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“No, Huckabee is taking Romney out and nothing is stopping Giuliani’s free fall. That creates a best-case scenario for Fred Thompson.”

Yes, it does. And Thompson will fail to take advantage of it, leaving one man standing, Huckabee....unless your next alternative is Ron Paul.

Until you all understand that Huckabee is talking to the vast middle, and not to a bunch of “seal the borders, they’re coming!” fanatics, you just won’t understand why he’s surging in the polls.

Take his tack on Guantanamo. I really disagree with him on that one, but how many people have been convinced by the press that it should be closed. I’d wager that well over half of registered Republicans would vote to close it. If they’re saying that we should run terrorists through the criminal courts, as Clinton advocated, they’re wrong. But if they’re saying Guantanamo is hard to defend given the press it’s gotten, they’re right.

The real Guantanamo issue is: Do we move terrorists into the criminal justice system or not? Not whether or not Guantanamo remains open. Hell, pen them up in Iraq now that the security situation has improved so much. Heh, of course then the terrorists themselves might vote to keep Guantanamo open.

Huckabee is a master politician and is going to take the nomination. Statements like the one on Guantanamo only increase his odds of winning the Presidency...and he knows this.

I’m as concerned as anyone as to where he really stands on a lot of issues, but not because he won’t tell us. We just have to get by all the propaganda about his Arkansas record and start asking him where he stands. He’s the one candidate running who will just tell us. And he’s willing to concede that his stance will cost him votes with some Republicans. But at least we’ll know where he stands. Try that with Hillary, or Rudy or Mitt for that matter.