[hope]

It’s not Huck’s eyebrow raising, it’s his religion..To the Mormons he is The Enemy (of mormonism)...It’s not his politics...It’s his religion.

[Tigen]

I agree

[nowandlater]

Bullcrap. Utah politics have a long history of backlashing against candidate or causes which are overtly religious regardless if it is favorable to Mormons or not.

Look at the banning alcohol vote in the early 19th century..

Look at Bill Orton against Karl Snow. Karl Snow overplayed his Mormon religousity and it backfired against and the voters went with Bill Orton the democrat.
The list is quite long.

If one is quiet about the religion issue or plays it gently it goes well. But, if it is anything more than that then the voters go against you in a hurry.

Mike Huckabee plays his religion card too hard and that has polarized the voters against him.