God-o-Meter got all excited when it read this headline in today’s Salt Lake Tribune: Huckabee throwing veiled LDS hardballs? Political scientists say magazine remark, TV ad are shots at Romney. So, God-o-Meter, told itself, you’re not the only one who feels this way. But the only true political scientist quoted in the story who actually…

Following yesterday’s uneventful Republican presidential debate in Iowa, Mike Huckabee made a beeline for Mitt Romney to apologize for his “‘Don’t Mormons believe that Jesus and the devil are brothers?” remark to The New York Times Magazine. CNN has the story. A top Huckabee aide tells God-o-Meter this morning that the ex-Arkansas governor was “genuinely…

One of the first big-name Christian Right activists to endorse Mike Huckabee was Michael Farris, the evangelical co-founder and chairman of the Home School Legal Defense Association. So it’s no surprise that evangelical home schoolers are a big part of Huckabee’s Iowa ground team. Still, God-o-Meter was surprised to read this speculative statistic in a…

God-o-Meter joked earlier about adding a special “11” rating for Mike Huckabee, but now it is seriously considering doing so. From an article in this Sunday’s New York Times Magazine called “The Huckabee Factor”: Huckabee is, indeed, a discreet fellow, but he has no trouble making his feelings known. He mentioned how much he respected…

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