The first hint that Huckabee was on the fringe was during a Republican debate when he raised his hand signaling that he did not believe in evolution. The next red flag appeared after a 1992 Associated Press questionnaire was found where Huckabee called for the quarantine of AIDS patients and referred to homosexuality as “an aberrant, unnatural, and sinful lifestyle” that could “pose a dangerous public health risk.”

Next, the Cato Institute’s blog revealed that Huckabee held a fundraiser at the Houston home of Dr. Steven Hotze. As columnist Bob Novak notes, Hotze is “a leader in the highly conservative Christian Reconstruction movement.” In 1986, Hotze signed onto a Coalition on Revival manifesto that said, “All theories and practices…are only true, right, and realistic to the degree that they agree with the Bible.” This included the spheres of government, medicine and science.

Two weeks ago, I revealed that in 1998, Huckabee co-wrote the book, “Kids Who Kill” with Reconstructionist author George Grant. In his 1987 book, “The Changing of the Guard,” Grant says Christians have a mandate to take “dominion” over all aspects of life and to “bring the land into subjugation to his Lordship.”

“But it is dominion that we are after. Not just a voice. It is dominion we are after,” wrote Grant. “Not just influence. It is dominion we are after. Not just equal time. It is dominion we are after. World conquest. That’s what Christ has commissioned us to accomplish.”

There are also ties to controversial evangelist Bill Gothard, a strict preacher who believes Cabbage Patch Dolls were a threat to families, because the contract signed to own one was a form of idolatry.

It is critically important that the media ask Huckabee tough questions because he has based his entire campaign on being a “Christian Leader.” He whizzed to victory in Iowa by galvanizing social conservatives on the phony issue of Christmas being under attack.

More worrisome, is that Huckabee is a gifted candidate – a political natural who has an outside shot for the White House. He is genuinely funny, likable and has become a media darling. But, who is he, really?