Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/02/Mike_Huckabee_in_Conversation

Mike Huckabee argues that "absolute purity" does not exist in politics as it does in theology. While Huckabee is wary of tying the Republican party to the "mushy middle," he also warns against holding politicians to uncompromising ideological standards. "If your position politically is 'all or nothing, now or never,' you're going to get nothing, and you're going to get it forever."

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The former Governor of Arkansas, Fox News personality, and probable 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee speaks at the Hudson Union Society in a program recorded on November 2, 2009.

Mike Huckabee is a Republican politician, musician, political commentator and host for the Fox News Channel and ABC Radio who served as Governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007. Huckabee finished second in the 2008 United States Republican presidential primaries.

Huckabee is the author of several books, an ordained Southern Baptist minister and a public speaker. (less info)