Good post.
However, I think Huck, though non-establishment, is a more ‘compassionate’ conservative than even GWB. His envoronmentalism for Jesus is too much to take for this conservative.
I will vote Hunter in the primary and maybe Hunter in the general. My state has been going for the Rodent Party in recent presidential elections. If my state is in play, I may have to reconsider.
I haven't separated all of the truth from the BS on the Huckster yet. There are a lot of Romneyulans spreading stuff about Huck on this forum. I agree with you about the Green Jesus issue. I think on many things he is just uninformed or wrongly informed. It looks like his core is better than the rest of the group. With good people around him he might be OK.
This is also a strategic situation. Not exactly like chess, more like Hollywood Squares (Jim, I'll take the Huckster to block please). Look at this as a first step toward re-taking the party back from the Rockefeller Republicans (aka Bush Inc.). If a republican outsider takes the White House from Bush III (Willard) we would have a better chance of moving it further to the right.