• In the fall of 1982, Sarah Palin attended Hawaii Pacific
University in Honolulu but by the end of the freshman year she
transferred out to North Idaho College, Coeur d'Alene in the
spring of 1983
 
• According to a biography titled 'Sarah' by Kaylene
Johnson, "Palin and three friends went to the University of
Hawaii at Hilo after graduation from high school in Alaska in
1982. But they left after a few weeks because of the constant
rain there."
 
• In the fall of 1984, she turned to University of Idaho
in Moscow, leaving it for Matanuska-Susitna Community College in
Palmer, Alaska during the fall of 1985. She later returned to the
University of Idaho in 1986 where she received her Bachelor's
degree in communications with an emphasis in journalism in 1987.
 
• Palin once said that her curiosity and love of writing
made journalism a natural choice. "I was always asking everyone
the questions, and I still am today."
 
• The Alumni Association of North Idaho College recently
conferred upon her the Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award in
June 2008.
 
• In an effort to finance her way through college, Palin
entered beauty competitions in her early twenties, aiming for the
Miss America title. She was titled Miss Wasilla in 1984 and
finished third in the Miss Alaska pageant, winning the "Miss
Congeniality" award and a college scholarship.
 
• In tune with her ambition to be a sport commentator and
television presenter, soon after graduation Palin worked as a
sportscaster for KTUU-TV in Anchorage and as sports reporter for
the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman.
		

• Mike Huckabee attended Hope High School, in Hope,
Arkansas

• In 1973, Huckabee attended Ouachita Baptist University
in Arkadelphia, Arkansas and graduated magna cum laude,
completing his four-year bachelor's degree in Religion in just
two-and-a-half years.
 
• Following his graduation, he enrolled at the
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas
for one academic year after which he had to drop out of seminary
in order to take up a job in Christian broadcasting.
 
• He worked for several years for televangelist James
Robinson and later served as a minister at Baptist churches in
Pine Bluff and Texarkana, Arkansas, and as President of two
Christian TV operations.
 
• Huckabee has two honorary doctoral degrees: the Doctor
of Humane Letters received from John Brown University in 1991 and
the Doctor of Laws from Ouachita Baptist University in 1992.
 
• This Pastor-turned-Politician is also an Honorary Member
of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
 
• While in college, Huckabee worked during the week as a
rock 'n roll DJ at the local Radio station in Hope and then spent
the weekends preaching at a Baptist Church.
 
• As a young man, Huckabee dreamed of a career in media or
public service. It was by accident that he became a pastor for 12
years.  Huckabee remembers, "In 1980, a church in Arkansas asked
me to come and speak for them, and I did. Then they asked me to
come back and speak again, and I did. And after about four
months, they said, why don't you just stay? And that's how I
became a pastor"