I have to disagree. That is not true. The most loved and successful candidate was Reagan. He won by landslides. He was not really very religious. What he did was respect the Judeo-Christian values of our founders and the Constitution.
That is what voters want. Freedom to practice their chosen religion, or freedom to not. That is America.
Huckabee is an abomination, hurting the cause of religion to pander to a very few. Do we need them? Maybe. Do we want to lose to socialists like Hillary and most of the Democrats to support a losing cause like Huckabee? NO, not me. That sir, is what will happen. That is why the MSM gives this guy a pass.
However, you are making the claim that Huck cannot win against the dem and I don’t agree. May conservatives will hold their nose and vote for him and you know the cultural bloc will come out en mass...with their pocketbooks
Any GOP candidate will fire up the left, they have been out of the White House for 8 years and are itching. Agreed, Hucks abortion and gay comments are going to play well to that part of the left but his somewhat soft stance on the WOT may offset that.
BTW - If you’re going to compare every candidate to Reagan no one will ever be good enough. Nothing is as cut and dried as some would want you to believe, politics is made up of shades of grey. Discerning those shades is the difference between losing and winning.