Fred has strong positions on abortion and gay marriage. He's just not Baptist.
Having said that, Fred needs to figure out how to get his message to resonate with voters without changing it. I don't think Huckabee cares what the message is as long as it resonates. Fred can run a conservative campaign that resonates. Here's hoping he will.
Fred problem is not style, it's substance. It's not that Fred is too lazy or slow, or old. It's that he's wrong.