured in car bombing

WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. - A car bomb explosion critically wounded the head of the Arkansas panel that licenses and disciplines doctors, detonating in his driveway as he was leaving for work, authorities said.

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WHAT Radio City Music Hall's 2009 Speaker Series with Bill Maher and Ann Coulter (March 9); Arianna Huffington, DL Hughley and Mike Huckabee (March 31); Janet Reno, Alberto Gonzales and John Ashcroft (April 20); James Carville and Karl Rove (May 26)

RNC chair blasts 'Barack the Magic Negro' parody song

WASHINGTON - The chairman of the Republican National Committee said yesterday he was "shocked and appalled" that one of his potential successors had sent committee members a CD this Christmas featuring a 2007 song called "Barack the Magic Negro."

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Debate begins in Republican Party on how to regroup

WASHINGTON - After their worst electoral drubbing in more than three decades, Republicans began a difficult and potentially divisive search for a path out of a dark political wilderness.

Obama, McCain campaign volunteers on Long Island

Behind a Uniondale accounting office, eight kids leaned over broad white poster boards, and with bright markers spelled out O-B-A-M-A on signs destined for store windows.

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RNC NOTES

Vanquished Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney got an enthusiastic greeting when he appeared to speak last night to delegates at the Republican National Convention. Romney said Washington is dominated by liberal politics and asserted that people are tired of it. He said the country needs change "from a liberal Washington to a conservative Washington." Romney unsuccessfully challenged McCain for his party's presidential nod. The former Massachusetts governor said the prescription for people wanting change is to "throw out the liberal government in Washington and elect John McCain and Sarah Palin."

RNC delegates rally behind McCain, Palin; target Obama

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Republicans assailed Barack Obama as the most liberal, least experienced White House nominee in history last night as President George W. Bush led a convention chorus of praise for GOP candidate John McCain.

Hurricane spurs McCain to scale back GOP convention

ST. LOUIS - The anticipated impact of Hurricane Gustav today will reverberate all the way from the Gulf states to Minnesota, where GOP presumptive nominee John McCain dramatically scaled back the GOP convention and left open the question of whether he would even attend.

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Hofstra still expects Edwards, wife to speak on campus

Hofstra University officials expect former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth, to keep their date to speak on campus early next month despite the couple's retreat from the public eye after Edwards admitted last week that he had an extramarital affair with a campaign videographer and lied about it.

Polls: Obama gaining on Clinton in NY, NJ

ALBANY - Though Hillary Rodham Clinton has a strong lead, Barack Obama is gaining ground among Democratic presidential primary voters in New York and New Jersey, new Quinnipiac University polls revealed yesterday.

She's Huckabee's staunchest supporter

As the Mike Huckabee campaign prepared to air a television advertisement attacking Mitt Romney in the last days before the Iowa caucuses, one crucial player argued strenuously against the spot. Her name was Janet Huckabee.

NEWS ANALYSIS

Huckabee, Obama face new hurdles in New Hampshire

It was political magic versus machine in Iowa on Thursday, and the magic won, as rookies in both parties scored upset victories over more seasoned candidates by attracting legions of new voters with bold calls for change.

Sharpest elbows aimed at Romney during GOP tussle

As if going for a knockout blow, Republican presidential contenders in their most contentious debate yet took dead aim at Mitt Romney Saturday night, mixing attacks on substance with wisecracks at his expense.

Barack Obama's election: A moment for the history books

For millions of Americans, 11:01 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, Tuesday, Nov. 4, marked a moment of unbridled joy and disbelief that American history had brought the nation to this night. Barack Obama became the first black candidate elected to the nation's highest office.