Remember Mike?
Mike Huckabee reminded Virginians yesterday that he's very much alive and not about to back down in his quest for the Republican presidential nomination.
A day before Virginia's primary, the former Arkansas governor raced from Henrico County to Virginia Beach, from Weyers Cave to Roanoke. "I understand what it means to get beat, but I do not understand what it means to quit," he told more than 200 enthusiastic supporters at a morning rally in western Henrico.
The Republican drew the biggest cheers by attacking illegal immigration, promising to abolish the Internal Revenue Service and warning that foreign countries want to take over production of U.S. defense industries.
Buoyed by weekend victories over Sen. John McCain in Kansas and Louisiana, Huckabee exhorted his supporters to bring family and friends to the polls for today's Virginia GOP primary.
However, he trails the Arizona senator by more than 500 delegates in the fight for the GOP nomination. "Let's show them that the election isn't over until the people have spoken," he said at the Sheraton Richmond West Hotel.
Huckabee was joined by one of his former rivals for the nomination, Rep. Duncan Hunter, a California conservative, as well as Michael P. Farris, chairman of the Home School Legal Defense Association. They called Huckabee a religious conservative who would oppose abortion, uphold traditional marriage, get tough on illegal immigration, support the military, and protect manufacturing jobs from foreign competition. ... 
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