Whatever the government of principled people does is done out of among other things, love of neighbor.
It's possible to care about the disadvantaged (and even work to help them) while still opposing increased involvement by the government. My liberal friends don't understand that, and I fear Huckabee doesn't either.
I believe the governor that wrestled with Democrat-entrenched Arkansas for about a decade, holding off massive government expansion while dutifully balancing budgets understands this.
Then again, government must adapt with society and technology. Some new things must be done and some old things must be ended.
And then again, Huckabee is clearly not a great libertarian, according to that philosophy. He could just become a great conservative president, however -- a 'classic liberal' while being reform minded as were Lincoln and T. Roosevelt. That would be a hope, anyway. I think he knows of enough principles to be so.
Yeah, Huck held down the massive government expansion to only a 65% increase in spending. Phe-nom-en-al!