Published 11/20/2008
by Mark Murray
at First Read
From NBC's Cherelle Kantey ARLINGTON, Va. -- Greeting a few smiling supporters at a Costco warehouse here, former (and maybe future) presidential candidate Mike Huckabee made his first stop on his tour promoting his new book, “Do the Right Thing: Inside the Movement That's Bringing Common Sense Back to America” book tour.
Huckabee gleefully offered a hearty handshake while autographing his campaign memoir. “The central message is that the Republican Party has a great future, if we get back to being the party of principle, clarity and conviction,” he said. “And we’re going to do that.”
The book, released yesterday, has stirred some controversy in the media over its apparent swipes at his former rival for the GOP nomination, Mitt Romney . In several instances in the book, Huckabee charged Romney for being out of touch with voters and for flip-flopping on certain issues. In an example from a debate where Romney was asked about how to help the economy, Huckabee writes that Romney was more ...
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