McCain owes the Huckster big time for his nomination. The 'abortion is the only issue we care about period end of story' social conservative voters went for the Huckster, while the rest of the base was split between Romney, Rudy, Fred, etc.
That left the moderates in mostly blue states to decide our nominee. In a nutshell, that's how we got here: couple that with the Drive-Bys constantly shilling for their 'maverick' buddy McCain, and it seems pretty obvious.
“McCain owes the Huckster big time for his nomination.”
What you said BUMP. Which is why I’m betting on Huckabee to be the number two on the ticket, not Romney.