Everyone knows that Huckabee supporters in this campaign are mostly from “the not very rich” as most people in Main Street are.

His main opponent also counts with different type of endorsers as the link below shows

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=56177

Yesterday, Governor Huckabee’s interview with Jorge Ramos aired on the program Al Punto, a Spanish-language Sunday morning news program, much like Meet the Press.  The interview was conducted in English, recorded at the Univisión Miami studio, then Spanish-language translations were dubbed over the original audio.  Huckabee was scheduled in between John McCain and Mitt Romney who appeared on the same program.  Originally, efforts were made to have Governor Huckabee appear on a Spanish-language morning news and variety program, much like the US mainstream media’s Today (MSNBC), Good Morning, America (ABC News), Fox & Friends, etc.  However, time constraints and the rapidly approaching primary precluded this.  The Sunday morning news format appearance, while it does allow for much greater depth, has an audience limited to “news junkies” - regardless of the language.   A morning news show appearance would have been much shorter, but it would have reached an entirely different audience.

Ramos, is an excellent journalist (biography) whose high standards reflect well on Spanish-language news reporting in the US.  A native of Mexico City, he pursued post-graduate studies at the University of Miami after immigrating to the United States.  He is also an accomplished, award winning author.  For almost 15 years, he’s been the principal newscaster for Noticiero Univisión.  He did his homework when it came to Governor Huckabee.  His first question was directed at the in-state tuition question.  (See our blog post on the same subject.)  Here’s a partial list of the books that he’s published.   Most interestingly, he released an “audiobook” in 2004 entitled: “The Latin Wave: How Hispanics will Choose the Next President of the United States.”  Perhaps he won’t be ignored by English-speaking media in the next election cycle!  His words, more than astute punditry, seem almost prophetic today.

Click here to watch the entire interview.

One of the big issues in this election is illegal immigration with most Republicans favoring strict enforcement, enhanced border security (”the fence,” biometric identification documents, augmentation of the Border Patrol, etc.), and no immigration policy or reform that could be considered “amnesty” and, as such, encourage further illegal immigration.   Actually, these ideas form the cornerstone of Governor Huckabee’s immigration policy.

As if on cue, Mitt, Senator McCain, Rudy and their “spin-meisters” are endlessly repeating their anti-Huckabee talking points when it comes to immigration.  This would be fair enough - if based on the issues with an honest and complete review of a candidate’s record.  However, one of the most-often repeated items mentioned when attacking Governor Huckabee on his immigration policy record goes something like this: “Not only did Mike support in-state tuition for the children of illegal immigrants, he wanted to give them scholarships!  And now he’s denying he ever did it!”

Mitt has devoted an entire “attack page” on his campaign’s website to this topic.  In effect, Mr. Romney is trying to manufacture a scandal by word parsing that would make the Clintons proud.  Needless to say, on the surface, this is a political “bomb” with any voters who have children, plan to have children, or have any family member who may require financial help as they pursue higher education.  These voters are not going to be receptive to hearing Governor Huckabee’s ideas and positions if they are convinced that he ”supported special tuition breaks for illegals.” (emphasis ours) as mentioned on the Romney attack page.  Further, if allowed to continue and unchallenged, Mike’s opponents will frame his past policy as pandering to the Latino vote at taxpayer expense and then lying about it. 

However, if the in-state tuition issue and Mike’s record are examined, or even just briefly thought about objectively; it becomes clear that the Governor’s record is a fine example of the decision making that kept him in office for over 10 years - leaving office with one of the highest approval ratings of any outgoing governor in the nation.  As Mike’s grassroots supporters, we must able to quickly and clearly respond to these attacks against Mike on the emotional issue of immigration.  As his Hispanic grassroots supporters, there will be more attention paid to what we say on this subject.  Fortunately, in our South Florida group we have a number of members who have lived in Arkansas, or the surrounding states, when this controversy was playing itself out in Arkansas during the Huckabee administration. This provides us a perspective that is not dependent on the mainstream media, or just what we can find when “Googling” the issue.  (ABC News This Week video)

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La cantidad (más de doce millones) de personas que ilegalmente han entrado en nuestro país en los últimos años es prueba de que en realidad no tenemos fronteras que funcionen adecuadamente.

El pueblo sabe que junto con las personas que han venido a trabajar, miles de terroristas deseosos de matar a miles de nosotros han entrado también.

Las fronteras no funcionan adecuadamente porque nuestro gobierno (Republicanos y Demócratas) quieren que así sea para lograr la implementación de sus agendas.

Si queremos analizar los bajos números de aprobación del presidente y del congreso tendríamos que colocar gran parte de ello en el hecho que:

a)Lo que han hecho y hacen con respecto a esto es totalmente ilegal ya que rompe multitud de leyes deliberadamente.

b)El pueblo en mayoría abrumadora está opuesto y escandalizado por esta acción bochornosa.

Huckabee traerá cura a esta situación con su plan de nueve puntos - Secure America Plan en

http://www.mikehuckabee.com/?FuseAction=Issues.View&Issue_id=26

Supporters of Mike Huckabee have to do their homework — more so than other supporters of other Republican candidates. Why? The rapid rise in the polls that Mike achieved by “unconventional” methods (Solid, consistent debate performances; clear statements of position; “grace” while under attack, etc.) as opposed to hiring a bevy of high-dollar, inside the beltway K Street consultants and spending millions of dollars on media saturation that has left his opponents frustrated with no idea of how to respond effectively. This has lead to a massive disinformation campaign being unleashed. As we attend Republican events leading up to the Florida primary, we may be confronted by these attacks by supporters of Gov. Huckabee’s opponents, or worse, by members of the press corps. If this happens, it is not the time to choke!

The good news is that the Huckabee campaign has made it easy to do our homework and prepare ourselves with its well-organized website. The issues page (link) has many position statements. Furthermore, the “Truth Squad” web page (link) has responses to a number of the more notable negative issues and events that have occurred recently. Together it is a large amount of material, but reviewing it will be well worth the effort and increase your ability to effectively advocate for Mike as the primary draws near.

After reviewing all of the position statements, you may find that you do not agree with everything. Nobody agrees with anybody 100% of the time! However, be ready to explain this, as well. “While I agree with Governor Huckabee on most other issues, I do not share his position on (fill in the blank), but I can respect his sincere beliefs about this. Perhaps he’s more knowledgeable on this subject than I am.”

Also, remember that former Governor Huckabee spent many years as a Republican governor of a very Democratic state. (In many Arkansas counties, the general elections were not held for many years because the Democratic primary determined the winner.) Be careful if you are confronted with a question that begins, “How can you support Huckabee? Are you aware that while he was Governor that he (fill in the blank)?” In order to govern effectively in Arkansas, a state with substandard education, a crumbling road infrastructure, and systemic inefficiencies that were created by decades of political cronyism and not a small amount of corruption – the product of years of “one-party” rule; he had to strike political compromises with the leaders of Arkansas’ Democratic Party machine.

Moreover, Arkansas, during his tenure as Governor, experienced a massive wave of illegal immigration — drawn by jobs in the poultry, lumber, agriculture and manufacturing sectors. This immigration was unimpeded by the federal government. Mike was powerless to stop the influx and mandated by law to provide education and other services to the immigrants. He had to make the best of a bad situation and make decisions that might, at first glance, be an affront to those that support secure borders – like the majority of the Republican Party. However, we should view Mike’s first-hand experience with issues like this as an asset that he’ll take to the Oval Office where he can help solve these important issues.

Now, do your homework!