“90 percent of the politicans…

…give the other 10 percent a bad reputation.” – Henry Kissinger
If you’ve read many of these posts, you’ll note that I’m a pretty optimistic guy. Forgive me, though, for a weekend of frustration. We Michiganders have a problem – specifically, the inability of our elected representatives to work cooperatively has led to a near shutdown in [...]

Bumper stickers

If any of you would like a grandrapids4huckabee.com bumper sticker like the one shown below, drop your contact info to me (up there where it says “contact”) and I’ll be happy to send you one.

American-ism defined, or perhaps, redefined.

Mike Huckabee has agreed to participate in a special broadcast on PBS called the “All-American Presidential Forum” on September 27th. It should be good… PBS tends to do a better job with these things than the big networks.
It’s quite fashionable during election times for each candidate to be referred to as a “great American.” What [...]

Vertical Day Update

If you’ve not yet checked out Vertical Day over at MikeHuckabee.com, be sure to do so. You’ll see a great deal of interesting perspective and conversation around today’s most interesting issues!

Vertical Day

 
Governor Huckabee has developed an unusual campaign strategy… talking a lot about the issues. In fact, he seems to really like talking about the issues that are relevant to voters. Of course, when there’s no personal scandals or flip-flopping to talk about, that pretty much just leaves the issues.
 This Monday is Vertical Day. The Governor’s website, MikeHuckabee.com [...]

The Conservative Brand

I work in branding so I spend a lot of time talking to folks about what brand means. It’s not, as many think, just about a logo or a tagline. The best definition of brand is “reputation”, or in other words, the gut reaction that people have to a person, group, or company. You don’t [...]

A few technical problems

Sorry to say that the site that hosts this blog is having some technical problems. Specifically, the images on the top and side keep reverting to their defaults. Therefore, if you see a picture of books up on top of this page, check back later today and it will look a whole lot better… I [...]

Stereotype Shattering

Isn’t it great to see someone shatter a stereotype? For those of us that consider ourselves as part of the religious-right, but aren’t quite comfortable with being branded as such, Mike Huckabee offers us some great encouragement. According to this post at Get Religion, one of the most promising qualities about Mike Huckabee is his [...]

Huckabee on Daily Show

If you don’t know Huckabee, check out this video. It’s great.

5 Interesting Things About Mike Huckabee

 

Time Magazine named Mike “one of the five best Governors” in the US in 2005
After being diagnosed in 2003 with type II diabetes, Mike lost 110 lbs. and ran four marathons within the next two years 
In 1998, Mike received a higher percentage of the vote than any Republican candidate for governor in Arkansas’ history (and was [...]