I used to think like you that a McCain-Huckabee ticket would provide us conservatives a terrific match that I could support. I no longer feel that way after investigating McCain's record and watching as he attempts to get the nomination without a debate. Cnn had a debate scheduled for 2/28/08 and was cancelled. What is wrong with an exchange of ideas? www.mustdebate.com has a petition which I think McCain will continue to ignore, but has over 10,000 signatures and growing. McCain will not win against a democrat in the election, so why are we lifting him up? People badmouth Huckabee, but his record is far and away better than McCain's and he's the only republican that has a shot at beating the dems. McCain’s conservative credentials: -IMMIGRATION: he wrote the bill granting amnesty to illegal immigrants (co-sponsored by Ted Kennedy) -SOCIAL SECURITY: he voted to give your social security money to illegal immigrants -TAXES: he voted against the Bush tax cuts multiple times (he has since flip-flopped and has campaigned as a lifelong tax-cutter) -RHETORIC: he routinely engages in Democratic class warfare against big companies in America, particularly the “evil” drug companies who research cures to debilitating diseases for a profit -ECONOMY: as recently as December 2007 he admitted “he does not know the economy very well” and needed to get better at it -1ST AMENDMENT: he wrote the McCain-Feingold campaign finance bill that was declared to be an unconstitutional infringement of the 1st Amendment (co-sponsored by ultra-liberal Democrat Russ Feingold) -2ND AMENDMENT: he was called the “worst 2nd amendment candidate” by the president of the NRA -ENERGY TAX: wrote a bill (co-sponsored by his buddy Lieberman) imposing a massive tax on energy which, according to the Department of Energy, would drastically raise the price of gasoline and put 300,000 Americans out of work -GLOBAL WARMING: supports radical global warming legislation which involved him voting with every Democrat; think only America is responsible to take action, not other superpowers -JUDGES: he joined forces with Democrats (Gang of 14) to block the Senate Republican’s attempt to confirm conservative, strict constructionist judges; also said Alito was too conservative for his liking -WAR ON TERROR: fought with Hillary Clinton to demand that terrorists be given a full American trial -GAY MARRIAGE: he joined liberals to fight against a federal marriage amendment supporting the institution of traditional marriage -CHRISTIANS: campaigning in 2000, he famously described Christian leaders as “agents of intolerance” -PRO-LIFE: he filed an amicus brief against pro-life advocates in Wisconsin -BI-PARTISANSHIP: he met with leading Democrats in 2004 to discuss the possibility of being John Kerry’s Vice-President; publicly considered leaving the Republican Party in 2001 after he lost the primary -PROFESSIONAL ETHICS: ringleader of the infamous Keating 5 ethical scandal which cost US tax payers $160 billion (Google it) -PERSONAL ETHICS: McCain cheated on his first wife after she had a severe accident that left her partially disabled. He then divorced her and married his multi-millionaire mistress, whose daddy bought McCain a spot in the Congress I hope that the truth of him comes to the mind of every republican. That the press discover the details of his scandal. The FEC is about to file charges against him now. It's still not to late to have Huckabee voted as our nominee.