There are, of course, organized Jewish voters supporting Ron Paul. Christian evangelicals up to this point have been his real nemesis, and that is really difficult to understand. I guess the issue must be simply one of unfamiliarity. Ron Paul is not an immediate eye catcher, nor a candidate given to flashy 30-second sound bites. His support comes from those who have taken the time to study and understand the knowledge, dedication, and the Christian principles behind his positions.

what do yo have against ron paul? Have you been watching too much Fox news? I urge you to look at his views and not go with what the media tells you to go with. Did you now Roe (Yes, that Roe...as in Jane Roe from Roe vs. Wade) endorsed Paul last month because of his pro-life history? Can anyone tell me what is so unchristian-like about Paul? No other republican has a chance at being elected over Hilary or Obama.

" ... heaven help us, Ron Paul." Many Jews are waking up to Ron Paul's foreign policy position of giving Israel leverage over their Muslim neighbors by withdrawing foreign aid across the board. Right now Israel's Muslim neighbors receive a combined 300% more US foreign aid than Israel. With Ron Paul, the Israeli's wouldn't have "Daddy USA" constantly trying to reign them in.

Now, if Christians don't realize Ron Paul is the most fiercely pro-life candidate on the ballot they need to do more research. OBGYN Doctor Paul has submitted legislation that, when taken together, would negate Roe v Wade, legally define life as beginning at conception and prohibit gov't funding of embryonic stem cell research. Sure, Huckabee gets it on abortion and stem cells, but where is Huckabee on the death sentence and unjust war? Huckabee authorized 16 killings in Arkansas. Further, he supports the war in Iraq which has killed 4,000 Americans and almost .5 million others in Iraq.

Ron Paul recognizes the fact that with the death penalty, too many mistakes have been made (DNA testing assures us of that) and a disproportionate amount of low income and minorities are sentenced to death. This is why he opposes the death penalty.

As for Iraq, that country never attacked us and didn't harbor Al Qaeda. Yes, Saddam was a bad guy, but that is not a good enough reason to tear Iraq apart and hand the bill to us American citizens who are now having trouble paying for mortgages, gas and groceries. Fighting terrorist plots and discovering and upsetting terrorist organizations is police work, not work for a military campaign. Haven't you heard that the NYPD has the most effective anti-terrorism unit now?

So you think that Jews will not support a man that unequivocally supports Israel? You think that Jews will not support a man that has shown he knows how to build bridges between all races and classes of people?

The real reason the support isn't there is because of headlines like the one this article has. The press has determined that Huckabee should not be elected and most articles about him are subtle jabs.

Don't listen to the liberal media check him out for yourselves at http://www.MikeHuckabee.com

The NY Times recently profiled a conservative Jewish woman campaigning for Huckabee.

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/30/a-queens-conservative-wants-to-be-a-huckabee-delegate/

The reason Huckabee foundered is that he is a Christian who allows his faith to illuminate his policies. This is a turnoff to most seculars, including the seculars in the Republican right wing who don't mind fleecing gullible Evangelicals for their votes but despise certain "liberal" inclinations that flow, of necessity, from Christian Faith. I refer to themes such as feeding the poor, sheltering the homeless, clothing the naked (at least the involuntarily naked), and welcoming the stranger at the gate (or the Rio Grande). The Scripture says it pretty bluntly, You cannot serve both God and the Club for Growth. This leaves Huckabee outside of a broad swath of the Conservative movement.

Jan,

The thing about this election for Jews is that all of the candidates, save one, are strong supporters of Israel:

And that is because there really is no discussion on the campaign trail. Save each party's fringe candidate -- Dennis Kucinich on the left and Ron Paul on the right -- there is substantial support not only for Israel, but also for its right to defend itself against hostile neighbors and to negotiate a peace agreement that does not relent too much, or too prime, territory. Even the Democrats have talked tough, with Clinton saying Jerusalem should not be divided and Obama authoring the Iran Sanctions Act.

"All of the frontrunners, both Republicans and Democrats, are extremely supportive of Israel," said Howard Welinsky, former chair of The Federation's Jewish Community Relations Committee. "I don't think if you took a magnifying glass you can perceive any significant difference on the important issues of a two-state solution, supporting Israel's security, dealing with Iran -- whether it is McCain, Giuliani, Clinton, Obama or Edwards -- they are all extremely supportive of Israel. They are all very knowledgeable; they care. So then it becomes: What are the differences?"

It is really sad when a Christian website attacks their own without even getting to know him. Mike Huckabee is able to reach out to all people, regardless of race, regardless of religion -- yet without compromising his beliefs and values. It is not only evangelicals that are supporting him, but some have been democrats, atheists, and the lists go on -- why? ... Because he is a man of integrity and character, and has a genuine care and compassion for all people. I encourage you to take the time to know him, and you will see the same. www.mikehuckabee.com

I preface all of what I say with the following: I ardently support Mike Huckabee and have since early summer.

That being said, Mike is something of a moot issue with big city voters now I think. Mike is going to play spoiler to Mitt more than be a legitimate contender on Tuesday. Ron Paul was never a factor, sorry to all those who invaded this blog entry. I've been utterly amazed at Ron Paul bloggers' ability to turn any blog on any political website into a personal attack on him. Talk about a martyr complex... At this point, I think deep in our hearts most Huck supporters are sincerely hoping for a McCain/Huckabee ticket to emerge from the convention. Regardless, I'd rather throw my vote away with someone I believe in than pass up a candidate who speaks with my voice.

Don't count Mike Huckabee out of this race. Unfortunately, he is limited by the availability of campaign funds but he has a strong grassroots movement behind him in a number of states. The media seems determined to hamper Huckabee in their effort to promote their own agenda, i.e. McCain or Romney -- Obama or Clinton. Many Republicans are turning to McCain since he appears to be the GOP front runner and is being characterized as the only candidate who can beat Obama or Clinton. Give me a break -- both Obama and Clinton will "eat McCain alive" in a debate. Unless voters want to see Obama or Clinton as their next president, we need to get behind Huckabee -- and although he may not become THE front runner, it would be a stronger support for a McCain and Huckabee team.

Those of us who have taken the time to check out the candidates, their past record, and their TRUE philosophies, know who we DON'T want. As for me, I'm voting for Huckabee!

sorry huckabee supporters...the american public will NOT elect a president that literally said "I'd like to put the bible in the constitution." Again, the only chance the GOP has at beating the dems this year is Paul. 70% of americans want out of Iraq!!! That means 70% of americans will not vote for any GOP candidate, except Paul.

Aaron you said "The American public will NOT elect a president that literally said "I'd like to put the Bible in the Constitution"
Here is a good example of hoe media spin can take a statement out of context and entire change the meaning. The key word here is -- I'd LIKE to put the Bible in the Constitution." Huckabee did not say (nor did he mean) that he WOULD put the Bible in the Constitution. That one statement was POUNCED on by the media who failed to include what was said BEFORE or AFTER that statement. What is worse than media spin is that people take what the media says as "I promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth."

People aren't "scared" of Huckabee. They're disappointed in him. No matter how affable and witty, which people love about him, he's still a condescending and thin skinned bigot, especially when it comes to gay citizens.

And maybe he's not a bridge maker between "races" either. The Sunday before Martin Luther King day, he's suggesting what people who don't like Confederate flags flying over their state properties could do with the flag poles...that is not a bridge maker, that's a manipulative...calm down, think coffee break...

(Just an hour ago, there as an "ex-homosexual" group shouting abuse outside my workplace door on a university campus, so I'm not in a good and forgiving mood today. Maybe I should go treat myself to a skinny mocha lotte, better make that decaf, to calm down...)

Denying full citizen equality because of what one think one reads in the Bible goes back to his Southern Baptist Convention roots, right to its core, of comforting the comfortable, normalizing injustice and afflicting the afflicted (though it was hardly alone, as my own Methodist history shows.)

Despite a very late and rather dubious and unsatisfactory apology for the SBS's role in pro slavery apologetics and activism, he's merely continuing the above dubious tradition, only with a different group of people in his authoritarian personality sights.

At the outset I had hope for Huckabee. As with the other candidates I investigated his positions, history and record. The glow quickly faded. The man is anything but conservative. He damaged the Republican Party in Arkansas - and basically is so desperate, he pirated Ron Paul's long-held position of nixing the Income Tax. It you honestly study him, you can see through him.

With Ron Paul I transitioned from knowing nothing to sincere interest. His is the only political record I know of never having voted for a tax increase. He is the most clearly Pro-Life candidate in the race. His Economic and Foreign policies are not (currently) mainstream. They are historically mainstream - and the most sound of all the candidates. His Plan for Economic Revitalization released last week has real substance. Every member of Congress should have to read it.

On Israel, he's right. Its sovereignty and military capability should be respected. Sadly, many well-meaning Christians have swallowed the historically-recent notion that the Israel God loves is the physical nation state. In truth, as the Apostle Paul taught, Israel is all Christians, whether gentiles or jews.

First let me say that I am a Mormon from Salt Lake City and I support Dr. Paul. Dr. Paul is an excellent Christian, but he doesn't use his religion as a tool to try and gather votes, which is what my perception of Huckabee is. I think Dr. Paul will eventually win the nomination in a brokered convention.

I think Huckabee will loose badly on super tuesday and he will be sort of a spoiler to Romney. McCain is cash-strapped, but that doesn't appear to be hurting him with all the free media he is getting from one endorsement to the next. So, McCain will stick it out and so will Paul. I think Romney will too, but he'll stop spending so much of his own money. All this leads to a brokered convention because no one will have over 51% of the delegates.

As a Christian and an ordained minister, I am appalled that too many Christians are so gullible that they would support a candidate without doing some research. The information I found on Huckabee is shocking. First, it is not my place to judge him or any other Christian for what they do in their private life, but the Bible tells us that by their fruits we shall know them. We should be very cautious of electing someone just because he or she proclaims to be a Christian. We would be better off electing someone who has integrity; have not Jimmy Cater, Bill Clinton, and George Bush fooled us enough? Was it not Bush who stated that the Muslims pray to the same God as Christians?

Therefore, here are some of the facts:
Mike Huckabee gave a speech before the Council of Foreign Relations (CFR) on September 28, 2007. A short time after this, he started receiving Mainstream media attention he has also stated in an interview with one the major news media that he relies on advice concerning foreign affairs from Richard Haas. Richard Haas is the president of the CFR since 1993. For those not familiar with the CFR, its goal is to bring us under a global one-world dictatorship; this organization was founded by Rockefeller in 1921.
While Huckabee was Governor of Arkansas, the LT. Governor was Winthrop Rockefeller Jr. this may just be coincidence or not.

We know in God’s word that He hates One world government the reason for the destruction of the tower of Babel. In addition, we know that a world dictator will someday control the world through the mark of the beast. So why would any Christian support any candidate Christian or not, who has ties to the CFR.

All the candidates both democrats and republicans either are members of the CFR or have close ties to CFR with the exception Ron Paul. As far as I see it, the only candidate that has not bought and paid for by the globalist elites, Ron Paul. This is why he gets so little Mainstream media coverage.

God never tells us to put our trust in any person, but rely on His Word. If you are going to elect someone, we had better make sure that the candidate’s platform has the closet alignment to what the word of God says; none are perfect but remember character does count. Our founding Fathers had Christian principles they gave us Constitution and Bill of Rights. Today we have lost many of these rights the only Christian candidate that is fighting to regain them is Ron Paul!

Whether Jews, Gays, Seniors or any other "voting block" supports Mike Huckabee is irrelevant to my voting decision. Can he WIN is not even a consideration. When I go into the voting booth I will make my decision the same way we ought to make ALL of our decisions - by asking ourselves what is RIGHT. Mike Huckabee is the ONLY true conservative left in this election -especially on MORAL/SOCIAL issues. He is and always has been the BEST candidate. Regardless of what the Romney camp or the liberal media or Rush Limbaugh and company says about his "viability" I will proudly associate myself with this great man and his RIGHT positions by casting my vote for him in this election!

So many of the so-called Christians comments on this website have saddened me. God did not call anyone into the ministry of CRITICISM !! If the Christians would quit fighting among themselves and pray and seek Gods will for the right man to vote for instead of being moved by what we see and hear in the media, we could have a Godly nation once again. God will hold us responsible for how we vote. Even if we think our vote is wasted at least we will not be held accountable by God for the wrong man being in office.
I am voting for Gov. Huckabee...

When a magazine like Christianity Today does not support one of its own--heaven help us!
Huckabee: Christian, pro-life, a real person with character and experience. There is no one else. Romney is such a fake, McCain is out of touch and although Ron Paul makes sense at times, the best candidate, bar none, is Mike Huckabee. Check him out in regards to the issues at mikehuckabee.com
And Christianity today, wake up and stand up!

Jews very much appreciate Huckabee's strong support for Israel. The more we learn about him, the more we like him.

Howard Richman
jews4huckabee.blogspot.com

I think one big reason that Ron Paul iasn't doing very well with religious folk like my parents is because they support the war and Bush actually, and believe we should continue to hunt down those infidels and if we kill a lot of Muslims along the way, oh well, they were going to hell anyway. I've been around a lot of them, this is the "hush don't tell" sentiment, sounds a little like the Crusades, huh.

I have watched all the GOP debates and have never heard Ron Paul mention his religious beliefs. That is to his credit. Paul is a good and decent man who doesn't need to "preach" to others. He lives the Gospels as well as U.S. Constitution. He would have been one of our Founders had he lived during the Revolutionary period.

I support the constitution and protection of our rights as were created by our founding fathers.

I support the ability for states to override the federal government, because that allows citizens to be heard.

I support freedom for all peoples to worship and live their lives.

I do not support massive surveillance by federal government (30 million cameras shooting 4 billion hours each week).

I do not support debt, irrational spending, and overconsumption (as our good book warns us to stay away from).

I do not support torture, search and seizure of homes without a court-appointed warrant, the elimination of our constitutional rights, detainment without a trial, and a president that has passed legislation to absolve himself of any incrimination for war crimes.

I have had to soul search. As a result, I can no longer support a war which was started with half-truths. Over 1 million Iraqis have died. It makes my heart hurt.

I support families, increased freedoms, and patriotism that is brought on by doing what is right and stopping corporate control of our lives.

I support Ron Paul.

Ron Paul is not a racist (do some research on the internet). He has never voted to increase taxes, he wants to eliminate the Patriot Acts (do you know what they say? Look it up), and he opposes the Real ID national identification card which is being put into place right now (May 2008).

How can we let our constitution be taken away? It's happening right now. Wake up, people!

You will not hear anyone talk about these issues except for the Dr. He is the only candidate running (Dem or Rep) who does not have any debt. What does that say about his ability to manage money?