Bandit the Huckadog on Super Tuesday!

Bandit, my rat terrier, did his part in helping secure a victory for Mike Huckabee in Georgia on Super Tuesday! He amazingly stood in a perfect, rigid stance...with his "bumper sticker side" facing the busy street...for over two hours as his "mom" proudly waved her Huckabee for President sign to the passers by and those who were on their way in to the Gainseville Civic Center to vote. I am quite certain my campaigning canine caught at least a few votes! One woman pulled up, took one look at Bandit, and said simply, "O.K., I will..."

It was a fun Super Tuesday - and an even better evening as we watched the coverage of the primaries...Bandit laid out next to me in the bed, no doubt exhausted from his day of endorsement...seeing results that certainly dispelled the media's purported notion that this was a "two-man race" going in. Mike Huckabee enjoyed the first victory of the evening with a resounding win in West Virginia...later, we learned that the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Georgia gave Huckabee the nod. The nail biter state was Missouri - and I finally succumbed to sleep with the anticipation of an early morning affirmation of my candidate's viability. Unfortunately, McCain barely edged out Huckabee in this bellwether, winner-take-all state...so this Wednesday is filled with a little bit of woe, I'm afraid.

Where do we go from here? Governor Huckabee has assured his supporters and notified the press that he will stay in the fight - go to the ring at the sound of each bell - until that "magic number" of delegates needed to secure the nomination is reached by someone. It's somewhat obvious that McCain, mathematically speaking, has the best chance of doing that, but miracles CAN and DO happen...at any given moment McCain or Romney could commit a grand faux pas that fatally ushers them out of the race...one never knows the future for sure. So, that being said, I'm glad that Huckabee is willing to go the distance with the conviction that "it's not over 'til it's over".

This morning I can't help but hear, in my head, the lyrical words of John Lennon: "You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one..." For many Americans whose Huckabee-loving voices were heard at the polls yesterday - we still believe...we still pray...we still know that ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!

Hallelujah! It's Huckabee!

Caucusing Iowans sent a crystal clear message last night: They want to see CHANGE. They have tired of "politics as usual" where money matters more than message...they have tired of the nasty negative ads...they have tired of the candidates who blow the same old hot air and flip flop according to the direction the winds are blowing. They, like me, are ready for a new kind of leader. Iowans sent this message by awarding both Mike Huckabee and Barack Obama with resounding victories.

WOW - my man Mike is one step closer to setting up residence on Pennsylvania Avenue!!! Now, with Super Tuesday just around the corner, is the time for all of us who Heart Huckabee to become busy bees...and I can't think of a better way to spend the coming weeks!

Looks like it could be a HAPPY HUCKABEE NEW YEAR after all! GO MIKE!

All I Want for Christmas...

Guitar Hero III is probably on a good percentage of children's Christmas wish lists this year. If they're lucky it will also be under the tree...I must confess that I, too, have become somewhat enamored with this musical video game and kind of fancy myself a bit of a "rocker mom". (I'm not quite sure if this embarasses or secretly delights my two sons.)

I also have a Guitar Hero on my personal Christmas wish list...but THIS Guitar Hero - although nicely packaged - doesn't come in a box. MY guitar hero is none other than Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee and my wish is that he will be elected in 2008!

Huckabee has been enjoying quite a surge in popularity in recent weeks - no doubt because people are getting to see and hear him more. People are starting to pay attention and, in my opinion, it's hard NOT to "like Mike" after taking the time to look and listen. You get the sense that he's "for real" and speaks from his heart. You get the sense that his heart is a good heart - one that doesn't lack compassion. Listening to Mike Huckabee speak is a pleasure if you are one that enjoys hearing ideas communicated with eloquence, sensibility, intelligence

and charm. His ideas are like a breath of fresh air in some cases - especially his support of the Fair Tax. Mike Huckabee would like to completely do away with the IRS (do I hear any cheers from the crowd?)...he would like April 15th to be "just another pretty spring day". I encourage you, if you haven't already, to do a bit of research on the Fair Tax and what it would mean for our economy...in a nutshell, however, it would replace income, dividend, capital gains and death taxes with a simple 23% consumption tax...just THINK about the revenue this country would gain from the "undergrounders" alone!

"I Like Mike" for other reasons too (including, I must say, his incredibly cute dimples). He seems to understand the urgency and necessity of the United States becoming energy independent and has promised to be aggressive in this area. He has also drafted a nine-point Secure America Plan which makes a lot of sense to me (check it out on his website http://www.mikehuckabee.com/ ).

Mike Huckabee is not only number one in my mind as he is currently leading the Republican candidates in the Iowa Caucus...39% compared to Romney at 23% and Giuliani in the single digits.

This next Presidential election is CRITICAL, especially considering who the Democratic front-runners are. Those who know me well know that I've never been particularly "political" - but there is something about THIS race...something about THIS candidate that has motivated me to do things I never thought I would - including putting bumperstickers on my Mercedes! Seriously though - do you want to know the REAL reason I care so much about who our next President will be? Actually I have TWO REASONS...TWO SONS. What loving and good mother wouldn't want to have a part in shaping her children's future world. I pray that my boys will be able to live a full and wonderful life in this blessed country - one nation under God with liberty and justice for all - free from the fears of terrorism and nuclear war, poverty and enviromental disasters. I pray that our country will get back on track. At times it seems we are on a one-way path to utter destruction. In 2008 we need to elect a new kind of leader - a man of character, a man of strength, a man of God - we need Mike Huckabee!

Please visit http://www.mikehuckabee.com/ and get to know this man...I hope you'll join me in supporting his campaign and in a quest to shape our future!