i am not sure if he is up with mike huckabee.k santorum is point to be one of those guys who hangs around and looks for his opportunity. when he does, i would not underestimate him. >> it's very early in the republican polls and i know it is early and probably meaningless, but tell us about jeb bush and chris christie? >> you bet. jeb bush has a lot of access obviously. it is his name. governor bush. a lot of people in iowa over their story in politics to a guy with the bush name. but he also has issues. one will be the bush name. is there bush fatigue? two, amnesty and common core will plague governor bush for a long time to come. when it comes to -- go ahead. >> you were moving on to governor christie. i apologize. >> governor christie has been out here a few times with governor branstad. people getting used to the way that governor christie campaigns, will he be a candidate, will he not be a candidate? i have no idea. the most i have seen of him is at dallas cowboys games in jerry jones' suite. >> right now, what two issues do

this mike huckabee move.d into 2016s the mike huckabee of 2008 who won iowa who was this beloved figure and evangelical christians in particular do you look at mike huckabee now and say this is a stronger candidate or do you like at mike huckabee and say maybe he's a little bit of old news here and you have more competition this time? >> you know steve, honestly, i don't. in the trips that i've taken to iowa and we were there quite a bit in this cycle in 2014 because of the senate race. he is still a beloved figure there. for someone like mike huckabee, that's the road to a potential nomination. it runs through iowa and it runs through that evangelical conservative base and as the early primary starts to take shape. you are starting to see moves on both sides. jeb bush on the establishment side and now huckabee on the conservative base side and you'll start to see those two groups fight it out behind the scenes. you're already seeing jeb bush get in the way of chris christie in his early plans. you'll see ehu

why does mike huckabee need to sell his own book? remain relevant in the 2016 conversation and turn again to sell more books. i really don't think mike huckabee's angling for the youth vote with a comment like this. first of all, who insults the queen b? it's a silly move. secondly, he cuts across like a grandma complaining about elvis dancing in the '60s. this is so throwback 50 years ago. >> i see all of those millions of youth voters leaving huckabee. our panel, stay with me please. we'll be right back with a commute that's going to the dogs. >>> and the worst hollywood has to offer. introducing... a pm pain reliever that dares to work all the way until... the am. new aleve pm the only one to combine a safe sleep aid plus the 12 hour strength of aleve. >>> we're back with the panel, shaun, jason, and shira. here comes the award given to the worst performances of the year. the winners, if you can call it that, were announced last night. "transformers" won for the worst movie of the year. and congratulations to kerkirk cameron. came

when i hear mike huckabee going after the obama family's choice of musical friends i sometimes wondert's not the sound they make that mr. huckabee wants us to hear but the signal his dog whistle is hearing and that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> tonight on "all in," -- >> it sold out fast, 3 million copies. >> publication day for the first edition of "charlie hebdo" since the attack. as al qaeda officially claims credit and french prosecutors arrest a comedian for a facebook post. >>> then, republicans vote for mass deportations on the hill. >> enough is enough. >> rand paul goes into attack mode questioning the sanity of another romney campaign as he picks up a key endorsement of his own. >> rand paul is the best. >> and as a virginia lawmaker wins his special election while

what did mike huckabee reveal overnight? >>> and the homecoming. >> this is mine. >> how cities across the country are giving homeless veterans a new beginning. from abc news, "this week with george stephanopoulos" begins now. >>> good morning. i'm martha raddatz, and we're tracking developing stories on several fronts including former arkansas governor mike huckabee making a big announcement about 2016 overnight, but we start off with new and encouraging developments in the mystery of airasia flight 8501. indonesian investigators say they may have found key pieces of the fuselage where the jet's black boxes are located. we'll talk to the u.s. commander taking part in the search shortly. first the latest from abc's david kerley. >> reporter: bad weather, it's one of the things we know about the crash of airasia 8501. the weather was bad when the airbus went down, and stormy seas have hampered recovery efforts. abc's muhammad lila is in indonesia. >> reporter: it's now been a week since the airasia flight took off from this a

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on the mike huckabee candidacy, here's somebody who came in a strong first in iowa in 2008. john mccain came in fourth in iowa in 2008, went on to actually get the nomination. what in huckabee's previous run at this would give him the idea he can actually go all the way? >> i spoke to huckabee advisers today, and they think he has a lingering goodwill in iowa. but the problem is he only raised $16 million when he ran for president in 2008. now it's estimated he needs to raise $50 million to $75 million just to make it through the early stage of the primary. can he raise the money? he hasn't shown a pen chant for it in the past. >> that was the stall, wasn't it? in 2008? >> it was. >> is there a theory there in huckabee world that if he had had the money to capitalize on how well he did in iowa, thing cos have been different? >> that's why he's getting in right now. he knows he needs to start raising money. he can't count just on grassroots support. he's already courting a lot of bundlers, super pacs. he's looking at his strategy saying i know i could win iowa, but i have to

the on deck speaker is governor mike huckabee. [cheers and applause] he is the governor we are proudest of from hope, arkansas. [laughter] he served there from 1996 until 2007. one of the things he did was in the 2007 straw poll, mike huckabee was the winner because he created the momentum in the straw poll in 2007, and the momentum that carried him through the iowa caucus in 2008 where he posted a victory with 34.4%. i was out on the campaign trail and interacted with governor huckabee a good number of times in that campaign season. i was on the fair tax bus. we went all over and stopped and did fair tax events. if anybody needs to be reminded, that is where we abolish the irs to take all the tax of the productivity earnings, savings and investment, and you get to decide when you want to pay taxes when you are a consumer for personal purchases. mike huckabee and i sat down in a hotel on the other side of town and talk through that one day. i was encouraged that he went all over the state, raise the fair tax up, and that helped hi

for the republicans jeb bush is running and mike huckabee may be running. tion here at fox news continues to be a re religious politician. >> ultimately, we don't have a crime problem or a gun problem or even a violence problem. what we have is a sin problem. and since we have ordered god out of our schools and communities, the military and public conversations, you know we really shouldn't act so surprised when all hell breaks loose. >> with us now here in new york city ms. laura ingraham. so, can a politician like mike huckabee get elected in a nation america that is going increasingly secular? >> i think it's hard bill. i think social conservatives are in a bind for 40 years now they have wanted one thing first and foremost which is roe vs. wade to be overturned. all their effort, all the great marches it hasn't happened. we have had republican presidents who say they are going to put people on the court and will help and it doesn't happen. there is some demoralization going on in the social conservative community. that having been said, huckabee is a for

i think mike huckabee can do that. i do think rick perry can do it. that does not mean they don't end up being the conservative establishment choice, but in terms of coalescing and getting behind somebody, mike huckabee is the one. >> just on the basis of communication skills and constituency, that might be true. the biggest problem for mike huckabee continues to be whether he can raise enough money. even though it is less important, the money thing, it still matters. especially in a split field. >> if he does what a lot of these republican candidates are doing, embraces the super pac, and finds two or three people to write multi-million dollar checks, that gets him well past where he needs to be the player here. >> how many do you think mike huckabee knows who would do that? not many. president obama signed an order to give federal workers six weeks of paid leave to care for a new child or sick family member. at the same time, he is asking congress and local governments to allow workers to get seven paid sick days year, along with a proposal for stat

mike huckabee is not even close to being a contender. that's everything.can go out and say that and he is just trying to get headlines. >> i believe he's trying to actually bring down the fact that hillary clinton will be the democratic candidate and sort of like saying women shouldn't curse. it is a very subtle way of saying a woman shouldn't be president. >> yeah. >> yeah. appreciate your time tonight. thanks for the discussion. >>> still to come senate republicans continue to push for keystone but nebraska landowners aren't backing down. they have the law on their side. we're going back to ground zero on the keystone fight. uh, and i know my iq. okay. uh, and i know-uh-i know what blood type i have. oh, wow! uh huh, yeah. i don't know my credit score. you don't know your credit score? --i don't know my credit score. that's really important. i mean -- i don't know my credit score. don't you want to buy a house...like, ever? you should probably check out credit karma, it's free. credit? karma? free?...so, that's... how much? that's how much it's free. cre

there's no question that mike huckabee is not jeb bush.t comes to social conservative issues. >> and i don't put jeb bush and hillary clinton on the same level. i think george clinton could -- i think huckabee has shot himself in the foot so many times he could run for deputy of may berry, but this man is the best public speaker in the entire republican party. and democrats underestimate him at their own peril. he began his career as a tv evangelist, which means he's very good at lying to people on camera and making them feel good about it. i think huckabee was the only republican who could have beaten senator obama back in 2008. i look forward as a comedian to a hilarious two years of this clown car. >> speaking of jeb bush, he's in connecticut raising money this week. it is a race to the dollar isn't it? >> sure is. and as i say, time flies once that money starts moving around. you don't hear much from vice president biden who would logically be plan b if no hillary, because she's got that money on hold. >> no doubt. great to have you wi

i covered mike huckabee, along with bill clinton. interesting guy, but he has a lot of baggage from arkansas like the clintons did, starting with his decision to release wayne due month who went on it kill after that, including a wedding registry he had in arkansas, basically a form of almost graft, which i think was unethical thing to do, which the clintons did. how do you handicap how strong jeb bush? who do you see as the potential candidates most likely to knock them off. and can can any of them beat neera? >> i disagree slightly with dana, who is great to see. i think money is a huge part. jeb has been actively courting the top donors, trying to lock them down. he's been doing that quite well. i think there is one opportunity to knock off the establishment candidate, and if that is one conservative alternative to whoever that establishment candidate is. mike huckabee i lie mike a lot, but he would probably do better if he had run for one of the two open senate seats in arkansas. he decided not to do that, but the idea that mike

but he's got work to do. >> what about mike huckabee? because he's beloved especially by evangelicals. he left fox because he's getting immersed in potential activities. and you know, a couple years ago he said, i'm not running. he made it clear. this time he said i'm leaving because, well, i'll announce in spring. >> what these guys are all doing at this stage is seeing if they can run, which is to say, enough of a base of support enough financial support of people willing to come and join them for them to put together the elements of a campaign and make a go at it. it's not clear mike huckabee can. he has real strengths. he's real popular among evangelicals because he's one of them. and his religion is the real deal. he's also a talented politician. he's articulate, he's folksy he's likable. we all found that at fox. everybody i think likes him at fox because he's a very likable guy. >> his name is very difficult to pronounce. never mind. >> mike huckabee. >> this is a joke between me and the audience. keep going. >> oh, okay. >> you g

joining us now, mike huckabee, former arkansas governor author of "god, guns, grits, and gravy." uckabee, tell us. do you think there's a 50/50 chance you'll join the race or better? >> well i think, martha the fact that i left the fox gig, which was a wonderful, wonderful opportunity for me. to leave that, i didn't do it just because i was tired of going to new york every week. i think there's a very strong likelihood sometime later in the spring which has always been my timetable, i'll make some kind of declaration and clearly state my intentions, i'll put it that way. >> what would you do different this time? >> raise more money, for one thing. that was the big hurdle for us back in 2008. a lot of people didn't take the campaign that seriously until we were winning states and winning primaries. i literally got by on a dime to the dollar of both john mccain and mitt romney. so in some ways, we were a very green campaign. we got more miles per gallon than anybody else. you have to have a lot of money to be able to push your own campaign and defend your record against all these cr

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. >> former arkansas governor mike huck huckabee resigned his job. >> i think huckabee is what hillary wants. >> the democrats want to insult the women of america by making them believe that they are helpless without uncle -- >> he's very popular among social conservatives. >> a recent fox news poll showed huckabee ahead of the field. including jeb bush. >> jeb bush meanwhile, quit all his corporate boards. >> if in fact jeb bush is the establishment choice where does that put chris christie? >> it's chris christie's weekend that -- >> he's really a cowboys fan. >> romney's certainly on the sidelines watching all this. >> this weekend, one certain to be candidate for president took a serious step to pursuing that goal. he quit his fox news job. >> tonight, i'm going to do more than just say goodnight. i'm going to say good-bye. this is the last edition of huck huckabee on the fox news channel. god's put me on earth to try to make a good life. >> in 2008 former arkansas governor mike huckabee won the iowa caucus. mike huckabee told his audience that he is considering trying it again. >>

dana, if he run, how serious a contender is mike huckabee? >> in this point we're in let a thousand flowers bloom, as we turn the corner we're going from wild speculation to slightly more informed speculation about who might run. huckabee will have a strong stand in a few states. in particular, he'll start strong in iowa. that's important for him. i think that what they're all needing to do is figure out some personnel. be watching for that. who's going to be joining up with these guys? also, what sort of big ideas might they have? i think polling showing jeb bush in the front is just a name i.d. issue at this point. i don't think the polls are accurate. >> huckabee didn't say he was running. what he basically said he is can't be on fox and actively explore and one of the big issues for him is always money. he'll spend the next few months trying to explore whether or not he has the financial support to actually run. we asked you for questions for the panel. we got this from steve on twitter pep write twitter. he writes, who will pick the nomin

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nia malia henderson, mike huckabee last night in his fox program says he's stepping down. how much of a force is he in the republican field when you have dr. carson as well, rick santorum might run again. bit of a crowd on the social conservative side. >> there's a crowd in the tea party lane n the evangelical lane. not much of a crowd in the chamber of commerce republican lanes so if you're jeb bush you feel pretty good that even though this is a crowd 12 to 15 people who could run, it looks like all of those other folks in those teavangeliical lane. rand paul claims he can expand the party. mike huckabee won 48% of the african-american vote when he ran in arkansas in 1998 so he's actually done something. it will be interesting to see how he changes that conversation if if he gets in this thing. >> and republicans do have a history of going back to candidates they've met before and so if you're governor huckabee and looking at some of these new faces, rand paul, maybe marco rubio, maybe ted cruz, maybe thinking in a crowded field my familiarity may help me? >> he has name

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i think mike huckabee has a different look now. otherwise it's the same.ook is about gravy. >> that's scrambled politics. i'm joined now by syndicated columnist bob franken. always a pleasure. good morning. >> i should provide balance here and point out that the leading democratic nominee candidate is named clinton. >> we have seen that before too. >> we should factor that in. >> good point. confirmation hearings are under way for loretta lynch. her stand on immigration may be a problem for some after she said illegal immigrants have a right to work in this country. >> she backtracked from that as you know. what she did agree is the president's position where the enforcement would not be made against law abiding immigrants affecting perhaps millions which have sent the republicans into all kinds of atwitter. she's saying that no the president is on solid ground. there is prosecutorial discretion and she backs him. at the same time she said she wouldn't necessarily back the president on policies she didn't support. >> all right. you think it will throw a ki

and when we come back, geraldo rivera and mike huckabee moments away. >>> thank you for joining us i'm bill o'reilly, and geraldo rivera is with us, i believe there will be back lash i say we have no strategy to defeat the jihad, and i'm tired of people saying we need to avoid the issue to not offend. >> first of all we are not fighting muslim extremism. we are fighting specifically sunni muslim extremism. the shiites are no threat to the united states, absolutely not. syria, iraq, iran, the countries you hear about represent no threat to us. >> you don't think iran is a threat to us? >> the threat to us comes from the saudi -- >> you don't think that iran is a threat to the united states? >> i absolutely do not. >> really. >> iran -- they want to be a power, but they are not a threat to us. >> have you never heard of hamas and hezbollah -- >> hamas is a sunni -- hezbollah has not done anything as far as i know since the bombing in the 1980s. it is sunni muslim extremism, bill shiites represent 40% of the middle east population. they are no threat to us. it is sunni muslim extremism fu

arkansas governor mike huckabee is leaving his fox news show to consider running in 2016.t are his chances of winning the nomination? >> he's one of the far off groolts -- grassroots candidates. he raised $16 million last year which is a good start. he has a considerable following. and who else got to stand on fox news and say i can't rule this out. that's great platform to start building campaign movement. i think we'll see in the coming weeks how he starts to do. i think he has a book coming out. how that plays out. we'll see where he falls. >> he's not the only one with a book coming out. a lot of gop members have them coming out. we'll be talking about that. thank you very much for joining us today. we appreciate it! >> great to be here. >>> just ahead. an epic battle of strength at the happiest place on earth. the special way people are pulling together for a cancer stricken teen. what's in a can of del monte green beans? ( ♪ ) grown in america. picked and packed at the peak of ripeness. with no artificial ingredients. del monte. bursting with life. [coughing] dave, i

people who rely on getting a lot of evangelical votes will have a lot of problems competing with mike huckabee>> who has got better fundraising capabilities? >> all of them are not tested monitors. huckabee is tested in a certain -- in a certain sense. he did very well in iowa and in his bid fell apart. he knows that is a huge problem. there is chance he will in fact explore the bid and find there is just not the financial backing to do it. in his case, unlike jeb bush, and i think it is clear he will actually run, i think my huckabee will take a hard look at it and might be back on the air at fox news vine next summer. >> for who else will money be the deciding factor? >> everybody who runs needs to think about being in a big competitive field. it is a long list. there are different views in the part about how much you would need to be competitive. people will get more free media attention and some of get less. a guy like ted cruz and rand paul, those guys, like scott walker and bobby jindal, not really big nationally known commodities, if those guys do not have the money to run, they do not

yesterday, mark wandered out there in san diego, and he got to talk to two vips, alison stewart and mike huckabee'sghter, sarah. here is what happened. >> i want to talk about the culture. first of all how do the , huckabees view alice? >> we love her, she is absolutely part of the family. you don't get to be part of the team if you are not a part of the family. >> the huckabee's are not a big ambling family. -- gambling family. >> it is not a place that you usually find our crowd. >> if your dad is running, what would you said the chances? >> i would say it is pretty high. >> better than 50/50? >> i don't want to throw numbers out there, we are not gamblers i don't even know the right terminology in gambling terms. >> but pretty high. >> pretty high. >> going to run, not going to run? >> the fact that he stepped down from his television show says a lot. he eliminated that factor from the equation. we will see. if i was a gambling person which i am not, i would say it is high. >> what is one thing that your dad likes to do less than raise money? >> let's see, gamble. >> gamble. [laughter] >> that i

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the bass player there was a gentleman by the name of mike huckabee. >> it's at night. >> jon: that ain't about bacteria. >> it's not? >> jon: no. but do you see my point? you excuse that type of crudeness because you agree with the stands on firearms. you-- stance on firearms. you don't approve of beyonce because she seams alien to you. johnny cash shot a man just to watch him die. that's some gangster [bleep]. >> let me respond. >> jon: all right. >> when ted nugent did that song, 1978. >> jon: uh-huh. >> never got nominated for a grammy. he didn't perform it on national television. in fact you know the song of the year that year was? it was a tie between evergreen and you light up my life. and john denver hosted the grammys. my point is that song it is an adult song. geared toward adults. but today we have a very different kind of depiction and things that are considered perfectly okay for kids. >> jon: my point is. >> that's the difference. >> jon: my point is you can't single out a corossive culture and ignore the one that you live in because you'

but i think then you have the true conservatives already, you know, rand paul and ted cruz and mike huckabee and rick santorum and a whole host of others. >> woodruff: the two of you touched on money and whether that matters. we know this week the billionaire koch brothers announce their network is going to raise almost a billion dollars to put into this race. david are they now their own political party? what effect is this going to have or is it? you said a minute ago we shouldn't pay attention to the money. >> first thing we learned is a lot of people who are really smart at raising money are really stupid about giving it away. they spent hundreds of millions of dollars a few years ago and lost most their races. this year they're doubling up. the one thing we know in the big

back to you in new york. >> let me talk about you mike huckabee. he won the 2008 caucus and he was defeated after the fact and the caucus didn't help him and mitt romney gained there. can he win the caucuses again? >> he did in 08 and rick sanatorium won in 2012 and they did so with conservative campaigns and 70 percent voters are conservative christians and mike huckabee has a base here and working the pastors aggressively and they hold a lot of sway, mike huckabee and rick san diego and ted cruz. and the dr. ben carson. big social conservative. it is the first race of the year and starts with social conservativism and that's what they are saying and mitt romney and jeb bush the rhetoric kept them insufficiently conservative. >> thank you. and that brings us to the twitter question of the hour. we want to know among the gop presidential hopefuls, what issues will drive you to vote? tweet me at julie bandaras and i will read your answers later in the show. and now, turning to the latest developments as isis makes new demands to spare the life of th

mike huckabee shakes up the 2016 race by leaving fox news. does it matter whether the reporters like him? or jeb? or rand? or hillary clinton? so ally bank r r r r r r test >>> we're back with the panel with mike huckabee leaving fox news to explore16. >>> huckabee has left fox, but most people like the guy and find him accessible. how much does that buy you? >> it gets you attention in the beginning. he will not have trouble getting earned media but ask john mccain what happens over a period of time. but they tire of you and it is probably negative in the long run. >> a number of reporters -- i don't -- --. >> when i worked for the "miami herald," these things go a long way and soften the media and i see the way they are much harder on the candidates who keep them at arm's length. i saw that with the campaign of michele bachmann and hillary clinton. >> i worked in new york and i got hour long calls from mario cuomo but he was engaged. >> rand paul gives a lot of interviews and he is said to be the most interesting guy in politics. >> he is r

if he runs, how serious a contender is mike huckabee? >> we are in "let a through flowers bloom," and as we turn the corner this year we are going from wild speculation to slightly more informed speculation of would might run. huckabee will have a strong stand in a few of states particularly starting strong in iowa which is important. what they are all needing to do is figure out some personnel who is going to join up with these guys and what big ideas could they have? the polling showing jeb bush in the front could just be a name i.d. issue at this point and i don't think the polls are accurate yet. >> it is interesting huckabee did not say he was running but he said he cannot be on fox and actively explore and a big issue is money so he will spend the next few months trying to explore where he has the financial support to run. we asked you for questions for the panel and we got this from steve on twitter "would will pick the g.o.p. nominee, the media/g.o.p. establishment or the base." how do you answer steve? what are the chances for a

i want to bring in former governor mike huckabee of arkansas.e ran for the republican nomination for president in 2008 came in second on the delegate count. he's flirting with running again in 2016. he is also author of "god guns grits and gravy." thanks for being here. good to see you again. people out there might not know i was the huckabee campaign reporter in 2008. >> and you lived to tell about it. that's what's remarkable about it. yeah. it's great to be with you. thanks so much for having me. >> jeb bush and mitt romney both of them teasing possible presidential runs, as you are. but bush and romney are having this covert meeting in utah. what do you make of that? >> first of all, it's not too covert. it's on the front page of the "new york times." here's what inside sources have told me about that meeting. they are actually meeting and they are going to make a joint announcement they will both drop out so that they can support me. that will be the news story you will be following soon. i'm pretty sure that's going to happen. >> i would g

test >>> mike huckabee is aggressively looking at a presidential bid. that's why he gave up his fox news show and the most important issue facing the country is beyonce. that's because he's pushing his book, god, guns grits and gravy and the media can't resist his siren song against the superstar. >> what do you got against beyonce? >> nothing. >> no, come on now. >> she is half a page in a 24-page -- >> you are pushing beyonce. >> no. >> i can't even -- >> here's the point. you could not repeat the lyrics. >> you view that as a sort of a permissiveness that you think is not great for our children. is that correct? >> well, it was one page out of a 240 -- >> i understand but it's representative -- >> you know when a parent says honey if you make really good grades some day when you're 12 or 13 we'll get you your own stripper pole. come on, john, we don't do that. >> i think that's diminishing beyonce. >> this is what i said and it was a simple illustration, half a page in a 270 and i'm thinking my gosh it's all i've heard about this. >> here's the deal.

. -- mike huckabee. >> rick jerry's yee-haw. will he approve a direct hit on hillary clinton. he will say how can secretary clinton [inaudible] that sounds like a man repairing to run. >> it is not just the viewers. they are in the process of deciding and they will decide quickly. >> here is the data he is getting. some donors are saying i will not be with you. he wants to collect a high enough percentage that he can compete with jeb bush, and chris christie and others. here are -- it is hearing things that jeb bush is not is strong as some think and in the polls you still lead. this will be harder than running but you will win. >> if he wins iowa and new hampshire. it is less of an issue because he said he is willing to put his own money in. i think the frustration i have heard most not just from donors but activists is everything he said is a rationale a process oriented rationale. >> that is why he puts out these texts. the other thing is focus on his personal wealth. donors feel he will be criticized for being out of touch. get some pictures our colleagues took of his famo

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he also was national campaign chairman for mike huckabee's campaign back in 2008.ou. my pleasure to be here. lou: those are impressive credentials. i've never said that. [laughter] those are some credentials. >> been around a long time. lou: and done great. it's good to see you, ed. >> thank you. lou: let's start with, if we may, the government coming back republicans in charge. they're making all sorts of nice talk about, you know, governing from the center. mitch mcconnell, the new majority leader in particular. your reaction, is it rhetoric or a sincere effort? >> i think they realize that if they don't govern, meaning that they pass some significant legislation tackling some of the serious problems facing this country, they'll be out in two years, particularly the senate. they have to have a coordinated, cohesive message, but more important, they have to have a strategy how to pass legislation on infrastructure, tax reform, those kinds of things. lou: okay, infrastructure, tax reform. infrastructure keystone pipeline. they said they're going to put a bill on th

but mike huckabee will allow for no such position. he's threatening to leave the party over the issue. here he is. >> a lot of republicans, particularly in the establishment and those who live on either the left coast or those who live up in the bubbles of new york and washington are convinced that if we don't capitulate on the same-sex marriage issue and if we don't raise the white flag of surrender and just accept the inevitable, that we're going to be losers. i tell you, tim, it's the absolute opposite of that. and if the republicans want to lose guys like me and a whole bunch of still god-fearing people, go ahead and just advocate on this issue and while you're at it, say abortion doesn't matter either because at that point you lose me. i'm gone. >> right. >> i'll become an independent. i'll start finding people that have guts to stand. i'm tired of this. >> well, governor huckabee intends to make it impossible for a republican presidential candidates to make the issue of same-sex marriage under the radar. tim, tell me, what do yo