Is Fred better than the other 3? Yes. A whole lot. But his refusal to support a constitutional ammendment to protect marriage (and to also protect republican democrary and prevent rule by fiat on the part of judges) is a serious problem.
I see a lot criticizing Huckabee on immigration. Fred has an even more liberal policy, as do the others. Fred isn’t an articulate defender of conservatism, he’s a nice guy but it almost ends there. He’s not going to shape anyone’s ideology. Huckabee can.
He is a federalist and believes it is up to the various states.
Horsecrap. Huckabee was all-for amnesty until just recently. Fred has never been for a blanket shamnesty - his two amnesty votes were for immigrants from repressive regimes, including Nicaraguans.