In a take on NCAA March Madness for college basketball fans, MSNBC’s David Gregory and Chuck Todd are hosting an interactive “veepstakes” that lets readers vote on their favorite Republican VP candidates.

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By Will Mari, SeattlePoliticore
Former Arkansas governor and GOP presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee was in town Thursday, promoting music education for Music Aid Northwest after speaking to a meeting of the Family Research Council.
Between making the rounds on local rock and conservative radio stations, he sat down with Laura Mansfield and I for a wide-ranging interview. […]

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It was an encounter of the Huck-kind.
Laura and I had the chance to sit down and do a real face-to-face interview with former Ark. Gov. Mike Huckabee at 102.5 KZOK Thursday morning. The governor was in town for a meeting Wednesday night of the Family Research Council, a non-profit conservative Christian think tank. He was also […]

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An Associated Press story over on Newsweek
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Sunday he’d like to be John McCain’s running mate.
“There’s no one I would rather be on a ticket with than John McCain,” said Huckabee, who was a stronger than expected challenger against McCain for the Republican presidential nomination. “All during the campaign […]

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(image from World magazine)
As ABC News’ Jake Tapper reports, some members of the GOP’s social conservative base are calling for Sen. John McCain to not pick former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney.
Beginning today in a newspaper ad in Prescott, Ariz., where Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., ended his week-long biographical tour, a group of social conservatives has […]

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Rumors are circulating the Internet this week that Barack Obama would take on Nobel Prize winner and Hollywood darling Al Gore as his running mate.
Channeling David Letterman, the Times Online put together a top ten list of why Obama is likely to pick Gore:
1.) He brings experience to the ticket. Inexperience is […]

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By Will Mari, SeattlePoliticore
He took the bad news rather well.
Stanley Smith, 70, of Center, Texas, a small town some 17 miles from the Louisiana border, has been a committed fan of former Ark. Gov. Mike Huckabee since last year.
But after hearing that Huckabee conceded the nomination to Sen. John McCain, Smith, a retired dentist from […]

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Gov. Mike Huckabee has officially bowed out of the GOP race after losing the primary in Texas, and has conceded to Sen. John McCain. In a  concession speech marked with with his unique blend of folksy wit and evangelical appeal.
“The apostle Paul wrote that I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have […]

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Starts, starlets, musicians and socialites alike unite to stand up for a cause. On the both sides of the race, Hollywood has been raising its voice for the presidential candidates.
It seems that the celebrities are reaching a different group of potential voters.
Notably, Barack Obama has received support from Will.I.Am, Hillary Clinton has received support from […]

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By Will Mari and Cailin Magruder, SeattlePoliticore

HOUSTON- He preached to the choir.
Literally.
On Sunday, former Ark. Gov. Mike Huckabee urged evangelical voters to make their voices heard as he visited supporters at Grace Community Church south of Houston.
Grace’s Pastor Steve Riggle introduced Huckabee, a former Southern Baptist minister, as the election’s conscious candidate for social conservatives.
He […]

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