"Governor Huckabee says he is a fiscal conservative but his 10-year economic policy record as the governor of Arkansas is mixed at best. His history includes numerous tax hikes, ballooning government spending, and increased regulation." - Pat Toomey, Club for Growth president, Jan. 29
"I like him and he certainly is somebody who can give a stemwinder, but I have learned so many things about his waffling positions and conservatives in Arkansas don't like him at all. They say he left the conservative movement in Arkansas in shambles when he left the governorship early this year." - Paul Weyrich, founder of the Free Congress Foundation and cofounder of the Moral Majority, newsmax.com, Nov. 5
"Wherever you scratch Huckabee on policy, he seems an inch deep."- Rich Lowry, editor of National Review, Dec. 14
"I'm puzzled by your gratuitous slaps at the president in the January/February issue of 'Foreign Affairs.' . . . Why have you joined the Bush bashers?"- Former senator Bob Dole, in a letter to Huckabee, also sent to the Des Moines Register, Dec. 21
"This is my 2008 slogan: Reasonable Person for President. . . . Mike Huckabee gets enough demerits to fall into my not-reasonable column." - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal contributing editor, Dec. 28
Compiled by Kathleen Hennrikus/ Globe Staff
