Welcome to the big leagues, Gov. Huckabee

Scroll down for my Monday post about the Huckabees and their "wedding registry" for the new home. I believe I was the first blogger to report on this story.

As for these friends of Gov. and Mrs. Huckabee, with friends like these.....

From AP:

Gov. Mike Huckabee on Tuesday angrily defended a gift registry that was set up to help furnish his new home, and said the registry was put together by his wife's friends for a housewarming party.

"My wife has friends; she has lifelong friends. They wanted to do something for her," the Arkansas Republican told reporters after speaking at an event in downtown Little Rock. "It has nothing to do with who she is, other than she's their friend."

Huckabee has been mentioned as a possible candidate for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination and has made trips to several important primary states.

He said he did not know the friends who set up the gift registry, nor did he know the names of the friends who hosted a housewarming party for which the registry was intended.

As Bill Clinton learned, once you're viewed as presidential material, every move you make is viewed through a microscope. Welcome to the big leagues.

Thanks for the link: WSJ's Opinion Journal (Wow!)

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