Please. He was a nothing Southern Governor from Arkansas with a sketchy record, at best. He was planning his run for months before walking on the national stage. Now who in their right mind would have told Huck he was Presidential material? The Clintons loved this guy, as did the national media.
I’m not one for conspiracy theories - I’m just connecting the dots. He split the base with Romney. If he was a true conservative, he would have bailed after the results showed he couldn’t win and was actually creating a Perot effect.
My point was this: it’s still up to the base to coalesce around one candidate or someone not exactly to their liking will get the nomination.
I agree with you that Huck stayed in the race too long. But I also point out that it was some “conservatives” who kept voting for him long after it became obvious that he was doing a Perot on the party.