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I was reading a long profile of Mike “I Heart” Huckabee. He remains one of the most interesting candidates from the perspective of the ’08 race, though I am increasingly certain that he represents almost none of the things I would want from a President.

Best part of the artlicle:

What happened next is related in the first 31 pages of ‘‘Character Makes a Difference.’’ This is Huckabee’s ‘‘Profiles in Courage’’ (if J.F.K. had been writing autobiography). He gives the book to reporters as a testament to his skill at crisis management. The crisis in question took place on July 15, 1996. Governor Tucker was supposed to resign, and Huckabee was scheduled to be sworn in at 2 p.m. But at 1:55, Tucker called to say that he had changed his mind. He wasn’t quitting.

This was ‘‘arguably the greatest constitutional crisis in Arkansas history,’’ Huckabee writes, as though his state never seceded from the Union or had its capital’s high school forcibly integrated by the 101st Airborne.

In the course of reading his biography, I read about the town of Arkadelphia, named for Arkansas and Philadelphia. Another example is Dalark (Dallas-Arkansas), and Texarkana, though that’s part of a conurbation with a Texan Town.

It brings to mind Calexico and Mexicali in California.

Are there any other interesting town names out there that I have missed?