Mike Huckabee

thank you veri much __PUNCT__

well __PUNCT__ you mai like me __PUNCT__ but i want to tell you someth __PUNCT__ i love you gui __PUNCT__

thank you veri much __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ i have a great __PUNCT__ great friend __PUNCT__ who is a highli decor marin from vietnam __PUNCT__ and he made a statement onc __PUNCT__

he said __PUNCT__ i never lost at anyth i done __PUNCT__

sometim the game end befor i got finish plai __PUNCT__

tonight __PUNCT__ i wa abl to call governor romnei __PUNCT__ senat_mccain __PUNCT__ and congratul them on finish ahead of us __PUNCT__ but __PUNCT__ ladi and gentlemen __PUNCT__ a few week_ago __PUNCT__ we were wai back in not __PUNCT__ so __PUNCT__ even sixth place __PUNCT__ and nobodi thought that we would even be on of the contend in new hampshir __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ but becaus so mani peopl in thi state just work their heart out __PUNCT__ and it wasn't like we had a whole lot of monei to help you with __PUNCT__ so you made up for it with hard_work __PUNCT__ phone_call __PUNCT__ e __PUNCT__ mail __PUNCT__

frankli __PUNCT__ i not sure what all some of you did __PUNCT__

i don't even want to know __PUNCT__

but thank you for get it done __PUNCT__ becaus tonight we go to come out here with the continu momentum __PUNCT__ and i want to just tell you from the depth of my heart that we thought that if we could finish in the top __PUNCT__ we kept sai four or five __PUNCT__ we feel_pretti pretti_good about that __PUNCT__ know just how tough it been to try to break through __PUNCT__

but __PUNCT__ tonight __PUNCT__ you given us so much more than we could have imagin just a few dai or week_ago __PUNCT__ and over the last few dai __PUNCT__ we seen that momentum build and the excit at our ralli and the enthusiasm of our peopl and the size of the crowd __PUNCT__

and we just sens that we were go to do better than a lot of peopl_thought that thi old unknown southern boi could possibl do up here in new england __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ janet and i want to just pai special tribut to our leader here __PUNCT__

fred bramant and cliff hurst __PUNCT__ our co __PUNCT__ chairmen here __PUNCT__ have been magnific __PUNCT__ and from the veri first dai thei sign on __PUNCT__

my heartfelt thank to them for a great job of lead our campaign here __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__ gui __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ and fred doe want me to remind everybodi that todai is elvi birthdai __PUNCT__ so i just want to throw that in __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ to all these wonder peopl on the stage with me from new hampshir __PUNCT__ who have given not just their time __PUNCT__ but realli thei put their reput on the line for us __PUNCT__

and when thei came onboard __PUNCT__ you have to understand __PUNCT__ peopl were sai __PUNCT__ you go to endors who __PUNCT__ and i want to sai how much i appreci the peopl in new hampshir for stand with us __PUNCT__

and it wasn't becaus that thei could see a few week_ago some obviou victori __PUNCT__

it wa becaus thei saw in thi countri the opportun to realli bring the kind of leadership you and i all know we realli need to take america up and not down __PUNCT__ and that what we go to continu to do __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ so mani other __PUNCT__

senat bob clegg ha head up our legisl effort __PUNCT__ and i hope bob is up on thi stage __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__ bob __PUNCT__ for a great job __PUNCT__

where were __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ but all over thi state __PUNCT__ peopl like you and other who couldn't even be here with us in manchest tonight certainli recogn the incred hard_work that been put forth __PUNCT__

ladi and gentlemen __PUNCT__ we had the time of our live __PUNCT__

if there ani sad tonight __PUNCT__ it not where we finish __PUNCT__ becaus __PUNCT__ frankli __PUNCT__ we pretti happi about that __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ but there is some sad __PUNCT__ and let me share with you what it is __PUNCT__

over the past_year or so __PUNCT__ i had the incred joi of make regular visit in and out of new hampshir __PUNCT__ and it got to be where i just knew i wa go to be up here two or three time a month and i get to see what ha becom realli not just some casual acquaint and some friend __PUNCT__ but peopl how have grown as close as famili __PUNCT__

and i go to tell you someth __PUNCT__ i alwai had thought that southern hospit wa extraordinari and special __PUNCT__ and i thought that it wa uniqu to those of us who live in the deep_south __PUNCT__

you gui have proven to me that love __PUNCT__ friendship __PUNCT__ kind __PUNCT__ hospit and famili is not geograph __PUNCT__

and tonight i want to express to you __PUNCT__ from the depth of my heart __PUNCT__ the appreci that janet and i feel for all that you have done to make us feel like we part of you and you part of us __PUNCT__

and we go to miss come back over and over everi month __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ but let me tell you someth __PUNCT__

we go to be back in new hampshir __PUNCT__ becaus after we secur the nomin __PUNCT__ we got to come up here and make sure we carri new hampshir __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ crosstalk __PUNCT__ huckabe __PUNCT__ and i promis __PUNCT__ we keep come __PUNCT__ i even learn how to sai __PUNCT__ chowder __PUNCT__

on final word __PUNCT__

deb vanderbeek ha been our campaign_manag here in new hampshir and ha been more than magnific __PUNCT__

she put togeth a great staff and thei did more work with fewer_peopl than anybodi campaign could ever have imagin and hope for __PUNCT__

i told her tonight befor we came out __PUNCT__ i said __PUNCT__ deb __PUNCT__ if i had it all to do over __PUNCT__ i want you to make sure you know that i wouldn't ask anybodi to manag thi campaign in thi state __PUNCT__ other than you __PUNCT__

and i thank you so much __PUNCT__ deb __PUNCT__ for a great job __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ we mai even get a halfwai __PUNCT__ decent night sleep tonight __PUNCT__

we sure ar feel better about you gui __PUNCT__

and then from here __PUNCT__ we go to head to south_carolina __PUNCT__

we be down there at greenvil __PUNCT__ a big ralli to kick off __PUNCT__

in michigan and south carolina and florida in the next three dai __PUNCT__ what you help us continu will be carri right on through __PUNCT__ and it won't be long __PUNCT__ we go to be abl to secur thi nomin and on to the white_hous and on to lead america __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__ folk __PUNCT__

god_bless you __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__