More military parents are choosing homeschooling as an alternative to the in-school environment, even as Common Core supporters tout supposed significant benefits of the nationalized standards particularly for these on-the-move families.
For the second time in as many polls, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) leads the pack among Texas Republican voters as their top choice among potential 2016 presidential candidates, but just barely. Cruz has dropped back from twenty-seven percent to twenty percent but still maintained his lead. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker jumped from two percent of the vote in an October, 2014 poll to nineteen percent in Tuesday’s University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Former Governor Rick Perry (R-Texas) fell from a second place finish in the October poll to fifth place in the current poll. Perry’s support has been cut in half – down from fourteen to seven percent.
CBS News says the Common Core standards will likely play a major role in the GOP nominating process for the 2016 presidential election, separating conservative candidates from those who support the top-down, nationalized education initiative.
Three new NBC News/Marist polls indicate the 2016 GOP presidential race promises to be a wide-open race.
According to the pundits, this weekend’s Iowa Freedom Summit recalibrated the Republican presidential field. The summit, run by archconservative Rep. Steve King (R-IA), drew candidates from across the spectrum – and shook up the widespread perceptions of frontrunners versus also-rans. Here are the weekend’s big winners and losers.
Former Arkansas Governor and likely 2016 presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said illegal immigrant DREAMers should receive in-state tuition benefits because “you don’t punish a child for something his parents did.” In an appearance on Meet the Press, Huckabee said he
At the Iowa Freedom Summit, Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) let Republican voters know that the Common Core standards are a huge electoral issue for the 2016 presidential election – and that he’s anxious they’ll remember his support for the controversial education reform initiative.
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” moderator Chuck Todd challenged former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) about a comment he made on Hugh Hewitt’s radio show last week show claiming that if the Supreme Court ruled it’s unconstitutional to discriminate against same-sex couples,
Former Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) declared “I don’t know too many governors with national security experience” on Friday’s “Kelly File” on the Fox News Channel. “There’s not too many people out there who are contemplating running for president who have
DES MOINES, Iowa — Several potential 2016 Republican presidential candidates are here in Des Moines for the Iowa Freedom Summit this weekend, hosted by Rep. Steve King (R-IA) and Citizens United.
A Washington Post/ABC News poll of registered voters finds Hillary Clinton leading all potential Republican presidential contenders by double digits.
Former Arkansas Governor and Fox News Channel host Mike Huckabee said that “nobody that’s even thinking of running on the Republican side has the years of experience in actually governing that I do” on Tuesday’s “Laura Ingraham Show.” Huckabee began
On Monday’s “The Daily Show,” host Jon Stewart scolded former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) for quitting his Saturday night Fox News show to take another shot at the White House as a Republican candidate. According to Stewart, Huckabee had made
With Republicans in Congress split over the best approach to President Obama’s executive amnesty – and with many establishment Republicans splitting from grassroots Republicans on the issue of illegal immigration more generally – it’s clear that immigration will be a hot-button primary issue in 2016.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker will speak at the Iowa Freedom Summit at the end of January hosted by Rep. Steve King (R-IA) and Citizens United, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.
Fox News’ TV host, former Governor of Arkansas, and former Republican presidential candidate, Mike Huckabee, has announced that he is considering another run for president in 2016. In statement put out by Team Huckabee, Huckabee stated that he would be
In discussing a potential 2016 presidential bid after former Gov. Mike Huckabee’s (R-AR) announcement yesterday that he is leaving Fox News Channel on “Fox News Sunday,” conservative radio host Laura Ingraham said, “The idea that Mike Huckabee is going to
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R) signed off on his Fox News Channel program “Huckabee” while keeping his presidential options open on Saturday. Huckabee said that while he wasn’t declaring he would run and that such a decision would not
On Saturday, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee announced that he will end his Fox News show to consider a 2016 presidential run. “This is the last edition of Huckabee on the Fox News Channel,” he wrote supporters on Facebook. “It
Failed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is leading a 2016 survey of likely Republican voters. Romney has insisted that he will not run again unless all of the top candidates urge him to do so. However, a new CNN/ORC International
It is looking increasingly likely that former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, 59, will make a presidential run in 2016, according to The Washington Post. Though he is presently a Fox News host, Huckabee is hiring staff for his new advocacy
In an interview with the American Family Association’s “A Time to Speak” radio show, former Gov. Mike Huckabee sounded off on the possibility that the Republican Party could embrace same-sex marriage. Huckabee declared that should this happen, he would abandon
On Friday Fox News host and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) called on conservatives to “stop the fight” over the Common Core standards and, instead, consider the positive effects the nationalized standards might have on students in poor-performing schools.
A new conservative documentary featuring exclusive interviews with Tea Party members allegedly harassed by the IRS will hit select theaters Oct. 14 for one night only. Gov. Mike Huckabee, who stars in UnFair: Exposing the IRS, will participate in a
A poll released on Tuesday by pro-Common Core Education Next (EdNext) confirms that support for the Common Core standards has declined in general, and that teacher support for the controversial standards has especially dropped dramatically since last year, with 76
Last Saturday, I was honored to have my organization Citizens United cosponsor a fantastic event with Bob Vander Plaats and the Family Leader in Ames, Iowa on the campus of Iowa State University. The Family Leadership Summit is an annual
AMES, IOWA – In the immigration debate since President Obama won re-election, amnesty proponents have pointed to Evangelical Christians as a key ally in securing a major bipartisan deal to bring citizenship to millions of illegal aliens. But at the
On Saturday’s “Huckabee” on the Fox News Channel, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali-born activist that crusades against the brutalities of Islam, explained to host Mike Huckabee why stopping radical Islam is imperative, particularly to the United States and for the
Breitbart News Saturday and The David Webb Show on Sirius XM Patriot Channel 125, live 24/7 on Sirius XM On Demand, will provide nine hours of live coverage today, starting at 10 am EDT and continuing to 7pm EDT, of the
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee angered his Facebook fans after endorsing Sen. Lamar Alexander against conservative state Representative Joe Carr last month. Carr has been endorsed by former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and conservative talk radio host Laura Ingraham for
Mike Huckabee has always presented himself as the regular Joe candidate, the underdog without a huge bankroll supporting him. Huckabee is very publicly considering a run for the 2016 GOP nomination for president. However, since becoming a Fox News commentator,
A Reason-Rupe Survey of 2,000 American millennials between the ages of 18 and 29 titled “Millennials: The Politically Unclaimed Generation” found that 66% believe government is inefficient and wasteful, up by 24% since 2009. Only 18% of millennials believe government regulators
Justina Pelletier, the Connecticut teen who was taken from her parents by hospital staff 16 months ago, described her sobering ordeal for the first time to Fox News’ Mike Huckabee on Saturday. In an emotional interview with her parents and
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) has just unleashed his latest endorsement for re-election. It comes from former Gov. Mike Huckabee. Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas and 2008 presidential candidate, has a strong following of social conservatives and activists drawn to
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D) joined other California politicians and leading gay rights advocates in harshly criticizing San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone for participating in the March for Marriage in Washington, D.C., on June 19th. As SFGate reports, in
Despite recent setbacks, attorneys for Justina Pelletier’s family announced Friday that the Massachusetts Department of Health and Human Services filed a motion that agrees to send Justina to her home in Connecticut. The 16-year-old West Hartford girl is currently at a
On Saturday, Former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) spoke at Citizens United and Americans for Prosperity Foundation’s “Freedom Summit”… ‘When I go to the airport, I have to get into the surrender position, people put hands all over me, and I
Perhaps demonstrating how little he actually has to say to more Libertarian would be GOP 2016 voters, Fox host and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee over-stepped in reaching out to them with a reference to the United States as North
Another Tea Party versus Republican establishment battle is brewing in this June’s Oklahoma Republican U.S. Senate primary, and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee has come out on the other side of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. On Monday, Huckabee endorsed
A new poll of Iowa Republicans finds former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee topping a crowded GOP field with a narrow lead over second-place finisher Sen. Rand Paul. Huckabee was the choice of 14% of Republicans, while 10% supported Paul. No
