His statement on Huckabee was very pointed, and affirmative, and even mentioned his primary concern “ I liked him because I think he understood the economic/security problem as it relates to our China policy”, before he casually mentioned other names of military, but highly unlikely candidates.
I guess he had to have some rationale for supporting Huckabee back then. It could have been worse. He could have told America that John McCain was a Tea Party favorite.