{"id":96,"date":"2007-11-08T20:36:33","date_gmt":"2007-11-08T20:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2007\/11\/huckabee-picks-up-an-endorseme.html"},"modified":"2007-11-08T20:36:33","modified_gmt":"2007-11-08T20:36:33","slug":"huckabee-picks-up-an-endorseme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godometer\/2007\/11\/huckabee-picks-up-an-endorseme.html","title":{"rendered":"Huckabee Picks Up an Endorsement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another day another big-name endorsement from the Christian right. This time it\u2019s Mike Huckabee winning plaudits from Don Wildmon, head of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.afa.net\/\">American Family Association<\/a>.<br \/>\nWildmon, a seasoned culture warrior and radio broadcaster from Tupelo, Mississippi, announced he is backing Huckabee because the former Arkansas governor and Baptist preacher \u201chas the leadership and the vision, and I think he can take the country to that place where we need to be desperately at this point in our history.\u201d You can read Wildmon\u2019s statement <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onenewsnow.com\/2007\/11\/huckabee_receives_endorsement.php\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\nHuckabee&#8217;s response:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I&#8217;m proud to receive the support from such an influential member of the religious community. Rev. Wildmon and I share the same values on faith and family, which are key issues for the Republican Party.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Coming on the heels of big-splash announcements matching Christian broadcaster <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2007\/11\/robertson-backs-giuliani.html\">Pat Robertson with Rudy Giuliani<\/a>, conservative <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2007\/11\/mccain-wins-brownback-nod.html\">Sen. Sam Brownback with John McCain<\/a>, and Moral Majority co-founder <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2007\/11\/romney-scores-a-big-endorsemen.html\">Paul Weyrich with Mitt Romney<\/a>, Wildmon\u2019s endorsement keeps Huckabee in the chase for the elusive allegiance of religious conservatives\u2014a key GOP constituency.<br \/>\nWhile some are calling it a sign of <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/Vote2008\/Story?id=3831651&amp;page=1\">disarray<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/11\/07\/AR2007110700594.html?sid=ST2007110702950\">fracture <\/a>within the evangelical movement\u2019s political apparatus, the endorsement free-for-all of the past two days underscores what God-o-Meter has been saying all along of American evangelicals: they are not a monolith. They are more diverse and independent-minded  than they are often portrayed, both by the media and by some self-styled leaders who aspire to command them. This week\u2019s events are Exhibit A.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another day another big-name endorsement from the Christian right. This time it\u2019s Mike Huckabee winning plaudits from Don Wildmon, head of the American Family Association. Wildmon, a seasoned culture warrior and radio broadcaster from Tupelo, Mississippi, announced he is backing Huckabee because the former Arkansas governor and Baptist preacher \u201chas the leadership and the vision,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mike-huckabee"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Huckabee Picks Up an Endorsement - God-O-Meter<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godometer\/2007\/11\/huckabee-picks-up-an-endorseme.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Huckabee Picks Up an Endorsement - God-O-Meter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Another day another big-name endorsement from the Christian right. 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