WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON — Mike Huckabee spoke Saturday as if from a pulpit. It is better to be a David than a Goliath, the Baptist minister and former Arkansas governor told the crowd of religious conservative voters.

“Say it!” called out a voice from the crowd.

It is better to have the faith of Daniel, Huckabee said, in the practiced cadence of a preacher, than to be one of the lions.

“Right!” yelled out an audience member.

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“I don’t want ever for us to let expediency and electibility to replace our true values,” Huckabee exclaimed, touching off one of seven standing ovations during his 20-minute oration.

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This article was published October 21, 2007 at 6:00 a.m.

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