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  • Frank Lockwood is the religion editor at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Frank is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Idaho College of Law. In 2004, he received a Knight Wallace Fellowship at the University of Michigan. A native of Oregon, Frank has been a reporter in Idaho, Kentucky and Washington, D.C.

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    1.) The Catholic Church, 67,820,833 members; 2.) The Southern Baptist Convention, 16,267,494; 3.) The United Methodist Church, 8,186,254; 4.) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 5,999,177; 5.) The Church of God in Christ, 5,499,875; 6.) National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., 5,000,000; 7.) Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 4,930,429; 8.) National Baptist Convention of America, 3,500,000; 9.) Presbyterian Church (USA), 3,189,573; 10.) Assemblies of God, 2,779,095 Source: 2006 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches

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Tonight Show Hearts Huckabee

Posted January 2, 2008

Bible Belt Blogger: Tonight Show Hearts Huckabee

Wow. Mike Huckabee hit a home run on the Tonight Show this evening. The crowd gave him a hero's welcome, laughed at every joke, clapped after every soundbite and cheered after every guitar riff...

Jay Leno treated Huckabee like a long-lost pal. Huckabee reaped hundreds of thousands of dollars of free publicity the night before the Iowa caucuses. Nothing but softball questions. An adoring crowd.

Afterwards, Huckabee rushed back to Iowa, missing out on Emeril's cajun cooking. "Everybody needs pork fat," Emeril says. "Now we're going to add a little of this brandy stuff here."

By the way, Jan. 3 will be here in 34 minutes...