[normy]

This goes to the core of the Republican party. This guy is a liberal who if he were not a preacher would get zero traction. This guy needs to be defeated but if he takes the evangelicals with him, we need a guy whose ideas cross party lines.

If Huckabee wins the nomination, would Republicans support a Fred "Bull Moose" candidacy? I would.

[LadyNavyVet]

The problem is that the Republican candidate can’t win without evangelicals, but he can’t win with ONLY evangelicals, either, and there’s enough in Huckabee’s background that will turn off fiscal conservatives and moderates. And he will absolutely lose anyone who is suspicious of too big a role for religion in public life, which is a whole lot of people who come from smaller, less mainstream faiths, and possibly some Catholics, too. That doesn’t leave him with much wiggle room at all in the general election.

[lesser_satan]

If Huckabee wins the nomination, would Republicans support a Fred "Bull Moose" candidacy? I would.

I would. But I will do anything to keep Huckabee from seeing the inside of the Oval Office. If he is the nominee, I will actively campaign against him in the general election. It would be better to lose an election than win and destroy the Republican party and the conservative movement.

The REAL Mike Huckabee

[Huck]

would Republicans support a Fred "Bull Moose" candidacy?

Fred's dead. Let him go.