So it is your position that all of Huckabee's support is because Dobson told them to do so? That's the only reason you can believe?
Wow. Then Fred really screwed up, didn't he? The man spoke a few words and moved something close to 60% of Fred's numbers over to Huckabee. I guess Fred shoulda made nice.
Not just Dobson. It's much more organic than that. It's local pastors. It's email chains. Homeschool associations. But if you gave them a quiz on the difference between the Supreme Court's overturning Roe v. Wade and a RLA, I don't think the simple majority of them could quantify them to any real degree. And they would be glad to have either one. And if they can't quantify the difference between the two, why are they suddenly and adamantly opposed to one of the positions? Because they were told to be.
So, attacking a person who holds a slightly different position strategically while aiming to accomplish the same goal is the epitome of stupidity. And Huckabee attacked Thompson, knowing that that was where he could gain support. He didn't attack McCain, even when McCain stood between him and victory in South Carolina. Any reports of push-polling against McCain by Huck's surrogates at Common Sense Issues? I didn't think so. Does McCain support a RLA? I didn't think so.
In short, seeing a vast sea of difference where's there's really only a stream of difference in tactic and magnifying that difference into a question Peter's going to ask us at the pearly gates is exactly what was done to Thompson by Huckabee's campaign and his willing supporters in Evangelicaldom. Cynical and machiavellian. Which Jesus is way down with. As long as we advance the cause, right?