FORMER REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER MIKE HUCKABEE PAID A VISIT TO THE TRI CITIES LESS THAN A WEEK BEFORE THE ELECTION. HUCKEBEE TOLD AN EXCITED CROWD YESTERDAY AT THE HIGHER EDUCATION CENTER IN ABINGDON VIRGINIA THAT REPUBLICANS HAVE NO INTENTION OF GIVING UP THE COMMONWEALTH OR THE WHITE HOUSE WITHOUT A FIGHT. A SERIES OF POLLS SHOW THE STATE REMAINS CLOSE AND SOME POLLS EVEN HAVE BARACK OBAMA LEADING REPUBLICAN JOHN MCCAIN.