You couldn't be more wrong. Being an Iowan, we had plenty of opportunity to get to know these candidates as well as we wanted. Huck may be conservative on the life and marriage issues but after that, his conservatism disappears. We could get the pro-life and marriage positions from other candidates, as well, and not have to take the socialistic push. He's a nanny stater. Huck is no conservative. The longer he keeps up this charade, the less respect, I have for him.
I think that the FairTax is also conservative as is opposing the treaty of the seas. There are plenty of issues that Huckabee is conservative on. The claims that Huckabee is a populist/socialist are based on his support of the FairTax which makes anyone who makes such accusations less than credible. In Iowa, where the voters had the most access the the candidates, Mike won.
You are correct. This statement above is wrong. However, that is the perception of Hucksterbee supporters because they have been duped by his identity politics. So any criticism of Hucksterbee's bad history on taxes, his foreign policy stances, his big government ideas is viewed by his supporters as an attack on Christianity itself!