Everyone criticizing Mike Huckabee should themselves try to be more honest about Huckabee's positions on economic issues (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Mike_Huckabee#Economic_issues). I don't see how someone who wishes to abolish the IRS and supports the Fair Tax can be fairly labeled a "tax hiker."

Let's see here...

Huckabee...
- supports hiking the federal minimum wage
- has been labeled a "serial tax hiker" by Grover Norquist
- raised the sales tax in Arkansas, the gas tax, increased taxes on beds in nursing homes and increased taxes on groceries
- left office with a "net tax increase of $505 million"
- supports taxing sales on the internet
- supports protectionist cap-and-trade policies

From the time Huckabee entered office until 2005, the tax burden for the average Arkansas taxpayer jumped by 47%.

The record stands for itself. Just because someone supports the FairTax, doesn't mean that they are a fiscal conservative (eg. Mike Gravel).

Read more for yourself, but be prepared to accept the fact that you are wrong.

http://www.taxhikemike.org/
http://www.clubforgrowth.org/2007/01/a_report_on_mike_huckabees_fis.php

The Wikipedia page you linked is equally damning...

"Mike Huckabee increased state spending 65.3 percent from 1996 to 2004. During his tenure, the number of state government workers in Arkansas increased over 20 percent, and the state’s general obligation debt increased by approx. $1 billion."

"The Cato Institute, a libertarian non-profit public policy research foundation, gave him an F grade for spending and tax policy in 2006, and an overall grade of D for his governorship."

"He has asserted to be the first Governor of Arkansas in history to lower taxes. He asserts to have lowered taxes 94 times although most of these were tiny deductions that the legislature initiated."

...and just because someone is not an ideologically pure economic libertarian doesn't make them a liar. I'm no huge fan of Huckabee either, but he is not a liar or some sort of closet liberal. I think he is a shrewd politician.
You say that Grover Norquist called Huckabee a serial tax-hiker, however let's take a more honest look at what Norquist thinks:
"Huckabee has signed the pledge circulated by Grover Norquist, head of Americans for Tax Reform, promising to fight future tax increases. That has satisfied Norquist. 'He has a troublesome history in supporting tax increases as governor, as did Ronald Reagan,' Norquist tells me. 'But in running for president, he has made a written commitment that he would oppose tax increases.' Unless Huckabee breaks his word, he’ll be okay with Americans for Tax Reform." (http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YzVmNmMyMjJmZTQwOGRhNTI0OWFiYTQ1ZTAxN2M0MDM=&w=MQ==)

And just one example of a sensible tax cut from a very interesting interview at rightwingnews.com:
"We did pass the Property Taxpayers' Bill of Rights that, first of all, limits the amount of increase that a person can have in his property tax. It can't go up more than 5% any year, it can't go up by more than 10% in a 3-year period." ( http://www.rightwingnews.com/interviews/huckabee.php)

...and just because someone is not an ideologically pure economic libertarian doesn't make them a liar.

The video pretty much sums it up. He claims he was going on along with the voters, but the voters did not approve a gas tax hike, the approved a bond. Huckabee signed the gas tax increase into law.

He has also denied supporting taxing the internet, but he is on record supporting, along with Ed Rendell, the Democratic Governor of Pennsylvania.

Is that a lie? I guess that depends on your definition of "is."

Huckabee signed the pledge not to raise taxes, but his record shows that he has and will given the opportunity to do so.

A more honest look would be to compare Huckabee's campaign rhetoric and his record and draw the obvious conclusion that the guy is a liberal on fiscal issues.

Again...under Huckabee's tenure as Governor, the tax burden of Arkansans jumped by almost 47%.

Actually, Norquist's exact quote was, "the man from Hope has a slight problem--he is a serial tax increaser."

Let me know when you are ready to be honest about Mike Huckabee.