Columnist David Sanders, who once worked on Gov. Mike Huckabee’s staff, raps The Huckster for sneering at continued public service. It seems he’s generally wearied of the Bro. Gov.’s act.

One can only laugh at the same jokes so many times. Huckabee’s rhetoric isn’t new even though it has taken on a decidedly national flair. And, as one loyal GOP contributor put it to me: “You really have to ask yourself what we got out of the deal.”

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He wasn’t, of course, referring to the fun-filled evening with the former governor’s band, but to the past 10 or so years. Perhaps he had a point.

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