For Huckabee, I don't know what to make of him. He is a slick-Willard type and, apart from the life issue (which is extremely important), not really a conservative, but more palatable than McCain or Romney.
It would be satisfying to see a meltdown of the so-called "conservative" establishment - but please, not at the considerable expense of nominating John McCain.
LOL Yea, kind of. The key is to block the Rockefeller types from continuing with Bush III. I have to do some more research on Huckabee. If he is reliably pro-life, pro-gun and anti gay agenda that's a good place to start. I heard Newt has started advising him. Newt has been a little flaky on some issues lately, but he does have a head on his shoulders. In general what I have observed is that Huckabee knows he doesn't know everything and finds the appropriate experts to help.